Garnet, "Laguna Jaco" (Sierra de Cruces), Chihuahua, Mexico
A nearly perfect, greenish-brown rhombic dodecahedron of garnet. The old, hand-written label identifies it as Andradite from Laguna Jaco*, an early locational pseudonym for the famous Sierra de Cruces deposits. Although identified as Andradite, the specimen may, in actuality, be the garnet variety Grossular.
Dimensions: 1.5 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm.
* Most of the garnets (and vesuvianites) attributed to Lake Jaco come from the Sierra de Cruces (incorrectly "Sierra de la Cruz", or "Sierra de las Cruces"), Sierra Mojada municipality, Coahuila, Mexico. See Midat discussion concerning loc-5433.
