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Steigerite & Metahewettite

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Steigerite & Metahewettite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Cactus Rat Mine, The Poison Strip, Grand County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.1 × 0.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with numerous small balls of rare steigerite on matrix with druses of brown metahewettite and gypsum. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Steigerite

Formula: 
Al(VO4)·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.65
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Sullivan Brothers claims, Gypsum Valley District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA

Metahewettite

Formula: 
CaV6O16·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.HE.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Thompsons District (S. E. Thomsons), Grand Co., Utah, USA

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