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Name: Urusovite RRUFF ID: R061114 Ideal Chemistry: CuAlO(AsO4) Locality: Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Source: Michael Scott S105122 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Cluster of light green crystals embedded in epoxy, co-type material Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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| RRUFF ID: | R061114.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 7.314(2)Å b: 10.226(3)Å c: 5.598(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 99.69(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 412.7(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Urusovite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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 [view file] |
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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 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 767-770 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A (2001) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1473-1502 [view file] |
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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] |
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Filatov S K, Rybin D S, Krivovichev S V, Vergasova L P (2009) Thermal expansion of new arsenate minerals, bradaczekite, NaCu4(AsO4)3, and urusovite, Cu(AsAlO5), Geology of Ore Deposits, 51, 827-832 [view file] |
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