Uvarovite Garnet
Uvarovite Garnet
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Uvarovite Garnet displays vibrant emerald-green crystals that shimmer with rare natural beauty. It encourages abundance, deepens connection with nature, and inspires trust in new beginnings.
Size: #2 - 4cm x 1.9cm
Locality: Ukraine
Crystal Facts
Crystal Facts
What is Uvarovite Garnet?
Uvarovite is a rare green garnet and the calcium chromium end-member of the garnet family. Its vivid emerald-green colour comes from chromium, the same element responsible for the rich green colour in emeralds.
Unlike many other garnets, Uvarovite rarely forms large crystals suitable for cutting. Instead, it most often appears as tiny, lustrous druzy crystals across rock matrix, creating a sparkling surface of naturally formed green garnets. Because of this, Uvarovite is especially prized as a collector specimen rather than a faceted gemstone.
True Uvarovite requires chromium-rich geological conditions to form, which makes genuine specimens much less common than many other garnet varieties.
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