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Shuiskite With Uvarovite

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Shuiskite With Uvarovite

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Description
Locality: 
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya, Gorozavodskii, Perm Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm
Description

A representative and rich specimen featuring lustrous violet prismatic crystals of shuiskite-(Mg) that are associated to bright green gemmy uvarovite crystals on matrix.

Ex Francis Hubert #10454.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Shuiskite

Formula: 
Ca2(Mg,Al)(Cr,Al)2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Biserskoye Cr deposit (Biserskii Zavod; Bissersky), Laki Railway Station, Gornozavodskii area, Permskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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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