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Popovite

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Popovite

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Description
Locality: 
Arsenatnaya Fumarole, Second Scoria Cone, Great Fissure, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

This is a micromount specimen with a new, yellow-green coloured copper arsenate species, popovite and an other green unidentified mineral.  The Arsenatnaya fumarole is the Type Locality for popovite

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Popovite

Formula: 
Cu5O2(AsO4)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...
Loranth Minerals

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