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<journal-id journal-id-type="archive">gsminmag</journal-id>
<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1986.050.356.12</article-id>
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<subject>Mineralogy</subject>
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<title-group>
<article-title>Obradovicite, a New Complex Arsenate-Molybdate from Chuquicamata, Chile</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Finney</surname>
<given-names>J. J.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Williams</surname>
<given-names>S. A.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Hamilton</surname>
<given-names>R. D.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref></contrib>
<aff id="A1"><label>1</label>Geology Department, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo. 80401, USA.</aff>
<aff id="A2"><label>2</label>Globe de Plomo Enterprises, Douglas, Ariz. 85607, USA</aff></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>6</month>
<year>1986</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>50</volume>
<issue>356</issue>
<fpage>283</fpage>
<lpage>284</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>12</day>
<month>8</month>
<year>1985</year>
</date>
<date date-type="rev-recd">
<day>2</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>1985</year>
</date></history>
<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1986, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1986</copyright-year>
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<title>Abstract</title>
<p>Obradovicite, ideal formula H<sub>4</sub>CuFe<sub>2</sub>(AsO<sub>4</sub>) (MoO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>5</sub> &#x00B7; 12H<sub>2</sub>O, occurs as fine pea-green clusters on quartz from Chuquicamata, Chile. Obradovicite is orthorhombic, space group Pcnm; <italic>a</italic> = 15.046, <italic>b</italic> = 14.848, <italic>c</italic> = 11.056 &#x00C5;, Z = 4. The strongest powder pattern lines are (<italic>d &#x00C5;, I, hkl</italic>) 10.565(8)(110), 8.906(10)(101), 7.424(8)(020), 5.733(5)(211), 3.761(3)(400), 3.686(4)(032), 3.466(3)(411), 3.344(4)(420). It is biaxial positive with &#x03B1; = 1.790, &#x03B2; = 1.798, &#x03B3; = 1.811, 2V<sub>z</sub> = 81&#x00B0;, <italic>a</italic> = Z, <italic>b</italic> = X, <italic>c</italic> = Y, with strong dispersion and pale yellow pleochroism. Specific gravity is 3.55 (meas.) or 3.68 (calc.) and the Mohs hardness is 2&#x00BD; with no obvious cleavage. Obradovicite is similar to betpakdalite and sodium-betpakdalite except that it contains essential Cu and K (K &#x003E; Na).</p></abstract>
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<title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>obradovicite</kwd>
<kwd>new mineral</kwd>
<kwd>arsenates</kwd>
<kwd>molybdates</kwd>
<kwd>Chuquicamata</kwd>
<kwd>Chile</kwd>
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