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Uvarovite On Diopside

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Uvarovite On Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
White River Property, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.2 × 5 × 2.6 cm
Description

Elongated dark beige coloured crystals of Diopside are sprinkled with numerous intense green crystals of Uvarovite. The Uvarovite is excellent defined, exceeding sharp edged and mirror bright. The transparency is absolutely gemmy what you easily can see with slight magnification. A super specimen.

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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