Ima, R061141 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Vergasovaite R061141

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) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R061141.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Cu_2.97Zn_0.03)_Σ=3O(Mo_0.98S_0.02)_Σ=1O₄(S_1.00O₄); trace amounts of Fe
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R061141

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

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

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Vergasovaite
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]
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
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
Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2000) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 85, 263-266 [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 [view file]

REFERENCES for Vergasovaite

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]

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

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

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2000) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 85, 263-266 [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 [view file]