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Kurumsakite

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Description
Locality: 
Kurumsak, Aksumbe, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm
Description

Orange single crystal aggregate of the extremely rare mineral kurumsakite from the type locality in Kurumsak, Kazachstan.

Kurumsakite is a very sought after mineral and very rarely seen in the mineral market.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection specimen, from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kurumsakite

Formula: 
(Zn,Ni,Cu)8Al8V5+2Si5O35·27H2O (?)
Strunz: 
9.EC.40
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kurumsak V Deposit, Aksumbe, Karatau Range, Southern Kazakhstan Province (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Oblysy; Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

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