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General Ashburtonite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: HPb4Cu++4Si4O12(HCO3)4(OH)4Cl
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 1,735.88 gm
   Copper    14.64 %  Cu   18.33 % CuO
   Silicon    6.47 %  Si   13.85 % SiO2
   Hydrogen   0.52 %  H     4.67 % H2O
   Lead      47.75 %  Pb   51.43 % PbO
   Carbon     2.77 %  C    10.14 % CO2
   Chlorine   2.04 %  Cl    2.04 % Cl
               -   %  Cl   -0.46 % -O=Cl2
   Oxygen    25.81 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: HPb4Cu4Si4O12(HCO3)4(OH)4Cl
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1989
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 80794
  IMA1990-033
  PDF 44-1406
 

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Ashburtonite

Comments: Blue-green crystalline crust of ashburtonite on matrix.
Location: Anticline Deposit, Ashburton Downs, Western Australia, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Ashburtonite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:0.42876
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 14.234, c = 6.103, Z = 2; V = 1,236.51 Den(Calc)= 4.66
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Tetragonal - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (4/m) Space Group: I 4/m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 3.333(1), 4.495(1), 10.2(1),
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Grice J D , Nickel E H , Gault R A , American Mineralogist , 76 (1991) p.1701-1707, Ashburtonite, a new bicarbonate-silicate mineral from Ashburton Downs, Western, Australia: Description and structure determination

 

Physical Properties of Ashburtonite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: None
Help on Color: Color: Blue.
Help on Density: Density: 4.69
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: light blue
 

Optical Properties of Ashburtonite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.017 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.011 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1702,KPDmeas= 0.1691,KC= 0.1721
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Uniaxial (+), w=1.786, e=1.8, bire=0.0140.
 

Calculated Properties of Ashburtonite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=4.16 gm/cc
note: rAshburtonite =4.66 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.10896
Boson Index = 0.89104
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEAshburtonite = 829.28 barns/electron
U=PEAshburtonite x relectron=3,446.20 barns/cc.

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

Ashburtonite is Not Radioactive

 

Ashburtonite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 78.4.2.1 (78)Unclassified silicates
  (78.4)possible inosilicates
  (78.4.2)Dana Group
 
78.4.2.1 Ashburtonite HPb4Cu4Si4O12(HCO3)4(OH)4Cl I 4/m 4/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VIII/E.06-60 VIII - Silicates
  VIII/E - Cyklosilicates, quadruplet rings [Si4O11]8-
  VIII/E.06 - Axinite group, Magnesio-axinite - Ashburtonite series
 
VIII/E.06-10 Magnesio-axinite Ca2MgAl2BO3Si4O12(OH) P1 1
 
VIII/E.06-20 Ferroaxinite Ca2FeAl2BO3Si4O12(OH) P1 1
 
VIII/E.06-30 Manganaxinite Ca2MnAl2BO3Si4O12(OH) P1 1
 
VIII/E.06-40 Tinzenite (Ca,Mn,Fe)3Al2BO3Si4O12(OH) P1 1
 
VIII/E.06-50 Papagoite CaCuAlSi2O6(OH)3 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/E.06-60 Ashburtonite HPb4Cu4Si4O12(HCO3)4(OH)4Cl I 4/m 4/m
 

Other Ashburtonite Information

Help on References: References: PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.76,p1701-1707,1991) OPTIC PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.76,p1701-1707,1991)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Ashburtonite :
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 (MinSocAm) 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

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Ashburtonite

HPb4Cu++4Si4O12(HCO3)4(OH)4Cl
Dana No: 78.4.2.1 Strunz No: VIII/E.06-60
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