Schäferite

schaferite

magnesioferrite

berzeliite

powellite

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Formula: (NaCa2)Mg2(V5+O4)3
Anhydrous vanadate, berzeliite group, garnet supergroup, forms a series with berzeliite
Crystal System: Isometric
Specific gravity: 3.40 measured, 3.43 calculated
Hardness: 5
Streak: Yellow
Colour: Orange-red
Luminescence: Not fluorescent under UV
Environments

Volcanic igneous environments
Fumeroles

Localities

At the type locality, the Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, schäferite occurs as orange-red, euhedral crystals, up to 0.15 mm across, in leucite tephrite lava, associated with magnesioferrite (Mindat).
Schäferite from the Caspar Quarry - Image

At the Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia, schäferite occurs in the high-temperature exhalations of the fumarole associated with anhydrite, svabite, berzeliite, diopside, hematite, powellite, baryte, fluorapatite, calciojohillerite, ludwigite, magnesioferrite, anorthite and titanite (MM 87.5.695–701, AM 107.8.1626–1634, MM 86.1.103–111, MM 85.2.215–223).
Schäferite from the Arsenatnaya Fumarole - Image

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