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Aerugite Mineral Data + |
General Aerugite Information |
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| ([ ],Ni)9(AsO4)2(AsO6) (?) | |||
| Molecular Weight = 976.97 gm | |||
| Nickel 54.07 % Ni 68.81 % NiO | |||
| Arsenic 23.01 % As 30.38 % As2O3 | |||
| Oxygen 22.93 % O | |||
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| 100.00 % 99.18 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Ni9As3O14 | |||
| Found in the walls of furnaces used to roast ore. | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1858 | |||
| South Terres mine, St Austell, Cornwall, England. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named from the Greek for 'copper rust', in allusion to its appearance. | |||
| ICSD 65630 | |||
| PDF 18-873 mcl | |||
Aerugite Image | |||
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Aerugite Crystallography |
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| a:c = 1:4.63249 | |||
| a = 5.951, c = 27.568, Z = 3; V = 845.50 Den(Calc)= 5.76 | |||
| Trigonal - Hexagonal ScalenohedralH-M Symbol (3 2/m) Space Group: R 3m | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 2.06(1), 3.76(0.8), 2.329(0.6), | |||
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Physical Properties of Aerugite |
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| Deep blue green, Green. | |||
| 5.85 - 5.95, Average = 5.9 | |||
| Opaque | |||
| Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix. | |||
| Euhedral Crystals - Occurs as well-formed crystals showing good external form. | |||
| Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses. | |||
| 4 - Fluorite | |||
| Nonmagnetic | |||
| greenish white | |||
Optical Properties of Aerugite |
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| NCalc= 2.11 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.1925) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1 NCalc= 2.14 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.1925) where Ncalc=Dmeas*KC+1 |
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Calculated Properties of Aerugite |
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relectron=5.46 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.00621 Boson Index = 0.99379 |
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PEAerugite = 37.82 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Aerugite is Not Radioactive |
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Aerugite Classification |
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| 38.5.10.1 (38)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc | |||
| (38.5)with miscellaneous formulae | |||
| (38.5.10)Dana Group | |||
| VII/B.09-10 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| VII/B - Waterfree phosphates with unfamiliar anions F, Cl, O,OH, cations of medium size: Mg, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Pseudomalachite group and related compounds | |||
| VII/B.09 - Aerugite - Aangelellite series | |||
Other Aerugite Information |
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| NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) | |||
| Links to other databases for Aerugite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - WWW-MINCRYST 13 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Aerugite using: Visit our Advertisers for Aerugite : Translate Aerugite Mineral Data : Ask about Aerugite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Aerugite Specimen Label here :
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