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

DESCRIPTION:	No. 74916
Mineral:	Uvarovite Garnet with Chromite cores plus Diopside and Tremolite
Locality:	Fengtien Mine, Conc. S., 5 kilometers west of Fengtien village, Hualien, Taiwan
Description:	Lustrous vivid-green uvarovite garnet crystals to 0.5 mm, some showing black-metallic chromite cores, with pale green diopside crystals to 1.2 mm and fibrous tremolite on the rear. 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:	22x10x10 mm
Crystals:	0.1-1.2 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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