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Karelianite

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Karelianite

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Description
Locality: 
Outokumpu, North Karelia, Finland
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

A lot of black microspecimens of karelianite from Finland.

Karelianite is a simple vanadium oxide.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Karelianite

Formula: 
V3+2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
8.0 - 9.0
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Outokumpu Cu-Zn deposit, Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au ore field, Eastern Finland Region, Finland

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