Cavansite
Cavansite, whose name is derived from its chemical composition, calcium vanadium silicate, is a deep blue hydrous calcium vanadium phyllosilicate mineral, occurring as a secondary mineral in basaltic and andesitic rocks along with a variety of zeolite minerals. Discovered in 1967 in Malheur County, Oregon, cavansite is a relatively rare mineral. It is polymorphic with the even rarer mineral, pentagonite. It is most frequently found in Pune, India and in the Deccan Traps, a large igneous province.
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Cavansite
Cavansite, whose name is derived from its chemical composition, calcium vanadium silicate, is a deep blue hydrous calcium vanadium phyllosilicate mineral, occurring as a secondary mineral in basaltic and andesitic rocks along with a variety of zeolite minerals. Discovered in 1967 in Malheur County, Oregon, cavansite is a relatively rare mineral. It is polymorphic with the even rarer mineral, pentagonite. It is most frequently found in Pune, India and in the Deccan Traps, a large igneous province.
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Cavansit ist ein selten vorkom ...... Glasglanz auf den Oberflächen.
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Cavansite, whose name is deriv ...... aps, a large igneous province.
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Cavansyt – minerał z grupy krz ...... ez IMA w 1973 r. (Evans H.T.).
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Het mineraal cavansiet is een ...... ilicaat behoort tot de mica's.
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La cavansita es un mineral de ...... a: CAlcio + VANadio + SIlicio.
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La cavansite est une espèce mi ...... e formule Ca(V4+O)Si4O10,4H20.
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La cavansite è un minerale appartenente al gruppo dei fillosilicati.
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Каванси́т — минерал, водный фи ...... адий, кремний (лат. Silicium).
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Cavansite: 2.8 cm cluster on zeolite matrix
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cleavage
color
Brilliant sky-blue to greenish blue
diaphaneity
formula
gravity
habit
Radiating acicular prismatic crystals commonly as spherulitic rosettes
luster
Vitreous, pearly
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pleochroism
Visible: X=Z= colorless Y= blue
refractive
nα = 1.542 nβ = 1.544 nγ = 1.551
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symmetry
Orthorhombic dipyramidal H–M Symbol 2/m 2/m 2/m Space group Pcnm
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a = 9.792 Å, b = 13.644 Å, c = 9.629 Å; Z = 4
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Cavansit ist ein selten vorkom ...... Glasglanz auf den Oberflächen.
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Cavansite, whose name is deriv ...... aps, a large igneous province.
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Cavansyt – minerał z grupy krz ...... ez IMA w 1973 r. (Evans H.T.).
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Het mineraal cavansiet is een ...... ilicaat behoort tot de mica's.
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La cavansita es un mineral de ...... a: CAlcio + VANadio + SIlicio.
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La cavansite est une espèce mi ...... e formule Ca(V4+O)Si4O10,4H20.
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La cavansite è un minerale appartenente al gruppo dei fillosilicati.
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Каванси́т — минерал, водный фи ...... адий, кремний (лат. Silicium).
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Cavansiet
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Cavansit
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Cavansita
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Cavansite
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Cavansite
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Cavansite
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Cavansyt
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Кавансит
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