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Volborthite specimen

Volborthite

Knaufite (historical)

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Specialist collector mineral prized for its attractive olive-green rosette crystal aggregates. Named for a Russian paleontologist and discovered in the Ural Mountains in the 19th century. Found in vanadium-bearing copper deposit oxidation zones globally. Structurally related to engelhauptite and visually similar to vésigniéite.

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