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Barnesite & Navajoite

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Barnesite & Navajoite

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Description
Locality: 
Thompsons District, Grand County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3 × 1.8 cm
Description

A small miniature specimen liberally covered with bright red needles and balls of red barnesite with sparse brown needles of navajoite. Beautiful under the scope!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Barnesite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)V6O16·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.HG.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Cactus Rat Mine, Cisco, Yellow Cat District (W. part of Thompsons District), Grand Co., Utah, USA

Navajoite

Formula: 
Fe3+V5+9O24·12H2O
Strunz: 
4.HG.30
Hardness: 
1.5
Type Locality: 
Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 channel, Monument Valley, Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache Co., Arizona, USA

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