Tangeite
| ID | 471 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mineral | Tangeite | |
| Location | Mammoth #2 Mine - Tiger - Arizona - United States of America | |
| Fluorescence | LW-UV: close SW-UV: close |
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Mindat data
| ID | 4073 |
|---|---|
| Long ID | 1:1:4073:6 |
| Formula |
CaCu(VO4)(OH)
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| IMA Status |
0 1 |
| Occurrence | Sedimentary deposits |
| Other Occurrences | Found in sandstone and in the oxidized zones of vanadium-bearing deposits. |
| Discovery Year | 1925 |
| Diapheny | Transparent,Translucent |
| Cleavage | On {010}, perfect; on {001}, good. |
| Tenacity | brittle |
| Colour | yellow, yellow-green, olive green, green to dark green; light green in transmitted light. |
| Hardness (min) | 3.5 |
| Hardness (max) | 3.5 |
| Lustre | Vitreous, Pearly |
| About the name | Named by Aleksandr Evgenievich Fersman in 1925 after its discovery locality located near the Tange Gorge, Fergana Valley, Alai Mountains, Kyrgyzstan. |
| Streak | light yellow green |
| Crystal System | Orthorhombic |
| Cleavage Type | Perfect |
| Morphology | Crystals are unusual, platy and short prismatic with acute terminations. Occurs as scaly aggregates, rosette-shaped at times, also fibrous to dense massive, botryoidal to spheroidal. |
| UV | Not fluorescent. |
| Comment Luster | Luster pearly on cleavage surfaces. |
| key_elements |
0 1 |
| shortcode_ima | Tg |
| Group | Adelite-Descloizite Group |
Details
Price: € 5
Dimensions: Not registered
Weight: Not registered
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Notes:
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| Symbol | Element | |
|---|---|---|
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Cu | Copper | |
| H | Hydrogen | |
| O | Oxygen | |
| V | Vanadium |