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Tangeite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Monument #1 Mine, Mystery Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.3 × 1 cm
Description

This is a very rich specimen of silky green tangeite microcrystals all over the surface and tiny yellow carnotite crystals.

Collected 1981

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