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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Asbestos, Quebec.........Garnets Dec 11^th, 2011 at 3:27pm	Print Post
	The garnets from Asbestos, Quebec have always been interesting to collect. Hope you enjoy the pic.

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4204 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Asbestos, Quebec.........Garnets Reply #1 - Dec 11^th, 2011 at 8:51pm	Print Post
	Those are beautiful, John! Never seen anything like them. Thanks for the pic. I was looking at some shiny jet black garnets from Mexico at a friends house earlier today. I would've never guessed they were garnets. They had a crystal form much more like Fluorite. Are you familiar with them? Joe


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Asbestos, Quebec.........Garnets Reply #2 - Dec 12^th, 2011 at 1:33pm	Print Post
	Yes, you see the shiny black garnets from Mexico. There are also some black garnets that come from the Spruce Pine area.


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Asbestos, Quebec.........Garnets Reply #3 - Dec 12^th, 2011 at 1:46pm	Print Post
	This is another example of the beautiful garnets that come from Asbestos, Quebec. I also have some clear garnets from this location.

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4204 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Asbestos, Quebec.........Garnets Reply #4 - Dec 12^th, 2011 at 6:18pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the info about the black garnets, John. I will keep an eye out for some from the Spruce Pine area. Besides for the red and rusty ones we see around here I have never really studied Garnets. Any unusual type I have a hard time even identifying. The color and clarity of these you've posted from Quebec, besides for being beautiful, I would say qualify for interesting and extraordinary! Thanks for the pics, Joe


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Asbestos, Quebec.........Garnets Reply #5 - Dec 12^th, 2011 at 9:16pm	Print Post
	Joe glad you like the garnet pics. On our next trade, I will include some of the black garnets from Spruce Pine.


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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Asbestos, Quebec.........Garnets Reply #6 - Dec 13^th, 2011 at 7:52am	Print Post
	I have always loved the crystal shape of garnets. My favorite of course are the green ones. Nice pictures John!

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