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Uvite Tourmaline from Brumado District, Serra das Éguas, Bahia, Brazil

 
Uvite Tourmaline from Brumado District, Serra das Éguas, Bahia, Brazil

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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