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Haradaite & Vanadomalayaite

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Haradaite & Vanadomalayaite

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Description
Locality: 
Gambatesa Mine, Reppia, Genova, Liguria, Italy
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm
Description

A chip (3x5x3 mm) of chert with a quartz vein hosting dozens of emerald green, acicular crystals up to about 0.3 mm of haradaite. There's also a reddish brown microcrystal of vanadomalayaite. This specimen is part of the vanadomalayaite holotype. Very rare.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Haradaite

Formula: 
SrVSi2O7
Strunz: 
9.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Yamato mine, Yamato-son (Yamato village), Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Nansei Archipelago, Kyushu Region, Japan

Vanadomalayaite

Formula: 
CaV4+(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Colour: 
Deep red
Type Locality: 
Valgraveglia Mine (Gambatesa Mine), Reppia, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy

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