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Pauflerite

Formula:
(V
4+
 
O)[SO
 
4
]
System:OrthorhombicColour:green?
Name:Named after Dr. Peter Paufler, Professor of Crystallography at TU Dresden, Germany.


A mineral of high-temperature volcanic fumaroles.

Classification of Pauflerite

IMA status:Approved 2005
Strunz 8th edition ID:6/A.0-
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:7.BB.55

7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
B : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, without H2O
B : With medium-sized cations
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Type Occurrence of Pauflerite

Type Locality:Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Geological Setting of type material:high temperature fumaroles

Physical Properties of Pauflerite

Colour:green?

Crystallography of Pauflerite

Crystal System:Orthorhombic
Class (H-M):mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) - Dipyramidal
Space Group:Pnma {P21/n 21/m 21/a}
Cell Parameters:a = 7.389Å, b = 6.274Å, c = 7.079Å
Ratio:a:b:c = 1.178 : 1 : 1.128
Unit Cell Volume:V 328.17 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
5.11(27)
4.70(18)
3.54(31)
3.28(100)
3.14(73)
2.845(18)
2.237(17)

Chemical Properties of Pauflerite

Formula:
(V
4+
 
O)[SO
 
4
]
All elements listed in formula:O, S, V

Relationship of Pauflerite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
7.BB.05Caminite
Mg
 
7
[(OH)
 
4
|(SO
 
4
)
 
5
] · H
 
2
O
7.BB.10Hauckite
Fe
3+
3
(Mg,Mn
2+
 
)
 
24
Zn
 
18
[(OH)
 
81
|(CO
 
3
)
 
2
|(SO
 
4
)
 
4
]
7.BB.15Antlerite
Cu
 
3
[(OH)
 
4
|SO
 
4
]
7.BB.20Dolerophanite
Cu
 
2
[O|SO
 
4
]
7.BB.25Brochantite
Cu
 
4
[(OH)
 
6
|SO
 
4
]
7.BB.30Vergasovaite
Cu
 
3
[O|SO
 
4
|(MoO
 
4
,SO
 
4
)]
7.BB.35Klebelsbergite
Sb
 
4
[O
 
4
|(OH)
 
2
|SO
 
4
]
7.BB.40Schuetteite
Hg
2+
3
[O
 
2
|SO
 
4
]
7.BB.45Paraotwayite
Ni(OH)
 
2-x
(SO
 
4
,CO
 
3
)
 
0.5x
7.BB.50Xocomecatlite
Cu
 
3
[(OH)
 
4
|TeO
 
4
]
7.BB.60Grandviewite
Cu
 
3
Al
 
9
[(OH)
 
29
|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
]

Other Names for Pauflerite

Synonyms:
IMA2005-004
Other Languages:

Other Information

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

References for Pauflerite

Reference List:Krivovichev, S.V., Vergasova, L.P., Britvin, S.N., Filatov, S.K., Kahlenberg, V., Ananiev, V.V. (2007): Pauflerite, ß-VO(SO4), a new mineral from the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 921-927.

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