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Volborthite

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Volborthite

ex Alex Franz collection
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Paulls North Mine, Nichol Nob, Mount Lyndhurst, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm
Description

Earthy volborthite on matrix from Paulls North Mine. Out of the collection Alex Franz (1906-2000).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Volborthite

Formula: 
Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.FD.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Sofronovskii Cu Mine, Yugovskii Zavod, Perm', Permskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...