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Minasragrite Stanleyite & Patrónite

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Minasragrite Stanleyite & Patrónite

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Description
Locality: 
Ragra Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Blue crystals of minasragrite associated to greenish crystals of stanleyite, both on a matrix of patronite (vanadium sulphide). The first two are very rare vanadium sulphate minerals found in only two localities worldwide. Type locality for both minerals. The item consists of 5 independent specimens, but not all specimens have the 3 species..

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Minasragrite

Formula: 
(V4+O)(SO4)·5H2O
Strunz: 
7.DB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Stanleyite

Formula: 
(V4+O)(SO4)·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.DE.50
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Patrónite

Formula: 
VS4
Strunz: 
2.EC.10
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru

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