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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Andradites Mar 25^th, 2013 at 8:08pm	Print Post
	These are Andradites from Mitchell Co.
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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: Andradites Reply #1 - Mar 26^th, 2013 at 8:26am	Print Post
	Very nice! They are in great shape. The garnets in matrix are very nice.

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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: Andradites Reply #2 - Mar 26^th, 2013 at 9:06am	Print Post
	Going thru some old boxes John? I can relate. Thanks for the pic. Those are some titan titanian andradites! Love the contrast of the big matrix piece.


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Andradites Reply #3 - Mar 26^th, 2013 at 2:18pm	Print Post
	Joe glad you like the Andradites.� I was working on putting together an exhibit for the Hickory Gem and Mineral Show on members of the garnet group.� That was this past weekend.� Will attach a pic of the display.
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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: Andradites Reply #4 - Mar 27^th, 2013 at 8:27am	Print Post
	Great looking display/collection, John. Since you have it all organized already. if you would like to set it up for display at the upcoming Tar Heel show, I think I know somebody that could OK it.


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Andradites Reply #5 - Mar 27^th, 2013 at 3:32pm	Print Post
	Joe I will bring it one year when I am there just for fun. Will be working during the show. Found out in Tucson that we were doing the show this year.


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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: Andradites Reply #6 - Mar 27^th, 2013 at 10:34pm	Print Post
	It will be good to see you, John. I couldn't remember if you said you were going to be working the show or not. Great!


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Rebecca God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 653 Joined: Nov 11^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Andradites Reply #7 - Mar 30^th, 2013 at 12:22pm	Print Post
	Beautiful! I have to look up andradites, though...are they black garnets? I like them no matter what they are. Is this a site available to hunt presently? What are the really pretty apricot or peach - colored garnets in the box in the middle. They seem very gorgeous from this distance. Is this collection all NC stuff? Thanks for showing.


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Andradites Reply #8 - Apr 1^st, 2013 at 8:26am	Print Post
	Andradites can be black as well as other colors. These were collected about 50 years ago and came out of an old collection. They have been in my collection for about 20 years. The riker mount is garnets from Asbestos, Quebec. They are Hessonites. The garnets from Asbestos are incredible. In the dispaly I have some green as well as clear garnets from this location. The garnets are from around the world. Don't believe the collecting site on the black garnets is open.


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Rebecca God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 653 Joined: Nov 11^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Andradites Reply #9 - Apr 1^st, 2013 at 11:00am	Print Post
	Thanks for the information. I really love garnets...all of them!


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