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Dolerophanite

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Dolerophanite

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Description
Locality: 
Great Fissure, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

Brown dolerophanite on matrix from the Great fissure eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Russia. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dolerophanite

Formula: 
Cu2(SO4)O
Strunz: 
7.BB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy