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Vismirnovite & Natanite

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Vismirnovite & Natanite

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Description
Locality: 
Mushiston Deposit, Kaznok Valley, Pendzhikent, Zeravshan Range, Sughd Region, Tajikistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 1 × 0.5 cm
Description

Olive green crystals of the extremely rare mineral vismirnovite associated to brown natanite and minoritary malachite. Vismirnovite is a Sn-Zn hydroxide only known from four localities worldwide, being this one from the type locality.

Analyzed by Dr.M. Murashko with his label included (see photo).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vismirnovite

Formula: 
Zn[Sn(OH)6]
Strunz: 
4.FC.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Trudovoe Sn deposit, Inyl'chek Range, Issyk-Kul'skaya Oblast, Kyrgyzstan...

Natanite

Formula: 
Fe2+[Sn(OH)6]
Strunz: 
4.FC.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Trudovoe Sn deposit, Inyl'chek Range, Issyk-Kul'skaya Oblast, Kyrgyzstan...

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