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MT12M5: Very short prismatic Fluor-uvite crystals of almost equidimensional aspect resembling a garnet. The crystals are very transparent and have good color that contrasts with a matrix of rhombohedral pink crystals of Magnesite and with Calcite. The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 11, volume 36, number 11, November 2011
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region Brazil (09/2008)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 2.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.44”
Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20”
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