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Pascoite & Rossite

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Pascoite & Rossite

Kay Robertson collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Little Eva Mine, Yellow Cat Mesa, Grand County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample with a fracture surface lined with very nice clusters of orange pascoite crystals and pale tan clusters of rossite. A very good sample of both species from this locality. Kay Robertson collection and label. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pascoite

Formula: 
Ca3(V10O28)·17H2O
Strunz: 
4.HC.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Rossite

Formula: 
Ca(V2O6)·4H2O
Strunz: 
4.HD.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Arrowhead tunnel (Arrowhead prospect; O'Neill's claim), Bull Pen Canyon, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA...

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