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Rossite & Metarossite

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Rossite & Metarossite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Burro Mine, Slick Rock, San Miguel County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

Rossite and metarossite are two very rare calcium vanadium oxides that occur in this specimen as yellow orange crystal aggregates on a contrasting matrix. Colorful !.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rossite

Formula: 
Ca(V2O6)·4H2O
Strunz: 
4.HD.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Arrowhead tunnel (Arrowhead prospect; O'Neill's claim), Bull Pen Canyon, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA...

Metarossite

Formula: 
Ca(V2O6)·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.HD.10
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Arrowhead tunnel (Arrowhead prospect; O'Neill's claim), Bull Pen Canyon, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA...

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