R.V. Dietrich
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LOCATION: Mt. Pleasant, MI, United States
Emeritus Professor of Geology, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant. Author of Stones; coauthor of Gems, Gravels and Granites.
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Garnet, any member of a group of common silicate minerals that have similar crystal structures and chemical compositions. They may be colourless, black, and many shades of red and green. Garnets, favoured by lapidaries since ancient times and used widely as an abrasive, occur in rocks of each of…
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