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Turanite

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Description
Locality: 
Unnamed Prospect, Manhattan, Nye County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

Intense green turanite from the Unnamed prospect, Manhattan, Nevada, USA. 

 

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