Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Gelosaite Sardignaite Ferrimolybdite Molybdite & Anatase

Views:
Watches:
ASC691757

Gelosaite Sardignaite Ferrimolybdite Molybdite & Anatase

Rare Mineral

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Punta de Su Seinargiu, Sarroch, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Rare combination of rare mineral species. Lght blue blocky crystal of Gelosaite in between irregular grown Sarignaite. long prismatic Sardignaite in two further vugs. + some nice patches of Ferrimolybdite and groups of black crystals of Anatase.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gelosaite

Formula: 
BiMo6+(2-5x)Mo5+6xO7(OH)·H2O (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4)
Strunz: 
07.??
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Colour: 
yellow, yellowish green, pale blue
Type Locality: 
Su Senargiu Sarroch, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

Sardignaite

Formula: 
BiMo2O7(OH)·2H2O
Strunz: 
04.E
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Colour: 
Grey, white
Type Locality: 
Su Senargiu Sarroch, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

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...

Molybdite

Formula: 
MoO3
Strunz: 
4.EA.10
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Quartz vein outcrops, Knöttel area (Knötel; Knödel; Knödlberg), Krupka (Graupen), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Ústí Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps