AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Brazil > Uvite Tourmaline |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 15024 |
Mineral: | Uvite Tourmaline |
Locality: | Brumado District, Serra das Éguas, Bahia, Brazil |
Description: | Many interconnected dark green uvite tourmalines up to 12 mm with transparent, colorless magnesite crystals up to 1 mm. The uvite is translucent, and has dominant terminations, with minimal prism faces (resulting in flattened, disc-shaped crystals). Collected in August, 2001 |
Overall Size: | 20x16x10 mm |
Crystals: | 4-12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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