Carboirite-VIII Mineral Data

Carboirite-VIII Mineral Data

General Carboirite-VIII Information

Chemical Formula:

Fe++(Al,Ge)2 O[(Ge,Si)O4](OH)2

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 292.20 gm

Aluminum 16.62 % Al 31.40 % Al₂O₃

Iron 19.11 % Fe 24.59 % FeO

Silicon 2.88 % Si 6.17 % SiO₂

Germanium 22.36 % Ge 32.22 % GeO₂

Hydrogen 0.69 % H 6.17 % H₂O

Oxygen 38.33 % O

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100.00 % 100.55 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Fe²⁺Al_1.8Ge_0.2O(GeO4)_0.7(SiO₄)_0.3(OH)₂

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1983

Locality:

Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

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Carboirite-VIII Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =1.7082:1:1.6692

Cell Dimensions:

a = 9.513, b = 5.569, c = 9.296, Z = 4; alpha = 96.08°, beta = 101.52°, gamma = 89.45° V = 479.82 Den(Calc)= 4.04

Crystal System:

Triclinic - PinacoidalH-M Symbol ( 1) Space Group: C1

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 4.528(1), 2.48(0.9), 2.728(0.9),

Physical Properties of Carboirite-VIII

Color:

Green.

Hardness:

6 - Orthoclase

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Optical Properties of Carboirite-VIII

Gladstone-Dale:

CI calc= 0.085 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.182,KC= 0.1988

Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), a=1.731, b=1.735, g=1.74, bire=0.0090

Calculated Properties of Carboirite-VIII

Electron Density:

r_electron=3.88 gm/cc
note: r_{Carboirite-VIII}=4.04 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.02302
Boson Index = 0.97698

Photoelectric:

PE_{Carboirite-VIII}= 19.89 barns/electron
U=PE_{Carboirite-VIII} x r_electron= 77.24 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Carboirite-VIII is Not Radioactive

Carboirite-VIII Classification

Dana Class:

52.3.3.4 (52)Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O

(52.3)with cations in [6] coordination only

(52.3.3)Chloritoid group

52.3.3.1 Chloritoid (Fe,Mg,Mn)2Al4Si2O10(OH)4 P1 1

52.3.3.2 Magnesiochloritoid MgAl2SiO5(OH)2 C 2/c 2/m

52.3.3.3 Ottrelite (Mn,Fe,Mg)2Al4Si2O10(OH)4 C 2/c 2/m

52.3.3.4 Carboirite-VIII Fe(Al,Ge)2O[(Ge,Si)O4](OH)2 C1 1

Strunz Class:

IV/C.22-10* IV - Oxides

IV/C - Oxides with metal : oxygen = 2:3 (M2O3 and related compounds)

IV/C.22 - Carboirite series

IV/C.22-10 Carboirite-III FeAl2GeO5(OH)2 C1 1

IV/C.22-10* Carboirite-VIII Fe(Al,Ge)2O[(Ge,Si)O4](OH)2 C1 1

Other Carboirite-VIII Information

References:

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

See Also:

Links to other databases for Carboirite-VIII :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -MinDAT 6 -MinMax(Deutsch) 7 -MinMax(English) 8 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 9 -QUT Mineral Atlas

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Carboirite-VIII

Fe++(Al,Ge)2 O[(Ge,Si)O4](OH)2
Dana No: 52.3.3.4 Strunz No: IV/C.22-10*
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