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Tenorite

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Tenorite

Munich Show 2012
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Description
Locality: 
Yadovitaya Fumarole, Second Scoria Cone, Great Fissure, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm
Description

Very nice tenorite crystals have been found this summer in Kamchatka. The specimen features black, platy and acicular, mostly skeletal crystals on vulcanic scoria matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tenorite

Formula: 
CuO
Strunz: 
4.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Loranth Minerals

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