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Pintadoite & Fernandinite

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Pintadoite & Fernandinite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Slick Rock, San Miguel County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Dark green crystals of the very rare mineral fernandinite associated to yellow crystals of the also rare pintadoite.

Both are vanadium minerals and have only been found in a few localities worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fernandinite

Formula: 
(Ca,K)(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·10H2O
Strunz: 
4.HE.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru

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