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Margaritasite

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Margaritasite

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Description
Locality: 
Margaritas #1 Mine, Sierra Peña Blanca, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.6 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a vuggy area hosting actual crystals of the rare cesium vanadate margaritasite. Associated with some unknown white bladed crystals. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Margaritasite

Formula: 
(Cs,K,H3O)2(UO2)2(VO4)2·H2O
Strunz: 
4.HB.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Margaritas No. 1 Mine, Sierra Peña Blanca, Peña Blanca District, Mun. de Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico

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