Sofiite

Sofiite

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

Sofiite

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

Sofiite

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

Sofiite

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

Sofiite

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

Sofiite

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

Sofiite

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

Sofiite

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

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Sofia I. Naboko

Formula:

Zn₂(SeO₃)Cl₂

Colour:

Colourless

Lustre:

Vitreous, Greasy, Silky

Hardness:

2 - 2½

Specific Gravity:

3.64 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic

Name:

Named in honor of Sofia Ivanovna Naboko (Софьа Ивановна Набоко) (13 September 1909, St Petersburg, Russian Empire - 2005), Institute of Volcanology, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii, Russia. Naboko was an investigator of postvolcanic processes of Kamchatka. The mineral nabokoite is also named for her.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

A synthetic, monoclinic polymorph is known (Johnsson & Törnroos, 2007).

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Type:

Biaxial (+)

RI values:

n_α = 1.709(3) n_β = 1.726(2) n_γ = 1.750(2)

2V:

Calculated: 81°

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.041

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

Surface Relief:

High

Dispersion:

r > v weak

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0014495	Sofiite	Semenova T F, Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Filatov S K, Vergasova L P (1992) Crystal structure and physical properties of sophiite, Zn2(SeO3)Cl2, a new mineral Mineralogical Magazine 56 241-245		1992	Tolbachik Main Fracture Eruption, Kamchatka, Russia	0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Sofiite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Semenova T F' 'Rozhdestvenskaya I V' 'Filatov S K' 'Vergasova L P' _journal_name_full 'Mineralogical Magazine' _journal_volume 56 _journal_year 1992 _journal_page_first 241 _journal_page_last 245 _publ_section_title ; Crystal structure and physical properties of sophiite, Zn2(SeO3)Cl2, a new mineral Note: y(Zn2) corrected ; _database_code_amcsd 0014495 _chemical_compound_source 'Tolbachik Main Fracture Eruption, Kamchatka, Russia' _chemical_formula_sum 'Zn2 Se Cl2 O3' _cell_length_a 10.251 _cell_length_b 15.223 _cell_length_c 7.666 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 1196.287 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 3.649 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P c c n' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' 'x,1/2-y,1/2+z' '-x,1/2+y,1/2-z' '1/2-x,y,1/2+z' '1/2+x,-y,1/2-z' '1/2+x,1/2+y,-z' '1/2-x,1/2-y,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 Zn1 0.49420 0.38500 0.34930 0.02166 Zn2 0.72340 0.46910 0.10160 0.02330 Se 0.46360 0.59090 0.22410 0.01545 Cl1 0.28450 0.37780 0.43200 0.02698 Cl2 0.59100 0.29760 0.15990 0.03635 O1 0.40980 0.58630 0.43200 0.01773 O2 0.54730 0.49470 0.20970 0.01900 O3 0.31640 0.55750 0.14760 0.01773 loop_ _atom_site_aniso_label _atom_site_aniso_U_11 _atom_site_aniso_U_22 _atom_site_aniso_U_33 _atom_site_aniso_U_12 _atom_site_aniso_U_13 _atom_site_aniso_U_23 Zn1 0.02115 0.02330 0.02052 -0.00152 0.00152 -0.00507 Zn2 0.01457 0.03913 0.01621 0.00633 -0.00139 -0.00241 Se 0.01304 0.01659 0.01684 -0.00025 0.00177 -0.00012 Cl1 0.01900 0.02534 0.03673 -0.00380 0.00507 0.00380 Cl2 0.05193 0.02659 0.03040 0.01014 0.00887 -0.00380 O1 0.01266 0.03040 0.01140 -0.00380 0.00380 -0.00380 O2 0.00886 0.02026 0.02660 0.00253 0.00887 0.00127 O3 0.01647 0.02407 0.01267 0.00633 0.00887 -0.00127

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Costa Rica
Alajuela Province Sarchí Canton ⓘ Poás Volcano	Rodríguez, A., & van Bergen, M. J. (2017). Superficial alteration mineralogy in active volcanic systems: An example of Poás volcano, Costa Rica. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 346, 54-80.
Greece
Attica East Attica Lavreotiki ⓘ Lavrion Mining District ?	Skarpelis, N. and Argyraki, A. (2009): Geology and origin of supergene ore at the Lavrion Pb-Ag-Zn deposit, Attica, Greece. Resource Geology, 59, 1-14 Kolitsch, U., Rieck, B., Brandstätter, F., Schreiber, F., Fabritz, K. H., Blaß, G., Gröbner, J. (2014) Neufunde aus dem altem Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I) Mineralien Welt, 25 (1) 60-75
Russia (TL)
Kamchatka Krai Milkovsky District ⓘ Tolbachik Volcanic field (TL)	L. P. Vergasova et al.: Zap. Vses. Min. Obshch. 118(1):65-69 (1989)
ⓘ Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture)	Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp.
Northern Breakthrough (North Breach) ⓘ First scoria cone	Pekov, Igor V., Zubkova, Natalia V., Pautov, Leonid A., Yapaskurt, Vasiliy O., Chukanov, Nikita V., Lykova, Inna S., Britvin, Sergey N., Sidorov, Evgeny G., Pushcharovsky, Dmitry Yu. (2015) Chubarovite, KZn2(BO3)Cl2, a new mineral species from the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (2) 273-284 doi:10.3749/canmin.1400080
ⓘ Northern fumarole field	In the collection of Brent Thorne. Acquired from Dakota Matrix minerals. Part of author's material. Pekov, Igor V., Zubkova, Natalia V., Britvin, Sergey N., Yapaskurt, Vasiliy O., Chukanov, Nikita V., Lykova, Inna S., Sidorov, Evgeny G., Pushcharovsky, Dmitry Yu. (2015) New zinc and potassium chlorides from fumaroles of the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia: mineral data and crystal chemistry. III. Cryobostryxite, KZnCl3·2H2O. European Journal of Mineralogy, 27 (6) 805-812 doi:10.1127/ejm/2015/0027-2482
ⓘ Second scoria cone	Mandarino, Joseph A. (2003) New minerals. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (3) 803-828 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.3.803
ⓘ Novaya fumarole	Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp.
Southern Breakthrough (South Breach) ⓘ Glavnoye fumarole	Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp.