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- Sold
- Locality
- Sentyabr'skoe Ag-Au deposit, Ilirney ore district, Western Chukotka, Russia
- Formula
- Mg0.5[ZnMn3+(TeO3)3] · 4.5H2O
- Size
- Miniature 4x2.5x2.5cm
- Tagged
- tellurium
- Special Info
- XRD Confirmed
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- EDS Confirmed
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- Type & Only Locality
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- Author's Material
This is from Dr. Igor Pekov's study material used to describe the mineral. It was recently described by Pekov and others. The publication is pending. The Ilirneyite occurs as pinkish red to brown fibrous crystals, very tiny and less than 0.3mm on this specimen.
Please refer to: Pekov, I.V., Siidra, O.I., Vlasov, E.A., Yapaskurt, V.O., Lukina, E.A., Polekhovsky, Y.S. and Apletalin, A.V. (2015) Ilirneyite, IMA 2015-046. CNMNC Newsletter No. 27, October 2015, page 1225; Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 1229–1236.
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- Sold
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- Yubileinaya peg., Karnasurt Mt., Lovozero Massif, Kola Pen., Russia
- Formula
- (Na,Ce,Ba)10Ti5Si14O22(OH)44·nH2O
- Size
- Thumbnail 1x0.9x0.6cm
- Tagged
- REE mineral
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- Type Locality
Light yellow tiny prismatic crystals less than 0.5mm.
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- Sold
- Locality
- Cameron, Coconino Co., Arizona, United States
- Formula
- Mo3O8 · nH2O
- Size
- SmCabinet 6.5x5x3cm
Fantastic white fibrous blue crystals.
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- Sold
- Locality
- Imiter mine, Tinghir Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco
- Formula
- Ag2HgS2
- Size
- Thumbnail 3x2.5x1cm
- Tagged
- sulfide , silver
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- Type Locality
Excellent needle-like Imiterite crystals throughout specimen, especially in the open vug. This is a very rich specimen, better than I have seen in 25 years selling minerals on the web.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Imiter mine, Tinghir Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco
- Formula
- Ag2HgS2
- Size
- SmCabinet 5.5x3.5x2.5cm
- Tagged
- sulfide , silver
- Special Info
- Type Locality
Slender silvery needles with rounded edges to 2mm with aboundant Proustite all over the specimen with at least one small, one good orange Xanthoconite crystal. Ex. William Pinch collection.
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- Sold
- Locality
- Nickenicher Weinberg, Nickenich, Mayen-Koblenz dist., Eifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Formula
- Mg2Al4Si5O18
- Size
- Thumbnail 2.5x2.5x2cm
Gorgeous tiny light blue hexagonal prismatic crystals to maybe 0.75mm at the most. There are a lot crystals in the tiny vesicles. Indialite is a high temperature mineral typicaly formed in volcanic and paralava environments such as burned shales above burning coal seams.
