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Rheniite

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Rheniite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kudriavy Volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.3 × 2.1 cm
Description

This specimen of porous tuff is host to hundreds of micro crystals to .75 mm of the rare mineral rheniite.

Rich specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rheniite

Formula: 
ReS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic ?
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kudriavy volcano (Kudryavyi), Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Sakhalinskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...