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Turanite

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Description
Locality: 
Farg'ona, Farg'ona Viloyati, Farg'ona Viloyati, Uzbekistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm
Description

This specimen comes from a less known location and hosts turanite crystals. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Turanite

Formula: 
Cu5(VO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BB.70
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic (?)
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U deposit (Radium Mine), Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan