Lithiophilite Mineral Data

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General Lithiophilite Information

Chemical Formula:

LiMnPO4

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 156.85 gm

Lithium 4.43 % Li 9.53 % Li₂O

Manganese 35.03 % Mn 45.23 % MnO

Phosphorus 19.75 % P 45.25 % P₂O₅

Oxygen 40.80 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

LiMn²⁺(PO₄)

Environment:

Istostructural with olivine.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1878

Locality:

Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named from the composition, Lithium, and from the Greek for "friend".

Name Pronunciation:

Lithiophilite

Synonym:

ICSD 25834

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Lithiophilite Image

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Lithiophilite

Comments: Twinned crystals of yellowish brown lithiophilite.
Location: Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Lithiophilite Sicklerite

Comments: Mottled tan-green-pink massive sicklerite with dark brown lithiophilite on quartz.
Location: Custer Mountain Lode, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Lithiophilite Triploidite

Comments: Salmon-colored prismatic crystalline triploidite with brown lithiophilite.
Location: Capoeira Mine, near Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Lithiophilite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.5839:1:0.4524

Cell Dimensions:

a = 6.108, b = 10.459, c = 4.732, Z = 4; V = 302.30 Den(Calc)= 3.45

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pmnb

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.548(1), 3.051(0.9), 3.516(0.5),

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Losey A , Rakovan J F , Hughes J M , Francis C A , Dyar M D , The Canadian Mineralogist , 42 (2004) p.1105-1115, Structural variation in the lithiophilite-triphylite series, and other olivine-group structures, Note: sample Trip06, Locality: Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine

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Physical Properties of Lithiophilite

Cleavage:

{100} Perfect, {010} Very Good, {011} Imperfect

Color:

Brown, Yellowish brown, Salmon, Brownish, Blackish.

Density:

3.34

Diaphaneity:

Transparent to Translucent

Fracture:

Conchoidal - Uneven - Uneven fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments.

Habit:

Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Hardness:

4-5 - Fluorite-Apatite

Luster:

Vitreous - Resinous

Streak:

gray white

Optical Properties of Lithiophilite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.004 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.028 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1956,KPDmeas= 0.202,KC= 0.2011
Ncalc = 1.67 - 1.69

Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), a=1.669, b=1.673, g=1.682, bire=0.0130, 2V(Calc)=68, 2V(Meas)=65.

Calculated Properties of Lithiophilite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.19 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Lithiophilite =3.34 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0035147746
Boson Index = 0.9964852254

Photoelectric:

PE_{Lithiophilite}= 10.03 barns/electron
U=PE_{Lithiophilite} x rElectron Density= 32.04 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Lithiophilite Classification

Dana Class:

38.01.01.02 (38)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc

(38.01)A+ B++ XO4

(38.01.01)Triphylite Group

38.01.01.01 Triphylite LiFePO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

38.01.01.02 Lithiophilite LiMnPO4 Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m

38.01.01.03 Natrophilite NaMnPO4 Pnam 2/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

08.AB.10 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES

08.A - Phosphates, etc. without additional anions, without H2O

08.AB -With medium-sized cations

08.AB.10 Ferrisicklerite Li(Fe,Mn)PO4 Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m

08.AB.10 Heterosite FePO4 Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m

08.AB.10 Natrophilite NaMnPO4 Pnam 2/m 2/m 2/m

08.AB.10 Lithiophilite LiMnPO4 Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m

08.AB.10 Purpurite MnPO4 Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m

08.AB.10 Sicklerite Li(Mn,Fe)PO4 Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m

08.AB.10 Simferite Li(Mg,Fe,Mn)2(PO4)2 Pbnm or Pbn21 Ortho

08.AB.10 Triphylite LiFePO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

Other Lithiophilite Information

References:

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

See Also:

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

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Lithiophilite

LiMnPO4
Dana No: 38.01.01.02 Strunz No: 08.AB.10
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