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Barnesite & Metahewettite

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Description
Locality: 
Cactus Rat Mine, The Poison Strip, Grand County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.3 × 1.3 cm
Description

Aggregates of red barnesite from the type locality with red metahewettite. They are mainly encrustations or inclusions in parallel growth crystals, with some typical red acicular radial aggregates.

Ex. A. Gelders, #509.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Barnesite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)V6O16·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.HG.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Cactus Rat Mine, Cisco, Yellow Cat District (W. part of Thompsons District), Grand Co., Utah, USA

Metahewettite

Formula: 
CaV6O16·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.HE.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Thompsons District (S. E. Thomsons), Grand Co., Utah, USA

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