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|   |   | Name: Klyuchevskite RRUFF ID: R070659 Ideal Chemistry: K3Cu3Fe3+O2(SO4)4 Locality: Yadevitaya fumarole, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia Source: Michael Scott S105208 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Clusters of dark green radiating prismatic crystals associated with langbeinite, co-type sample Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Klyuchevskite (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R070659.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 18.74(2)Å    b: 4.941(4)Å    c: 18.45(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 101.61(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1673(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Klyuchevskite | |
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| 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, Gorskaya M G, Ananiev V V, Sharov A S (1989) Klyuchevskite K3Cu3Fe3+O2(SO4)4  a new mineral from volcanic sublimates, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 118, issue 1 70-73 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 1209-1216 [view file] | |
| Gorskaya M G, Filatov S K, Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Vergasova L P (1992) The crystal structure of klyuchevskite, K3Cu3(Fe,Al)O2(SO4)4, a new mineral from Kamchatka volcanic sublimates, Mineralogical Magazine, 56, 411-416 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 450-455 [view file] | |
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