AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Brazil > Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 83189 |
Mineral: | Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite |
Locality: | Brumado District, Serra das Éguas, Bahia, Brazil |
Description: | Lustrous transparent-to-translucent green uvite tourmaline crystals to 17 mm with colorless 1-2 mm magnesite crystals. The uvite tourmaline crystals are tabular form with shallow three-faced pyramidal terminations and only thin 1-2 mm prism faces. Ex. Miller collection T482; ex. Betts #15418; collected in August, 2001 |
Overall Size: | 18x16x13 mm |
Crystals: | 1-17 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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