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Cortesognoite

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Cortesognoite

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Description
Locality: 
Molinello Mine, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

this new Ca-V-Silicate is the vanadium analog of lawsonite. It forms pale brownish glassy needle-like crystals to 1 mm, mostly intergrown to vein-like crystal aggregates in a quartz matrix

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Cortesognoite

Formula: 
CaV2Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy