KOLOVRATITE


Meaning of KOLOVRATITE in English

General Information:

Chemical Formula:

Hydrous vanadate of Ni and Zn

Composition:

(Molecular Weight = 196.67 gm)

Vanadium 25.90 % V

Zinc 24.94 % Zn

Nickel 7.46 % Ni

Hydrogen 1.03 % H

Oxygen 40.68 % O

Empirical Formula:

Zn0.75Ni0.25(VO4)·(H2O)

Environment:

In quartz schists and carbonaceous slates. An inadequately described mineral.

Locality:

Kara-Chagyr and Uch-Kurgan, Ferghana, Turkestan.

Name Origin:

Named for Lev S. Kolovrat-Chervinsky (1884-1921), a Russian physicist.

Physical Properties:

Cleavage:

[???] Indistinct

Color:

greenish yellow or yellow.

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Habits:

Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix., Botryoidal - "Grape-like" rounded forms (e.g.. malachite)., Fibrous - Crystals made up of fibers.

Hardness:

2-3 - Gypsum-Calcite

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

light yellow

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