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Uvarovite

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Uvarovite

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Locality: 
Outokumpu, North Karelia, Finland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.5 × 2.2 cm
Description

Here we have a cluster of well developed, sharp and lustrous Uravovite on matrix. Perched high on massive, almost white quartz are a few crystals, up to 7 mm in length, of lustrous, slightly translucent, dark emerald green, Uvarovite, the chromium rich member of the Garnet family. The deposit at Outokumpu, Finland, has produced the world's finest specimens of uvarovite and these are old classics!

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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