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Uvarovite with Chromite cores plus Diopside, Clinozoisite from Fengtien Mine, Conc. S., 5 kilometers west of Fengtien village, Hualien, Taiwan

 
Uvarovite with Chromite cores plus Diopside, Clinozoisite from Fengtien Mine, Conc. S., 5 kilometers west of Fengtien village, Hualien, Taiwan

Uvarovite with Chromite cores plus Diopside, Clinozoisite from Fengtien Mine, Conc. S., 5 kilometers west of Fengtien village, Hualien, Taiwan

Uvarovite with Chromite cores plus Diopside, Clinozoisite from Fengtien Mine, Conc. S., 5 kilometers west of Fengtien village, Hualien, Taiwan

Uvarovite with Chromite cores plus Diopside, Clinozoisite from Fengtien Mine, Conc. S., 5 kilometers west of Fengtien village, Hualien, Taiwan

DESCRIPTION:No. 74913
Mineral:Uvarovite with Chromite cores plus Diopside, Clinozoisite
Locality:Fengtien Mine, Conc. S., 5 kilometers west of Fengtien village, Hualien, Taiwan
Description:Lustrous vivid-green uvarovite garnet crystals to 0.6 mm, some showing black-metallic chromite cores, with pale green diopside crystals to 0.9 mm and olive-green clinozoisite crystals to 2 mm. See Mineralogical Magazine, March 1984, Vol. 48, pp. 31-37. Ex. Roger Wai-Son Doo collection ca. 1979 (see Mineralogical Record v.10 #1, p. 41-42)
Overall Size:17x17x16 mm
Crystals:micro to 2 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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