2.3" Druzy Green Uvarovite (Garnet Group) - Russia

Uvarovite is a chromium-bearing garnet group species with the formula: Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3. It is one of the rarest of the garnet group minerals, and is the only consistently green garnet species with an emerald-green color. It occurs as well formed, fine-sized crystals. It is found associated with chromium ores in Spain, Russia, and Quebec in Canada. It also occurs in Finland, Norway, and South Africa.