Agardite-(Ca) Mineral Data

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General Agardite-(Ca) Information

Chemical Formula:

CaCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 994.20 gm

Calcium 4.03 % Ca 5.64 % CaO

Copper 38.35 % Cu 48.01 % CuO

Arsenic 22.61 % As 34.68 % As₂O₅

Hydrogen 1.22 % H 10.87 % H₂O

Oxygen 33.79 % O

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100.00 % 99.20 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

CaCu₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆•3(H₂O)

IMA Status:

Not Approved IMA (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the composition and for Jules Agard, Geologist, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, Orleans, France.

Name Pronunciation:

Agardite-(Ca)

Agardite-(Ca) Image

Images:

Agardite-(Ca)

Comments: Green, acicular sprays of agardite (agardite-Ca?) on matrix.
Location: Big Three mine, Silver Peak, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Agardite-(Ca) Crystallography

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m)

Physical Properties of Agardite-(Ca)

Color:

Grass green, Light green.

Density:

3.72

Diaphaneity:

Transparent

Hardness:

3-4 - Calcite-Fluorite

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

greenish white

Optical Properties of Agardite-(Ca)

Optical Data:

NCalc= 1.69 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.1866) where Ncalc=Dmeas*KC+1

Calculated Properties of Agardite-(Ca)

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.54 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Agardite-(Ca) =3.72 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0002184603
Boson Index = 0.9997815397

Photoelectric:

PE_{Agardite-(Ca)}= 32.91 barns/electron
U=PE_{Agardite-(Ca)} x rElectron Density= 116.48 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Agardite-(Ca) is Not Radioactive

Agardite-(Ca) Classification

Dana Class:

42.05.01.02d (42)Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(42.05)where (A)2 (XO4) Zq · x(H2O)

(42.05.01)Mixite group (Arsenate Series)

42.05.01.01 Mixite BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

42.05.01.02 Agardite-(Y) (Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

42.05.01.02a Agardite-(La)! (La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

42.05.01.02b Agardite-(Nd)! (Pb,Nd,Y,La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) 6/m

42.05.01.02c Agardite-(Dy)! (Dy,La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) 6/m

42.05.01.02d Agardite-(Ca)! CaCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) 6/m

42.05.01.02e Agardite-(Ce)! (Ce,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

42.05.01.03 Goudeyite (Al,Y)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) Unk Hex

42.05.01.04 Zalesiite! (Ca,Y)Cu6[(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6]•3(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

42.05.01.06 Plumboagardite! (Pb,REE,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

Strunz Class:

08.DL.15 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES

08.D - Phosphates, etc

08.DL -With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 2:1

08.DL.15 Agardite-(Dy)! (Dy,La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) 6/m

08.DL.15 Agardite-(Ca)! CaCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) 6/m

08.DL.15 Agardite-(Ce)! (Ce,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

08.DL.15 Agardite-(La)! (La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

08.DL.15 Agardite-(Nd)! (Pb,Nd,Y,La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) 6/m

08.DL.15 Agardite-(Y) (Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

08.DL.15 Goudeyite (Al,Y)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) Unk Hex

08.DL.15 Zalesiite! (Ca,Y)Cu6[(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6]•3(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

08.DL.15 Mixite BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

08.DL.15 Petersite-(Y) (Y,Ce,Nd,Ca)Cu6(PO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

08.DL.15 Calciopetersite! CaCu6[(PO4)2(PO3OH)(OH)6]•3(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

08.DL.15 Plumboagardite! (Pb,REE,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

Other Agardite-(Ca) Information

References:

NAME( Dana8)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Agardite-(Ca) :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - MinDAT
7 - MinMax(Deutsch)
8 - MinMax(English)
9 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
10 - QUT Mineral Atlas
11 - Ruff.Info

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Agardite-(Ca)

CaCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O)
Dana No: 42.05.01.02d Strunz No: 08.DL.15
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