Garnet Photos    
Cochise College               
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

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garnet-variety uvarovite
The garnet family of silicate minerals all contain a +2 cation and a +3 cation. 
Uvarovite is one of the rarest members of the garnet family.  The +2 cation is
calcium and the +3 element is chromium.  Uvarovite rarely forms single large
crystals.  Instead it usually occurs as massive clusters of tiny green crystals.
 

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