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Scorzalite (Scorzalit)

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grauer Berlinit und blauer Scorzalith in Brasilianit
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grauer Berlinit und blauer Scorzalith in Brasilianit
Bildbreite: 50 mm; Fundort: Buranga, Provinz West, Ruanda
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: Ruanda/West (Ouest; Kibuye), Provinz/Gatumba, Distrikt/Buranga-Pegmatit
Mineral: Berlinite, Scorzalite
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grauer Berlinit und blauer Scorzalith in Brasilianit

Bildbreite: 50 mm; Fundort: Buranga, Provinz West, Ruanda
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov
Contribution: slugslayer 2009-05-28
Locality: Buranga-Pegmatit / Gatumba, Distrikt / West (Ouest; Kibuye), Provinz / Ruanda
Scorzalith
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Scorzalith
dicke Scorzalith-Ader mit Kyanit und Rutil; Fundort: Hålsjöberg, Torsby, Värmland, Schweden
Copyright: Alan Goldstein; Contribution: Mineralienatlas
Location: Schweden/Värmland, Provinz/Hålsjöberget (Horrsjöberg)
Mineral: Scorzalite
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Scorzalith

dicke Scorzalith-Ader mit Kyanit und Rutil; Fundort: Hålsjöberg, Torsby, Värmland, Schweden
Copyright: Alan Goldstein
Contribution: Mineralienatlas 2005-02-01
Locality: Hålsjöberget (Horrsjöberg) / Värmland, Provinz / Schweden
Scorzalith
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Scorzalith
Hühnerkobel Zwiesel Bayern; Bildbreite 1,2 mm
Copyright: Ulrich Hansper; Contribution: Ulrich Hansper
Collection: Ulrich Hansper
Location: Deutschland/Bayern/Niederbayern, Bezirk/Regen, Landkreis/Zwiesel/Rabenstein/Hühnerkobel
Mineral: Scorzalite
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Scorzalith

Hühnerkobel Zwiesel Bayern; Bildbreite 1,2 mm
Collection: Ulrich Hansper
Copyright: Ulrich Hansper
Contribution: Ulrich Hansper 2018-11-30
Locality: Hühnerkobel / Rabenstein / Zwiesel / Regen, Landkreis / Niederbayern, Bezirk / Bayern / Deutschland
Scorzalith
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Scorzalith
Bildbreite: 4 mm, Fundort: Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Copyright: Luigi Chiappino; Contribution: thdun5
Location: USA/New Hampshire/Grafton Co./North Groton/Palermo No. 1 Mine
Mineral: Scorzalite
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Scorzalith

Bildbreite: 4 mm, Fundort: Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Copyright: Luigi Chiappino
Contribution: thdun5 2011-04-20
Locality: Palermo No. 1 Mine / North Groton / Grafton Co. / New Hampshire / USA
Scorzalith
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Scorzalith
Größe: 52x32 mm; Fundort: Champion Mine, Laws, White Mts, Mono Co., Kalifornien, USA
Copyright: John Sobolewski; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: USA/Kalifornien (California)/Mono Co./White Mts/Laws/Champion Mine
Mineral: Scorzalite
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Scorzalith

Größe: 52x32 mm; Fundort: Champion Mine, Laws, White Mts, Mono Co., Kalifornien, USA
Copyright: John Sobolewski
Contribution: slugslayer 2010-05-23
Locality: Champion Mine / Laws / White Mts / Mono Co. / Kalifornien (California) / USA
Scorzalith
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Scorzalith
Größe: 10,9 x 8,1 x 5,4 cm, Fundort: Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: thdun5
Location: USA/New Hampshire/Grafton Co./North Groton/Palermo No. 1 Mine
Mineral: Scorzalite
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Scorzalith

Größe: 10,9 x 8,1 x 5,4 cm, Fundort: Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: thdun5 2011-04-20
Locality: Palermo No. 1 Mine / North Groton / Grafton Co. / New Hampshire / USA

You find additional Scorzalit specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color dunkelblau, grünblau
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 5.75
Solubility ++ HCl
Crystal System monoklin, P21/c

Chemism

Chemical formula

(Fe2+,Mg)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Eisen, Magnesium, Phosphor, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 325.8809578 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 17

Info

Empirical formula:

(Fe0.75Mg0.25)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

0.62

2

11.76

1.0079470

2.0158940
Oxygen

O

49.10

10

58.82

15.9994300

159.9943000
Magnesium

Mg

1.86

0.25

1.47

24.3050600

6.0762650
Aluminium

Al

16.56

2

11.76

26.9815382

53.9630764
Phosphorus

P

19.01

2

11.76

30.9737612

61.9475224
Iron

Fe

12.85

0.75

4.41

55.8452000

41.8839000

Analysis wt%

MgO : 4.23, FeO : 14.74, Al2O3 : 30.87, Fe2O3 : 0.54, P2O5 : 42.90, H2O : 5.86 (Ref: American Mineralogist 50)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

8.BB.40

8: Phosphate, Arsenate, Vanadate
B: Phosphate, etc., mit weitere Anionen, ohne H2O
B: Mit ausschließlich mittelgroßen [Kationen], (OH, etc.): RO4 ≤ 1:1
40:Lazulith-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VII/B.08-030

VII: PHOSPHATE, ARSENATE UND VANADATE ("Phosphate" des Registers immer einschließlich isotyper Arsenate und Vanadate!)
B: Wasserfreie Phosphate, mit fremden Anionen F,Cl,O,OH
8: Mittelgroße Kationen: Mg-Mn-Fe-Cu-Zn; Lazulith-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

8.BE.110

8: PHOSPHATES ARSENATES VANADATES
B: Phosphates (+Anions -Water)
E: Phosphates, C medium, V:2,3
1: Me2+ /Me3+=1/2, OH/XO4=1/1 Lazulite-Group

Dana 8th edition

41.10.01.02

41: Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
10: Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen where (A++ B++)3 (XO4)2 Zq
01: Lazulite Group

IMA status

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

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Lazulite group

Optical Properties

Color

dunkelblau, grünblau

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

teilweise durchscheinend bis opak

max. Birefringence

0.041
Birefringence chart\! Scorzalite title=Birefringence chart Scorzalite

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

1.639

RI value β

1.670

RI value γ / ε

1.680

Ri mean

1.663

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 58°c

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

14

Space Group

P21/c

Cell parameters a (Å)

7.15

Cell parameters b (Å)

7.31

Cell parameters c (Å)

7.25

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.978

Cell parameters c/b

0.992

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

119.0

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volumne (ų)

331.422

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

6.17(50),
4.72(50),
3.24(100),
3.20(100),
3.14(80),
3.08(50),
2.55(50),
2.26(50)
XRD chart Scorzalite

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)

5.75

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

630 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.27

3.265 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

++ HCl

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Brasilien/Südosten (Região Sudeste)/Minas Gerais/Doce-Tal/Galiléia/Laranjeiras/Linópolis (Linopolis)/Corrego Frio

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Pecora & Fahey, 1949

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 4 (2000), 532

IMA group assignments

Other languages

Spanish

Scorzalita

English

Scorzalite

French

Scorzalite

German

Scorzalith

Russian

Скорцалит

Traditional Chinese

多鐵天藍石

Simplified Chinese

多铁天蓝石

Alternative Name

Scorzalit

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Scz

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