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Kaliochalcite

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Kaliochalcite

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Description
Locality: 
Arsenatnaya Fumarole, Second Scoria Cone, Great Fissure, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

This is a nice thumbanil specimen with a kaliochalcite, a very rare K-Cu sulfate mineral of tsumcorite group. It forms green coatings of tiny globules on volcanic scoria.

 

 

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Kaliochalcite

Formula: 
KCu2(SO4)2[(OH)(H2O)]
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Yadovitaya 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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