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Pauflerite Mineral Data
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General Pauflerite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
VO(SO4) |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 162.82 gm |
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Vanadium 30.97 % V 50.43 % VO2 |
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Sulfur 19.89 % S 49.67 % SO3 |
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Oxygen 49.13 % O |
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100.00 % 100.10 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
| Empirical Formula: |
V4+0.99S1.01O5 |
| Environment: |
Found in 1977 within fumaroles of the first cinder cone. New structure type. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for Peter Paufler (b. 1940), of the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. |
| Synonym: |
IMA2005-004 |
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