Schindlerite

schindlerite

calciodelrioite

huemulite

hughesite

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Formula: {(NH4)4Na2(H2O)10}{V10O28}
Ammonium-bearing decavanadate
Specific gravity: 2.461 calculated
Hardness: 2
Streak: Yellow
Colour: Orange
Luminescence: Does not fluoresce under UV
Solubility: Dissolves instantly in cold, dilute hydrochloric acid, and slowly in water
Environments

Sedimentary environments
Hydrothermal environments

Localities

At the type locality, the Saint Jude Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA, schindlerite is rare. It was found growing on corvusite-montroseite-bearing sandstone blocks and closely associated with calciodelrioite, gypsum, huemulite, hughesite, metarossite, pascoite and rossite. Other minerals found in the same area in the mine include wernerbaurite, delrioite, hendersonite, nashite and powellite.
The minerals form from the oxidation of corvusite-montroseite assemblages in a moist environment. Mining operations have exposed unoxidised and oxidised phases. Under ambient temperatures and generally oxidising near-surface environments, water reacts with pyrite in the deposit to form aqueous solutions with relatively low pH (acid). The various secondary vanadate phases that formed depend upon the ambient conditions and on the presence of other cations such as Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and Al3+.
Crystals of schindlerite are tabular and often occur in stacked parallel intergrowths. Individual crystals are up to 0.3 mm in size (CM 51.297-312).

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