{"id":277,"date":"2019-06-11T07:11:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T06:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amor-stone.com\/?page_id=277"},"modified":"2021-04-20T10:48:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T09:48:59","slug":"cavansite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amor-stone.com\/gemstones\/cavansite\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavansite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cavansite<\/strong>, whose name is derived from its chemical composition,\u00a0ca<\/strong>lcium\u00a0van<\/strong>adium\u00a0si<\/strong>licate<\/strong><\/em>, is a deep blue hydrous\u00a0calcium\u00a0vanadium\u00a0phyllosilicate\u00a0mineral, occurring as a secondary mineral in\u00a0basaltic\u00a0and\u00a0andesitic\u00a0rocks along with a variety of\u00a0zeolite\u00a0minerals. Discovered in 1967 in\u00a0Malheur County,\u00a0Oregon, cavansite is a relatively rare mineral. It is\u00a0polymorphic\u00a0with the even rarer mineral,\u00a0pentagonite. It is most frequently found in\u00a0Pune,\u00a0India,\u00a0and in the\u00a0Deccan Traps, a\u00a0large igneous province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Characteristics of Cavansite<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n