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Nickenichite

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Nickenichite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Arsenatnaya Fumarole, Second Scoria Cone, Great Fissure, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm
Description

Fantastich and very rich specimen with many perfect blue (the best quality) crystals of the rare nickenichite: beautiful, from personal collection Luigi Chiappino

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nickenichite

Formula: 
Na0.8Ca0.4Cu0.4(Mg,Fe)3(AsO4)3
Strunz: 
8.AC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Nickenichite-bearing fumarole, Nickenicher Sattel (Eicher Sattel), Nickenich, Andernach, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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