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General Urusovite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

Cu[AlAsO5]

Help on Composition: 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

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

CuAlAsO5

Help on Environment: Environment:

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

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added)

Help on Locality: Locality:

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

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

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

Help on Synonym: Synonym:

IMA1998-067

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Click Here for Larger Urusovite Image 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

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.7154:1:0.5454

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

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

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

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

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 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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| | Krivovichev S V , Molchanov A V , Filatov S K , Crystallography Reports , 45 (2000) p.723-727, Crystal structure of urusovite Cu(AlAsO5): a new type of an aluminoarsenate, tetrahedral polyanion, Locality: Kamchatka peninsula, Russia | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Physical Properties of Urusovite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage:

{010} Perfect

Help on Color: Color:

Light green.

Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity:

Translucent

Help on Fracture: Fracture:

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

Help on Habit: Habit:

Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes.

Help on Habit: Habit:

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

Help on Hardness: Hardness:

4 - Fluorite

Help on Luster: Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Help on Streak: Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Urusovite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale:

CI calc= 0.052 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1773,KC= 0.1871
Ncalc = 1.74

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data:

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

Calculated Properties of Urusovite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.72 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Urusovite =3.97 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0001564439
Boson Index = 0.9998435561

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEUrusovite = 33.05 barns/electron
U=PEUrusovite x rElectron Density= 122.95 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

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

Urusovite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

38.05.09.02 (38)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc

(38.05)with miscellaneous formulae

(38.05.09)Dana Group

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

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

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

08.BB.60 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.60 Urusovite! Cu[AlAsO5] P 21/c 2/m

Other Urusovite Information

Help on References: References:

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

Help on See Also: See Also:

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

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Urusovite

Cu[AlAsO5]
Dana No: 38.05.09.02 Strunz No: 08.BB.60
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