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General Coparsite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Cu4O2[(As,V)O4]Cl
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 446.55 gm
   Vanadium   4.56 %  V     8.15 % V2O5
   Copper    55.50 %  Cu   69.47 % CuO
   Arsenic   10.07 %  As   15.44 % As2O5
   Chlorine   8.73 %  Cl    8.73 % Cl
               -   %   Cl   -1.97 % -O=Cl2   
   Oxygen    21.14 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %       99.82 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Cu3.9O1.9(AsO4)0.6(VO4)0.4Cl1.1
Help on Environment: Environment: Microscopic inclusions in euchlorine. Volcanic fumaroles.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added)
Help on Locality: Locality: Found in the Yadovitaya (= poisonous) Fumarole in the North Breach of the Main Tolbachik fissure eruption of 1975-1976, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: The name recalls the mineral�s constituents: copper and arsenic.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: IMA1996-064
  IMA1996-064a