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Description
Locality: 
Cactus Rat Mine, The Poison Strip, Grand County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Dark orange sharp crystals of this very rare vanadium oxide mineral of formula (Na,Ca)V6O16 · 3H2O from the type locality.

The species is only found in 4 countries worldwide, with a few localities.

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Formula: 
(Na,Ca)V6O16·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.HG.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Cactus Rat Mine, Cisco, Yellow Cat District (W. part of Thompsons District), Grand Co., Utah, USA

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