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Nickelboussingaultite

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Nickelboussingaultite

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Locality: 
Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1 × 0.5 cm
Description

Emerald green globular crystal aggregates of the extremely rare NH4-Ni sulphate mineral nickelboussingaultite from the type locality in Norilsk and only one of the 5 known localities worldwide.

Nickelboussingaultite is one of the rarer non -Platinum Group Minerals from Norilsk !

Don't miss the opportunity to get this very rare mineral, almost never seen in the mineral market, even more in specimens from the TL.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nickelboussingaultite

Formula: 
(NH4)2Ni(SO4)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.60
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

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