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Uvite & Magnesite

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Uvite & Magnesite

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Description
Locality: 
Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

A sharp, shiny, dark, dark red uvite cyrstal measuring 1.0 x 0.7 x 0.5 on a matrix of magnesite cyrstals dotted with micro botryoids of hematite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uvite

Formula: 
Ca(Mg3)MgAl5(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(F/OH)
Group Parent: 
Tourmaline
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.5
Colour: 
Black, greenish-black
Streak: 
Light-brown, light-green, or white

Magnesite

Formula: 
MgCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Magnisía Prefecture (Magnesia), Thessalia Department (Thessaly), Greece

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