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Vanalite

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Description
Locality: 
Kurumsak, Aksumbe, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3 × 0.2 cm
Description

Yellow crystal aggregates of the very rare Na-Al-V oxide mineral vanalite from the TL and only one of the two known localities worldwide, in a dark contrasting matrix.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
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Vanalite

Formula: 
NaAl8V10O38·30H2O
Strunz: 
4.HG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kurumsak V Deposit, Aksumbe, Karatau Range, Southern Kazakhstan Province (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Oblysy; Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

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