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Kamchatkite

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Kamchatkite

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Locality: 
Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0 × 0 × 0 cm
Description

You are bididng on a sealed vial with olive green, rough crystals of rare kamchakite on matrix with euchlorine and tiny red crystals of ponomarevite. From the Colin Manlove systematic collection and Mikhail Murashko. The glass vial measures 3.5x1.0cm for scale. 

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Kamchatkite

Formula: 
KCu3(SO4)2OCl
Strunz: 
7.BC.35
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Yadovitaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...

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