Urusovite Mineral Data

Urusovite Mineral Data

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General Urusovite Information

Chemical Formula:

Cu[AlAsO5]

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 245.45 gm

Aluminum 10.99 % Al 20.77 % Al₂O₃

Copper 25.89 % Cu 29.15 % Cu₂O

Arsenic 30.52 % As 46.82 % As₂O₅

Oxygen 32.59 % O

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100.00 % 96.74 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

CuAlAsO₅

Environment:

Found in a fumarole with a gas temperature of 410-420 deg C at the time of collection.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

In a fumarole at the Great fissure Tolbachik eruption, Kamchatka, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

The name honors Vadim Sergeevich Urusov of Moscow State University, Russia.

Synonym:

IMA1998-067

Urusovite Image

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Urusovite

Comments: Green urusovite grain.
Location: Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Scale: Crystal length 0.7 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Urusovite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.7154:1:0.5454

Cell Dimensions:

a = 7.314, b = 10.223, c = 5.576, Z = 4; beta = 99.79° V = 410.85 Den(Calc)= 3.97

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 2₁/c

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 7.2(1)(100), 4.844(0.9)(011), 2.458(0.8)(211),2.656(0.6), 4.327(0.23)(111), 3.125(0.2)(211), 3.174(0.1)(121), 3.604(0.1)(200),

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Physical Properties of Urusovite

Cleavage:

[010] Perfect

Color:

Light green.

Diaphaniety:

Translucent

Fracture:

Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.

Habit:

Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes.

Habit:

Platy - Sheet forms (e.g. micas).

Hardness:

4 - Fluorite

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Urusovite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI calc= 0.052 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1773,KC= 0.1871

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.672, b=1.718, g=1.722, bire=0.0500

Calculated Properties of Urusovite

Electron Density:

r_electron=3.72 gm/cc
note: r_Urusovite=3.97 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00015
Boson Index = 0.99985

Photoelectric:

PE_Urusovite= 33.05 barns/electron
U=PE_Urusovite x r_electron= 122.95 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Urusovite is Not Radioactive

Urusovite Classification

Dana Class:

38.5.9.2 (38)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc

(38.5)with miscellaneous formulae

(38.5.9)Dana Group

38.5.9.1 Namibite CuBi2(VO4)O2 C 2/m,Cm,C 2 Mono

38.5.9.2 Urusovite ! Cu[AlAsO5] P 2₁/c 2/m

Strunz Class:

VII/B.07-30 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates

VII/B - Waterfree phosphates with unfamiliar anions F, Cl, O,OH, cations of medium size: Mg, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Pseudomalachite group and related compounds

VII/B.07 - Stoiberite - Fingerite series

VII/B.07-05 Coparsite! Cu4O2[(As,V)O4]Cl Pbcm 2/m 2/m 2/m

VII/B.07-10 Stoiberite Cu5V2O10 P 2₁/n 2/m

VII/B.07-15 Averievite! Cu5(VO4)2O2·CuCl2 P 3 3

VII/B.07-20 Fingerite Cu11(VO4)6O2 P1 1

VII/B.07-30 Urusovite Cu[AlAsO5] P 2₁/c 2/m

Other Urusovite Information

References:

NAME( AmMin, v 86, p 767) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, v 86, p 767) OPTIC PROP.(AmMin, v 86, p 767)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Urusovite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -MinDAT 6 -MinMax(Deutsch) 7 -MinMax(English) 8 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 9 -QUT Mineral Atlas 10 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Urusovite

Cu[AlAsO5]
Dana No: 38.5.9.2 Strunz No: VII/B.07-30
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