Volborthite, green crystals on matrix, Arizona

A very sharp specimen of the unusual copper-vanadium oxide mineral Volborthite from the Monument #2 Mine, Apache County, Arizona.

Volborthite has a formula of Cu3V2O7(OH)2•2(H2O). It is named for Alexander von Volborth (1800-1876), the Russian paleontologist who first noted the mineral.

Measures 6.1 x 4.8 x 1.9 centimeters.

Volborthite, green crystals on matrix, Arizona
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  • Item #: Volborthite2-12-1
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