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Piypite

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Locality: 
Yadovitaya Fumarole, Second Scoria Cone, Great Fissure, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 2.5 × 1.1 cm
Description

Good Type Locality specimen of very rare potassium-copper-sulfate mineral piypite forms green sprays on vulcanic scoria. Also red, platy hematite is present with black isometric magnetite crystals, just as red needles of an unnamed, lyonsite like Cu-Fe vanadate . The whole mineral association was formed by fumarolic activity, very interesting mineralization.

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Piypite

Formula: 
K2Cu2(SO4)2O
Strunz: 
7.BC.40
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...
Loranth Minerals

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