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Uvite & Chernovite-(Y)

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Uvite & Chernovite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3 × 1.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

A very rich coverage of highly lustrous, transparent, red uvite crystals up to 3 mm associated with some tiny green chernovite Y and white magnesite crystals.
Beautiful under magnification.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uvite

Formula: 
Ca(Mg3)MgAl5(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(F/OH)
Group Parent: 
Tourmaline
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.5
Colour: 
Black, greenish-black
Streak: 
Light-brown, light-green, or white

Chernovite-(Y)

Formula: 
Y(AsO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Nyarta-Syu-Yu River, Tel'pos-Iz Mt, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Polar Urals, Western-Siberian Region, Russia...
Cartils Minerals

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