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General Kolovratite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Hydrous vanadate of Ni and Zn
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 196.67 gm
   Vanadium  25.90 %  V    46.24 % V2O5
   Zinc      24.94 %  Zn   31.04 % ZnO
   Nickel     7.46 %  Ni    9.49 % NiO
   Hydrogen   1.03 %  H     9.16 % H2O
   Oxygen    40.68 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %       95.93 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Zn0.75Ni0.25(VO4)·(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: In quartz schists and carbonaceous slates. An inadequately described mineral.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1922
Help on Locality: Locality: Kara-Chagyr and Uch-Kurgan, Ferghana, Turkestan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for Lev S. Kolovrat-Chervinsky (1884-1921), a Russian physicist.
 

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Kolovratite

Comments: Aqua-colored botryoidal crust of kolovratite.
Location: Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Kolovratite Crystallography

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: MonoclinicSpace Group: ?
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 3.88(1), 5.83(1), 11.6(1),
 

Physical Properties of Kolovratite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [???] Indistinct
Help on Color: Color: Greenish yellow, Yellow.
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Brittle - Conchoidal - Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments.
Help on Habit: Habit: Botryoidal - "Grape-like" rounded forms (e.g.. malachite).
Help on Habit: Habit: Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix.
Help on Habit: Habit: Fibrous - Crystals made up of fibers.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 2-3 - Gypsum-Calcite
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: light yellow
 

Optical Properties of Kolovratite

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (?), b=1.577
 

Calculated Properties of Kolovratite

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.01191
Boson Index = 0.98809
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEKolovratite = 20.42 barns/electron
U=PEKolovratite x relectron= . barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Kolovratite is Not Radioactive

 

Kolovratite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 40.5.13.1 (40)Hydrated Phosphates, etc
  (40.5)with miscellaneous formulae
  (40.5.13)Dana Group
 
40.5.13.1 Kolovratite HydrousvanadateofNiandZn ? Mono
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VII/C.07-30 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  VII/C - Water-bearing phosphates without unfamiliar anions. cations of medium and small size: Be and Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Mg
  VII/C.07 - Schubnelite - Warikahnite series
 
VII/C.07-05 Serrabrancaite! MnPO4·(H2O) C 2/c 2/m
 
VII/C.07-10 Schubnelite Fe(VO4)(H2O) P1 1
 
VII/C.07-20 Fervanite Fe4(VO4)4·5(H2O) Unk. Mono
 
VII/C.07-30 Kolovratite HydrousvanadateofNiandZn ? Mono
 
VII/C.07-40 Warikahnite Zn3(AsO4)2·2(H2O) P1 1
 

Other Kolovratite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Kolovratite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 -École des Mines de Paris

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Kolovratite

Hydrous vanadate of Ni and Zn
Dana No: 40.5.13.1 Strunz No: VII/C.07-30
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