In honour of the Russian nobleman and statesman Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov (1727–1797), who was an enthusiastic patron of the sciences, arts and literature, and one of the founders of the Moscow University in 1755.

Type Locality:

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

New structure type.

Chemically and anion-stoichiometrically similar to but structurally different from krasheninnikovite. May also be compared to cesanite (similar chemistry and anion stoichiometry) and other apatite group species (stoichiometry).

Crystal structure details (Pekov et al, 2016):
- isolated 2 nonequivalent SO₄ tetrahedra
- disordered coordination of the S(2) site results in two possible orientations of the corresponding tetrahedron
- Ca(1)O₇F polyhedra
- Ca(2)O₅F and Ca(2)O₆F polyhedra
- [9]K(1) and ^[9]K(2)
- most of Na resides in the Ca(2) site

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Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

46438

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:46438:3

GUID
(UUID V4):

34d7824a-ccb5-4d34-9f71-d8c7bfa5535c

Classification of ShuvaloviteHide

IMA status:

Approved

Approval year:

2014

First published:

2016

Strunz-mindat (2023):

7.BC.62

7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
B : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, without H₂O
C : With medium-sized and large cations

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
Svv	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 ShuvaloviteHide

Lustre:

Vitreous

Transparency:

Transparent

Colour:

Colourless

Streak:

White

Hardness:

3 on Mohs scale

Comment:

ca. 3

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

None Observed

Fracture:

Irregular/Uneven

Density:

2.64 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of ShuvaloviteHide

Type:

Biaxial (-)

RI values:

n_α = 1.493(1) n_β = 1.498(1) n_γ = 1.498(1)

2V:

Measured: ≤ 20°

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.005

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

Surface Relief:

Moderate

Chemical Properties of ShuvaloviteHide

Formula:

K₂(Ca₂Na)(SO₄)₃F

Elements listed:

Ca, F, K, Na, O, S - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of ShuvaloviteHide

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic

Class (H-M):

mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) - Dipyramidal

Space Group:

Pnma

Setting:

Pnma

Cell Parameters:

a = 13.2383(4) Å, b = 10.3023(3) Å, c = 8.9909(4) Å

Ratio:

a:b:c = 1.285 : 1 : 0.873

Unit Cell V:

1,226.22 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Morphology:

Coarse lamellae or tablets, [100] flattening, rectangular, octagonal or irregular up to 0.05 x 0.7 x 0.9 mm; in aggregates.

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
4.245 Å	(45)
3.963 Å	(62)
3.281 Å	(100)
3.210 Å	(30)
3.144 Å	(84)
3.112 Å	(67)
3.016 Å	(78)
2.785 Å	(52)

Comments:

From Type Description.

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

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

Type Occurrence of ShuvaloviteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Arsenatnaya 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:

Crusts and open-work groups (up to 1 x 1 cm) on basalt scoria.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration number 4549/1.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Found within sublimates.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Tenorite	Orthoclase	Hematite	Fluorophlogopite	Fluorite
Calciolangbeinite

Synonyms of ShuvaloviteHide

IMA2014-057

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

7.BC.	Adranosite-(Fe)	(NH₄)₄NaFe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄Cl(OH)₂	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4₁/acd
7.BC.	Adranosite	(NH₄)₄NaAl₂(SO₄)₄Cl(OH)₂	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4₁/acd
7.BC.	D'Ansite-(Mn)	Na₂₁Mn²⁺(SO₄)₁₀Cl₃	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d
7.BC.	Agaite	Pb₃CuTeO₅(OH)₂(CO₃)	Orth. mm2 : Pca2₁
7.BC.	D'Ansite-(Fe)	Na₂₁Fe²⁺(SO₄)₁₀Cl₃	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d
7.BC.	Acmonidesite	(NH₄,K,Pb)₈NaFe²⁺₄(SO₄)₅Cl₈	Orth. 2 2 2 : C2 2 2₁
7.BC.	Backite	Pb₂AlTeO₆Cl	Trig. 3 2 : P3 1 2
7.BC.	Hagstromite	Pb₈Cu²⁺(Te⁶⁺O₆)₂(CO₃)Cl₄	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Ibam
7.BC.	Wildcatite	CaFe³⁺Te⁶⁺O₅(OH)	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3 1m
7.BC.	Franksousaite	PbCu(Se⁶⁺O₄)(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
7.BC.	Zincochenite	Pb₄Zn(OH)₆(SO₄)₂	Tric. 1 : P1
7.BC.	Viskontite	Pb₅Cu₂(SO₄)₃(SeO₃)(OH)₆	Orth. mm2 : Pmn2₁
7.BC.05	D'Ansite	Na₂₁Mg(SO₄)₁₀Cl₃	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m
7.BC.07	Apatelite	Fe₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₅ · 0.5H₂O
7.BC.07	Unnamed (Ba-Fe Vanadate)	Ba, Fe, V, O, H
7.BC.10	Alunite	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig. 3m : R3m
7.BC.10	Ammonioalunite	(NH₄)Al₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig.
7.BC.10	Ammoniojarosite	(NH₄)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig. 3m : R3m
7.BC.10	Argentojarosite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig. 3m : R3m
7.BC.10	Beaverite-(Cu)	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
7.BC.10	Dorallcharite	TlFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
7.BC.10	Huangite	Ca_0.5Al₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
7.BC.10	Hydroniumjarosite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
7.BC.10	Jarosite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
7.BC.10	Natroalunite-2c	(Na,Ca_0.5,K)Al₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
7.BC.10	Natroalunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig. 3m : R3m
7.BC.10	Natrojarosite	NaFe₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig. 3m : R3m
7.BC.10	Osarizawaite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
7.BC.10	Plumbojarosite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
7.BC.10	Schlossmacherite	(H₃O)Al₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
7.BC.10	Walthierite	Ba_0.5Al₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig.
7.BC.10	Beaverite-(Zn)	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Zn)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
7.BC.15	Ye'elimite	Ca₄Al₆(SO₄)O₁₂	Iso. 4 3 2 : I4₁ 3 2
7.BC.20	Atlasovite	K(BiO)Cu₆Fe³⁺(SO₄)₅O₃Cl	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/ncc
7.BC.20	Nabokoite	KCu₇(SO₄)₅(Te⁴⁺O₃)OCl	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/ncc
7.BC.20	Puninite	Na₂Cu₃O(SO₄)₃	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
7.BC.25	Chlorothionite	K₂Cu(SO₄)Cl₂	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
7.BC.30	Euchlorine	KNaCu₃(SO₄)₃O	Mon. 2/m
7.BC.30	Fedotovite	K₂Cu₃(SO₄)₃O	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
7.BC.35	Kamchatkite	KCu₃(SO₄)₂OCl	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
7.BC.40	Piypite	K₄Cu₄O₂(SO₄)₄ · (Na,Cu)Cl	Tet. 4 : I4
7.BC.45	Klyuchevskite	K₃Cu₃(Fe³⁺,Al)(SO₄)₄O₂	Mon. 2
7.BC.45	Alumoklyuchevskite	K₃Cu₃(Al,Fe³⁺)(SO₄)₄O₂	Tric. 1 : P1
7.BC.45	Belousovite	KZn(SO₄)Cl	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
7.BC.47	Müllerite	Pb₂Fe³⁺(Te⁶⁺O₆)Cl	Trig. 3 2 : P3₁ 1 2
7.BC.50	Caledonite	Pb₅Cu₂(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	Orth. mm2 : Pmn2₁
7.BC.50	Elasmochloite	Na₃Cu₆BiO₄(SO₄)₅	Mon. 2/m
7.BC.52	Eleomelanite	(K₂Pb)Cu₄O₂(SO₄)₄	Mon. 2/m
7.BC.55	Wherryite	Pb₇Cu₂(SO₄)₄(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
7.BC.55	Falgarite	K₄(VO)₃(SO₄)₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
7.BC.57	Krasheninnikovite	KNa₂CaMg(SO₄)₃F	Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6₃/mcm
7.BC.60	Mammothite	Pb₆Cu₄AlSb⁵⁺O₂(OH)₁₆Cl₄(SO₄)₂	Mon. 2 : B2
7.BC.60	Wulffite	K₃NaCu₄O₂(SO₄)₄	Orth. mm2
7.BC.60	Parawulffite	K₅Na₃Cu₈O₄(SO₄)₈	Mon. 2/m : P2/b
7.BC.65	Linarite	PbCu(SO₄)(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
7.BC.65	Schmiederite	Pb₂Cu₂(Se⁶⁺O₄)(Se⁴⁺O₃)(OH)₄	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
7.BC.65	Munakataite	Pb₂Cu₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)(SO₄)(OH)₄	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
7.BC.65	Therasiaite	(NH₄)₃KNa₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺(SO₄)₃Cl₅	Mon. m : Bb
7.BC.65	Saccoite	Ca₂Mn³⁺₂F(OH)₈ · 0.5(SO₄)	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/ncc
7.BC.70	Chenite	Pb₄Cu(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Tric. 1 : P1
7.BC.75	Krivovichevite	Pb₃Al(OH)₆(SO₄)(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3c
7.BC.80	Anhydrokainite	KMg(SO₄)Cl

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References for ShuvaloviteHide

Reference List:

Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Britvin, S.N., Chukanov, N.V., Yapaskurt, V.O., Sidorov, E.G. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2014) Shuvalovite, IMA 2014-057. CNMNC Newsletter No. 22, October 2014, page 1246. Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 1241-1248.

Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Britvin, S.N., Chukanov, N.V., Yapaskurt, V.O., Sidorov, E.G., Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2016): Shuvalovite, K₂(Ca₂Na)(SO₄)₃F, a new mineral from the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. European Journal of Mineralogy 28, 53-62.

Localities for ShuvaloviteHide

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Russia (TL)

Kamchatka Krai

Milkovsky District

Tolbachik Volcanic field

Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture)

Northern Breakthrough (North Breach)

Second scoria cone

ⓘ Arsenatnaya fumarole (TL)

Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 1241-1248.

Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Britvin, S.N., Chukanov, N.V., Yapaskurt, V.O., Sidorov, E.G. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2014) Shuvalovite, IMA 2014-057. CNMNC Newsletter No. 22, October 2014, page 1246

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