General Information:
Chemical Formula:Bi2O(OH)(VO4)
Composition:(Molecular Weight = 565.91 gm)Vanadium 9.00 %
V Bismuth 73.86 %
BiHydrogen 0.18 %
H Oxygen 16.96 %
O Empirical Formula: Bi2O(OH)(VO4)
Environment:In minute cavities in gniess quarried for road-building material. The vanadium-dominant analog of atelestite and, probably, smrkovecite.
IMA Status:Approved IMA (Dana # Added)
Locality:Hechtsberg quarry at Hausach, Black Forest, Germany.
Name Origin:Named after the locality.
Physical Properties: Cleavage:None
Color:brown.
Density:6.87
Diaphaniety:Transparent to translucent
Habits:Euhedral Crystals - Occurs as well-formed crystals showing good external form., ,
Hardness:4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite
Luminescence:Non-fluorescent.
Luster:Adamantine
Streak:yellow
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