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Uvarovite With Epidote

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Uvarovite With Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Zarkashan, Gula Khail, Tehsile Mukur, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.1 × 1.3 cm
Description

Rich green gemmy Uvarovite garnet hosts to Epidote quartz mixed matrix, minor etching can be seen , very hard to find due to mine exhaust, 

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...

Epidote

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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