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Avdoninite Mineral Data |
General Avdoninite Information |
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K2Cu5Cl8(OH)4•H2O | ||
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Molecular Weight = 765.55 gm | ||
Potassium 10.01 % K 12.06 % K2O | |||
Copper 41.50 % Cu 51.95 % CuO | |||
Hydrogen 0.78 % H 6.98 % H2O | |||
Chlorine 37.46 % Cl 37.46 % Cl | |||
- % Cl -8.45 % -O=Cl2 | |||
Oxygen 10.24 % O | |||
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
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K1.96Cu5Cl8.09(OH)3.87•1.03(H2O) | ||
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Fumarole exhalation sediments. | ||
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Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) | ||
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Yadovitaya fumarole in the Second Cinder Cone at the Northern Breach of the Great Fissure Tolbachik Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
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Named for Vladimir Nikolaevich Avdonin (b 1925), a senior researcher of the Ural Geological Museum of the Ural State Mining University. | ||
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IMA2005-046a | ||
Avdoninite Image | |||
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Avdoninite Crystallography |
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a:b:c =4.1408:1:1.9778 | ||
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a = 24.34, b = 5.878, c = 11.626, Z = 4; beta = 86.7° V = 1,660.58 Den(Calc)= 3.06 | ||
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Monoclinic - Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 2/m or P 21/m | ||
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By Intensity(I/Io): 11.63(1), 5.8(0.27), 5.88(0.2),2.518(0.19), 2.321(0.17), 5.73(0.17), 3.052(0.15), 5.12(0.12), | ||
Physical Properties of Avdoninite |
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Green. | ||
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3.03 | ||
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Transparent | ||
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Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals. | ||
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Druse - Crystal growth in a cavity which results in numerous crystal tipped surfaces. | ||
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Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline). | ||
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Tabular - Form dimensions are thin in one direction. | ||
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3 - Calcite | ||
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Vitreous (Glassy) | ||
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pale green | ||
Optical Properties of Avdoninite |
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Biaxial (+/-), a=1.669, b=1.688, g=1.707, bire=0.0380 | ||
Calculated Properties of Avdoninite |
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Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.92 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Avdoninite =3.06 gm/cc. |
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Fermion Index = 0.0000623384 Boson Index = 0.9999376616 |
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PEAvdoninite = 21.88 barns/electron U=PEAvdoninite x relectron= 63.82 barns/cc. |
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GRapi = 137.68 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Estimated Radioactivity from Avdoninite |
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Avdoninite Classification |
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12.01.12.01 (12)Compound Halides | ||
(12.01)with miscellaneous anions | |||
(12.01.12)Dana Group | |||
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03.DA.55 03 - HALIDES | ||
03.D - Oxyhalides, Hydroxyhalides and Related Double Halides | |||
03.DA -With Cu, etc., without Pb | |||
Other Avdoninite Information |
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NAME( Geology of Ore Deposits, v49:505) PHYS. PROP.(Geology of Ore Deposits, v49:505) OPTIC PROP.(Geology of Ore Deposits, v49:505) | ||
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Links to other databases for Avdoninite : 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 Search for Avdoninite using: Visit our Advertisers for Avdoninite : Ask about Avdoninite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Avdoninite Specimen Label here :
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