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Cavansite

A vivid blue calcium vanadium silicate forming tiny radiating rosettes on white zeolites.

Cavansite specimen
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How to identify cavansite

  • Electric-blue radiating balls, usually under 1 cm.
  • Sits on white stilbite or heulandite.
  • Soft.

Often confused with

Where it's found

  • Wagholi, Pune, India
  • Owyhee Dam, Oregon

Uses

Collector specimens.

Rock tumbling

Not suitable for tumbling.

Did you know?

Its name is built from its ingredients: CAlcium, VANadium, SIlicate.

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