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DESCRIPTION: | No. 55583 |
Mineral: | Uvite Tourmaline on Quartz |
Locality: | Brumado District, Serra das Éguas, Bahia, Brazil |
Description: | Translucent dark-green uvite tourmaline crystals to 22 mm on lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 35 mm. The uvite tourmaline crystals are dominated by shallow pyramidal termination faces with short prism faces resulting in flattened habit. Collected in August, 2001 |
Overall Size: | 4.5x4x2 cm |
Crystals: | 1-35 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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