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Turanite: Cu5(VO4)2(OH)4
Comments: The holotype specimen of botryodal, olive green turanite (#3578) in a cavite in white barite from the collection of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum (Moscow, Russia). (CanMin, v 42, p732). Location: Tyuya-Muyun Ra-U deposit, the Alai Ridge foothills, Osh district, Kyrgyzstan. Scale: Specimen size 4.5 x 7.5 cm. © N.A. Pekova
Comments: SEM image of turanite crystals (a) parallel intergrown crystals. Location: Tyuya-Muyun Ra-U deposit, the Alai Ridge foothills, Osh district, Kyrgyzstan. Scale: See ImaGE. © Canadian Mineralogist