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Tyuyamunite & Hewettite

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Tyuyamunite & Hewettite

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Description
Locality: 
Tyuya-Muyun, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 5 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
140.00gr
Description

Miniature sample of yellow tyuyamunite crystals from the type locality together with hewettite. With an old label of the well know Italian collector Roberto Allori (Alloriite).

Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tyuyamunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O
Strunz: 
4.HB.25
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U deposit (Radium Mine), Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan

Hewettite

Formula: 
CaV6O16·9H2O
Strunz: 
4.HE.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru

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