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Name: Vergasovaite RRUFF ID: R061141 Ideal Chemistry: Cu3O(MoO4)(SO4) Locality: Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia Source: Michael Scott S105130 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark green prismatic, co-type material, associated with apple green euchlorine Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Vergasovaite (1) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R061141.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.420(1)Å b: 6.8139(9)Å c: 13.503(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 682.7(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Vergasovaite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Bykova E Y, Berlepsch P, Kartashov P M, Brugger J, Armbruster T, Criddle A J (1998) Vergasovaite Cu3O[(Mo,S)O4][SO4], a new copper-oxy-molybdate-sulfate from Kamchatka, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 78, 479-488 |
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Berlepsch P, Armbruster T, Brugger J, Bykova E Y, Kartashov P M (1999) The crystal structure of vergasovaite Cu3O[(Mo,S)O4SO4], and its relation to synthetic Cu3O[MoO4]2, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 101-110 |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2000) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 85, 263-266 [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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