Uvarovite Garnet on Pink Kämmererite – Saranovskii Mine, Russia
Uvarovite Garnet on Pink Kämmererite – Saranovskii Mine, Russia
Description
A vivid uvarovite garnet specimen from the Saranovskii Mine in Perm Krai, Russia, the type locality where this rare chrome garnet was first discovered in 1832, and still the source of the world's finest examples. A glittering field of emerald-green garnet crystals spreads across the rock face, set against soft pink kämmererite, a chromium-bearing chlorite that gives the piece its unusual rose-toned matrix. The crystals here are notably larger than the fine druse typical of the locality, giving each garnet a distinct, readable sparkle. Green on pink is a colour combination few minerals can offer.
Uvarovite is the rarest of the major garnets. The only one that is consistently green, coloured by chromium rather than iron. At Sarany, it forms in fractures cutting through chromite ore, where chromium-rich fluids crystallized garnet in sparkling seams along the walls, with kämmererite forming from the same chromium-rich environment. Unlike other garnets, uvarovite almost never grows large enough to facet, so it is prized precisely in this natural druzy form.
Uvarovite is associated with abundance, prosperity, and heart-centered calm. As a green garnet aligned with the heart chakra, it is often chosen to encourage contentment and quiet confidence; a piece that reads as luxurious without excess.
You will receive the exact specimen photographed.
Details
- Mineral: Uvarovite (chromium garnet) on kämmererite and chromite
- Origin: Saranovskii Mine, Sarany, Gornozavodskii District, Perm Krai, Russia (type locality)
- Size: approx. 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 in
- Weight: 476 g
- Formation: Natural druzy garnet crystals in chromite fracture seam
- Colour: Emerald green on pink
- Condition: Natural, unpolished; features consistent with formation
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