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General Nalipoite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: NaLi2PO4
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 131.84 gm
   Sodium      17.44 %  Na   23.50 % Na2O
   Lithium     10.53 %  Li   22.66 % Li2O
   Phosphorus  23.49 %  P    53.83 % P2O5
   Oxygen      48.54 %  O
              ______        ______ 
              100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: NaLi2(PO4)
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1991
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 69967
  IMA1990-030
  PDF 45-1348
 

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Nalipoite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.69:1:0.4938
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 6.884, b = 9.976, c = 4.927, Z = 4; V = 338.36 Den(Calc)= 2.59
Help on Crystal System: 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/Io): 3.441(1), 3.507(1), 4.02(1),
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Ercit T S , The Canadian Mineralogist , 29 (1991) p.569-573, The crystal structure of nalipoite

 

Physical Properties of Nalipoite

Help on Color: Color: White, Light blue, Light yellow.
Help on Density: Density: 2.58
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent to Translucent
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 4 - Fluorite
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Nalipoite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.02 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.024 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2077,KPDmeas= 0.2085,KC= 0.2127
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (-), a=1.533, b=1.54, g=1.541, bire=0.0080, 2V(Calc)=40, 2V(Meas)=41-49.
 

Calculated Properties of Nalipoite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=2.50 gm/cc
note: rNalipoite =2.58 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00812
Boson Index = 0.99188
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PENalipoite = 1.47 barns/electron
U=PENalipoite x relectron= 3.68 barns/cc.

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

Nalipoite is Not Radioactive

 

Nalipoite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 38.4.10.3 (38)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc
  (38.4)A+ XO4
  (38.4.10)Dana Group
 
38.4.10.1 Lithiophosphate Li3PO4 P mn21 mm2
 
38.4.10.2 Olympite LiNa5(PO4)2 P 212121 2 2 2
 
38.4.10.3 Nalipoite NaLi2PO4 Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VII/A.01-25 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  VII/A - Waterfree phosphates [PO4]3- without unfamiliar anions, cations of small size: Li, Be, Al
  VII/A.01 - Berlinite - Beryllonite - Hurlbutite series
 
VII/A.01-10 Berlinite AlPO4 P 3121,P 3221 3 2
 
VII/A.01-12 Alarsite! AlAsO4 P 3121,P 3221 3 2
 
VII/A.01-15 Rodolicoite! FePO4 R 3121 3 2
 
VII/A.01-20 Lithiophosphate Li3PO4 P mn21 mm2
 
VII/A.01-25 Nalipoite NaLi2PO4 Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
VII/A.01-30 Beryllonite NaBePO4 P 21/n 2/m
 
VII/A.01-40 Hurlbutite CaBe2(PO4)2 P 21/a 2/m
 

Other Nalipoite Information

Help on References: References: PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.77,p449,1992) OPTIC PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.77,p449,1992)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Nalipoite :
1 - Alkali-Nuts(English) 2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais) 3 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 4 -Athena 5 - EUROmin Project 6 -Google Images 7 -Google Scholar 8 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 9 -MinDAT 10 -MinMax(Deutsch) 11 -MinMax(English) 12 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 -QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - WWW-MINCRYST 15 -École des Mines de Paris

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NaLi2PO4
Dana No: 38.4.10.3 Strunz No: VII/A.01-25
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