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Rusakovite

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Rusakovite

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Balasauskandyk Vanadium Deposit, Shieli, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.9 × 0.6 cm
Description

Brown rusakovite on matrix from its type locality.  RARE

Ex Franz Bauer collection, Munich - acquired 1988

Ex Dr. HJ Wilke collection, Germany

Ex Fersman Museum, Moskow

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rusakovite

Formula: 
(Fe3+,Al)5(VO4,PO4)2(OH)9·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DF.15
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Balasauskandyk V Deposit, Karatau Range, Southern Kazakhstan Province (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Oblysy; Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...