| 1. | The name grossular is derived from the Greek meaning inferior.
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| 2. | Grossular garnet from Kenya and Tanzania has been called tsavorite.
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| 3. | Grossular should not be called grossularite, grossularite was once a type of rock.
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| 4. | Grossular is found in contact metamorphosed limestones with vesuvianite, diopside, wollastonite and wernerite.
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| 5. | Discovered the 1960s, the rich green tsavorite variety of grossular is also very popular.
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| 6. | Associated minerals include chalcocite, atacamite, native copper, diopside, grossular and vesuvianite.
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| 7. | At the Kazabazua River, marble is calcitic and contains crystals of graphite and grossular garnet.
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| 8. | "Viluite " is a variety name of grossular, that is not a recognized mineral species.
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| 9. | The garnets make up two solid solution series : pyrope-almandine-spessartine and uvarovite-grossular-andradite.
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| 10. | A highly sought after variety of gem garnet is the fine green Grossular garnet from Kenya and Tanzania called tsavorite.
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