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Krasheninnikovite

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Krasheninnikovite

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Description
Locality: 
Yadovitaya Fumarole, Second Scoria Cone, Great Fissure, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm
Description

White acicular crystals of the extremely rare new mineral krasheninnikovite (IMA 2011-044) from the type and only known locality worldwide. 

Collected and analyzed by Dr.M. Murashko in 2010 with his label included (see photo).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Krasheninnikovite

Formula: 
KNa2CaMg(SO4)3F
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...

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