Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Uvite

Views:
Watches:
ESM668426

Uvite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 5.5 × 3.7 cm
Description

A floater of lustrous dark green uvite crystals

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