Avdoninite R070080
Name: Avdoninite
RRUFF ID: R070080
Ideal Chemistry: K2Cu5Cl8(OH)4·2H2O
Locality: main fracture, N breakthrough, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchtka Peninsula, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S105106 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Bright apple-green crust, co-type material, associated with pale bluish green eriochalcite
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070080
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 10% of 150mW
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REFERENCES for Avdoninite

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Chukanov N V, Murashko M N, Zadov A E, Bushmakin A F (2006) Avdoninite, K2Cu5Cl3(OH)4·H2O, a new mineral from volcanic exhalations and from the zone of technogenesis at massive sulfide ore deposits, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 135, issue 3 38-42   [view file]

Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51   [view file]

Ercit T S, Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2009) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 94, 1075-1083   [view file]

Pekov I V, Krivovichev S V, Chukanov N V, Yapaskurt V O, Sidorov E G (2015) Avdoninite: new data, crystal structure and refined formula K2Cu5Cl8(OH)4·2H2O, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 144, issue 3 55-69   [view file]