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Lannonite Mineral Data + |
General Lannonite Information |
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| HCa4Mg2Al4(SO4)8F9·32(H2O) | |||
| Molecular Weight = 1,833.84 gm | |||
| Calcium 8.74 % Ca 12.23 % CaO | |||
| Magnesium 2.65 % Mg 4.40 % MgO | |||
| Aluminum 5.89 % Al 11.12 % Al2O3 | |||
| Hydrogen 3.57 % H 31.93 % H2O | |||
| Sulfur 13.99 % S 34.93 % SO3 | |||
| Oxygen 55.84 % O | |||
| Fluorine 9.32 % F 9.32 % F | |||
| - % F -3.93 % -O=F2 | |||
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| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| HCa4Mg2Al4(SO4)8F9·32(H2O) | |||
| Post mining mineral in deposits containing oxidizable sulfides and fluorine bearing minerals. | |||
| Approved IMA 1983 | |||
| Lone Pine mine, Catron County, New Mexico. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named after Dan Lannon, who staked important claims at the locality in the late 1800's. | |||
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Lannonite Crystallography |
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| a:c = 1:4.09502 | |||
| a = 6.84, c = 28.01, Z = 1; V = 1,310.47 Den(Calc)= 2.32 | |||
| TetragonalSpace Group: Unk | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 13.98(1), 3.456(0.7), 4.84(0.7), | |||
Physical Properties of Lannonite |
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| White. | |||
| 2.22 | |||
| Earthy - Dull, clay-like texture with no visible crystalline affinities, (e.g. howlite). | |||
| Nodular - Tuberose forms having irregular protuberances over the surface. | |||
| 2 - Gypsum | |||
| Earthy (Dull) | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Lannonite |
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| CI meas= 0.09 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.13 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2022,KPDmeas= 0.2113,KC= 0.2323 |
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| Uniaxial (+), w=1.46, e=1.478, bire=0.0180. | |||
Calculated Properties of Lannonite |
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relectron=2.28 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.00409 Boson Index = 0.99591 |
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PELannonite = 2.25 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Lannonite is Not Radioactive |
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Lannonite Classification |
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| 31.9.14.1 (31)Hydrated Sulfates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen | |||
| (31.9)where (A+ B++) (XO4) Zq·x(H2O) | |||
| (31.9.14)Dana Group | |||
| VI/D.14-30 VI - Sulfates,Chromates,Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| VI/D - Water-bearing sulfates with unfamiliar anions. cations of medium and very big size | |||
| VI/D.14 - Metavoltine - Slavikite series | |||
Other Lannonite Information |
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| NAME( MinRec) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | |||
| Links to other databases for Lannonite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Lannonite using: Visit our Advertisers for Lannonite : Translate Lannonite Mineral Data : Ask about Lannonite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Lannonite Specimen Label here :
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