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brauner Wulfenit auf blauem Phosphohedyphan

Bildbreite: 8 mm; Fundort; Kyzylespe, Balqash, Qaraghandy oblysy (Karaganda), Kasachstan

Pavel M. Kartashov

Contribution: slugslayer 2009-06-16

Locality: Kyzylespe (Kyzyl-Espe) / Balqash / Qaraghandy oblysy (Karaganda) / Kasachstan

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Phosphohedyphan

Fundort: Root Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA; Bildbreite: 4 mm

Leonardus

Contribution: slugslayer 2008-08-28

Locality: Root Mine (Bonanza Hill Mine) / Goodsprings District / Clark Co. / Nevada / USA

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Phosphohedyphan

Größe: 3 mm; Fundort: Ponte della Volta, Cairo Montenotte, Val Bormida, Savona, Provinz, Ligurien (Liguria), Region, Italien

Matteo Chinellato

Contribution: Hg 2011-10-17

Locality: Ponte della Volta / Cairo Montenotte / Val Bormida / Savona, Provinz / Ligurien (Liguria), Region / Italien

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Phosphohedyphan -xx

Mineral: Phosphohedyphan -xx; Fundort: Ligurien (Liguria), Region / Savona, Provinz / Val Bormida / Cairo Montenotte / Curagnata / Monte Cavaglione (nicht 100% sicher - Tauschmaterial mit schlechte...

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Florian

Contribution: Florian 2012-10-21

Locality: Monte Cavaglione / Curagnata / Cairo Montenotte / Val Bormida / Savona, Provinz / Ligurien (Liguria), Region / Italien

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Phosphohedyphan

Größe: 1,8 x 1,7 x 1,5 cm, Fundort: Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, South Lanarkshire, Schottland, UK

Dan Weinrich

Contribution: thdun5 2014-08-23

Locality: Whytes Cleuch / Wanlockhead / South Lanarkshire / Schottland / UK

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Phosphohedyphan

Weißgrüne Aggregate aus Phosphohedyphan ("Polysphärit") auf Quarz und Fluorit vom Gewinnungsquerschlag 2-Nord, Fluoritgrube, Niederschlag, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Deutschland. Stufenbreite ca. 5,8 cm.

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raritätenjäger

Contribution: raritätenjäger 2015-11-02

Locality: Grube Straßburger Glück / Niederschlag / Bärenstein / Annaberg, Revier / Erzgebirgskreis / Sachsen / Deutschland

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Collectors Summary

Hardness (Mohs)

Cleavages

keine

Fracture

halbmuschelig

Solubility

+++ verdünnte HCl

Crystal System

hexagonal, P6₃/m

Chemism

Chemical formula

Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl

Chemical composition

Blei, Calcium, Chlor, Phosphor, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 1022.1544436 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 21

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Empirical formula:

Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl

Element	Symbol	Weight%	Atoms	Atoms%	Atom weight (u)	Sum weight (u)
Oxygen	O	18.78	12	57.14	15.9994300	191.9931600
Phosphorus	P	9.09	3	14.29	30.9737612	92.9212836
Chlorine	Cl	3.47	1	4.76	35.4532000	35.4532000
Calcium	Ca	7.84	2	9.52	40.0784000	80.1568000
Lead	Pb	60.82	3	14.29	207.2100000	621.6300000

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Analysis wt%

Ø P₂O₅ : 17.70, As₂O₅ : 3.20, PbO : 68.48, CaO : 8.50, Cl : 3.27 (Ref: American Mineralogist 2006)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

8.BN.05

8: Phosphate, Arsenate, Vanadate
B: Phosphate, etc., mit weitere Anionen, ohne H₂O
N: Mit ausschließlich [Kationen] (OH, etc.):RO₄ = 0.33:1
05:Apatit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VII/B.39-135

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

Classification by Hölzel

8.BO.400

8: PHOSPHATES ARSENATES VANADATES
B: Phosphates (+Anions -Water)
O: Apatite Supergroup
4: Hedyphanes with ~[PO4], ~[AsO4], ~[VO4]

IMA status

anerkannt 2005

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

Apatite Supergroup ⇒ Hedyphane group

Optical Properties

max. Birefringence	0.007
	$Birefringence chart\! Phosphohedyphane title=Birefringence chart Phosphohedyphane$ 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	1.935
RI value γ / ε	1.928
Ri mean	1.933
2V angle	Uniaxial (-)

Crystallography

Crystal System	hexagonal
Class (H-M)	6/m
Space Group number	176
Space Group	P6₃/m
Cell parameters a (Å)	9.875
Cell parameters b (Å)	-
Cell parameters c (Å)	7.130
Cell parameters a/b or c/a	0.722
Cell parameters c/b	-
Cell parameters α	90°
Cell parameters β	90°
Cell parameters γ	120°
Z	2
Volumne (Å³)	602.136
X-Ray Powder Diffraction	8.538(20), 4.054(60), 3.565(30), 2.942(100), 2.882(30), 2.139(35), 1.918(25), 1.890(25)
	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)	4
VHN (Hardness Vickers)	190 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)
Density (g/cm³)	5.92 (berechnet)
	5.637 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )
Cleavages	keine
Fracture	halbmuschelig
Tenacity	spröde
Instability	+++ verdünnte HCl

(Co-)Type locality

Chile /Atacama, Region (III. Region)/Copiapó, Provinz /Capitana Mine

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Kampf & Steele & Jenkins, 2006

References

American Mineralogist 91 (2006), 1909

IMA group assignments

Related minerals "Strunz Classification" (9. Edition) [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Alforsite	Ba₅(PO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
'Apatite group'	(Ca,Ba,Pb,Sr,etc.)₅(PO₄,CO₃)₃(F,Cl,OH)	8.BN.05
Belovite-(Ce)	NaSr₃(Ce,La)(PO₄)₃(F,OH) trigonal : 3 : P3	8.BN.05
Belovite-(La)	NaSr₃(La,Ce)(PO₄)₃(F,OH) trigonal : 3 : P3	8.BN.05
'Carbonate-fluorapatite' (Var.v. Fluorapatite)	Ca₅(PO₄,CO₃)₃F hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
'Carbonate-hydroxylapatite' (Var.v. Hydroxylapatite)	Ca₅(PO₄,CO₃)₃(OH) hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
Chlorapatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
Deloneite	(Na_0.5REE_0.25Ca_0.25)(Ca_0.75REE_0.25)Sr_1.5(CaNa_0.25REE_0.25)(PO₄)₃F_0.5(OH)_0.5 trigonal : 3 : P3	8.BN.05
Fluorapatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
Fluorcaphite	(Sr,Na)₂(Ca,Ce)₃[F\|(PO₄)₃] hexagonal : 6 : P6₃	8.BN.05
Fluorphosphohedyphane	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃F hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
Fluorstrophite	(Sr,Ca)₅(PO₄)₃(OH,F) hexagonal : 6 : P6₃	8.BN.05
Hedyphane	Pb₃Ca₂(AsO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
Hydroxylapatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH) hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
'Hydroxylapatite-M' (Pol.v. Hydroxylapatite)	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/c	8.BN.05
Hydroxylpyromorphite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃(OH) hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
Johnbaumite	Ca₅(AsO₄)₃(OH) hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
'Johnbaumite-M' (Pol.v. Johnbaumite)	Ca₅(AsO₄)₃OH monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/m	8.BN.05
Kuannersuite-(Ce)	NaCeBa₃(PO₄)₃F_0.5Cl_0.5 trigonal : 3 : P3	8.BN.05
Mimetite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
Mimetite-M	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/c	8.BN.05
Miyahisaite	(Sr,Ca)₂Ba₃(PO₄)₃F hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
Morelandite	Ca₂Ba₃(AsO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
Phosphohedyphane	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
Pyromorphite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
Stronadelphite	Sr₅(PO₄)₃F hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
Svabite	Ca₅(AsO₄)₃F hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
Turneaureite	Ca₅[(As,P)O₄]₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05
Vanadinite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BN.05

Related minerals "Lapis Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Fluorapatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-010
Chlorapatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-020
Hydroxylapatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH) hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-030
'Carbonate-hydroxylapatite' (Var.v. Hydroxylapatite)	Ca₅(PO₄,CO₃)₃(OH) hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-040
'Carbonate-fluorapatite' (Var.v. Fluorapatite)	Ca₅(PO₄,CO₃)₃F hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-050
Carlgieseckeite-(Nd)	NaNdCa₃(PO₄)₃F trigonal : 3 : P3	VII/B.39-058
Svabite	Ca₅(AsO₄)₃F hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-060
Turneaureite	Ca₅[(As,P)O₄]₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-070
Johnbaumite	Ca₅(AsO₄)₃(OH) hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-080
Stronadelphite	Sr₅(PO₄)₃F hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-085
Fluorstrophite	(Sr,Ca)₅(PO₄)₃(OH,F) hexagonal : 6 : P6₃	VII/B.39-090
Fluorcaphite	(Sr,Na)₂(Ca,Ce)₃[F\|(PO₄)₃] hexagonal : 6 : P6₃	VII/B.39-095
Miyahisaite	(Sr,Ca)₂Ba₃(PO₄)₃F hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-096
Deloneite	(Na_0.5REE_0.25Ca_0.25)(Ca_0.75REE_0.25)Sr_1.5(CaNa_0.25REE_0.25)(PO₄)₃F_0.5(OH)_0.5 trigonal : 3 : P3	VII/B.39-100
Belovite-(Ce)	NaSr₃(Ce,La)(PO₄)₃(F,OH) trigonal : 3 : P3	VII/B.39-110
Belovite-(La)	NaSr₃(La,Ce)(PO₄)₃(F,OH) trigonal : 3 : P3	VII/B.39-115
Kuannersuite-(Ce)	NaCeBa₃(PO₄)₃F_0.5Cl_0.5 trigonal : 3 : P3	VII/B.39-117
Alforsite	Ba₅(PO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-120
Morelandite	Ca₂Ba₃(AsO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-130
Phosphohedyphane	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-135
Fluorphosphohedyphane	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃F hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-137
Hedyphane	Pb₃Ca₂(AsO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-140
Pyromorphite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-150
Hydroxylpyromorphite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃(OH) hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-155
Mimetite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-160
Mimetite-M	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/c	VII/B.39-165
Vanadinite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	VII/B.39-170

Related minerals "Hoelzel Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

Phosphohedyphane	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BO.400
Fluorphosphohedyphane	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃F hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BO.406
Hedyphane	Pb₃Ca₂(AsO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BO.410
Morelandite	Ca₂Ba₃(AsO₄)₃Cl hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BO.440
Miyahisaite	(Sr,Ca)₂Ba₃(PO₄)₃F hexagonal : 6/m : P6₃/m	8.BO.450

Other languages

German	Phosphohedyphan
English	Phosphohedyphane
Russian	Фосфогедифан
Japanese	燐ヘディフェン

IMA Number

IMA 2005-026

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