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Garnet Var Uvarovite

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Garnet Var Uvarovite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Outokumpu, North Karelia, Finland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.8 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
3.50gr
Description

From my own collection comes this nice little specimen featuring two uvarovite crystals in the typical quartz and golden chalcopyrite matrix, from THE classic uvarovite locality.

The garnet has dark green colour and is intransparent, with some intensive green reflections (pics 7 & 9). The size of the two crystals is 10 and 5 mm.

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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