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Satpaevite

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Description
Locality: 
Kurumsak, Aksumbe, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Safron yellow crystal group of the very rare V-Al oxide mineral satpaevite from the type locality in Kurumsak, Kazakhstan.

Only 3 known localities worldwide

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
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Satpaevite

Formula: 
Al12V4+2V5+6O37·30H2O
Strunz: 
4.HG.65
Hardness: 
1.5
Type Locality: 
Kurumsak V Deposit, Aksumbe, Karatau Range, Southern Kazakhstan Province (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Oblysy; Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

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