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Alumoklyuchevskite Mineral Data

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General Alumoklyuchevskite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: K3Cu3AlO2(SO4)4
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 751.17 gm
   Potassium  15.62 %  K    18.81 % K2O
   Aluminum    3.59 %  Al    6.79 % Al2O3
   Copper     25.38 %  Cu   31.77 % CuO
   Sulfur     17.08 %  S    42.63 % SO3
   Oxygen     38.34 %  O
             ______        ______ 
             100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: K3Cu3AlO2(SO4)4
Help on Environment: Environment: A volcanic exhalation.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1995
Help on Locality: Locality: The second cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Main Tolbachik fracture eruption, Kamchatka, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named as the aluminum dominant analog of klyuchevskite.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: IMA1993-004