sincosite
Sign in to saveSincosite is a green mineral discovered in 1922. It is named for Sincos, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Peru, where it was first discovered.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Sincosite
- Mineral.category
- Vanadate minerals
- Mineral.image
- Sincosite-Minyulite-27303.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Sincosite with an associated spray of white, acicular minyulite; from Ross Hannibal Mine, South Dakota, US
- Mineral.formula
- CaV2(PO4)2O2 . 5H2O
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Scs
- Mineral.strunz
- 8.CJ.65
- Mineral.system
- Tetragonal
- Mineral.class
- Ditetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P42/nnm
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 1 - 2
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous, Pearly, Sub-Metallic, Dull
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- phosphate mineral
- Country
- Peru
- Image
- Sincosite-Minyulite-27303.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sincosite
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.CJ.65
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.CJ.65
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Scs
- chemical formula
- Ca(VO)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VII/D.20b
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Encyclopedic overview
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Sincosite is a green mineral discovered in 1922. It is named for Sincos, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Peru, where it was first discovered.
==References==
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