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5+ Ziesite β–Cu2V2 O7 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. Anhedral crystals, to 200 µm, incrusting basalt. Physical Properties: Hardness = n.d. D(meas.) = 3.86(5) (synthetic). D(calc.) = 3.87 Optical Properties: Opaque, transparent on very thin edges. Color: Black; reddish brown to dark reddish brown in transmitted light; white in reflected light. Streak: Reddish brown. Luster: Metallic. Optical Class: Biaxial. Absorption: Weak. n = [2.055] Anisotropism: Moderate to strong. Cell Data: Space Group: C2/c (synthetic). a = 7.6890(8) b = 8.0289(9) c = 10.1065(8) β = 110.252(7)◦ Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Synthetic. 3.60 (10), 3.09 (10), 3.06 (10), 5.34 (8), 2.302 (8), 2.111 (8), 2.641 (6) Chemistry: (1) (2) V2O5 52.82 53.34 CuO 45.37 46.66 Total 98.19 100.00 (1) Izalco volcano, El Salvador; by electron microprobe, average of two analyses; corresponds to Cu1.97V2.01O7. (2) Cu2V2O7. Polymorphism & Series: Dimorphous with blossite; stable above 712 ◦C. Occurrence: In vanadium-bearing sublimates in fumaroles on a basaltic volcanic cone. Association: Stoiberite, shcherbinaite, bannermanite, fingerite, mcbirneyite, blossite, chalcocyanite, chalcanthite. Distribution: From the summit crater of the Izalco volcano, El Salvador. Name: To honor Dr. Emanuel G. Zies, Carnegie Institute, Washington, D.C., USA. Type Material: Carnegie Institute, Washington, D.C., USA. References: (1) Hughes, J.M. and R.W. Birnie (1980) Ziesite, β–Cu2V2O7, a new copper vanadate and fumarole temperature indicator. Amer. Mineral., 65, 1146–1149. (2) Hughes, J.M. and M.A. Brown (1989) The crystal structure of ziesite, β–Cu2V2O7, a thortveitite-type structure with a non-linear X–O–X inter-tetrahedral bond. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh., 41–47. (3) Mercurio-Lavaud, D. and M.B. Frit (1973) Structure cristalline de la variétéhaute températuredu pyrovanadate de cuivre: Cu2V2O7. Compt. Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. C., 277, 1101–1104 (in French). All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior written permission of Mineral Data Publishing..

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