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Adelite (Adelit)

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Bildbreite: 4 mm, Fundort: Mercur Mine, Mercur District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
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Adelit

Bildbreite: 4 mm, Fundort: Mercur Mine, Mercur District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

Copyright: Luigi Chiappino
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Lichtbräunlicher Adelit. Fundort: Jakobsberg, Filipstad, Schweden. Bildbreite: 2 mm.
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl; Contribution: raritätenjäger
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Location: Schweden/Värmland, Provinz/Filipstad, Gemeinde/Nordmark (Nordmarksberg)/Jakobsberg
Mineral: Adelite
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Adelit

Lichtbräunlicher Adelit. Fundort: Jakobsberg, Filipstad, Schweden. Bildbreite: 2 mm.

Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Contribution: raritätenjäger 2014-06-04
Locality: Jakobsberg / Nordmark (Nordmarksberg) / Filipstad, Gemeinde / Värmland, Provinz / Schweden

Collectors Summary

Color blaugrau, grün, grau, gelb, hellgrün
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 5
Solubility +++ HNO3, ++ verdünnte Säuren
Crystal System orthorhombisch, P212121

Chemism

Chemical formula

CaMg(AsO4)(OH)

Chemical composition

Arsen, Calcium, Magnesium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 220.310159 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 9

Info

Empirical formula:

CaMg(AsO4)(OH)

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)

Hydrogen

H

0.46

1

11.11

1.0079470

1.0079470

Oxygen

O

36.31

5

55.56

15.9994300

79.9971500

Magnesium

Mg

11.03

1

11.11

24.3050600

24.3050600

Calcium

Ca

18.19

1

11.11

40.0784000

40.0784000

Arsenic

As

34.01

1

11.11

74.9216020

74.9216020

Analysis wt%

CaO : 25.43, MgO : 17.05, MnO : 1.64, As2O5 : 50.04, H2O : 4.25 (Ref: Dana, 7th ed. 2)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

8.BH.35

8: Phosphate, Arsenate, Vanadate
B: Phosphate, etc., mit weitere Anionen, ohne H2O
H: Mit mittelgroßen und meist großen [Kationen] (OH, etc.):RO4 = 1:1
35:Adelit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VII/B.26-010

VII: PHOSPHATE, ARSENATE UND VANADATE ("Phosphate" des Registers immer einschließlich isotyper Arsenate und Vanadate!)
B: Wasserfreie Phosphate, mit fremden Anionen F,Cl,O,OH
26: Mittelgroße und große Kationen: Mg-Cu-Zn und Ca-Na-K-Ba-Pb; Adelit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

8.BL.200

8: PHOSPHATES ARSENATES VANADATES
B: Phosphates (+Anions -Water)
L: Phosphates, very large: 2, Vmed: 2
2: Orthorhombic Adelite-Group

Dana 8th edition

41.05.01.01

41: Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
05: Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen where (A B)2 (XO4) Zq
01: Adelite Group

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

Adelite-Descloizite group

Optical Properties

Color

blaugrau, grün, grau, gelb, hellgrün

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent

max. Birefringence

0.019

Birefringence chart\! Adelite title=Birefringence chart Adelite

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

1.712

RI value β

1.721

RI value γ / ε

1.731

Ri mean

1.721

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 80°!

Optical Data Luminescence

Luminescence

keine Fluoreszenz bekannt

Crystallography

Crystal System

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

222

Space Group number

19

Space Group

P212121

Cell parameters a (Å)

5.850

Cell parameters b (Å)

8.895

Cell parameters c (Å)

7.525

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.658

Cell parameters c/b

0.846

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volume (ų)

391.569

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.96(60),
4.13(70),
3.16(100),
2.98(60),
2.78(60),
2.59(70),
2.33(70),
1.609(70)

XRD chart Adelite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

390 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.73 - 3.79 / Durchschnittlich = 3.76

3.737 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ HNO3, ++ verdünnte Säuren

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Sjögren, 1891

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 4 (2000), 3

Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar 13 (1891), 781

Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry Meeting (2002), 30 (abstr.)

IMA group assignments


 
 
CaMg(AsO4)(OH)
orthorhombisch
P212121

 
 
PbZn(AsO4)(OH)
orthorhombisch
P212121

 
 
CaZn(AsO4)(OH)
orthorhombisch
P212121

 
 
Pb(Fe2+,Mn)(VO4)(OH)
orthorhombisch
Pnam

 
 
CaCo(AsO4)(OH)
orthorhombisch
P212121

 
 
CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
orthorhombisch
P212121

 
 
PbZn(VO4)(OH)
orthorhombisch
Pnma

 
 
Pb(Zn,Cu)[OH|VO4]-Pb(Cu,Zn)[OH|VO4]
 
 

 
 
PbCu(AsO4)(OH)
orthorhombisch
P212121

 
 
CaMg(VO4,AsO4)(OH)
orthorhombisch
P212121

 
 
CaCu(PO4)(OH)
orthorhombisch
P212121

 
 
PbCu(VO4)(OH)
orthorhombisch
Pnma

 
 
Ca(Ni,Zn)(AsO4)(OH)
orthorhombisch
P212121

 
 
PbMn2+VO4(OH)
orthorhombisch
Pnma

 
 
CaCuVO4(OH)
orthorhombisch
P212121

 
 
CaAlSiO4(OH)
orthorhombisch
P212121

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Symbol

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IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) ihcir1g-s02sFrEWZNMpvA
GUID (Global unique identifier) AF22178A-3E58-4DB3-AC16-B11664D329BC
Database ID 12