Grossular
Kanayamadani valley
Omi, Itoigawa city, Niigata pref., Japan
Field of view: 1 mm. Crystals of grossular. The dodecahedral translucent pale yellow crystals are grossular. The dark green host is serpentinite.
Recovered from an open space of serpentinite in Oeyama Ophiolite.
Grossular from this location was described in 2008.
Other localities
- Chichibu Mine (Skarn, Green)
- Kobushi Mine (Skarn, Brown)
- Nakatatsu Mine (Skarn, Green)
- Naganobori Mine (Skarn, Green)
- Obira Mine (Skarn, Brown)
- Nagakuki (Skarn, Brown)
- Kanayamadani valley (Serpentinite, Pale Yellow)