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Okieite On Hummerite

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Okieite On Hummerite

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Description
Locality: 
Vanadium Queen Mine, La Sal, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3 × 2.3 cm
Description

Orange glassy okieite on orange-yellow hummerite from the Vanadium Queen mine, La Sal, Utah, USA. 

SEM-EDS & XRD confirmed. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Okieite

Formula: 
Mg3[V10O28]·28H2O
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Type Locality: 
Hummer Mine, Paradox Valley, Montrose County, Colorado, USA Or Burro Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA...

Hummerite

Formula: 
K2Mg2(V10O28)·16H2O
Strunz: 
4.HC.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Hummer Mine, Jo Dandy Mine (Paradox D; Hummer; C; Blackburn; Yellow Bird No. 1; Oversight; Broker), Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA