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Melanovanadite & Pascoite

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Melanovanadite & Pascoite

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Description
Locality: 
Ragra Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco Department, Peru
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 4.3 × 3.7 cm
Description

Lustrous black, prismatic crystals of melanovanadite with yellow pascoite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Pascoite

Formula: 
Ca3(V10O28)·17H2O
Strunz: 
4.HC.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru