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Klyuchevskite from
Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia


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Klyuchevskite, etc.

Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
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Klyuchevskite

Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
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Klyuchevskite, etc.

Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
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Klyuchevskite, etc.

Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
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Klyuchevskite, etc.

Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
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Klyuchevskite

Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
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Klyuchevskite, etc.

Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
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Klyuchevskite, etc.

Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
00199960017271924341463.jpg
Klyuchevskite, etc.

Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
04620830017272008396544.jpg
Klyuchevskite

Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
06974870017271924277131.jpg
Klyuchevskite, etc.

Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
03994490017271924303227.jpg
Klyuchevskite, etc.

Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Locality type:Fissure
Classification
Species:Klyuchevskite
Formula:K3Cu3(Fe3+,Al)(SO4)4O2
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Melanothallite5
Euchlorine4
Eriochalcite2
Chalcocyanite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Klyuchevskite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:6677
Long-form Identifier:1:3:6677:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Klyuchevskite in this Region
Yadovitaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Nearest other occurrences of Klyuchevskite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘYadovitaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
References
Vergasova, L.P., Filatov, S.K., Gorskaya, M.G., Ananiev, V.V., Sharov, A.S. (1989) Klyuchevskite K3Cu3Fe3+O2(SO4)4 — a new mineral from volcanic sublimates. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 118(1): 70-73.
Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp.
 
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