Volborthite Group
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About Volborthite Group
A group of monoclinic or trigonal metal divanadate hydrates.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
46589
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:46589:6
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| ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
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| 0019133 | Volborthite | Ishikawa H, Yamaura J, Okamoto Y, Yoshida H, Nilsen G J, Hiroi Z (2012) A novel crystal polymorph of volborthite, Cu3V2O7(OH)2*2H2O Acta Crystallographica C68 i41-i44 | ![]() | 2012 | synthetic | 0 | 293 |
| 0018666 | Volborthite | Kashaev A A, Bakakin V V (1968) Crystal structure of volborthite Cu3(OH)2V2O7*2H2O Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 181 967-969 | 1968 | 0 | 293 | ||
| 0013677 | Volborthite | Lafontaine M A, LeBail A, Ferey G (1990) Copper-containing minerals - I. Cu3V2O7(OH)2,2H2O: The synthetic homolog of volborthite; crystal structure determination from X-ray and neutron data; structural correlations Journal of Solid State Chemistry 85 220-227 | 1990 | 0 | 293 | ||
| 0013678 | Volborthite | Lafontaine M A, LeBail A, Ferey G (1990) Copper-containing minerals - I. Cu3V2O7(OH)2,2H2O: The synthetic homolog of volborthite; crystal structure determination from X-ray and neutron data; structural correlations Journal of Solid State Chemistry 85 220-227 | 1990 | 0 | 293 | ||
| 0018692 | Volborthite | Kashaev A A, Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Bannova I I, Sapozhnikov A N, Glebova O D (2008) Balance, uniformity, and asymmetry of the structure of volborthite Cu3(OH)2(V2O7)*2H2O Journal of Structural Chemistry 49 708-711 | 2008 | not given | 0 | 293 | |
| 0019037 | Volborthite | Yoshida H, Yamaura J, Isobe M, Nilsen G J, Hiroi Z (2012) Orbital switching in a frustrated magnet Nature Communications 3 8601-8605 | 2012 | synthetic | 0 | 150 | |
| 0019038 | Volborthite | Yoshida H, Yamaura J, Isobe M, Nilsen G J, Hiroi Z (2012) T = 323 K Nature Communications 3 8601-8605 | 2012 | synthetic | 0 | 293 | |
| 0018693 | Volborthite | Basso R, Palenzona A, Zefiro L (1988) Crystal structure refinement of volborthite from Scrava mine (Eastern Liguria, Italy) Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1988 385-394 | 1988 | Scrava mine, Eastern Liguria, Italy | 0 | 293 | |
| 0006193 | Martyite | Kampf A R, Steele I M (2008) Martyite, a new mineral species related to volborthite: Description and crystal structure The Canadian Mineralogist 46 687-692 | ![]() | 2008 | Blue Cap mine, San Juan County, Utah | 0 | 293 |
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Relationship of Volborthite Group to other Species
Volborthite Group Members:
| Karpenkoite | Co3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1 |
| Martyite | Zn3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O | Trig. 3m : P3m1 |
| Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
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Blue Cap Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA