Turanite Mineral Data

General Turanite Information

Chemical Formula:

Cu5(VO4)2(OH)4

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 615.09 gm

Vanadium 16.56 % V 29.57 % V₂O₅

Copper 51.35 % Cu 64.27 % CuO

Hydrogen 0.67 % H 5.97 % H₂O

Oxygen 31.42 % O

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100.00 % 99.82 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Cu_4.97(VO₄)₂(OH)_4.08

Environment:

Found with V and U minerals in cavities in barite from a limestone.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1909

Locality:

Tyuya Nuyun, Ferghana, Turan Region, Uzbekistan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named from the locality.

Name Pronunciation:

Turanite

Turanite Image

Images:

Turanite

Comments: The holotype specimen of botryodal, olive green turanite (#3578) in a cavite in white barite from the collection of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum (Moscow, Russia). (CanMin, v 42, p732).
Location: Tyuya-Muyun Ra-U deposit, the Alai Ridge foothills, Osh district, Kyrgyzstan. Scale: Specimen size 4.5 x 7.5 cm.
© N.A. Pekova

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Turanite

Comments: SEM image of turanite crystals (a) parallel intergrown crystals.
Location: Tyuya-Muyun Ra-U deposit, the Alai Ridge foothills, Osh district, Kyrgyzstan. Scale: See ImaGE.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Turanite Crystallography

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 4.96(1), 7.25(0.8), 2.56(0.6),2.7(0.4), 1.97(0.3), 2.11(0.3), 2.29(0.3), 2.47(0.3),

Crystal Structure:

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Sokolova E V , Hawthorne F C , Karpenko V V , Agakhanov A A , Pautov L A , The Canadian Mineralogist , 42 (2004) p.731-739, Turanite, Cu5(VO4)2(OH)4, from the Tyuya-Muyun radium-uranium deposit,, Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan: A new structure for an old mineral, Locality: Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan

Physical Properties of Turanite

Color:

Olive green.

Optical Properties of Turanite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI calc= 0.009 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.228,KC= 0.2301
Ncalc = 2.02

Calculated Properties of Turanite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.19 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Turanite =4.43 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0005659241
Boson Index = 0.9994340759

Photoelectric:

PE_Turanite= 26.09 barns/electron
U=PE_Turanite x rElectron Density= 109.31 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Turanite is Not Radioactive

Turanite Classification

Dana Class:

41.04.04.01 (41)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(41.04)where (A B)5 (XO4)2 Zq

(41.04.04)Dana Group

41.04.04.01 Turanite Cu5(VO4)2(OH)4 P1 1

Strunz Class:

08.BB.70 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES

08.B - Phosphates, etc. with Additional Anions, without H2O

08.BB -With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 £ 1:1

08.BB.70 Turanite Cu5(VO4)2(OH)4 P1 1

Other Turanite Information

See Also:

Links to other databases for Turanite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info

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Turanite

Cu5(VO4)2(OH)4
Dana No: 41.04.04.01 Strunz No: 08.BB.70
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