A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Uvarovite (chrome garnet) from Morelos, Mexico |
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| Description | The green mineral is uvarovite (chrome garnet), Cr3Al2Si3O12. The garnets are small, < 1 mm in size. The “woody” material they are on is probably anthophyllite. The sample is about 2.5 cm across. |
| Location | Mexico. Near Morelos. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-04-10. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection. |
| Key words | uvarovite |
| Tech details | 205 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 340 |
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