# Sincosite

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{{Infobox mineral
| name        = Sincosite
| category    = [Vanadate minerals](/source/Vanadate_minerals)
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| image       = Sincosite-Minyulite-27303.jpg
| caption     = Sincosite with an associated spray of white, acicular [minyulite](/source/minyulite); from Ross Hannibal Mine, [South Dakota](/source/South_Dakota), US
| formula     = CaV<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> . 5H<sub>2</sub>O
| IMAsymbol   = Scs<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}</ref>
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| strunz      = 8.CJ.65
| system      = [Tetragonal](/source/Tetragonal)
| class       = Ditetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm) <br/>[H-M symbol](/source/H-M_symbol): (4/m 2/m 2/m)
| symmetry    = ''P''4<sub>2</sub>/nnm
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| tenacity    = Brittle
| mohs        = 1 - 2
| luster      = Vitreous, Pearly, Sub-Metallic, Dull
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| references  = <ref name=Mindat>[http://www.mindat.org/min-3671.html Sincosite] at [Mindat.org](/source/Mindat.org)</ref>
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'''Sincosite''' is a green [mineral](/source/mineral) discovered in 1922. It is named for Sincos, [Daniel Alcides Carrión Province](/source/Daniel_Alcides_Carri%C3%B3n_Province), [Peru](/source/Peru), where it was first discovered.<ref name=Mindat/>

==References==
{{commons category| Sincosite}}
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Category:Phosphate minerals
Category:Calcium minerals
Category:Vanadium minerals
Category:Tetragonal minerals
Category:Minerals in space group 134

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