Almbosite Mineral Data

Almbosite Mineral Data

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General Almbosite Information

Chemical Formula:

Fe++5Fe+++4V+++++4Si3O27

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 1,222.63 gm

Vanadium 16.67 % V 29.75 % V₂O₅

Iron 41.11 % Fe 29.38 % FeO / 26.12 % Fe₂O₃

Silicon 6.89 % Si 14.74 % SiO₂

Oxygen 35.33 % O

______ ______

100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₄V⁵⁺₄Si₃O₂₇

Environment:

An inadequately described species.

IMA Status:

Discredited IMA 1987

Locality:

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Almbosite Crystallography

Crystal System:

OrthorhombicSpace Group: Ortho ?

Physical Properties of Almbosite

Cleavage:

[???] Good

Color:

Blue gray.

Calculated Properties of Almbosite

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.01251
Boson Index = 0.98749

Photoelectric:

PE_Almbosite= 15.98 barns/electron
U=PE_Almbosite x r_electron= . barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Almbosite is Not Radioactive

Almbosite Classification

Dana Class:

78.0.0.0 (78)Unclassified Silicate Minerals

(78.0)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(Unclassified Silicate)

Strunz Class:

VIII/D.09-10 VIII - Silicates

VIII/D - Unclassified silicates, mostly cations of small size Mg, Fe, Mn, Cu

VIII/D.09 - Almbosite - Kurumsakite series

VIII/D.09-10 Almbosite Fe5Fe4V4Si3O27 Ortho ? Ortho

VIII/D.09-20 Kurumsakite (Zn,Ni,Cu)8Al8V2Si5O35·27(H2O)(?) Unk Ortho

Other Almbosite Information

References:

PHYS. PROP.(Bull.Miner.,Vol.107-111,1984-1988)

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Almbosite

Fe++5Fe+++4V+++++4Si3O27
Dana No: Unknown Strunz No: VIII/D.09-10
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