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Straczekite

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Straczekite

Don Owens collection
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Description
Locality: 
North Wilson Pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.9 × 0.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small but exceptional micro of straczekite with beautiful, sharp dark green crystals on a small piece of matrix. Collected by Don Owens, long-time geologist at the mine. 

Mineral Data
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Straczekite

Formula: 
(Ca,K,Ba)(V5+,V4+)8O20·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.HE.20
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
North Wilson pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs (Potash Sulfur Springs), Garland Co., Arkansas, USA

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