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Lasalite

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Lasalite from Vanadium Queen mine, near La Sal, San Juan Co., Utah, United States - BAC63199
Lasalite from Vanadium Queen mine, near La Sal, San Juan Co., Utah, United States - BAC63199

Lasalite

#BAC63199
Availability
Sold
Size
3 x 1 x 2 cm - Thumbnail 
Formula
Na2Mg2(V10O28)·20H2O (RRUFF)
Locality
Vanadium Queen mine, near La Sal, San Juan Co., Utah, United States
Tagged
vanadium

Glassy orange crystals with no discernable shapes. Lasalite is fairly rare and occurs at only eight localities all in the Colorado Plateau in Utah and Colorado. It was described by John Huges and others in 2008. Many of the localities were found by Joe Marty, a prolific field collector.

Type Locality

Lasalite

Formula
Na2Mg2(V10O28)·20H2O 
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Crystal Habit
Prismatic, Efflorescences 
Cleavage
None, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
yellow, yellow orange 
Streak
yellow 
Class
Monoclinic - Prismatic 
Fracture
Brittle 
Hardness
1 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
William & Anne Cook Collection
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