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Cotunnite from Russia

2UL-E6XCotunnite PbCl2

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

Field of View: 3.34 mm

Grey crystals of cotunnite with some unidentified minerals on altered lava from the Great Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik, Kamchatka, Russia. My catalogue number 3195. The specimen was provided by the Russian mineralogist Pavel Kartashov. Collection and photo OT. Ljøstad.
Copyright: © OT. Ljøstad      Photo ID: 865026     Uploaded by: OT. Ljøstad   Approval date: 2025-06-19   View Count: 300   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 2048 x 1365 pixels (2.8 Mpix)

9E7-G9TBurnsite KCdCu2+7(SeO3)2O2Cl9 , Cotunnite PbCl2

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

Dimensions: 68 μm x 32 μm x 15 μm
Field of View: 0.1 mm

SEM photo of a tiny light green, almost colorless grain of Cotunnite with several inclusions of the exceedingly rare Burnsite, Intermixed throughout the specimen. The Dark gray on the photo is Cotunnite, the light gray appears to be the Burnsite inclusions. Burnsite is easily one of the Rarest species from the Tolbachik Volcano, only a handful of specimens are known!
Copyright: © Nekkhi Murtishi      Photo ID: 1245373     Uploaded by: Nekkhi Murtishi   Approval date: 2022-09-21   View Count: 313   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 2817 x 2979 pixels (8.4 Mpix)
 
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