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General Vlodavetsite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: AlCa2(SO4)2F2Cl•4(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 444.78 gm
   Calcium   18.02 %  Ca   25.22 % CaO
   Aluminum   6.07 %  Al   11.46 % Al2O3
   Hydrogen   1.81 %  H    16.20 % H2O
   Sulfur    14.42 %  S    36.00 % SO3
   Chlorine   7.97 %  Cl    7.97 % Cl
               -   %   Cl   -1.80 % -O=Cl2   
   Oxygen    43.17 %  O
   Fluorine   8.54 %  F     8.54 % F
               -   %   F    -3.60 % -O=F2    
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: AlCa2(SO4)2F2Cl•4(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: A product of fumarolic exhalations at temperatures below 100 deg. C.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1993 (Dana # Added)
Help on Locality: Locality: The Tolbachik Main Fracture eruption (Cone II of the Northern fissure), Kanchatka, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for V. I. Vlodavets (1893-1993), Russian volcanologist.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Vlodavetsite + Pronunciation Say VLODAVETSITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 80437
  IMA1993-023
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