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Uvarovite

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Uvarovite

Rare garnet variety

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Description
Locality: 
Koh-e-Tizabi, Taghonak, Andarab District, Baghlan Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 5.5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

A very good gemmy bright well terminated rare garnet varity uverovite hosts to matrix , very hard to find these days from the locality , one time finds.

No damage ,  a very good uverovite specimen from the locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uvarovite

Formula: 
Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii area, Permskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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