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Pentagonite

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Pentagonite

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Description
Locality: 
Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 0.2 × 0.1 cm
Weight: 
0.50gr
Description

Loose crystal of dark blue Pentagonite left gtom the matrix during blasting in the mines. It has very beautiful natural termination on one side looking like a Pentagon. Getting such a long and thick crystal is rare.

Wagholi, Pune - India is the only one location in the whole world, where best quality cavansite & pentagonite is found. Due to expansion of localities around, mines are almost on the verge of closing down.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pentagonite

Formula: 
Ca(VO)Si4O10·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.55
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Owyhee Dam, Lake Owyhee State Park, Malheur Co., Oregon, USA

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