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Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Cu11(VO4)6O2
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 1,420.64 gm
   Vanadium  21.51 %  V    38.41 % V2O5
   Copper    49.20 %  Cu   61.59 % CuO
   Oxygen    29.28 %  O
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            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Cu11(VO4)6O2
Help on Environment: Environment: Component of vanadium-bearing sublimates in fumaroles on a basaltic volcanic cone, formed between 100 deg C and 200 deg C.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1985
Help on Locality: Locality: Izalco volcano, El Salvador. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for Larry W. Finger (1940- ), American mineralogist, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C., USA.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Fingerite + Pronunciation Say FINGERITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 201626
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