Glucine Mineral Data

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General Glucine Information

Chemical Formula:

CaBe4(PO4)2(OH)4•0.5(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 343.11 gm

Calcium 11.68 % Ca 16.34 % CaO

Beryllium 10.51 % Be 29.16 % BeO

Phosphorus 18.05 % P 41.37 % P₂O₅

Hydrogen 1.47 % H 13.13 % H₂O

Oxygen 58.29 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

CaBe₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₄•0.5(H₂O)

Environment:

In mica-fluorite veins.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1963

Locality:

Ural Mountains, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the alternative name for beryllium: Glucinum.

Name Pronunciation:

Glucine

Glucine Image

Images:

Glucine Moraesite

Comments: Light brown glucine with white moraesite.
Location: Boevskoye Mine, Sverdlovsk District, Middle Urals, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Glucine Crystallography

Crystal System:

MonoclinicSpace Group: ?

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 1.39(1), 2.41(1), 10.8(1),

Physical Properties of Glucine

Color:

Colorless, White.

Density:

2.32 - 2.4, Average = 2.36

Habit:

Concretionary - Rounded massive fine-grained materials.

Habit:

Massive - Fibrous - Distinctly fibrous fine-grained forms.

Hardness:

5 - Apatite

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Glucine

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.052 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
KPDmeas= 0.2363,KC= 0.2246
Ncalc = 1.52 - 1.54

Optical Data:

Biaxial (?), a=1.547, b=1.555, g=1.571, bire=0.0240

Calculated Properties of Glucine

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.35 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Glucine =2.36 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.1
Boson Index = 0.9

Photoelectric:

PE_Glucine= 2.43 barns/electron
U=PE_Glucine x rElectron Density= 5.71 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Glucine Classification

Dana Class:

42.04.10.01 (42)Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(42.04)where (AB)5 (XO4)2 Zq · x(H2O)

(42.04.10)Dana Group

42.04.10.01 Glucine CaBe4(PO4)2(OH)4•0.5(H2O) ? Mono

Strunz Class:

08.DA.45 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES

08.D - Phosphates, etc

08.DA -With small (and occasionally larger) cations

08.DA.45 Glucine CaBe4(PO4)2(OH)4•0.5(H2O) ? Mono

Other Glucine Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)

See Also:

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

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Glucine

CaBe4(PO4)2(OH)4•0.5(H2O)
Dana No: 42.04.10.01 Strunz No: 08.DA.45
Locality:

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