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Rheniite

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Rheniite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kudriavy Volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Rheniite is the only known mineral with Rhenium It's fascinating species. It occurs at a volcanic vents of Kudryavyi volcano. It features small sub-millimeter crystals of high metallic luster.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rheniite

Formula: 
ReS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic ?
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kudriavy volcano (Kudryavyi), Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Sakhalinskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...