Nabokoite Mineral Data, minerology database

Mineral Reference Lookup for Nabokoite

This reference page contains mineralogic data for Nabokoite and folklore and metaphysical beliefs. If the mineral is an alternate naming of a more common name, the more common mineral's data is displayed below the list of synonyms.

Minerals matching Nabokoite in the database: Nabokoite

Mineralogical Reference

Nabokoite

Mineral	Nabokoite
Chemistry	Cu 7 TeO 4 (SO 4 ) 5 ·KCl
Color	Translucent Yellowish-brown
CrystalSystem	Tetragonal
Hardness	2½
IMAStatus	Approved
Discovered	1987
CellParameters	a = 9.84c = 20.52
Ratio	a:c = 1 : 2.085
OpticalType	Uniaxial (-)
RI	n ω =1.778 n ε =1.773
Birefringence	δ=0.005
SurfaceRelief	Very High
TypeLocality	Yadovitaya fumarole Tolbachik volcano Kamchatka Oblast Far- Eastern Region Russia
Strunz	6/B.07-10 6 : SulphatesChromatesMolybdates B : Waterfree sulphates [SO4]2- with unfamiliar anions. cations of medium size 07 : Nabokoite - Atlasovite series

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