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Vergasovaite Mineral Data

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General Vergasovaite Information

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