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Fluorapophyllite-(K)

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Fluorapophyllit-(K)
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Fluorapophyllit-(K)
Klarer Fluorapophyllit-(K) Kristall auf Analcim; Bildbreite 6,3mm; Fundort: Steinbr. Oddskarðsvegur, Neskaupstaður, Austurland, IS; Analysiert mit Raman und EDX.
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Location: Island/Ostisland (Austurland), Region/Fjarðabyggð/Neskaupstaður/Steinbruch Oddskarðsvegur
Mineral: Fluorapophyllite-(K)
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Klarer Fluorapophyllit-(K) Kristall auf Analcim; Bildbreite 6,3mm; Fundort: Steinbr. Oddskarðsvegur, Neskaupstaður, Austurland, IS; Analysiert mit Raman und EDX.
Collection: guefz
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Locality: Steinbruch Oddskarðsvegur / Neskaupstaður / Fjarðabyggð / Ostisland (Austurland), Region / Island
Fluorapophyllit
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Fluorapophyllit
Fundort: Windhoek, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia; Bildbreite 2,4mm
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Collection: Eberhard Z.
Location: Namibia/Khomas, Region/Windhoek-Land, Kreis/Aris/Aris-Steinbrüche (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry)
Mineral: Fluorapophyllite-(K)
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Fluorapophyllit

Fundort: Windhoek, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia; Bildbreite 2,4mm
Collection: Eberhard Z.
Copyright: Karl-Heinz M.
Contribution: khm 2022-05-19
Locality: Aris-Steinbrüche (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry) / Aris / Windhoek-Land, Kreis / Khomas, Region / Namibia
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Fluorapophyllit-(K)
hellgelber, tetragonaler Kristall mit steiler Pyramide. BB = 4,5 mm. Modified by CombineZP; Namibia/Khomas, Region/Windhoek-Land, Kreis/Aris/Aris-Steinbrüche (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry)
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Collection: Horst Knoll - HB
Location: Namibia/Khomas, Region/Windhoek-Land, Kreis/Aris/Aris-Steinbrüche (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry)
Mineral: Fluorapophyllite-(K)
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hellgelber, tetragonaler Kristall mit steiler Pyramide. BB = 4,5 mm. Modified by CombineZP; Namibia/Khomas, Region/Windhoek-Land, Kreis/Aris/Aris-Steinbrüche (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry)
Collection: Horst Knoll - HB
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Locality: Aris-Steinbrüche (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry) / Aris / Windhoek-Land, Kreis / Khomas, Region / Namibia
Fluorapophyllit-(K)xx
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auf Gyrolith aus dem Steinbruch Bramburg, Adelebsen, Göttingen, Niedersachsen, DE, Bildbreite ca.4mm. Die Aufnahme wurde mit dem internen Stackingmodul meiner Panasonic Lumix FZ2000 erstellt und mit Helicon Focus bearbeitet.
Copyright: harzer; Contribution: harzer
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Location: Deutschland/Niedersachsen/Göttingen, Landkreis/Adelebsen/Steinbruch Bramburg
Mineral: Fluorapophyllite-(K)
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auf Gyrolith aus dem Steinbruch Bramburg, Adelebsen, Göttingen, Niedersachsen, DE, Bildbreite ca.4mm. Die Aufnahme wurde mit dem internen Stackingmodul meiner Panasonic Lumix FZ2000 erstellt und mi...
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Locality: Steinbruch Bramburg / Adelebsen / Göttingen, Landkreis / Niedersachsen / Deutschland
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aus dem Steinbruch Kuhlenberg, Silbach, Winterberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE, Bildbreite ca.1cm
Copyright: harzer; Contribution: harzer
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Location: Deutschland/Nordrhein-Westfalen/Arnsberg, Bezirk/Hochsauerlandkreis/Winterberg/Silbach/Steinbruch Kuhlenberg
Mineral: Fluorapophyllite-(K)
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aus dem Steinbruch Kuhlenberg, Silbach, Winterberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE, Bildbreite ca.1cm
Collection: harzer
Copyright: harzer
Contribution: harzer 2024-07-20
Locality: Steinbruch Kuhlenberg / Silbach / Winterberg / Hochsauerlandkreis / Arnsberg, Bezirk / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Deutschland

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Collectors Summary

Color weiß, farblos, grün, rosa, braun
Streak color weiß
Lustre Glasglanz - Perlmuttglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 4.5 - 5
Solubility +++ Säuren, Ultraschallbad!
Crystal System tetragonal, P4/mnc

Chemism

Chemical formula

KCa4Si8O20F·8H2O

Chemical composition

Calcium, Silicium, Fluor, Kalium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 907.20574525 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 58

Info

Empirical formula:

KCa4Si8O20F·8H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

1.78

16

27.59

1.0079470

16.1271520
Oxygen

O

49.38

28

48.28

15.9994300

447.9840400
Fluorine

F

2.09

1

1.72

18.9984033

18.9984033
Silicon

Si

24.77

8

13.79

28.0855300

224.6842400
Potassium

K

4.31

1

1.72

39.0983100

39.0983100
Calcium

Ca

17.67

4

6.90

40.0784000

160.3136000

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 51.98, K2O : 4.45, Na2O : 0.61, CaO : 25.10, F : 2.20, H2O : 16.25 (Ref: American Mineralogist 71)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.EA.15

9: Silikate (Germanate)
E: Schichtsilikate (Phyllosilikate)
A: Einfache Tetraedernetze mit 4-, 5-, (6-), und 8 beteiligten Ringen
15:

Lapis Classification

VIII/H.01-020

VIII: SILIKATE
H: Schichtsilikate
1: tetragonale oder pseudotetragonale Schichtstrukturen [Si4O10] 4- u.a.

Classification by Hölzel

9.EA.100

9: SILICATES
E: Phyllosilicates
A: tetragonal & pseudotetragonal Phyllosilicates
1: Apophyllite-Group

Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals

17.01.05

17: Silicates Containing other Anions
01: Silicates with fluoride (not containing Al)

Dana 8th edition

72.03.01.01

72: Phyllosilicates Phyllosilicate Two-Dimensional Infinite Sheets with Other Than Six-Membered Rings
03: Phyllosilicates Phyllosilicate Two-Dimensional Infinite Sheets with Other Than Six-Membered Rings with 3-, 4-, or 5-membered rings and 8-membered rings
01: Apophyllite group (4- & 8-membered rings)

IMA status

anerkannt 1976

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Apophyllit-Gruppe

Optical Properties

Color

weiß, farblos, grün, rosa, braun

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent bis durchscheinend

Lustre

Glasglanz - Perlmuttglanz

max. Birefringence

nicht wahrnehmbar

RI value α / ω / n

1.54

RI value γ / ε

1.54

Ri mean

1.540

2V angle

Uniaxial (+)-

Optical Data Luminescence

Color LW-UV (365nm)

  

gelblich weiß

Color SW-UV (254nm)

  

grünlich

LW-UV Other Colors

  

gelb

SW-UV Other Colors

    

gelblich weiß, grün

Most Common Activator

(UO2)2+ (Uranyl-Ion) als Verunreinigungen

Other Activators

Ce3+, Mn2+

Afterglow (Persistant Luminescence)

keine Daten

Crystallography

Crystal System

tetragonal

Class (H-M)

4/mmm

Space Group number

128

Space Group

P4/mnc

Cell parameters a (Å)

8.965

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

15.768

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.759

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volume (ų)

1267.293

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

7.81(100),
4.51(40),
3.90(50),
3.57(60),
3.17(40),
2.95(50),
2.49(90),
2.10(30)
XRD chart Fluorapophyllite-(K)

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)

4.5 - 5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

340 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.35 (gemessen) 2.37 (berechnet)

2.377 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ Säuren, Ultraschallbad!

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Dunn & Wilson, 1978

References

American Mineralogist 63 (1978), 196.

American Mineralogist 56 (1971), 1234-1242.

Mineralogical Record 9 (1978), 95-98.

Dunn, P. J., Rouse, R. C. & Norberg, J. A. - Hydroxyapophyllite, a new mineral and a redefinition of the apophyllite group - American Mineralogist 63 (1978), 196-202.

Powder Diffraction File (International Center for Diffraction Data) 19-82.

American Mineralogist (1992): 77: 1119.

IMA group assignments

Other languages

German

Fluorapophyllit-(K)

Spanish

Fluorapophyllita-(K)

English

Fluorapophyllite-(K)

Russian

Фторапофиллит

Traditional Chinese

氟魚眼石

Simplified Chinese

氟鱼眼石

old name

German

Apophyllit-(KF)

English

Apophyllite-(KF)

German

Fluorapophyllit

English

Fluorapophyllite

Alternative Name

Spanish

Fluorapophyllita

Russian

Апофиллит-(KF)

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1976-001

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Fapo-K

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) xlO-hb4rKkSHqxoD9-_qCw
GUID (Global unique identifier) 85BE53C6-2BBE-442A-87AB-1A03F7EFEA0B
Database ID 1245