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Mendozavilite & Ferrimolybdite

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Mendozavilite & Ferrimolybdite

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Locality: 
Punta de Su Seinargiu, Sarroch, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm
Description

Fibrous, silky, gold-yellow crystals of ferrimolybdite and groups of small, flattened, canary-yellow crystals of which at high magnifications the hexagonal tabular form can be distinguished of a rare mineral of the "mendozavilite group". In addition to melkovite, at Su Seinargiu there are other terms of this group of minerals, but complex analysis is needed for a precise determination.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ferrimolybdite

Formula: 
Fe2(MoO4)3·nH2O
Strunz: 
7.GB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Alekseevskii Mine, Lake Iktul', Karysh River Basin, Khakassia Republic (Khakassy Republic; Khakassiya Republic), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

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