General Chernovite-(Y) Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
YAsO4 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 228.43 gm |
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Lanthanum 6.08 % La 7.13 % La2O3 |
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Yttrium 35.03 % Y 44.48 % Y2O3 |
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Arsenic 29.52 % As 45.28 % As2O5 |
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Phosphorus 1.36 % P 3.11 % P2O5 |
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Oxygen 28.02 % O |
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
| Empirical Formula: |
Y0.9La0.1(AsO4)0.9(PO4)0.1 |
| Environment: |
In piemontite veinlets in liparite porphyry (Nyarta-Syu-Yu River, Russia); in Alpine-type fissures (Binntal, Switzerland) |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1987 |
| Locality: |
Near the head of the Nyarta-Syu-Yu River, east of Mt. Tel�posiz, Polar Ural Mountains, Russia Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for Professor Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Chernov (1877-1963), Russian geologist, Institute of Geology, Syktyvar, Russia, explorer of the Polar Urals |
| Synonym: |
ICSD 24513 |
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PDF 13-429 |
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