Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
As sublimates near a volcanic fumarole ven
- Type locality
- Yadovitaya fumarole
- Second scoria cone
- Northern Breakthrough (North Breach)
- Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture)
- Tolbachik Volcanic field
- Milkovsky District
- Kamchatka Krai
- Russia
55.8333°, 160.3333°
2recorded occurrences
Safety & handling
Physical
Optical
- UV response
- None
Crystallography
- Space group
- Pbcm
- Cell parameters
- a = 5.449(1) Å · b = 11.154(2) Å · c = 10.333(2) Å
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 2.047 : 1.896
- Z
- 4
- Type-locality form
Crystals, to 0.4 mm
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Coparsiet
- IMA1996-064
- IMA1996-064a
In other languages
- German
- Coparsit · IMA 1996-064 · IMA 1996-064a
- Italian
- Coparsite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.8.BE.80
- 8Phosphates, Arsenates, VanadatesClass
- 8.BPhosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2ODivision
- 8.BEWith only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 2:1Group
- 8.BE.80CoparsiteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1998Starova, G. L.; Krivovichev, S. V.; Filatov, S. K. (1998) Crystal chemistry of inorganic compounds based on chains of oxocentered tetrahedra. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 213 (12). 650-653 doi:10.1524/zkri.1998.213.12.650 DOI: 10.1524/zkri.1998.213.12.650
- 1999Vergasova, L.P., Starova, G.L., Krivovichev, S.V., Filatov, S.K., and Ananiev, V.V. (1999) Coparsite, Cu4O2[(As,V)O4]Cl, a new mineral species from the Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. The Canadian Mineralogist: 37: 911-914.
- 2020(2020) Coparsite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Coparsite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/coparsite-6889},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}