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Kamchatkite R070039

Name: Kamchatkite
RRUFF ID: R070039
Ideal Chemistry: KCu₃O(SO₄)₂Cl
Locality: Great Tolbachik Eruption (1975-6), Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S105068 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Light apple green poorly formed crystals, co-type material
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R070039

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 20% of 150mW

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REFERENCES for Kamchatkite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
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]
Vergasova L P, Filatov S K, Serafimova Y K, Varaksina T V (1988) Kamchatkite KCu₃OCl(SO₄)₂ – a new mineral from volcanic sublimates, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 117, issue 4 459-461 [view file]
Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 1209-1216 [view file]
Varaksina T V, Fundamensky V S, Filatov S K, Vergasova L P (1990) The crystal structure of kamchatkite, a new naturally occuring oxychloride sulphate of potassium and copper, Mineralogical Magazine, 54, 613-616 [view file]
Jambor J L, Grew E S (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 207-213 [view file]
Siidra O I, Nazarchuk E V, Zaitsev A N, Lukina E A, Avdontseva E Y, Vergasova L P, Vlasenko N S, Filatov S K, Turner R, Karpov G A (2017) Copper oxosulphates from fumaroles of Tolbachik volcano: puninite, Na₂Cu₃O(SO₄)₃- a new mineral species and structure refinements of kamchatkite and alumoklyuchevskite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 499-510, 1089 [view file]
Gagné O C, Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F (2018) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 103, 657-663 [view file]
Nazarchuk E V, Siidra O I, Filatov S K, Charkin D O, Zhdanova L R (2023) Thermal expansion of anhydrous copper sulfate minerals determined by single crystal X‑ray diffraction: chalcocyanite CuSO₄, dolerophanite Cu₂OSO₄ and kamchatkite KCu₃O(SO₄)₂Cl, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 50, 11

REFERENCES for Kamchatkite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

Vergasova L P, Filatov S K, Serafimova Y K, Varaksina T V (1988) Kamchatkite KCu₃OCl(SO₄)₂ – a new mineral from volcanic sublimates, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 117, issue 4 459-461 [view file]

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 1209-1216 [view file]

Varaksina T V, Fundamensky V S, Filatov S K, Vergasova L P (1990) The crystal structure of kamchatkite, a new naturally occuring oxychloride sulphate of potassium and copper, Mineralogical Magazine, 54, 613-616 [view file]

Jambor J L, Grew E S (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 207-213 [view file]

Siidra O I, Nazarchuk E V, Zaitsev A N, Lukina E A, Avdontseva E Y, Vergasova L P, Vlasenko N S, Filatov S K, Turner R, Karpov G A (2017) Copper oxosulphates from fumaroles of Tolbachik volcano: puninite, Na₂Cu₃O(SO₄)₃- a new mineral species and structure refinements of kamchatkite and alumoklyuchevskite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 499-510, 1089 [view file]

Gagné O C, Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F (2018) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 103, 657-663 [view file]

Nazarchuk E V, Siidra O I, Filatov S K, Charkin D O, Zhdanova L R (2023) Thermal expansion of anhydrous copper sulfate minerals determined by single crystal X‑ray diffraction: chalcocyanite CuSO₄, dolerophanite Cu₂OSO₄ and kamchatkite KCu₃O(SO₄)₂Cl, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 50, 11