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Uvarovite In Quartz

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Uvarovite In Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Keretti Mine, Outokumpu, North Karelia, Finland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm
Description

Deep green lustrous crystals of uvarovite in a matrix of microcrystalline quartz, from the Keretti Mine.

It was collected by Manfred Fabig on June 24th /1977. Ex. Manfred Fabig collection.

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...

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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