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Grantsite & Tyuyamunite

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Grantsite & Tyuyamunite

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Description
Locality: 
Grants Ridge, Grants District, Cibola County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 4.6 × 3 cm
Description

Masses of dark olive green to green-black, almost platy grantsite, in calcite, with tyuyamunite/meta-tyuyamunite alterations

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Grantsite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)V6O16·4H2O
Strunz: 
4.HG.55
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
F33 Mine, Grants District, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA

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
Earthstones Australia

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