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Clinobisvanite & Khorixasite

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Clinobisvanite & Khorixasite

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Description
Locality: 
Mesopotamia 504 Farm, Mesopotamia Copper Valley, Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

Clinobisvanite crystals and sprays of yellow khorixasite on matrix. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clinobisvanite

Formula: 
Bi(VO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.65
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kempton Brothers Beryl Mine (Arthur River South pegmatite; Tobin Well pegmatite; Marloo No2 pegmatite; Marloo Well No2 pegmatite), Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Khorixasite

Formula: 
(Bi0.670.33)Cu(VO4)(OH)
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Type Locality: 
Mesopotamia 504 Farm, Mesopotamia Copper Valley, Khorixas District, Kunene Region, Namibia
Isostructural with: 
Mottramite