Rossite Mineral Data

General Rossite Information
Chemical Formula:	CaV2O6•4(H2O)
Composition:	Molecular Weight = 310.02 gm
	Calcium 12.93 % Ca 18.09 % CaO
	Vanadium 32.86 % V 58.67 % V₂O₅
	Hydrogen 2.60 % H 23.24 % H₂O
	Oxygen 51.61 % O
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	100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:	CaV⁵⁺₂O₆•4(H₂O)
Environment:	In veinlets in carnotite-bearing sandstone.
IMA Status:	Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1927
Locality:	M.E. O�Neil�s [Buckhorn] claim, Bull Pen Canyon, and at the Burro and Deremo-Snyder mines, Slick Rock district, San Miguel Co., Colorado Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:	Named for Clarence Samuel Ross (1880-1975), American geologist and mineralogist, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., USA.
Name Pronunciation:	Rossite
Synonym:	ICSD 17001
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