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Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite from Pedra Preta Mine, Serra das Éguas, Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil

 
Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite from Pedra Preta Mine, Serra das Éguas, Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil

Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite from Pedra Preta Mine, Serra das Éguas, Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil

Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite from Pedra Preta Mine, Serra das Éguas, Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil

Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite from Pedra Preta Mine, Serra das Éguas, Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil

Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite from Pedra Preta Mine, Serra das Éguas, Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil

Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite from Pedra Preta Mine, Serra das Éguas, Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil

Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite from Pedra Preta Mine, Serra das Éguas, Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil

Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite from Pedra Preta Mine, Serra das Éguas, Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 78717
Mineral:Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite
Locality:Pedra Preta Mine, Serra das Éguas, Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil
Description:Large plate of lustrous transparent wine-red uvite tourmaline crystals to 15 mm (!) intermixed with colorless rhombohedral magnesite crystals to 16 mm. The uvite tourmaline crystals are flattened form, dominated by shallow pyramidal termination faces. Ex. Rock Currier (1940-2015) Collection #4669; collected by R.C. in 1988
Overall Size:11x6.5x3 cm
Crystals:2-16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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