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Tangeite

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Description
Locality: 
Monument #2 Mine, Yazzie Mesa, Apache County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13 × 11 × 4 cm
Description

Very large specimen of silky green tangeite microcrystals all over the surface.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tangeite

Formula: 
CaCu(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Glavnaya vein, Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U Deposit (Radium Mine), Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan