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Cavansite

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Cavansite

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Description
Locality: 
Owyhee Dam, Lake Owyhee State Park, Malheur County, Oregon, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

Radiating sprays of blue cavansite crystals on and in calcite (?) crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cavansite

Formula: 
Ca(VO)Si4O10·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Owyhee Dam, Lake Owyhee State Park, Malheur Co., Oregon, USA