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Uvarovite Garnet (Type Locality) viewBack to WEEKLY MIXED MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - End June 17

Saranovskii Mine, Permskaya Oblast, Middle Urals, Russia
  • Starting Time:6/10/2010 06:30:00 PM(CDT)
  • Ending Time:6/17/2010 06:30:00 PM(CDT)
  • Time Left:Auction Is Closed

  • Size:9.5 x 5.8 x 2.0 cm
  • Size Description:Small Cabinet

Description:Sharp, gemmy, emerald-green uvarovite garnet crystals really sparkle and cover the matrix on this excellent specimen from the Type Locality in Russia - the Saranovskiy Mine in the Urals. The crystals are up to 2 mm and have textbook dodecahedral form. The back has been sawed to enhance the display quality. Uvarovite is the uncommon calcium chromium garnet group endmember. Specimen of this quality haven"t been available since the early 1990s, when the Fersman Museum of Moscow first brought some to the United States.