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Uvarovite

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Uvarovite

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Description
Locality: 
Outokumpu, North Karelia, Finland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2 × 1.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

Euhedral bottle-green to emerald-green uvarovite crystals, in a matrix of magnetic pyrrhotite. The lustre is very intense and the gemmyness is of the best I have seen in specimens from this locality.

Acquired in 1982. Ex. Walter Miehlich (Frankfurt), #814.

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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