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Urusovite

A valid IMA mineral species

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Urusovite

Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Urusovite

Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Urusovite

Novaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Urusovite

Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Urusovite

Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Urusovite

Novaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Urusovite

Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Urusovite

Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

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About UrusoviteHide

Vadim S. Urusov

Formula:

CuAl(AsO₄)O

Colour:

Light green

Lustre:

Vitreous

Hardness:

Specific Gravity:

3.93 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Name:

Named in honor of Vadim Sergeevich Urusov (Вадим Сергеевич Урусов) (3 June 1936, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, USSR - 28 May 2015, Moscow, Russia) of the Department of Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry of Moscow State University, specialist in simulations of structures, bond-valence calculations.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Novaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

An example of natural Al oxyarsenates, the others being alumoedtollite, dmisokolovite, nishanbaevite, and wrightite.

Chemically somewhat related to luetheite, liroconite, and forêtite.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

7070

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:7070:2

GUID
(UUID V4):

be842166-5384-4433-9dfb-de7570bcac46

IMA Classification of UrusoviteHide

IMA status:

Approved

IMA Formula:

CuAlO(AsO₄)

Approval year:

1998

First published:

2000

Type description reference:

Vergasova, Lidiya P., Filatov, Stanislav K., Gorskaya, Marina G., Molchanov, Alexey A., Krivovichev, Sergey V., Ananiev, Vladimir V. (2000) Urusovite, Cu[AlAsO₅], a new mineral from the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. European Journal of Mineralogy, 12 (5) 1041-1044 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2000/0012-1041

Classification of UrusoviteHide

Strunz-mindat (2024):

8.BB.60

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
B : Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H₂O
B : With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO₄ about 1:1

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference
Uusv	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of UrusoviteHide

Lustre:

Vitreous

Transparency:

Transparent

Colour:

Light green

Streak:

White

Hardness:

4 on Mohs scale

Hardness:

VHN₁₀=378 kg/mm² - Vickers

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

Perfect
{100} perfect

Density:

3.93 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Comment:

Could not be measured due to lack of material.

Optical Data of UrusoviteHide

Type:

Biaxial (-)

RI values:

n_α = 1.672(2) n_β = 1.718(2) n_γ = 1.722(2)

2V:

Measured: 30° (2), Calculated: 32.2°

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.050

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

High

Dispersion:

r > v strong

Optical Extinction:

X ≈ c; Y = b; Z ∧ a ≈ 10°.

Pleochroism:

Weak

Comments:

X = colourless; Y = light-green; Z = light-green.

Chemistry of UrusoviteHide

Mindat Formula:

CuAl(AsO₄)O

Elements listed:

Al, As, Cu, O - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of UrusoviteHide

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Class (H-M):

2/m - Prismatic

Space Group:

P2₁/b

Setting:

P2₁/c

Cell Parameters:

a = 7.314(2) Å, b = 10.223(3) Å, c = 5.576(2) Å
β = 99.79(3)°

Ratio:

a:b:c = 0.715 : 1 : 0.545

Unit Cell V:

410.85 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Morphology:

Elongate along [001], platy on (010). Forms include {100}, {010}, {110}, {011}, and {111}.

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0012367	Urusovite	Krivovichev S V, Molchanov A V, Filatov S K (2000) Crystal structure of urusovite Cu(AlAsO5): a new type of an aluminoarsenate tetrahedral polyanion Crystallography Reports 45 723-727		2000	Kamchatka peninsula, Russia	0	293

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data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Urusovite'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Krivovichev S V'
'Molchanov A V'
'Filatov S K'
_journal_name_full 'Crystallography Reports'
_journal_volume 45 
_journal_year 2000
_journal_page_first 723
_journal_page_last 727
_publ_section_title
;
 Crystal structure of urusovite Cu(AlAsO5): a new type of an aluminoarsenate
 tetrahedral polyanion
;
_database_code_amcsd 0012367
_chemical_compound_source 'Kamchatka peninsula, Russia'
_chemical_formula_sum 'Cu Al As O5'
_cell_length_a 7.335
_cell_length_b 10.255
_cell_length_c 5.599
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 99.79
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 415.026
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      3.928
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1 21/c 1'
loop_
_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  'x,1/2-y,1/2+z'
  '-x,1/2+y,1/2-z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv
Cu   0.46180   0.14033   0.90950   0.01020
Al   0.14550   0.17700   0.43550   0.00800
As   0.72570   0.10839   0.42610   0.00820
O1   0.62310   0.04070   0.15960   0.01300
O2   0.90410   0.19960   0.37450   0.01230
O3   0.57070   0.19460   0.54700   0.01100
O4   0.23540   0.22230   0.73280   0.01010
O5   0.19840   0.01360   0.38440   0.01300

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
7.20 Å	(100)
4.327 Å	(23)
3.124 Å	(20)
3.604 Å	(10)
3.174 Å	(10)
4.844 Å	(9)
2.458 Å	(8)

Comments:

Second Cinder cone, Tolbachik eruption, Kamchatka, Russia. The data are from the type description.

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 7: Great Oxidation Event	<2.4
45a : [Sulfates, arsenates, selenates, antimonates]

Type Occurrence of UrusoviteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Novaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

General Appearance of Type Material:

Plates up to 0.4 mm.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Mining Museum, Mining Institute, St. Petersburg.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Fumarole.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Tenorite	Sylvite	Ponomarevite	Piypite	Hematite
Euchlorine	Dolerophanite

Reference:

Vergasova, L.P., Filatov, S.K., Gorskaya, M.G., Molchanov, A.A., Krivovichev, S.V., Ananiev, V.V. (2000) Urusovite, Cu[AlAsO5], a new mineral from the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. European Journal of Mineralogy: 12: 1041-1044.

Download:

https://rruff.info/rruff_1.0/uploads/EJM12_1041.pdf

Synonyms of UrusoviteHide

IMA1998-067

Other Language Names for UrusoviteHide

German:Urusovit

Russian:Урусовит

Spanish:Urusovita

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

2 photos of Urusovite associated with Tenorite

CuO

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

8.BB.	Tilasite	CaMg(AsO₄)F	Mon.
8.BB.X	Arsenowagnerite	Mg₂(AsO₄)F	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
8.BB.	Moabite	NiFe³⁺(PO₄)O	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
8.BB.	Karlditmarite	Cu₉O₄(PO₄)₂(SO₄)₂	Tric. 1 : P1
8.BB.	Milkovoite	Cu₄O(PO₄)(AsO₄)	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
8.BB.	Paulgrothite	Cu₉Fe³⁺O₄(PO₄)₄Cl₃	Orth. mm2 : Cmc2₁
8.BB.05	Amblygonite	LiAl(PO₄)F	Tric. 1 : P1
8.BB.05	Montebrasite	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	Tric. 1 : P1
8.BB.05	Tavorite	LiFe³⁺(PO₄)(OH)	Tric. 1 : P1
8.BB.10	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	Mon. 2/m
8.BB.10	Zwieselite	Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)F	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
8.BB.15	Sarkinite	Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)(OH)	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
8.BB.15	Triploidite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH)	Mon. 2/m : P2/b
8.BB.15	Wagnerite	(Mg,Fe²⁺)₂(PO₄)F	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
8.BB.15	Wolfeite	Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH)	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
8.BB.15	Stanĕkite	(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg)Fe³⁺(PO₄)O	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
8.BB.15	Joosteite	Mn²⁺(Mn³⁺,Fe³⁺)(PO₄)O	Mon. 2/m
8.BB.15	Hydroxylwagnerite	Mg₂(PO₄)(OH)	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
8.BB.15	Unnamed (Sb-analogue of Auriacusite)	Fe³⁺Cu²⁺[(Sb,As)O₄]O
8.BB.20	Holtedahlite	Mg₂(PO₄)(OH)	Trig. 3m : P3 1m
8.BB.20	Satterlyite	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Fe)₁₂(PO₄)₅(PO₃OH)(OH,O)₆	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3 1m
8.BB.25	Althausite	Mg₄(PO₄)₂(OH,O)(F,◻)	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
8.BB.30	Adamite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm
8.BB.30	Eveite	Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)(OH)	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm
8.BB.30	Libethenite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm
8.BB.30	Olivenite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
8.BB.30	Zincolibethenite	CuZn(PO₄)(OH)	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm
8.BB.30	Zincolivenite	CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm
8.BB.30	Auriacusite	Fe³⁺Cu²⁺(AsO₄)O	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm
8.BB.35	Paradamite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	Tric. 1 : P1
8.BB.35	Tarbuttite	Zn₂(PO₄)(OH)	Tric. 1 : P1
8.BB.40	Barbosalite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
8.BB.40	Hentschelite	CuFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
8.BB.40	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
8.BB.40	Scorzalite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
8.BB.40	Wilhelmkleinite	ZnFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
8.BB.45	Trolleite	Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
8.BB.45	Yaroshevskite	Cu₉O₂(VO₄)₄Cl₂	Tric. 1 : P1
8.BB.45	Dokuchaevite	Cu₈O₂(VO₄)₃Cl₃	Tric. 1 : P1
8.BB.50	Namibite	Cu(BiO)₂(VO₄)(OH)	Tric. 1 : P1
8.BB.50	Aleutite	[Cu₅O₂](AsO₄)(VO₄) · (Cu,K,Pb,Rb,Cs,)Cl	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
8.BB.52a	Ericlaxmanite	Cu₄O(AsO₄)₂	Tric. 1 : P1
8.BB.52b	Kozyrevskite	Cu₄O(AsO₄)₂	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
8.BB.55	Phosphoellenbergerite	(Mg,◻)₂Mg₁₂(PO₄,PO₃OH)₆(PO₃OH,CO₃)₂(OH)₆	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
8.BB.55	Popovite	Cu₅O₂(AsO₄)₂	Tric. 1 : P1
8.BB.65	Theoparacelsite	Cu₃(As₂O₇)(OH)₂	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pmma
8.BB.70	Turanite	Cu₅(VO₄)₂(OH)₄	Tric. 1 : P1
8.BB.75	Stoiberite	Cu₅(VO₄)₂O₂	Mon. 2/m
8.BB.80	Fingerite	Cu₁₁(VO₄)₆O₂	Tric. 1 : P1
8.BB.85	Averievite	Cu₆(VO₄)₂O₂Cl₂	Trig. 3 : P3
8.BB.90	Lipscombite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	Tet. 4 2 2 : P4₁ 2₁ 2
8.BB.90	Richellite	CaFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH,F)₂	Amor.
8.BB.90	Zinclipscombite	ZnFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	Tet. 4 2 2 : P4₃ 2₁ 2

Fluorescence of UrusoviteHide

In UV light:

Not fluorescent.

Other InformationHide

Notes:

Practically insoluble in water and alcohol.

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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References for UrusoviteHide

Reference List:

Krivovichev, S.V., Molchanov, A.V., Filatov, S.K. (2000) Crystal structure of urusovite Cu[AlAsO5]: a new type of an tetrahedral aluminoarsenate polyanion. Crystallography Reports: 45: 723-727.

Jambor, J. L., Roberts, A. C. (2001) New mineral names. American Mineralogist, 86 (5) 767-770

Mandarino, Joseph A. (2001) New minerals. The Canadian Mineralogist, 39 (5) 1473-1502 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.39.5.1473

Pekov, I.V. (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names. Mineralogical Almanac: 11: 9-51.

Filatov, S.K., Rybin, D.S., Krivovichev, S.V., Vergasova, L.P. (2009) Thermal expansion of new arsenate minerals, bradaczekite, NaCu4(AsO4)3, and urusovite, Cu(AsAlO5). Geology of Ore Deposits: 51: 827-832.

(2023) Urusovite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Localities for UrusoviteHide

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Russia
Kamchatka Krai Milkovsky District Tolbachik Volcanic field Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture) Northern Breakthrough (North Breach) ⓘ Second scoria cone	Jambor et al. (2002)
ⓘ Arsenatnaya fumarole	Pekov et al. (2014)
ⓘ Novaya fumarole (TL)	Vergasova et al. (2000)

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