There are two varieties of green grossular;one is found as transparent crystals,the other is massive green grossular from South Africa is called Transvaal jade, after its main locality and becouse it resembles jade.it my contain black speck of the mineral magnetite.Since the 1960s a transparent,green grossular garnet,named (tsavorite), has been mained in kenya.Massive green grossular is used as adecorative stone;tsavorite is faceted as a gem.
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