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Volborthite

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Volborthite

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Description
Locality: 
Rothenberg, Bell, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

This specimen shows lots of light green tabular aggregates of volborthite grown inside vugs of a volcanic xenolith.

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...