page_title: Pascoite
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Pascoite / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Pascoite Locality: Ponto No. 3 Claim, Gypsum Valley District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA (Locality at mindat.org) EXTREMELY RARE sub-mm but eye-visible, bright orange crystals of the mineral pascoite, which does not commonly occur in crystalline form. I am told that these old specimens are extremely rich and fine for the material. 4 x 3 x 2 cm Deutsch: Pascoit Fundort: Ponto No. 3 Claim, Gypsum Valley District, San Miguel County, Colorado, Vereinigte Staaten (Fundort bei mindat.org)
context_page_description: Pascoite is a mineral with formula Ca₃V₁₀O₂₈·17H₂O that is red-orange to yellow in color. It was discovered in the Pasco Province of Peru, for which it is named, and described in 1914.
context_section_description: Crystals of pascoite, which occur in granular crusts, are minute and lath-like with oblique terminations. The mineral is dark red-orange to yellow-orange in color and dirty yellow when partially dehydrated. It occurs as efflorescences in mine tunnels or as a product leached out of surficial vanadium oxides by ground water. Pascoite has been found in association with carnotite.
  Pascoite melts readily to form a deep red liquid.
  Pascoite is a member of the eponymous pascoite group. The magnesium analogue of pascoite is magnesiopascoite.
caption: Pascoite from the Gypsum Valley District, San Miguel County, Colorado, United States
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