AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Brazil > Uvite Tourmaline on Magnesite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 62982 |
Mineral: | Uvite Tourmaline on Magnesite |
Locality: | Brumado District, Serra das Éguas, Bahia, Brazil |
Description: | Lustrous wine-red uvite tourmaline crystals to 12 mm on translucent colorless rhombohedral magnesite crystals to 5 mm. The largest uvite tourmaline crystal appears to be two intergrown crystals in parallel orientation with a single common face. |
Overall Size: | 4x1.9x1.7 cm |
Crystals: | 3-12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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