Paralammerite

Specimen ID: 7U7-6VU

Mineral(s)
Paralammerite : Cu3(AsO4)2
Locality
As recorded:
Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Mindat locality:
Collections
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Events

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The abundant green ball like aggregates shown in this image have just been confirmed (xrd, edx) to be lammerite-beta. There are (at least) three other minerals on the piece - the bright green ball like mass near top right is most likely to be popovite, and the fibrous green material is probably alumoklyuchevskite, but these are still under investigation so need confirming. There is also an unknown sky-blue mineral 'hiding' in a couple of small cavities on the specimen. Self-collected in July 2014 from the main fumarole field at the summit of the 2nd scoria cone.
Rick Turner - 15th November 2014
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