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Cavansite

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Locality: 
Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.4 × 2.2 cm
Weight: 
2.50gr
Description

Found recently this specimen of Acicular Cavansite forms a wonderful meshwork. This find is of mid June, 2019 with very few specimens found of this quality. The needles of this variety of cavansite are almost transparent and display a pleasant turquoise blue color. The last time similar cavansites were found was in 2006. Accicular cavansites have often been misidentified as pentagonites. For perfect identification we had then sent this variety for X-ray analysis. The positive identifation was cavansite. It has been almost 12 years since we found high quality acicular cavansites. With the bright turquoise blue color the specimens are sure to stand out in a collection. 

 

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

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