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Cavansite

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Locality: 
Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm
Weight: 
6.00gr
Description

Perfect round big size rosette (1.8 cm diameter) of cavansite left from matrix during blasting in the mines. It is very unusual to get this mucg big perfect round rosette.

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

Cavansite

Formula: 
Ca(VO)Si4O10·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Owyhee Dam, Lake Owyhee State Park, Malheur Co., Oregon, USA

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