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Tungusite

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Tungusite

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Description
Locality: 
Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin, Evenkia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.8 × 1 cm
Description

Green crystals of tungusite in radiating aggregates richly covering the matrix. A good example of this uncommon silicate from the Type Locality.

Mineral Data
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Tungusite

Formula: 
Ca4Fe2Si6O15(OH)6
Strunz: 
9.EE.30
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Tura, Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin (Lower Tunguska River), Evenkia (Evenkiyskiy Autonomous okrug), Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
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