Arsenogorceixite Mineral Data

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General Arsenogorceixite Information

Chemical Formula:

BaAl3AsO3(OH)(AsO4,PO4)(OH,F)6

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 589.17 gm

Barium 23.31 % Ba 26.02 % BaO

Aluminum 13.74 % Al 25.96 % Al₂O₃

Arsenic 22.25 % As 16.79 % As₂O₃ / 14.63 % As₂O₅

Phosphorus 1.31 % P 3.01 % P₂O₅

Hydrogen 1.11 % H 9.94 % H₂O

Oxygen 36.66 % O

Fluorine 1.61 % F 1.61 % F

- % F -0.68 % -O=F₂

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100.00 % 97.28 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

BaAl₃(AsO₃)(OH)(AsO₄)_0.75(PO₄)_0.25(OH)_5.5F_0.5

Environment:

Occurs as a rare secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of a hydrothermal polymetallic barite-fluorite deposit (Clara mine, Germany).

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1992 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Found in the Clara mine, near Oberwolfache, and the Michael mine, Weiler, near Lahr, Black Forest, Germany. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

For its "arsenic" content and relation to "gorceixite."

Synonym:

IMA1989-055

Arsenogorceixite Image

Images:

Arsenogorceixite

Comments: Lime colored crystalline arsenogorceixite on dark green olivenite.
Location: Bali Lo, Ashburton Downs, Western Australia, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Images:

Arsenogorceixite

Comments: White arsenogorceixite spherules to less than 0.25mm in vuggy matrix.
Location: Clara mine, Schwarzwald, Germany. Scale: Picture size 0.5 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Arsenogorceixite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:2.44929

Cell Dimensions:

a = 7.1, c = 17.39, Z = 3; V = 759.18 Den(Calc)= 3.87

Crystal System:

Trigonal - Hexagonal ScalenohedralH-M Symbol (3 2/m) Space Group: R 3m

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.02(1), 3.55(0.8), 5.84(0.8),

Physical Properties of Arsenogorceixite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

White, Yellow, Bluish, Colorless.

Density:

3.65

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Hardness:

4 - Fluorite

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Arsenogorceixite

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (-), e=1.645, w=1.645, bire=0.0000.

Calculated Properties of Arsenogorceixite

Electron Density:

r_electron=3.62 gm/cc
note: r_{Arsenogorceixite}=3.87 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.04171
Boson Index = 0.95829

Photoelectric:

PE_{Arsenogorceixite}= 115.83 barns/electron
U=PE_{Arsenogorceixite} x r_electron= 419.24 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Arsenogorceixite is Not Radioactive

Arsenogorceixite Classification

Dana Class:

41.5.12.4 (41)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(41.5)where (A B)2 (XO4) Zq

(41.5.12)Dana Group

41.5.12.1 Waylandite BiAl3(PO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3 2/m

41.5.12.2 Eylettersite (Th,Pb)1-xAl3(PO4,SiO4)2(OH)6(?) R 3m 3 2/m

41.5.12.3 Zairite Bi(Fe,Al)3(PO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3 2/m

41.5.12.4 Arsenogorceixite ! BaAl3AsO3(OH)(AsO4,PO4)(OH,F)6 R 3m 3 2/m

Strunz Class:

VII/B.36-60 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates

VII/B - Waterfree phosphates with unfamiliar anions F, Cl, O, OH. cations of medium and big size: Mg, Cu, Zn, and Ca, Na, K, Ba, Pb

VII/B.36 - Crandallite group

VII/B.36-10 Crandallite CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m

VII/B.36-20 Arsenocrandallite (Ca,Sr)Al3[(As,P)O4]2(OH)5·(H2O) R 3m 3m

VII/B.36-30 Goyazite SrAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m

VII/B.36-40 Arsenogoyazite (Sr,Ca,Ba)Al3(AsO4,PO4)2(OH,F)5·(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m

VII/B.36-50 Gorceixite BaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 Cm m

VII/B.36-60 Arsenogorceixite BaAl3AsO3(OH)(AsO4,PO4)(OH,F)6 R 3m 3 2/m

VII/B.36-70 Plumbogummite PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m

VII/B.36-80 Philipsbornite PbAl3(AsO4)2(OH)5·(H2O) R 3m-,R 3m Trig

VII/B.36-90 Waylandite BiAl3(PO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3 2/m

VII/B.36-100 Eylettersite (Th,Pb)1-xAl3(PO4,SiO4)2(OH)6(?) R 3m 3 2/m

VII/B.36-110 Florencite-(Ce) CeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3 2/m

VII/B.36-120 Arsenoflorencite-(Ce) (Ce,La)Al3(AsO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3 2/m

VII/B.36-125 Arsenoflorencite-(La)* (La,Sr)Al3(AsO4,SO4,PO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3m

VII/B.36-130 Florencite-(La) (La,Ce)Al3(PO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3 2/m

VII/B.36-135 Arsenoflorencite-(Nd)* (Nd,La,Ce,Ba)(Al,Fe)3(AsO4,PO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3m

VII/B.36-140 Florencite-(Nd) (Nd,Ce)Al3(PO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3 2/m

VII/B.36-150 Benauite! HSrFe3(PO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3 2/m

VII/B.36-150* Lusungite? (Sr,Pb)Fe3(PO4)2(OH)5·(H2O) R 3m 3m

VII/B.36-152 Graulichite-(Ce)! CeFe3(AsO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3 2/m

VII/B.36-155 Springcreekite! BaV3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)6 R 3m 3 2/m

VII/B.36-160 Dussertite BaFe3(AsO4)2(OH)5 R 3m 3m

VII/B.36-170 Zairite Bi(Fe,Al)3(PO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3 2/m

Other Arsenogorceixite Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic4) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.81,1996) OPTIC PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.81,1996)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Arsenogorceixite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 - WWW-MINCRYST 14 -École des Mines de Paris

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Arsenogorceixite

BaAl3AsO3(OH)(AsO4,PO4)(OH,F)6
Dana No: 41.5.12.4 Strunz No: VII/B.36-60
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