Mineralpedia Details for Nevadaite
Nevadaite
Named for the state of its discovery, Nevada, in the United States, with the type locality at the Gold Quarry mine near Carlin. Nevadaite has on other locality in Kyrgyzstan at Kara-Chagyr Mountain. It appears as pate green to turquoise blue prismatic crystals in radiating clusters, spherules, or druses in association with fluellite, wavellite, strengite, variscite, hewettite, anatase, kazakhstanite, tinticite, leucophosphite, torbernite, and tyuyamunite.
Ref. Cooper, M. A., et al. and The Canadian Mineralogist June 2004 v. 42 no. 3 p. 741-752
- Formula
- (Cu2+,[ ],Al,V3+)6[Al8(PO4)8F8](OH)2ยท22H2O
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Radial, Crystalline - Fine, Acicular
- Cleavage
- None, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- pale green, turquoise
- Streak
- pale powder blue
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Disphenoidal
- Fracture
- Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 3
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Nevadaite from Gold Quarry mine, Eureka Co., Nevada, United States
Robin's egg blue radiating acicular sprays to about 0.3mm.
Sky blue spherical crystals on siliceous matrix. This mineral, named after Nevada, where Gold Quarry mine is located, is found in only two localities worldwide.
Sky blue thin platy crystals in groups to 1mm on matrix with probably Fluellite.
Robin's egg blue radiating acicular sprays to about 0.3mm associated with deep red, acicular Hewetitte to 2mm.
