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Čechite

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Description
Locality: 
Maria Magdalena Mine, Ulldemolins, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

Really very rich Čechite specimen (more than 20 defined crystals). It shows different cavities filled with flattened tabular Čechite crystals, with an intense luster and deep black color. Some of them forming interpenetrated groups. These crystals are from the same area than first finding but with a different shape, more flattened and with violet fluorite matrix.
Finally our article about Čechite and more vanadium minerals from this Catalan mine has been published: Rosell, J., Rubio, C., Varela, F. (2017): Los minerales de vanadio de la mina Maria Magdalena. Ulldemolins, el Priorat, Tarragona, Catalunya. Paragénesis, Vol. I, 3:3-50 (magazine in Spanish). Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català.

Mineral Data
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Čechite

Formula: 
Pb(Fe2+,Mn2+)(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Alexander Shaft (Alexander Mine), Vrančice, Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic