Merrillite-(Y) Mineral Data

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General Merrillite-(Y) Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Ca16Y2Mg2(PO4)14
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 2,277.42 gm
   Calcium     31.68 %  Ca   44.32 % CaO
   Yttrium      7.81 %  Y     9.92 % Y2O3
   Magnesium    2.13 %  Mg    3.54 % MgO
   Phosphorus  19.04 %  P    43.63 % P2O5
   Oxygen      39.34 %  O
              ______        ______ 
              100.00 %      101.41 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ca18Y2Mg2(PO4)14
Help on Environment: Environment: Extraterrestrial bodies.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Not Approved IMA 1977
Help on Locality: Locality: Meteorites Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named after George Perkins Merrill (1854-1929), meteorite specialist at U. S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA.
 

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Merrillite-(Y) Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:3.58096
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 10.362, c = 37.106, Z = 3; V = 3,450.34 Den(Calc)= 3.29
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Trigonal - Ditrigonal PyramidalH-M Symbol (3m) Space Group: R 3c
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.85(1), 2.58(0.6), 3.19(0.6),3.43(0.6), 5.18(0.6), 1.71(0.5), 1.92(0.5), 1.54(0.4),
 

Physical Properties of Merrillite-(Y)

Help on Habit: Habit: Anhedral Grains - Granular minerals without the expression of crystal shapes
 

Optical Properties of Merrillite-(Y)

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI calc= 0.04 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1889,KC= 0.1969
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Uniaxial (-), e=1.62, w=1.623, bire=0.0030.
 

Calculated Properties of Merrillite-(Y)

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=3.24 gm/cc
note: rMerrillite-(Y) =3.29 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00275
Boson Index = 0.99725
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEMerrillite-(Y) = 14.21 barns/electron
U=PEMerrillite-(Y) x relectron= 45.97 barns/cc.

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

Merrillite-(Y) is Not Radioactive

 

Merrillite-(Y) Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 38.3.4.5 (38)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc
  (38.3)(A+ B++)3 (XO4)2
  (38.3.4)Dana Group
 
38.3.4.1 Whitlockite Ca9(Mg,Fe)(PO4)6(PO3OH) R 3c 3m
 
38.3.4.2 Strontiowhitlockite Sr7(Mg,Ca)3(PO4)6[PO3(OH)] R 3c 3m
 
38.3.4.3 Merrillite-(Ca)* (Ca,[])19Mg2(PO4)14 R 3c 3m
 
38.3.4.4 Merrillite-(Na)* Ca18Na2Mg2(PO4)14 R 3c 3m
 
38.3.4.5 Merrillite-(Y) * Ca16Y2Mg2(PO4)14 R 3c 3m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VII/X.00-00 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  VII/X - Unclassified Strunz Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  VII/X.00 - Phosphate, Anhydrous
 

Other Merrillite-(Y) Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Merrillite-(Y) :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -MinDAT 6 -MinMax(Deutsch) 7 -MinMax(English) 8 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 9 -QUT Mineral Atlas

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Merrillite-(Y)

Ca16Y2Mg2(PO4)14
Dana No: 38.3.4.5 Strunz No: VII/X.00-00
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