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Clinobisvanite

Year of discovery: 1974 (Kempton Brothers mine, Australia), 2012 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of clinobisvanite

• BiVO₄
• [Bi³⁺][VO₄]^3-

• Class: Vanadate

• Polymorph: Pucherite (Orthorhombic), Dreyerite (Tetragonal)

• Bi => Ce: Wakefieldite-(Ce)
• Bi => La: Wakefieldite-(La)
• Bi => Y: Wakefieldite-(Y)
• Bi => Nd: Wakefieldite-(Nd)

• Color: Yellowish brown
• Luster: Vitreous

• Cleavage: Perfect on {010} (1 plane)
• Density: 7.0

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, I2/a
• Lattice: a=5.2, b=11.7, c=5.1, β=89.6