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Yushkinite

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Yushkinite

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Description
Locality: 
Yushkinite Gorge, Silova-Yakha River, Yugorskii Peninsula, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.6 × 0.9 cm
Description

This is a one locality, Mg-V-sulfide-hydroxide mineral. Yushkinite occurs as pinkish-purple metallic platy crystals in calcite matrix. Very rare, hard to find mineral.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Yushkinite

Formula: 
(Mg,Al)V4+S2(OH)2
Strunz: 
2.FD.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Yushkinite gorge, Middle Silova-Yakha River, Pai-Khoi Range (Paikhoi; Pay Khoy), Yugorskii Peninsula, Nenetskiy Autonomous Okrug, Northern Region, Russia
Loranth Minerals

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