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Piypite

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Description
Locality: 
Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

Pale green acicular crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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...