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Calciojohillerite

#48304

Calciojohillerite

#48304
Availability
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Size
6 x 4 x 3.5 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
NaCaMg3(AsO4)3 (RRUFF)
Locality
Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia
Tagged
arsenate

Calciojohillerite is a greenish to yellowish to almost colorless well-shaped, terminated crystals (about 1 mm) combined in clusters / crusts on basalt scoria altered by fumarolic gas. The specimen is very rich. It is one of the few study specimens from Igor Pekov's collection used to characterize the new mineral. It is not yet published but was approved in 2016. 

A more detailed locality is: Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. 

XRD Confirmed, EDS Confirmed, Type & Only Locality, Author's Material, New IMA

Calciojohillerite

Formula
NaCaMg3(AsO4)3 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Special Info
XRD Confirmed
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EDS Confirmed
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Type & Only Locality
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Author's Material
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New IMA

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