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Agardite-(Y)

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Agardit-(Y)
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Agardit-(Y)
Bildbreite: 5 mm; Fundort: Bou Skour Mine, Mount Sarhro, Ouarzazate, Provinz, Souss-Massa-Daraâ, Region, Marokko
Copyright: Jean-Marc Johannet; Contribution: Hg
Location: Marokko/Drâa-Tafilalet, Region/Zagora, Provinz/Agdz, Cercle/Bou Skour Bergbaurevier/Bou Skour Mine
Mineral: Agardite-(Y)
Image: 1268664151
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Agardit-(Y)

Bildbreite: 5 mm; Fundort: Bou Skour Mine, Mount Sarhro, Ouarzazate, Provinz, Souss-Massa-Daraâ, Region, Marokko
Copyright: Jean-Marc Johannet
Contribution: Hg 2010-03-15
Locality: Bou Skour Mine / Bou Skour Bergbaurevier / Agdz, Cercle / Zagora, Provinz / Drâa-Tafilalet, Region / Marokko
Agardit-(Y)
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Agardit-(Y)
Bildbreite: 0,6 mm, Fundort: Tucumana Mine, Inca de Oro, Atacama-Region, Chile
Copyright: Luigi Mattei; Contribution: thdun5
Location: Chile/Atacama, Region (III. Region)/Chañaral, Provinz/Inca de Oro/Tucumana Mine
Mineral: Agardite-(Y)
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Agardit-(Y)

Bildbreite: 0,6 mm, Fundort: Tucumana Mine, Inca de Oro, Atacama-Region, Chile
Copyright: Luigi Mattei
Contribution: thdun5 2010-05-29
Locality: Tucumana Mine / Inca de Oro / Chañaral, Provinz / Atacama, Region (III. Region) / Chile
Agardit-(Y)
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Agardit-(Y)
Bildbreite: 0,67 mm, Fundort: Cap Garonne, Pradet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Frankreich
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato; Contribution: Hg
Collection: Domenico Preite
Location: Frankreich/Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Region/Var, Département/Toulon, Arrondissement/Le Pradet/Cap Garonne
Mineral: Agardite-(Y)
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Agardit-(Y)

Bildbreite: 0,67 mm, Fundort: Cap Garonne, Pradet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Frankreich
Collection: Domenico Preite
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Hg 2011-07-25
Locality: Cap Garonne / Le Pradet / Toulon, Arrondissement / Var, Département / Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Region / Frankreich
Y-Agardit xx
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Hillarion, Lavrion/Griechenland; Stacking-Aufnahme mit 3 mm Bildbreite
Copyright: Karlheinz Grosch; Contribution: Karlheinz Grosch
Collection: Karlheinz Grosch
Location: Griechenland/Attika (Attikí, Attica)/East Attica/Lavreotiki/Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt/Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza)/Kamariza Minen (Kamareza)/Hilarion Mine
Mineral: Agardite-(Y)
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Y-Agardit xx

Hillarion, Lavrion/Griechenland; Stacking-Aufnahme mit 3 mm Bildbreite
Collection: Karlheinz Grosch
Copyright: Karlheinz Grosch
Contribution: Karlheinz Grosch 2014-08-23
Locality: Hilarion Mine / Kamariza Minen (Kamareza) / Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza) / Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt / Lavreotiki / East Attica / Attika (Attikí, Attica) / Griechenland
Agardit-(Y)
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Agardit-(Y)
Größe: 1 mm; Fundort: Cava Puricelli, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Provinz, Italien
Copyright: Enrico Bonacina; Contribution: Hg
Location: Italien/Lombardei (Lombardia), Region/Varese, Provinz/Cuasso al Monte/Cava Puricelli
Mineral: Agardite-(Y)
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Agardit-(Y)

Größe: 1 mm; Fundort: Cava Puricelli, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Provinz, Italien
Copyright: Enrico Bonacina
Contribution: Hg 2011-02-11
Locality: Cava Puricelli / Cuasso al Monte / Varese, Provinz / Lombardei (Lombardia), Region / Italien
Agardit-(Y)
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Agardit-(Y)
Größe: 0,53 mm; Fundort: Cava Puricelli, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Provinz, Italien
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato; Contribution: Hg
Collection: Domenico Preite
Location: Italien/Lombardei (Lombardia), Region/Varese, Provinz/Cuasso al Monte/Cava Puricelli
Mineral: Agardite-(Y)
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Agardit-(Y)

Größe: 0,53 mm; Fundort: Cava Puricelli, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Provinz, Italien
Collection: Domenico Preite
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Hg 2010-11-02
Locality: Cava Puricelli / Cuasso al Monte / Varese, Provinz / Lombardei (Lombardia), Region / Italien

You find additional Agardite-(Y) specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color blau grün, blau
Streak color grünlichweiß
Hardness (Mohs) 3.5
Solubility +++ HCl
Crystal System hexagonal, P63/m

Chemism

Chemical formula

Cu2+6Y(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O

Empirical formula (analysis)

Cu5.70(Y0.69Ca0.31)[(As0.83P0.17)O4]3(OH)6·3H2O

Chemical composition

Arsen, Kupfer, Yttrium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 986.418053072 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 42.7

Info

Empirical formula:

Cu5.70(Y0.69Ca0.31)[(As0.83P0.17)O4]3(OH)6·3H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

1.23

12

28.10

1.0079470

12.0953640
Oxygen

O

34.06

21

49.18

15.9994300

335.9880300
Phosphorus

P

1.60

0.51

1.19

30.9737612

15.7966182
Calcium

Ca

1.26

0.31

0.73

40.0784000

12.4243040
Copper

Cu

36.72

5.7

13.35

63.5463000

362.2139100
Arsenic

As

18.91

2.49

5.83

74.9216020

186.5547890
Yttrium

Y

6.22

0.69

1.62

88.9058520

61.3450379

Analysis wt%

CuO : 45.35, CaO : 2.60, Y2O3 : 7.50, As2O5 : 31.50, H2O : 11.35, Ln2O3 : 8.66 (Ref: Bulletin de Mineralogie 69)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

8.DL.15

8: Phosphate, Arsenate, Vanadate
D: Phosphate, mit weiteren Anionen, mit H2O
L: Mit großen und mittelgroßen [Kationen], (OH, etc.):RO4 = 2:1
15:Mixit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VII/D.53-040

VII: PHOSPHATE, ARSENATE UND VANADATE ("Phosphate" des Registers immer einschließlich isotyper Arsenate und Vanadate!)
D: Wasserhaltige Phosphate, mit fremden Anionen
53: Mittelgroße und sehr große Kationen: Al-Mg und Ca-Na-K; Mixit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

8.DN.100

8: PHOSPHATES ARSENATES VANADATES
D: Phosphates (+Anions +Water)
N: Agardite-Group

Dana 8th edition

42.05.01.02

42: Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
05: Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen where (A)2 (XO4) Zq · x(H2O)
01: Mixite group (Arsenate Series)

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Mixite group

Optical Properties

Color

blau grün, blau

Streak color

grünlichweiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

durchscheinend

max. Birefringence

0.081
Birefringence chart\! Agardite-(Y) title=Birefringence chart Agardite-(Y)

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

1.701

RI value γ / ε

1.782

Ri mean

1.728

2V angle

Uniaxial (+)

Crystallography

Crystal System

hexagonal

Class (H-M)

6/m

Space Group number

176

Space Group

P63/m

Cell parameters a (Å)

13.55

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

5.87

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.433

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

120°

Z

2

Volumne (ų)

933.356

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

11.73(100),
4.43(70),
3.54(70),
3.252(50),
2.938(80),
2.692(60),
2.558(60),
2.451(80)
XRD chart Agardite-(Y)

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)

3.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

130 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.66 (berechnet) 3.61 - 3.72 (gemessen)

3.51 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ HCl

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Marokko/Drâa-Tafilalet, Region/Zagora, Provinz/Agdz, Cercle/Bou Skour Bergbaurevier/Bou Skour Mine

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Dietrich & Orliac & Permingeat, 1969

References

Bulletin de la Société Française Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 92 (1969), 420

Morrison, S.M., Domanik, K.J., Origlieri, M.J., Downs, R.T. - Agardite-(Y), Cu2+6Y(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O. Acta Crystallographica (2013) E69, i61-i62

IMA group assignments

Other languages

German

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Spanish

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English

Agardite-(Y)

French

Agardite-(Y)

Russian

Агардит-(Y)

Traditional Chinese

砷釔銅石

Simplified Chinese

砷钇铜石

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1968-021

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Agr-Y

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