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Marshite

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Locality: 
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm
Description

Exceptionally well crystallized specimen of the very rare copper iodide marshite(CuI) from this already famous Russian deposit. Marshite occurs as complex beige crystals in a contrasting brown matrix. For an excellent review on the locality see the recent Mineralogical Record Vol.45, nº4, July-August 2014 article, where it tells that the marshite occurrence inside the mine was only 6 m long !(p.409). Outstanding under the microscope! Very hard to obtain material in this quality.

Mineral Data
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Marshite

Formula: 
CuI
Strunz: 
3.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

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