Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S Mineral Data

General Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S Information

Chemical Formula:

(Mg,Fe++,Zn)2Al6BeO12

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 426.60 gm

Magnesium 9.69 % Mg 16.06 % MgO

Beryllium 1.90 % Be 5.28 % BeO

Aluminum 37.95 % Al 71.70 % Al₂O₃

Zinc 1.53 % Zn 1.91 % ZnO

Iron 3.93 % Fe 5.05 % FeO

Oxygen 45.00 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Mg_1.7Fe²⁺_0.3Zn_0.1Al₆Be_0.9O₁₂

Environment:

In a nodule, perhaps formerly a corundum crystal, in high-grade metapyroxinite, metaperidotites, and granulites. Renamed from musgravite.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Located 16 km north-northeast of Ernambella Mission, Musgrave Ranges, South Australia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Count R.Taaffe of Dublin, Ireland, who discovered the mineral in 1945. (S=Spinel, N=Nolanite Layers).

Synonym:

IMA2001-A

Musgravite

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Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S Magnesiotaaffeite-2N2S Taaffeite

Comments: BSE image of magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S (Mgt-6N3S) with a central lamella of magnesiotaaffeite-2N2S (Mgt-2N2S). Other minerals Spl: spinel; Chl: clinochlore.
Location: Polymetamorphic dolomite marble at Eastern Alps, Stubenberg, Styria, Austria. (CanMin, v46:1195). Scale: See Image.
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Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:7.24158

Cell Dimensions:

a = 5.675, c = 41.096, Z = 6; V = 1,146.20 Den(Calc)= 3.71

Crystal System:

Trigonal - Hexagonal ScalenohedralH-M Symbol (3 2/m) Space Group: R 3m

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.408(1), 1.419(0.8), 2.052(0.7),

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Nuber B , Schmetzer K , Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte , 1983 (1983) p.393-402, Crystal structure of ternary Be-Mg-Al oxides: taaffeite, BeMg3Al8O16,, and musgravite, BeMg2Al6O12, Note: formerly known as musgravite-18R, Locality: Musgrave Ranges, Australia

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Physical Properties of Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S

Cleavage:

{0001} Perfect, {1011} Parting

Color:

Light olive green.

Density:

3.68

Habit:

Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses.

Habit:

Platy - Sheet forms (e.g. micas).

Hardness:

8-8.5 - Between Topaz and Chrysoberyl

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.026 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.034 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1987,KPDmeas= 0.2003,KC= 0.2057
Ncalc = 1.76

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (-), e=1.735, w=1.739, bire=0.0040.

Calculated Properties of Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.60 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S =3.68 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.03
Boson Index = 0.97

Photoelectric:

PE_{Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S}= 3.25 barns/electron
U=PE_{Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S} x rElectron Density= 11.72 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S is Not Radioactive

Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S Classification

Dana Class:

07.02.12.01 (07)Multiple Oxides

(07.02)(A+ B++)2 X4 Spinel group

(07.02.12)Taaffeite Group (T2 = Be + T)

07.02.12.01 Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S! (Mg,Fe,Zn)2Al6BeO12 R 3m 3 2/m

07.02.12.02 Ferrotaaffeite-6N3S (Fe,Zn,Mg)2Al6BeO12 R 3m 3 2/m

Strunz Class:

04.FC.25 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.F - Hydroxides (without V or U)

04.FC -Hydroxides with OH, without H2O; corner-sharing octahedra

04.FC.25 Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S! (Mg,Fe,Zn)2Al6BeO12 R 3m 3 2/m

04.FC.25 Magnesiotaaffeite-2N2S Mg3Al8BeO16 P 6₃mc 6mm

04.FC.25 Ferrotaaffeite-6N3S (Fe,Zn,Mg)2Al6BeO12 R 3m 3 2/m

Other Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic3) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

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Links to other databases for Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
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9 - QUT Mineral Atlas
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Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S

(Mg,Fe++,Zn)2Al6BeO12
Dana No: 07.02.12.01 Strunz No: 04.FC.25
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