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Shcherbinaite

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Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
© Pavel M. Kartashov

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Formula:
V
 
2
O
 
5
System:OrthorhombicColour:Yellow-green, ...
Hardness:3 - 3½
Name:Named after V.V. Shcherbina, geochemist.
This page provides mineralogical data about Shcherbinaite.

Classification of Shcherbinaite

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/G.09-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.HE.10

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
H : V[5,6] Vanadates
E : Phyllovanadates
Dana 8th edition ID:4.6.1.1

4 : SIMPLE OXIDES
6 : Miscellaneous
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Type Occurrence of Shcherbinaite

Type Locality:Novyi andesine dome, Bezymyannyi Volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Year of Discovery:1972

Physical Properties of Shcherbinaite

Lustre:Vitreous
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Translucent
Colour:Yellow-green, golden-yellow
Hardness (Mohs):3 - 3½

Crystallography of Shcherbinaite

Crystal System:Orthorhombic
Cell Parameters:a = 11.51Å, b = 3.55Å, c = 4.37Å
Ratio:a:b:c = 3.242 : 1 : 1.231
Unit Cell Volume:V 178.56 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Shcherbinaite

Type:Biaxial
Dispersion:marked to extreme

Chemical Properties of Shcherbinaite

Formula:
V
 
2
O
 
5
Essential elements:O, V
All elements listed in formula:O, V

Relationship of Shcherbinaite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
4.HE.05Melanovanadite
Ca
 
2
V
 
4
V
 
6
O
 
25
·nH
 
2
O
4.HE.15Hewettite
Ca[V
 
2
O
 
6
|V
 
4
O
 
10
] · 9H
 
2
O
4.HE.15Metahewettite
Ca[V
 
2
O
 
6
|V
 
4
O
 
10
] · 3H
 
2
O
4.HE.20Bariandite
Al
 
3
[(V
5+
 
,V
4+
 
)
 
4
O
 
10
]
 
10
 · 45H
 
2
O
4.HE.20Bokite
(Al,Fe
3+
 
)
 
1.3
[(V
5+
 
,V
4+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)
 
4
O
 
10
]
 
2
 · 7.5H
 
2
O
4.HE.20Corvusite
V
 
7
O
 
20
·nH
 
2
O
4.HE.20Fernandinite
(Ca,K)[(V
5+
 
,V
4+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)
 
4
O
 
10
]
 
2
 · 4H
 
2
O
4.HE.20Straczekite
(Ca,K,Ba)V
 
8
O
 
20
·3H
 
2
O
4.HE.25Häggite
V
 
2
O
 
2
(OH)
 
3
4.HE.30Doloresite
3V
 
2
O
 
4
·4H
 
2
O
4.HE.35Duttonite
VO(OH)
 
2
4.HE.40Cavoite
CaV
 
3
O
 
7

Other Names for Shcherbinaite

Synonyms:
IMA1971-021Scherbinaite
Other Languages:
German:Shcherbinait
Russian:щербинаит
Spanish:Shcherbinaita

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 Shcherbinaite

Reference List:American Mineralogist (1973): 58: 560.

Acta Crystallographica: C42: 1467-1469.

American Mineralogist (1990): 75: 508-521.

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    Localities for Shcherbinaite

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    El Salvador
     
    • Sonsonate Department
    		http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/central_america/el_salvador/izalco/fumar.html; Amer.Min.(1983) 68, 634-641
    Germany
     
    • Thuringia
      • Gera
        • Ronneburg U deposit
    		XRD and SEM-EDX analysis (T. Witzke)
    Russia
     
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Kamchatka Oblast'
        • Bezymyannyi Volcano
    		Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
    no ref.
          • Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption
            • Northern Breakthrough (North Breach)
    		Pavel M. Kartashov data
    E.Yu. Bykova and P.M. Kartashov data
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