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Thermaerogenite from
Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia


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Thermaerogenite

Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
05474850017799219502869.jpg
Thermaerogenite

Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
06432570017272473146279.jpg
Thermaerogenite

Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
05474850017799219502869.jpg
Thermaerogenite

Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
06432570017272473146279.jpg
Thermaerogenite

Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
05474850017799219502869.jpg
Thermaerogenite

Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Locality type:Fumarole
Classification
Species:Thermaerogenite
Formula:CuAl2O4
Chemical Analyses:
Oxide wt%:
1
CuO25.01 %
ZnO17.45 %
Al2O339.43 %
Cr2O30.27 %
Fe2O317.96 %
Total:100.12 %
Empirical formulas:
1 (Cu0.619Zn0.422)Σ1.041(Al1.523Fe3+0.443Cr0.007)Σ1.973O4
Sample references:
1Type Specimen
Pekov, Igor, Sandalov, Fedor, Koshlyakova, Natalia, Vigasina, Marina, Polekhovsky, Yury, Britvin, Sergey, Sidorov, Evgeny, Turchkova, Anna (2018) Copper in Natural Oxide Spinels: The New Mineral Thermaerogenite CuAl2O4, Cuprospinel and Cu-Enriched Varieties of Other Spinel-Group Members from Fumaroles of the Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. Minerals, 8 (11) 498 doi:10.3390/min8110498
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Thermaerogenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1242719
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1242719:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
doi.org (n.d.) https://doi.org/10.3390/min8110498.
Hålenius, Ulf, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2018) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 44. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30 (4) 877-882 doi:10.1127/ejm/2018/0030-2787
Pekov, Igor, Sandalov, Fedor, Koshlyakova, Natalia, Vigasina, Marina, Polekhovsky, Yury, Britvin, Sergey, Sidorov, Evgeny, Turchkova, Anna (2018) Copper in Natural Oxide Spinels: The New Mineral Thermaerogenite CuAl2O4, Cuprospinel and Cu-Enriched Varieties of Other Spinel-Group Members from Fumaroles of the Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. Minerals, 8 (11) 498 doi:10.3390/min8110498
 
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