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Vergasovaite Mineral Data
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General Vergasovaite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Cu3O[(Mo,S)O4][SO4] |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 443.69 gm |
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Zinc 1.47 % Zn 1.83 % ZnO |
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Copper 40.10 % Cu 50.20 % CuO |
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Molybdenum 17.30 % Mo 25.95 % MoO3 |
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Sulfur 8.67 % S 21.65 % SO3 |
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Oxygen 32.45 % O |
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100.00 % 99.64 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
| Empirical Formula: |
Cu2.8Zn0.1O(MoO4)0.8(SO4)1.2 |
| Environment: |
Found in a fumarole. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
North Breach of the Main Tolbachik fissure eruption, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named after Lidiya Pavlovna Vergasova (b. 1941), of the Institute of Volcanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petropavlovsk, Russia, |
| Synonym: |
IMA1998-009 |
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