AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Brazil > Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 56770 |
Mineral: | Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite |
Locality: | Brumado District, Serra das Éguas, Bahia, Brazil |
Description: | Lustrous transparent deep-red uvite tourmaline crystals to 10 mm with transparent colorless rhombohedral magnesite crystals to 5 mm. The uvite crystals are dominated by the termination faces, with short striated prism faces, resulting in flattened form. |
Overall Size: | 17x15x13 mm |
Crystals: | 0.1-10.0 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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