BRADACZEKITE, NaCu4(AsO4)3, A NEW MINERAL SPECIES FROM THE TOLBACHIK VOLCANO, KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA

• Main Authors: Stanislav K. Filatov, Lidiya P. Vergasova, Marina G. Gorskaya, Sergey, V. Krivovichev, Peter C. Burns, Vladimir V. Ananiev
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1115
• Subjects: Kamchatka Peninsula; Tolbachik; Kamchatka
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.553.2611; http://www3.nd.edu/~pburns/pcb116.pdf

Bradaczekite, NaCu4(AsO4)3, was discovered in a fumarole in the North Breach of the Great fissure Tolbachik eruption (GFTE) in 1975–1976, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Bradaczekite forms aggregates of dark blue plates elongate along [¯102]. The well-developed forms are {010}, {¯311}, {111} and {¯112}...