1.7" Druzy Green Uvarovite (Garnet Group) - Russia

This is a beautiful, 1.7" wide specimen of emerald green, druzy uvarovite garnets from Russia.

Uvarovite is a chromium-bearing garnet group species with the formula: Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3. It is one of the rarest of the garnet group minerals, and is the only consistently green garnet species with an emerald-green color. It occurs as well formed, fine-sized crystals. It is found associated with chromium ores in Spain, Russia, and Quebec in Canada. It also occurs in Finland, Norway, and South Africa.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Uvarovite
LOCATION
Saranovskoje Deposit, West Ural, Russia
SIZE
1.7 x .95"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#175590