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Turanite

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Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U Deposit (Radium Mine), Alai (Alay) Range, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
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Formula:
Cu
 
5
[(OH)
 
2
|VO
 
4
]
 
2
System:TriclinicColour:Green, olive-green
Hardness:5
Name:Named after its discovery locality, Tyuya Muyun, Ferghana, Turan Region, Uzbekistan.
This page provides mineralogical data about Turanite.

Classification of Turanite

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:7/B.11-60
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:8.BB.70

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
B : Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2O
B : With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 about 1:1
Dana 8th edition ID:41.4.4.1

41 : ANHYDROUS PHOSPHATES, ETC.CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
4 : (AB)5(XO4)2Zq
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Type Occurrence of Turanite

Type Locality:Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U Deposit (Radium Mine), Alai (Alay) Range, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
Year of Discovery:1909
Geological Setting of type material:Cavities in limestone.

Physical Properties of Turanite

Colour:Green, olive-green
Hardness (Mohs):5

Crystallography of Turanite

Crystal System:Triclinic
Class (H-M):1 - Pinacoidal
Space Group:P1
Cell Parameters:a = 5.3834Å, b = 6.2736Å, c = 6.8454Å
α = 86.169°, β = 91.681°, γ = 92.425°
Ratio:a:b:c = 0.858 : 1 : 1.091
Unit Cell Volume:V 230.38 ų
Z:1
Morphology:Reniform crusts and spherical concretions with a radial-fibrous structure.

Optical Data of Turanite

Type:Biaxial (-)
RI values: nα = 2.000 nβ = 2.010 nγ = 2.020
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.020

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:Very High
Dispersion:r > v strong.
Pleochroism:Visible
Comments:X = Brown
Y = Brown
Z = Green

Chemical Properties of Turanite

Formula:
Cu
 
5
[(OH)
 
2
|VO
 
4
]
 
2
Essential elements:Cu, H, O, V
All elements listed in formula:Cu, H, O, V

Relationship of Turanite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
8.BB.05Amblygonite
(Li,Na)Al[(F,OH)|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.05Montebrasite
LiAl[(OH,F)|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.05Tavorite
LiFe
3+
 
[OH|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.10Triplite
(Mn
2+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)
 
2
[(F,OH)|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.10Zwieselite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)
 
2
[F|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.15Sarkinite
Mn
2+
2
[OH|AsO
 
4
]
8.BB.15Triploidite
(Mn
2+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.15Wagnerite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
2
[F|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.15Wolfeite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.15Stanĕkite
Fe
3+
 
(Mn
2+
 
,Fe
2+
 
,Mg)[O|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.15Joosteite
Mn
2+
 
(Mn
3+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)[PO
 
4
]O
8.BB.15Hydroxylwagnerite
Mg
 
2
[PO
 
4
](OH)
8.BB.20Holtedahlite
Mg
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.20Satterlyite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mg,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
[(OH,O)|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.25Althausite
Mg
 
2
[(OH,F)|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.30Adamite
Zn
 
2
(AsO
 
4
)(OH)
8.BB.30Eveite
Mn
2+
2
[OH|AsO
 
4
]
8.BB.30Libethenite
Cu
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.30Olivenite
Cu
 
2
[OH|AsO
 
4
]
8.BB.30Zincolibethenite
CuZnPO
 
4
OH
8.BB.30Zincolivenite
CuZn(AsO
 
4
)(OH)
8.BB.30IMA2009-037
Fe
3+
 
Cu
2+
 
(As,Sb)O
 
4
O
8.BB.35Paradamite
Zn
 
2
[OH|AsO
 
4
]
8.BB.35Tarbuttite
Zn
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.40Barbosalite
Fe
2+
 
Fe
3+
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BB.40Hentschelite
CuFe
3+
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BB.40Lazulite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)Al
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BB.40Scorzalite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mg)Al
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BB.40Wilhelmkleinite
ZnFe
3+
2
[OH|AsO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BB.45Trolleite
Al
 
4
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
3
8.BB.50Namibite
Cu(BiO)
 
2
(VO
 
4
)(OH)
8.BB.55Phosphoellenbergerite
Mg
 
14
[(OH)
 
6
|(HPO
 
4
,CO
 
3
)
 
2
|(PO
 
4
)
 
6
]
8.BB.60Urusovite
Cu[AlAsO
 
5
]
8.BB.65Theoparacelsite
Cu
 
3
[(OH)
 
2
|As
 
2
O
 
7
]
8.BB.75Stoiberite
Cu
 
5
[O
 
2
|(VO
 
4
)
 
2
]
8.BB.80Fingerite
Cu
 
11
[O
 
2
|(VO
 
4
)
 
6
]
8.BB.85Averievite
Cu
 
6
[O
 
2
|Cl
 
2
|(VO
 
4
)
 
2
]
8.BB.90Lipscombite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)Fe
3+
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BB.90Richellite
Ca
 
3
Fe
3+
10
[(OH,F)
 
3
|(PO
 
4
)
 
2
]
 
4
 · nH
 
2
O (not confirmed)
8.BB.90Zinclipscombite
ZnFe
3+
2
(PO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
2

Other Names for Turanite

Other Languages:
German:Turanit
Russian:Туранит
Spanish:Turanita

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 Turanite

Reference List:Nenadkevich, K.A. (1909): Turanite and alaite, two new vanadium minerals. Izvestiya Imperatorskoy Akademii Nauk, 3, 185-187.

Larsen, E.S. and Berman, H. (1934) The Microscopic Determination of the Nonopaque Minerals, Second edition, USGS Bulletin 848: 207.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 818.

Sokolova, E.V., Hawthorne, F.C., Karpenko, V.Yu., Agakhanov, A.A., Pautov, L.A. (2004): Turanite, Cu2+5(V5+O4)2(OH)4, from the Tyuya-Muyun radium-uranium deposit, Osh District, Kyrgyzstan: a new structure for an old mineral. Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 731-739.

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    Localities for Turanite

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    Kyrgyzstan
     
    • Osh Oblast
      • Alai (Alay) Range
    		Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 818, 1046; Bull Min 79 (1956), 245; Canadian Mineralogist (2004): 42(3): 731-739.
    USA
     
    • Nevada
      • Eureka Co.
        • Gibellini District
    Rocks & Minerals, Nov. 1999
        • Maggie Creek District
    		NBMG Spec Pub 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Nye Co.
        • Manhattan District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
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