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Uvarovite - Outokumpu Cu-Zn deposit - Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au ore field - North Karelia - Finland (#:MINS9152)

This old specimen comes from the legendary Outokumpu Uvarovite Garnet locality. It shows a dark green colored crystal of uvarovite 6 mm wide on quartz matrix.

Formula :
Ca₃Cr₂[SiO₄]₃
System: cubic Hardness:7-7½ Rarity:not common
Strunz id:VIII/A.8-130 - SILICATES
Name origin: Named after Count Sergey Semyonovich Uvarov (Сергей Семёнович Уваров) (25 August/5 September 1786, Moscow, Russian Empire - 4 September/16 September 1855, Moscow, Russian Empire), Russian statesman and scholar, President of the Academy of St Petersburg (1818-1855).