A fabulous old time example of almandine from Colorado!!! This specimen hosts two large crystals of almandine on a chlorite matrix!!!
The crystals are sharp and prominently perched on the matrix!!! The crystals also have a coating of "aphrosiderite" on their faces!!!
A terrific classic with great provenance!!! This specimen retains labels from the Warford, Trainer, and Belmont Abbey College collections!!!
I have posted an excerpt from John Traner's bio pertaining to his acquisition of the Warford Collection below!!!
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Courtesy of The Mineralogical Record
"He founded the Trainer Investment Council in New York City and also dealt in
minerals for many years. In 1943 he is known to have purchased the extensive garnet
collection of Harry Warford of Philadelphia in January of that year. He specialized
in the minerals of the Tilly Foster mine and in garnets. In 1949 John N. Trainer's
extensive collection of minerals from the Tilly Foster mine in Brewster, New York
(a collection begun in 1935) was acquired by the New York State Museum. Trainer died
in New York on December 17, 1953.
Reference:
ZODAC, P. (1954) John Newlin Trainer. Rocks & Minerals, 29 (1-2), 47."
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