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Chloromenite, Melanothallite

Mineral:

Chloromenite: Cu9O2(SeO3)4Cl6
Melanothallite: Cu2OCl2

Comments:

Olive green crystalline chloromenite on blue-green melanothallite.

Location:

North Break, Second Cone of main fracture eruption, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka District, Russia.

Scale:

See Photo.

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