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Melkovite

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Description
Locality: 
Shunak Mountains, Mointy Railway Station, Shet, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Five single crystal aggregates of the rare molybdenum mineral melkovite from the type locality.

For a complete description of this specimens see text in one of the photos close to the analysis.

Only 3 known localities worldwide !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melkovite

Formula: 
[Ca2(H2O)15Ca(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe3+3O36(OH)]
Strunz: 
8.DM.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
U-Mo occurrence, Shunak Mts, Mointy Railway Station, Mointy (Moyynty), Balkhash Region (Balqash; Karatas; Prebalkhashie), Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

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