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Uvarovite

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Uvarovite

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Description
Locality: 
Keretti Mine, Outokumpu, North Karelia, Finland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm
Description

Deep green crystals of uvarovite with outstanding gemmyness and lustre in a matrix of microcrystalline quartz, tremolite and magnetic pyrrhotite from the Keretti Mine.

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...

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