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Tungusite

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Tungusite

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Description
Locality: 
Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin, Evenkia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Tungusite in matrix from the type locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tungusite

Formula: 
Ca4Fe2Si6O15(OH)6
Strunz: 
9.EE.30
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Tura, Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin (Lower Tunguska River), Evenkia (Evenkiyskiy Autonomous okrug), Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia