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Fernandinite Bariandite Patrónite & Melanovanadite

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Fernandinite Bariandite Patrónite & Melanovanadite

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Description
Locality: 
Ragra Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Very nice and important type locality specimen of fernandinite associated with type locality black prismatic melanovanadite, type locality patronite, and bariandite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fernandinite

Formula: 
(Ca,K)(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·10H2O
Strunz: 
4.HE.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Bariandite

Formula: 
Al0.6(V5+,V4+)8O20·9H2O
Strunz: 
4.HE.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Mounana Mine (Mouana Mine), Franceville, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon

Patrónite

Formula: 
VS4
Strunz: 
2.EC.10
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Melanovanadite

Formula: 
Ca(V5+,V4+)4O10·5H2O
Strunz: 
4.HE.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru

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