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General Chervetite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Pb2V2O7
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 628.28 gm
   Vanadium  16.22 %  V    28.95 % V2O5
   Lead      65.96 %  Pb   71.05 % PbO
   Oxygen    17.83 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Pb2V5+2O7
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1963
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 2901
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Chervetite   Francevillite

Comments: Bottle brown tabular crystals of chervetite on yellow francevilleite.
Location: Mounana, Haut-Ogoue, Gabon. Scale: Size Not Given.
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Chervetite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =1.8401:1:0.9494
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 13.47, b = 7.32, c = 6.95, Z = 4; beta = 107.417° V = 653.85 Den(Calc)= 6.38
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/a
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 3.428(1), 3.441(1), 3.206(0.8),
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Kawahara A , Bulletin de la Societe Francaise de Mineralogie et de Cristallographie , 90 (1967) p.279-284, La structure cristalline de la chervetite, Locality: Mounana, Gabon

 

Physical Properties of Chervetite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [100] Indistinct
Help on Color: Color: Brown, Colorless, Gray.
Help on Density: Density: 6.3 - 6.49, Average = 6.39
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent to Translucent
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 2-2.5 - Gypsum-Finger Nail
Help on Luster: Luster: Adamantine
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Chervetite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.135 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.137 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2194,KPDmeas= 0.2189,KC= 0.1929
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (-), b=2.2-2.6, 2V(Meas)=65-75.
 

Calculated Properties of Chervetite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=5.42 gm/cc
note: rChervetite =6.40 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.14625
Boson Index = 0.85375
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEChervetite =1,199.27 barns/electron
U=PEChervetite x relectron=6,494.08 barns/cc.

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

Chervetite is Not Radioactive

 

Chervetite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 38.5.5.1 (38)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc
  (38.5)with miscellaneous formulae
  (38.5.5)Dana Group
 
38.5.5.1 Chervetite Pb2V2O7 P 21/a 2/m
 
38.5.5.2 Ziesite Cu2V2O7 A2/a 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VII/A.20-30 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  VII/A - Waterfree phosphates [PO4]3- without unfamiliar anions, waterfree divanadates [V2O7]4-
  VII/A.20 - Ziesite - Chervetite series
 
VII/A.20-05 Petewilliamsite! (Ni,Co,Cu)30(As2O7)15 C 2 2
 
VII/A.20-10 Ziesite Cu2V2O7 A2/a 2/m
 
VII/A.20-20 Blossite Cu2V2O7 F dd2 mm2
 
VII/A.20-30 Chervetite Pb2V2O7 P 21/a 2/m
 

Other Chervetite Information

Help on References: References: PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Chervetite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas 11 - WWW-MINCRYST 12 -École des Mines de Paris

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Chervetite

Pb2V2O7
Dana No: 38.5.5.1 Strunz No: VII/A.20-30
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