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Cavansite

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Cavansite

Bob Rothenberg collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Aranga Quarry, Aranga, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm
Description

A small matrix specimen with tiny clusters of cavansite on matrix with balls of white okenite. This is by far the rarest locality for cavansite and very little material was found.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cavansite

Formula: 
Ca(VO)Si4O10·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Owyhee Dam, Lake Owyhee State Park, Malheur Co., Oregon, USA

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