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Munirite Metamunirite & Dickthomssenite

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Munirite Metamunirite & Dickthomssenite

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Description
Locality: 
Gateway, Uravan, Mesa County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.5 × 2 cm
Description

White to pale yellow acicular munirite/metamunirite with dickthomssenite.

Rare mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Munirite

Formula: 
NaVO3·1.9H2O
Strunz: 
4.HD.15
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Bhimber district, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

Metamunirite

Formula: 
NaVO3
Strunz: 
4.HD.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Burro Mine (C-SR-13 Mesa), Slick Rock District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA

Dickthomssenite

Formula: 
Mg(V2O6)·7H2O
Strunz: 
4.HD.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Firefly–Pigmay Mine, La Sal Quadrangle, San Juan Co., Utah, USA