Uvite

     

Green uvite on quartz

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

     

Translucent lustrous green crystals to 2 mm on magnesite with rose quartz.

Origin: Brumado, Bahia, Brazil

Sample size: 4-8 mm uvite crystals (top), crystals to 5 mm (2nd row),  largest crystal 1 cm (3rd row), 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm (4th row), 4 x 2 x 2.5 cm (5th row), 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm (6th row), 8 x 3 x 5 cm (7th/bottom row)

 

Origin: Pierrepont, New York, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4 x 3 x 3 cm jet black single crystal

 

  

  

Origin: Bower's Point Farm, Pierrepont, St Lawrence Co., New York, United States

Ex. Kidwell collection

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 4 cm

 

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Origin: Brumado, Bahia, Brazil

Owner: Lou Perloff

Microscopic image

 

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Photo-Atlas of Minerals

  

Origin: Brumado, Bahia, Brazil

Owner: Milton Speckels

Microscopic image, 1.5 x (left, on quartz), 4.1 x (right)

 

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Photo-Atlas of Minerals

  

Origin: Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Sample size: 10 x 6 x 6 cm

 

  

Uvite with calcite

Origin: Brumado, Bahia, Brazil

Sample size: 5 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
 

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