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Tenorite - Glavnaya Tenoritovaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russia (#:MINS8373)

Black metallic crystals of Tenorite up to 3 mm grown in a fumarole.

Formula :
CuO
System: monoclinic Hardness:3½ Rarity:not common
Strunz id:IV/A.5-10 - OXIDES and HYDROXIDES
Name origin: Named after Michele Tenore (Napoli, 5 May 1780 - Napoli, 19 July 1861), Professor of Botany, University of Naples and G. Tenore, President of the Naples Academy (Italy). The alternate name melaconite was in frequent use before 1962, when the IMA voted unanimously to use tenorite.

Specimen weight:19 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size: 43mm x 30 mm x 30 mm

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Tenorite - Glavnaya Tenoritovaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

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