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General Ilinskite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: NaCu5O2(SeO3)2Cl
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 662.09 gm
   Sodium     3.47 %  Na    4.68 % Na2O
   Copper    47.99 %  Cu   54.03 % Cu2O
   Selenium  23.85 %  Se   33.52 % SeO2
   Chlorine   5.35 %  Cl    5.35 % Cl
               -   %   Cl   -1.21 % -O=Cl2   
   Oxygen    19.33 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %       96.38 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: NaCu5O2(SeO3)2Cl
Help on Environment: Environment: From fumarolic exhalations.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added)
Help on Locality: Locality: On the South and North breaks of the Tolbachik Main Fracture eruption, Kamchatka, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: For G. A. Ilinskiy (1927-1996) of St. Petersburg University.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Ilinskite + Pronunciation Say ILINSKITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: IMA1996-027