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Barnesite & Steigerite

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Barnesite & Steigerite

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Description
Locality: 
Parco Mine, Yellow Cat Mesa, Grand County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.1 × 1.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with two sides covered with nice small sprays of red barnesite needles and really tiny yellow balls of rare steigerite from the Parco Mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Steigerite

Formula: 
Al(VO4)·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.65
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Sullivan Brothers claims, Gypsum Valley District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA

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