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Hechtsbergite

Year of discovery: 1995 (Hechtsberg quarry, Germany), 2012 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of hechtsbergite

• Bi₂VO₄O(OH)
• [Bi³⁺₂][OH|O|VO₄]^6-

• Class: Vanadate - Oxide - Hydroxide

• VO₄ => AsO₄: Atelestite
• VO₄ => PO₄: Smrkovecite

• Color: Brown
• Streak: Yellow
• Luster: Adamantine
• Diaphaneity: Transparent-Translucent

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 4.5
• Density: 6.9

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, P2₁/c
• Lattice: a=6.8, b=7.5, c=10.9, β=107.0