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Metahewettite & Steigerite

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Metahewettite & Steigerite

Rare Mineral

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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: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Yellow crystal aggregates of the very rare mineral Al-vanadate mineral steigerite associated to dark red metahewettite from the famous Cactus Rat mine in Utah.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Metahewettite

Formula: 
CaV6O16·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.HE.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Thompsons District (S. E. Thomsons), Grand Co., Utah, USA

Steigerite

Formula: 
Al(VO4)·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.65
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Sullivan Brothers claims, Gypsum Valley District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA

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