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Cupromolybdite

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Cupromolybdite

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Description
Locality: 
Yadovitaya Fumarole, Second Scoria Cone, Great Fissure, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

This is a small thumbnail specimen of one locality mineral cupromolybdite. It forms tiny orange needles and sprays (untypical form!!) with colorless langbeinite on volcanic scoria. Confirmed material

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Cupromolybdite

Formula: 
Cu3O(MoO4)2
Hardness: 
3.0 - 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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