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Fedorite & Dolerophanite & Boothite

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Fedorite & Dolerophanite & Boothite

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Description
Locality: 
Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm
Description

Fedorite with dolerophanite and boothite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fedorite

Formula: 
(Na,K)2-3(Ca4Na3)Si16O38(OH,F)2·3.5H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.80
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Turii alkaline Massif (Turiy massif), Turii Cape, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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

Boothite

Formula: 
CuSO4·7H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.35
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Alma Mine (Alma Pyrite Mine), Leona Heights deposit, Leona Heights, Oakland, Oakland Hills, Diablo Range, Alameda Co., California, USA