Bismutomicrolite Mineral Data

General Bismutomicrolite Information

Chemical Formula:

(Bi,Ca)(Ta,Nb)2O6(OH)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 589.91 gm

Calcium 2.72 % Ca 3.80 % CaO

Tantalum 52.15 % Ta 63.67 % Ta₂O₅

Niobium 4.72 % Nb 6.76 % Nb₂O₅

Bismuth 21.26 % Bi 23.70 % Bi₂O₃

Hydrogen 0.17 % H 1.53 % H₂O

Oxygen 18.99 % O

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100.00 % 99.46 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Bi_0.6Ca_0.4Ta_1.7Nb_0.3O₆(OH)

Environment:

A late hydrothermal replacement of bismutotantalite in a lithium-bearing pegmatite.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1977

Locality:

In the Wampewo pegmatite, Gamba Hill, near Kampala, Uganda. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Assigned by the IMA pyrochlore nomenclature group for the predominant bismuth content and to microlite.

Name Pronunciation:

Bismutomicrolite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

Westgrenite

Bismutomicrolite Image

Images:

Bismutomicrolite

Comments: A dark crystal of bismutomicrolite in pearly muscovite.
Location: Malkhan Range, Krasny Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Bismutomicrolite Crystallography

Cell Dimensions:

a = 10.43, Z = 8; V = 1,134.63 Den(Calc)= 6.91

Crystal System:

Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F d3m

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.997(1), 1.568(0.9), 1.838(0.9),

Physical Properties of Bismutomicrolite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Brown, Grayish black, Yellow, Dark gray, Pink.

Density:

6.83

Diaphaneity:

Translucent to Opaque

Fracture:

Uneven - Flat surfaces (not cleavage) fractured in an uneven pattern.

Habit:

Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses.

Hardness:

5 - Apatite

Luster:

Resinous

Streak:

gray white

Optical Properties of Bismutomicrolite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.106 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.116 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1447,KPDmeas= 0.1464,KC= 0.1637
Ncalc = 2.12 - 2.13

Optical Data:

Isotropic, n=2.

Calculated Properties of Bismutomicrolite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=5.82 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Bismutomicrolite =6.83 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0001908608
Boson Index = 0.9998091392

Photoelectric:

PE_{Bismutomicrolite}=1,040.41 barns/electron
U=PE_{Bismutomicrolite} x rElectron Density=6,051.87 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Bismutomicrolite is Not Radioactive

Bismutomicrolite Classification

Dana Class:

08.02.02.05 (08)Multiple Oxides with Nb, Ta, and Ti

(08.02)where (A)2 (B2O6) (O,OH,F)

(08.02.02)Pyrochlore Group (Microlite Subgroup; Ta>Nb;(Ta+Nb)>2(Ti)

08.02.02.01 Microlite (Na,Ca)2Ta2O6(O,OH,F) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

08.02.02.02 Bariomicrolite Ba(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

08.02.02.03 Plumbomicrolite (Pb,Ca,U)2Ta2O6(OH) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

08.02.02.04 Uranmicrolite (U,Ca)2(Ta,Nb)2O6(OH) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

08.02.02.05 Bismutomicrolite (Bi,Ca)(Ta,Nb)2O6(OH) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

08.02.02.06 Stannomicrolite (Sn,Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb,Sn)2(O,OH)7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

08.02.02.07 Stibiomicrolite (Sb,Ca,Na)2(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

08.02.02.08 Fluornatromicrolite! (Na,Ca,Bi)2Ta2O6F F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

Strunz Class:

04.DH.15 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.D - Metal:Oxygen = 1:2 and similar

04.DH -With large (± medium-sized) cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra

04.DH.15 Alumotungstite (W,Al)(O,OH)3(?) Unk Cubic

04.DH.15 Betafite (Ca,U)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Ferritungstite (K,Ca,Na)(W,Fe)2(O,OH)6•(H2O) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Cesstibtantite (Cs,Na)SbTa4O12 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Bismutomicrolite (Bi,Ca)(Ta,Nb)2O6(OH) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) (Ce,Ca,Y)2(Nb,Ta)2O6(OH,F) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Bariopyrochlore (Ba,Sr)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Bariomicrolite Ba(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Calciobetafite Ca2(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Jixianite Pb(W,Fe)2(O,OH)7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Plumbomicrolite (Pb,Ca,U)2Ta2O6(OH) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Kalipyrochlore (H2O,Sr)(Nb,Ti)(O,OH)6•(H2O,K) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Plumbopyrochlore (Pb,Y,U,Ca)2-xNb2O6(OH) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Strontiopyrochlore* Sr2Nb2(O,OH)7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Uranmicrolite (U,Ca)2(Ta,Nb)2O6(OH) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Pyrochlore (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Microlite (Na,Ca)2Ta2O6(O,OH,F) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Natrobistantite (Na,Cs)Bi(Ta,Nb,Sb)4O12 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Plumbobetafite (Pb,U,Ca)(Ti,Nb)2O6(OH,F) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Stibiomicrolite (Sb,Ca,Na)2(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Stannomicrolite (Sn,Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb,Sn)2(O,OH)7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Stibiobetafite (Sb,Ca)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2(O,OH)7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Uranpyrochlore (U,Ca,Ce)2(Nb,Ta)2O6(OH,F) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Bismutopyrochlore! (Bi,U,Ca,Pb)1x(Nb,Ta)2O6(OH)•n(H2O) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Fluornatromicrolite! (Na,Ca,Bi)2Ta2O6F F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Yttrobetafite-(Y) (Y,U,Ce)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.15 Yttropyrochlore-(Y) (Y,Na,Ca,U)1-2(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(O,OH)7 F d3m 2/m 3

04.DH.15 Elsmoreite! WO3•0.5(H2O) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

Other Bismutomicrolite Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic3) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Bismutomicrolite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info
15 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Bismutomicrolite

(Bi,Ca)(Ta,Nb)2O6(OH)
Dana No: 08.02.02.05 Strunz No: 04.DH.15
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