uvarovite
/uːˈvarə(ʊ)vʌɪt
/noun [mass noun]
An emerald green variety of garnet, containing chromium.Also begun was the extraction of rare minerals and gemstones along with their accompanying minerals in the Il'men Mountains as well as recovery of uvarovite at Sarany....
- On a dark night during the fall I was examining the uvarovite and I discovered that there was a crack in the calcite on the side of the uvarovite.
- Just as the gemstone alexandrite was named after the Czar Alexander, uvarovite is named after the Russian Count Uvarov of the mid 1800's.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from the name of Count Sergei S. Uvarov (1785–1855), Russian statesman, + -ite1.