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Barnesite

Ex Fred DeVito collection

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Description
Locality: 
Vanadium Queen Mine, La Sal, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.2 × 1.6 cm
Description

A good coverage of bright red acicular crystals and spherical aggregates of the uncommon sodium-calcium-vanadate barnesite on matrix.
Beautiful under magnification, an excellent specimen from the collection of the late Fred DeVito.

Mineral Data
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Barnesite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)V6O16·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.HG.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Cactus Rat Mine, Cisco, Yellow Cat District (W. part of Thompsons District), Grand Co., Utah, USA
Cartils Minerals

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