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Uvarovite With Diopside

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Uvarovite With Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Koh-e-Tizabi, Taghonak, Andarab District, Baghlan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 5.3 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

 We terminated gemmy rare rich green garnet var uvarovite is hosts to diopside quartz mixed matrix.

Old finds,  very hard to find.

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...

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white

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