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Uvarovite

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Uvarovite

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Description
Locality: 
Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm
Description

Intense green crystals of Uvarovite from the Puy-de-Dome region. The find spot is stated as "Condat" which might be around the city of Condat-en-Combraille?

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...