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Wardite (Wardit)

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Wardit
Größe: 3,04 mm; Fundort: Rapid Creek, Dawson, Yukon-Territorium, Kanada
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato; Contribution: Hg
Collection: Domenico Preite
Location: Kanada/Yukon-Territorium/Dawson Mining District/Richardson Mountains/Rapid Creek
Mineral: Wardite
Image: 1288780492
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Wardit

Größe: 3,04 mm; Fundort: Rapid Creek, Dawson, Yukon-Territorium, Kanada
Collection: Domenico Preite
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Hg 2010-11-03
Locality: Rapid Creek / Richardson Mountains / Dawson Mining District / Yukon-Territorium / Kanada
Wardit
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Kristallgröße: 1,2 cm, Fundort: Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Kanada
Copyright: Dan Weinrich; Contribution: thdun5
Location: Kanada/Yukon-Territorium/Dawson Mining District/Richardson Mountains/Rapid Creek
Mineral: Wardite
Image: 1275741860
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Wardit

Kristallgröße: 1,2 cm, Fundort: Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Kanada
Copyright: Dan Weinrich
Contribution: thdun5 2010-06-05
Locality: Rapid Creek / Richardson Mountains / Dawson Mining District / Yukon-Territorium / Kanada
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Rapid Creek, Dawson, Yukon-Territorium, Kanada, 30x40 mm
Copyright: Embarak; Contribution: Embarak
Collection: Embarak
Location: Kanada/Yukon-Territorium/Dawson Mining District/Richardson Mountains/Rapid Creek
Mineral: Wardite
Image: 1292622304
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Wardit

Rapid Creek, Dawson, Yukon-Territorium, Kanada, 30x40 mm
Collection: Embarak
Copyright: Embarak
Contribution: Embarak 2010-12-17
Locality: Rapid Creek / Richardson Mountains / Dawson Mining District / Yukon-Territorium / Kanada
Wardit
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Größe: 1,61 mm; Fundort: Wolfsberg, Spittal, Millstätter Seenrücken, Kärnten, Österreich
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato; Contribution: Hg
Collection: Domenico Preite
Location: Österreich/Kärnten/Spittal an der Drau, Bezirk/Wolfsberg, Berg
Mineral: Wardite
Image: 1277047654
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Wardit

Größe: 1,61 mm; Fundort: Wolfsberg, Spittal, Millstätter Seenrücken, Kärnten, Österreich
Collection: Domenico Preite
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Hg 2010-06-20
Locality: Wolfsberg, Berg / Spittal an der Drau, Bezirk / Kärnten / Österreich
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Wardit
Größe: 2,02 mm; Fundort: Rapid Creek, Dawson, Yukon-Territorium, Kanada
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato; Contribution: Hg
Collection: Domenico Preite
Location: Kanada/Yukon-Territorium/Dawson Mining District/Richardson Mountains/Rapid Creek
Mineral: Wardite
Image: 1288780446
Rating: 8.33 (votes: 3)
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Wardit

Größe: 2,02 mm; Fundort: Rapid Creek, Dawson, Yukon-Territorium, Kanada
Collection: Domenico Preite
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Hg 2010-11-03
Locality: Rapid Creek / Richardson Mountains / Dawson Mining District / Yukon-Territorium / Kanada

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Collectors Summary

Color blau grün, farblos, weiß, hellgrün
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 5
Solubility +++ Säuren
Crystal System tetragonal, P41212, P43212

Chemism

Chemical formula

NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O

Empirical formula (analysis)

(Na0.91Ca0.01)Σ0.92(Al2.97Fe3+0.05Ti0.01)Σ3.03(P2.10O8)(OH)4·1.74H2O

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Natrium, Phosphor, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 397.144084616 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 27.27

Info

Empirical formula:

(Na0.91Ca0.01)(Al2.97Fe0.05Ti0.01)(P2.10O8)(OH)4·1.74H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

1.90

7.48

27.43

1.0079470

7.5394436
Oxygen

O

55.35

13.74

50.39

15.9994300

219.8321682
Sodium

Na

5.27

0.91

3.34

22.9897702

20.9206909
Aluminium

Al

20.18

2.97

10.89

26.9815382

80.1351685
Phosphorus

P

16.38

2.1

7.70

30.9737612

65.0448985
Calcium

Ca

0.10

0.01

0.04

40.0784000

0.4007840
Titanium

Ti

0.12

0.01

0.04

47.8671000

0.4786710
Iron

Fe

0.70

0.05

0.18

55.8452000

2.7922600

Analysis wt%

Al2O3 : 38.76, Na2O : 7.52, P2O5 : 35.18, H2O : 17.91 (Ref: American Mineralogist 52)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

8.DL.10

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

Lapis Classification

VII/D.51-010

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

Classification by Hölzel

8.DI.250

8: PHOSPHATES ARSENATES VANADATES
D: Phosphates (+Anions +Water)
I: C large, V=1(2) - C small-medium, V=2,3,4
2: C small-medium, V=3 - XO4/OH<1 PharmacosideriteWardit-Group

Dana 8th edition

42.07.08.02

42: Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
07: Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen where (AB)5 (XO4)3 Zq · x(H2O)
08: Cyrilovite Group

IMA status

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

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

blau grün, farblos, weiß, hellgrün

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent bis durchscheinend

max. Birefringence

0.010
Birefringence chart\! Wardite title=Birefringence chart Wardite

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

1.594

RI value γ / ε

1.604

Ri mean

1.597

2V angle

Uniaxial (+)

Optical Data Luminescence

Luminescence

keine Fluoreszenz bekannt

Crystallography

Crystal System

tetragonal

Class (H-M)

422, 422

Space Group number

92, 96

Space Group

P41212, P43212

Cell parameters a (Å)

7.056

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

19.05

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

2.700

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volume (ų)

948.445

Crystal structure

G. Diego Gatta, Alessandro Guastoni, Oscar Fabelo, Maria Teresa Fernandez-Diaz: A single-crystal neutron diffraction study of wardite, NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4•2H2O. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals Volume 46, Issue 4 (2019) S. 427–435.

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.74(100),
3.085(60),
2.994(70),
2.825(40),
2.591(70),
2.108(40),
1.764(40),
1.516(50)
XRD chart Wardite

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)

2.81 - 2.87 / Durchschnittlich = 2.84

2.781 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/Utah/Utah County/Oquirrh Mts./Fairfield/Clay Canyon/Cedar Valley

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Davison, 1896

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 4 (2000), 643

Other languages

German

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Spanish

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French

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English

Wardite

Russian

Вардит

Alternative Name

Soumansite

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Wd

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) ojlCjZIRvkStvk1jX_PY2w
GUID (Global unique identifier) 8D4239A2-1192-44BE-ADBE-4D635FF3D8DB
Database ID 4122