kuramite
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Kuramite is a mineral of the stannite group. It is named after the Kochbulak Au-Ag-Te deposit locality in the Chatkal-Kuraminskii Mountains in Uzbekistan, where it was first discovered.
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.CB.15a
- chemical formula
- Cu₃SnS₄
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.CB.15a
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Ku
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Kuramite is a mineral of the stannite group. It is named after the Kochbulak Au-Ag-Te deposit locality in the Chatkal-Kuraminskii Mountains in Uzbekistan, where it was first discovered.
==Occurrence== Kuramite occurs in gold-sulfide-quartz veins as inclusions in goldfieldite, as observed in the Kochbulak deposit in Uzbekistan. It may also occur as microscopic crystals.
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