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Kokinosite

EDS confirmed specimen no 20-04-04-ev2

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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: 
1.7 × 0.8 × 0.45 cm
Description

EDS confirmed specimen no 20-04-04-ev2 hosting orange kokinosite crystals on U-V impregnated matrix. 

Analysis attached. A new mineral from the Little Eva mine, Utah. Minor Sr not marked in the EDS data replaces Ca. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kokinosite

Formula: 
Na2Ca2(V10O28)·24H2O
Hardness: 
1.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
St Jude Mine, Gypsum Valley, Slick Rock District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA