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Arsenolite Mineral Data + |

General Arsenolite Information |
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| As2O3 | |||
| Molecular Weight = 197.84 gm | |||
| Arsenic 75.74 % As 100.00 % As2O3 | |||
| Oxygen 24.26 % O | |||
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| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| As2O3 | |||
| Secondary mineral from As bearing rocks. | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1854 | |||
| Amargosa mine, San Bernardino Co., California, USA Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| For ARSENic in the composition. | |||
| ICSD 2114 | |||
| PDF 36-1490 | |||
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Arsenolite Crystallography |
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| a = 11.0457, Z = 16; V = 1,347.66 Den(Calc)= 3.90 | |||
| Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F d3m | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 3.195(1), 6.394(0.63), 2.541(0.38), | |||
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Physical Properties of Arsenolite |
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| [111] Perfect, [111] Perfect, [111] Perfect | |||
| Blue, White, Light yellow, Red. | |||
| 3.7 | |||
| Transparent to translucent | |||
| Conchoidal - Fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces, (e.g. quartz). | |||
| Earthy - Dull, clay-like texture with no visible crystalline affinities, (e.g. howlite). | |||
| Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix. | |||
| 1.5 - Between Talc and Gypsum | |||
| Non-fluorescent. | |||
| Vitreous - Dull | |||
| Nonmagnetic | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Arsenolite |
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| CI meas= 0.132 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.176 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1936,KPDmeas= 0.2041,KC= 0.235 |
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| Isotropic, n=1.755. | |||
Calculated Properties of Arsenolite |
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relectron=3.37 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.00011 Boson Index = 0.99989 |
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PEArsenolite = 53.81 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Arsenolite is Not Radioactive |
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Arsenolite Classification |
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| 4.3.9.1 (4)Simple Oxides | |||
| (4.3)with a cation charge of 3+ (A+++2 O3) | |||
| (4.3.9)Dana Group | |||
| IV/C.02-10 IV - Oxides | |||
| IV/C - Oxides with metal : oxygen = 2:3 (M2O3 and related compounds) | |||
| IV/C.02 - Arsenolite - Sillenite series | |||
Other Arsenolite Information |
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| NAME( Ford32) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Ford32) | |||
| Links to other databases for Arsenolite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Applied Mineralogy 3 -Athena 4 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 5 - EUROmin Project 6 -Google Images 7 -Google Scholar 8 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 9 -MinDAT 10 -MinMax(Deutsch) 11 -MinMax(English) 12 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 -QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - WWW-MINCRYST 15 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Arsenolite using: Visit our Advertisers for Arsenolite : Translate Arsenolite Mineral Data : Ask about Arsenolite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Arsenolite Specimen Label here :
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