Formula :
Cu3[(OH)2/V2O7] * 2 H2O
System: monoclinic Hardness:3½ Rarity:not common
Strunz id:VII/D.24-10 -
PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES and VANADATES
Name origin: Named in honor of Alexander Fedorovich Volborth (Александр Федорович Фольборт) (1800, Mogilev, Russian Empire - 1876, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire), paleontologist, who first noted the mineral. At least ten fossil species are also named after him.
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