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Nabokoite

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Nabokoite

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Description
Locality: 
Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.05 × 0.05 × 0.05 cm
Description

Very rare analysed nabokoite crystal from the type  and only locality! 

Unusual combination of elements!

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nabokoite

Formula: 
KCu7(SO4)5(Te4+O3)OCl
Strunz: 
7.BC.20
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Yadovitaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...