Karpovite
Karpovite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the sulfate class, with the chemical formula Tl₂VO(SO₄)₂(H₂O).
It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system (space group P2_1).
Key properties: Mohs hardness 2; specific gravity 4.743; White streak; Adamantine luster.
IMA symbol Kpv, IMA status: approved, named in 2013.
A sublimate on rock around a volcanic fumarole.
It is found associated with Shcherbinaite, pauflerite, bobjonesite, markhininite, evdokimovite.
The mineral was named to honor Professor Gennadiy Alexandrovich Karpov (b. 1938), volcanologist at the Institute of Volcanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia.
Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet.
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