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Locality

Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia

Formula

Cu₄O(AsO₄)₂

Size

3 x 3 x 2.5 cm - Thumbnail

Tagged

arsenate, copper

Special Info

XRD Confirmed

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EDS Confirmed

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Type & Only Locality

This specimen is from Dr. Igor Pekov's study material.

Virtually all of the bright green crystalline areas on this specimen is Ericlaxmanite. Very few of these specimens were collected by the team of geologists from Russia including Dmitriy Belakovskiy and Igor Pekov. The team took fascinating videos while collecting on and in the  scoria cone vents under extremely hot and toxic conditions. The remoteness and altitude alone are enough of an obstacle to keep most serious collectors away from this place.  Type material is deposited at the Fersman Museum in Moscow and the new mineral was published in Mineralogical Magazine 77, 2695-2709.

Specifically the correct locality is: Arsenatnaya fumarole of the Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia.

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Locality

Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia

Formula

K₂Cu₃O(SO₄)₃

Size

2.2 x 1 x 1.1 cm - Thumbnail

Tagged

copper

Rich and excellent emerald green crystal group throughout specimen. ID by Dr. Igor Pekov. Fedovite is very rare worldwide occuring in just two main deposits.

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Locality

Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia

Formula

NaCuMg₃(AsO₄)₃

Size

2.5 x 2 x 2 cm - Thumbnail

Tagged

arsenate, copper

Special Info

XRD Confirmed

Special Info

EDS Confirmed

Colorful purple crystals of Johillerite. Very rich. This is the third reported locality worldwide. The type locality is Tsumeb.

Most specific locality info.: Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia.

ID by Dr. Igor Pekov.