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Arsenosulvanite Mineral Data

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General Arsenosulvanite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Cu3(As,V)S4
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 387.83 gm
   Vanadium   3.28 %  V
   Copper    49.16 %  Cu
   Arsenic   14.49 %  As
   Sulfur    33.07 %  S
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            100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Cu3As0.75V3+0.25S4
Help on Environment: Environment: In quartz-calcite veins cutting bituminous limestone., Arsenosulvanite (1941) is Colusite (1933).
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Discredited IMA 2006 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1941
Help on Locality: Locality: Tilva Mika deposit, Bor, eastern Serbia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for its chemical relationship to sulvanite.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Arsenosulvanite + Pronunciation Say ARSENOSULVANITE