[Rockhounds] Iowalite

[Doug Bank]

That DOES look correct. Specifically, it seems to be Chromium bearing Iowaite.

https://www.mindat.org/loc-204714.html <https://www.mindat.org/loc-204714.html>

Interesting that this location did not show up in my search of the Altai Mountains, because it is pretty darn close. It seems like Altai Mountains is more in Mongolia, while this locality (Altai Republic) is mostly in Russia. 

https://www.mindat.org/loc-2618.html <https://www.mindat.org/loc-2618.html>

Doug

> On Apr 9, 2021, at 10:07 PM, Kreigh Tomaszewski <kreigh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Possibly Iowaite? from a typo?
> 
> On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 9:32 PM John Scully <jscully216 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Ok, all you savants.  Here in a much diminished Tucson.  Got a few pieces
>> of a deeply purple mineral a Russian dealer called "iowalite" from the
>> Altai mtns.  I can't find anything about it on Google.  Any ideas other
>> than that I am a sucker?
>> John Scully
>> 🙂🙂
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