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Alvanite

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Description
Locality: 
Kurumsak, Aksumbe, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a small group of rare alvanite plates on matrix. A good representative sample of this rare species. 

Mineral Data
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Alvanite

Formula: 
(Zn,Ni)Al4(V5+O3)2(OH)12·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.FE.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kurumsak V Deposit, Aksumbe, Karatau Range, Southern Kazakhstan Province (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Oblysy; Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

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