The Famous New York Subway Garnet — Diamondoodles
2021年1月27日 · The Subway Garnet is a dark reddish brown opaque 9 pound 10 ounce Almandine Garnet gemstone. Though it is called the Subway Garnet, this garnet was discovered in August 1885 when a laborer digging as part of a New York City sewer excavation found and unearthed the gem.
The Subway Garnet - The New York Times
2015年12月24日 · A nine-pound bundle of iron and aluminum nearly six inches in diameter, the almandine garnet was discovered eight feet under 35th Street in Manhattan in 1885.
The Minerals of New York City, a review of the history of mining …
The Subway Garnet, a 15 cm almandine crystal from 35th Street between 7th Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan currently in the NYMC collection residing at the AMNH. This large single crystal has become known as the Subway Garnet or the Kunz Garnet and is …
NYC's Subway Garnet Will Soon Shine Again at Museum
2021年1月22日 · NEW YORK — Inside a grand room filled with sparkly shiny stones, the Subway Garnet is no longer a hidden gem. "It's called the Subway Garnet. Unfortunately, it wasn't found during the subway...
Daily What?! The World’s Largest Garnet Was Found in the NYC Subway
2024年10月12日 · In 1885, a press sensation erupted over the discovery of the “Subway Garnet” or Kunz Garnet, as it is otherwise known, underground at West 35th Street between Broadway and 7 th Avenue ...
Birthstone Feature: 'Subway Garnet' Regains Its Luster After 40 …
2022年1月4日 · When the American Museum of Natural History unveiled its completely redesigned, 11,000-square-foot Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals in June of 2021, visitors were encouraged to see the 9 pound 10 ounce reddish-brown crystal of the almandine garnet that had been discovered under Manhattan’s 35th Street in 1885.
New York Mineralogical Club - Wikipedia
The club's collection of more than 700 mineral specimens from New York City is stored at the American Museum of Natural History and includes a large 6 inch (15 cm) almandine garnet called the Subway Garnet discovered in 1885.
Some Famous Gems Get a New Setting - The New York Times
2021年5月23日 · The Subway Garnet — Despite the tabloid-perfect nickname, the stone actually was discovered during Manhattan’s sewer excavations in 1885. (The city’s first subway didn’t begin operations until...
外国人建地铁，一不小心挖出了典藏级宝石 - 搜狐
2017年5月9日 · 由于发现于地铁工地，因此被命名为“Subway Garnet”（地铁石榴石）。. 据宝石学家鉴定，这颗红棕色调的石榴石有着4.3亿年的地质历史，是少见的大颗单晶石榴石原石。. 美国自然历史博物馆宣称它是美国迄今发现过发育最良好、晶体形状最完整的石榴石原石 ...
The Subway Garnet | WFS - worldfossilsociety.org
2016年1月9日 · Indeed, Columbia University is in possession of a once enormous almandine garnet that was discovered in the Adirondacks, near Gore Mountain. But the easily breakable block has since greatly diminished, thanks to decades of psychology students who broke off keepsake pieces when they defended their theses.