Shcherbinaite Mineral Data

General Shcherbinaite Information

Chemical Formula:

V2O5

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 181.88 gm

Vanadium 56.02 % V 100.00 % V₂O₅

Oxygen 43.98 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

V⁵⁺₂O₅

Environment:

Fumaroles in the coupla of the volcano.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1972

Locality:

Bezymyanni volcano, Kamchatka, Siberia, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Vladimir V. Shcherbina (1907-1978), Russian geochemist.

Name Pronunciation:

Shcherbinaite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 15798

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Shcherbinaite Image

Images:

Shcherbinaite

Comments: Yellow-brown acicular crystals of shcherbinaite.
Location: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Shcherbinaite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =3.234:1:1.2281

Cell Dimensions:

a = 11.51, b = 3.559, c = 4.371, Z = 2; V = 179.05 Den(Calc)= 3.37

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pmmn

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 4.339(1), 2.883(0.5), 4.067(0.28),

Physical Properties of Shcherbinaite

Cleavage:

{???} Good

Color:

Yellow green.

Density:

3.2 - 3.36, Average = 3.28

Diaphaneity:

Translucent

Fracture:

Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.

Habit:

Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals.

Habit:

Fibrous - Crystals made up of fibers.

Hardness:

3-3.5 - Calcite-Copper Penny

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Optical Properties of Shcherbinaite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.273 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.239 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.4214,KPDmeas= 0.4329,KC= 0.34
Ncalc = 2.09 - 2.15

Optical Data:

Biaxial (?), b=2.42

Calculated Properties of Shcherbinaite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.19 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Shcherbinaite =3.37 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0016115354
Boson Index = 0.9983884646

Photoelectric:

PE_{Shcherbinaite}= 10.88 barns/electron
U=PE_{Shcherbinaite} x rElectron Density= 34.69 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Shcherbinaite is Not Radioactive

Shcherbinaite Classification

Dana Class:

04.06.01.01 (04)Simple Oxides

(04.06)not classified

(04.06.01)Dana Group

04.06.01.01 Shcherbinaite V2O5 Pmmn 2/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

04.HE.10 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.H - V[5,6] Vanadates

04.HE -Phyllovanadates

04.HE.10 Shcherbinaite V2O5 Pmmn 2/m 2/m 2/m

Other Shcherbinaite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Shcherbinaite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info
15 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Shcherbinaite

V2O5
Dana No: 04.06.01.01 Strunz No: 04.HE.10
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