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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 79871
Mineral:Uvite Tourmaline on Magnesite
Locality:Brumado District, Serra das Éguas, Bahia, Brazil
Description:Two lustrous transparent wine-red uvite tourmaline crystals to 13 mm on lustrous transparent colorless rhombohedral magnesite crystals to 4 mm. The uvite crystals are flattened form composed of shallow pyramidal terminations with 2 mm edge prism faces. From my private collection
Overall Size:17x15x13 mm
Crystals:4-13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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