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Calciodelrioite

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Calciodelrioite

Raman confirmed!

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Description
Locality: 
Little Eva Mine, Yellow Cat Mesa, Grand County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

Very rich Raman confirmed calciodelrioite. This mineral is very strong Raman active. The fatty lustrous mineral was analysed again after a Raman spectrum was obtained and could not be matched with metarossite. P-XRD shows that this mineral is rossite.

P-XRD of rossite attached in the section analysis. Second image in this section shows a Raman spectrum of calciodelrioite obtained with a 532nm laser.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calciodelrioite

Formula: 
Ca(VO3)2·4H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
West Sunday Mine, Slick Rock District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Calciodelrioite
Analysis Report - only: Calciodelrioite