Urusovite R061114


 Name: Urusovite
RRUFF ID: R061114
Ideal Chemistry: CuAlO(AsO4)
Locality: Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S105122 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Light green cluster of crystals, co-type material
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R061114
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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REFERENCES for Urusovite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Krivovichev S V, Molchanov A V, Filatov S K (2000) Crystal structure of urusovite Cu[AlAsO5]: a new type of an tetrahedral aluminoarsenate polyanion, Crystallography Reports, 45, 723-727

Vergasova L P, Filatov S K, Gorskaya M G, Molchanov A A, Krivovichev S V, Ananiev V V (2000) Urusovite, Cu[AlAsO5], a new mineral from the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 12, 1041-1044

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 767-770   [view file]

Mandarino J A (2001) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1473-1502   [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