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Piypite

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Description
Locality: 
Yadovitaya Fumarole, Second Scoria Cone, Great Fissure, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.7 × 0.3 cm
Description

Rich Type Locality specimen of very rare potassium-copper-sulfate mineral piypite. It forms green sprays and coatings on vulcanic tuff.

Mineral Data
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Piypite

Formula: 
K2Cu2(SO4)2O
Strunz: 
7.BC.40
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...

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