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General Angelellite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Fe+++4(AsO4)2O3
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 549.22 gm
   Iron     40.67 %  Fe   58.15 % Fe2O3
   Arsenic  27.28 %  As   41.85 % As2O5
   Oxygen   32.04 %  O
           ______        ______ 
           100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Fe3+4(AsO4)2O3
Help on Environment: Environment: Probably of exhalative origin, in tin ore.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1959
Help on Locality: Locality: From the Vela Yareta tin mine, on Cerro Pululus, east of Laguna Vilama, Jujuy Province, Argentina. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: To honor Dr. Victorio Angelelli (1908- ), Argentinean mining geologist, Director of the Argentinean Geological Survey.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 100442
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Angelellite

Comments: Back microcrystalline angelellite on matrix.
Location: Cerro Pululus Tin Mine, Jujuy, Argentina. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Angelellite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.775:1:1.0955
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 5.03, b = 6.49, c = 7.11, Z = 1; alpha = 114°, beta = 116°, gamma = 81° V = 188.23 Den(Calc)= 4.84
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Triclinic - PinacoidalH-M Symbol ( 1) Space Group: P1
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 3.152(1), 2.997(0.7), 2.856(0.5),
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Moore P B , Araki T , Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen , 132 (1978) p.91-100, Angelellite, Fe4O3(AsO4)2: a novel cubic close-packed oxide structure

 

Physical Properties of Angelellite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [???] Indistinct
Help on Color: Color: Black brown.
Help on Density: Density: 4.867
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Brittle - Conchoidal - Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 5.5 - Knife Blade
Help on Luster: Luster: Adamantine - Metallic
Help on Streak: Streak: reddish brown
 

Optical Properties of Angelellite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.018 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.024 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2569,KPDmeas= 0.2555,KC= 0.251
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (+), a=2.13, b=2.2, g=2.4, bire=0.2700
 

Calculated Properties of Angelellite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=4.57 gm/cc
note: rAngelellite =4.87 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00877
Boson Index = 0.99123
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEAngelellite = 31.39 barns/electron
U=PEAngelellite x relectron= 143.54 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Angelellite is Not Radioactive

 

Angelellite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 41.6.10.1 (41)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
  (41.6)where (A)2 (XO4) Zq
  (41.6.10)Dana Group
 
41.6.10.1 Angelellite Fe4(AsO4)2O3 P1 1
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VII/B.09-20 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
 
VII/B.09-10 Aerugite ([],Ni)9(AsO4)2(AsO6)(?) R 3m 3 2/m
 
VII/B.09-15 Grattarolaite! Fe3O3(PO4) R 3m 3m
 
VII/B.09-20 Angelellite Fe4(AsO4)2O3 P1 1
 

Other Angelellite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( AntBidBlaNic4) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Angelellite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas 11 - WWW-MINCRYST 12 -École des Mines de Paris

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Fe+++4(AsO4)2O3
Dana No: 41.6.10.1 Strunz No: VII/B.09-20
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