Grossular
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Silicate
- Crystal system
- Cubic
- Hardness
- Hard (5.5 to 7.5)
- Density
- Heavy (3.2 to 5)
- Occurs in
- Metamorphic rocks
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- Colourless, Orange, Green, Brown
- Lustre
- Glassy
- Use
- Gemstone
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Grossular is named after the Latin word for gooseberry, which green Siberian crystals resembled.
- The grossular garnet family includes the green tsavorite and the cinnamon-brown hessonite.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q220373 · All stones · All entries