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Vanadomalayaite

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Vanadomalayaite

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Locality: 
Gambatesa Mine, Reppia, Genova, Liguria, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Reddish-brown crystals up to about 0.5 mm of vanadomalayaite with native copper in a partially etched calcite vein cutting a chert matrix. EDX probed. Type and only locality. Very rare.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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