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General Navajoite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: V2O5·3(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 235.93 gm
   Vanadium  43.18 %  V    77.09 % V2O5
   Hydrogen   2.56 %  H    22.91 % H2O
   Oxygen    54.25 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: V5+2O5·3(H2O)
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
 

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Navajoite

Comments: Purple-brown adamantine navajoite coatings on conglomerate.
Location: Monument #2 Mine, Monument Valley, Apache County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Navajoite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =9.7136:1:3.2777
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 34.94, b = 3.597, c = 11.79, Z = 10; beta = 95.98° V = 1,473.69 Den(Calc)= 2.66
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 12.1(1), 10.6(0.6), 2.9(0.5),
 

Physical Properties of Navajoite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: None
Help on Color: Color: Dark brown.
Help on Density: Density: 2.56
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Opaque
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 1.5 - Between Talc and Gypsum
Help on Luster: Luster: Adamantine
Help on Streak: Streak: brown
 

Optical Properties of Navajoite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.106 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.064 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.3618,KPDmeas= 0.376,KC= 0.34
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (?), a=1.905, b=2.02,
 

Calculated Properties of Navajoite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=2.62 gm/cc
note: rNavajoite =2.66 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00134
Boson Index = 0.99866
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PENavajoite = 8.16 barns/electron
U=PENavajoite x relectron= 21.35 barns/cc.

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

Navajoite is Not Radioactive

 

Navajoite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 4.6.2.1 (4)Simple Oxides
  (4.6)not classified
  (4.6.2)Dana Group
 
4.6.2.1 Navajoite V2O5·3(H2O) C 2/m 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: IV/G.07-10 IV - Oxides
  IV/G - Vanadiumoxides (with V4+/5+) Chain vanadates with [V2O6]2-
  IV/G.07 - Navajoite-Metadelrioite series
 
IV/G.07-10 Navajoite V2O5·3(H2O) C 2/m 2/m
 
IV/G.07-15 Ankinovichite! (Ni,Zn)Al4(VO3)2(OH)12(H2O)2.5 P 21/n 2/m
 
IV/G.07-20 Alvanite (Zn,Ni)Al4(VO3)2(OH)12·2(H2O) P 21/n 2/m
 
IV/G.07-30 Munirite NaVO3·(2-x)(H2O) P 21/a 2/m
 
IV/G.07-40 Metamunirite Na2[V2O6]orNaVO3 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
IV/G.07-45 Dickthomssenite! Mg(V2O6)·7(H2O) C 2/c 2/m
 
IV/G.07-48 Ansermetite! MnV2O6·4(H2O) C 2/m 2/m
 
IV/G.07-50 Rossite CaV2O6·4(H2O) P1 1
 
IV/G.07-60 Metarossite CaV2O6·2(H2O) P1 1
 
IV/G.07-70 Delrioite CaSrV2O6(OH)2·3(H2O) I/a or I2/a 2/m
 
IV/G.07-80 Metadelrioite CaSrV2O6(OH)2·(H2O) P1 1
 

Other Navajoite Information

Help on References: References: PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Navajoite :
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

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V2O5·3(H2O)
Dana No: 4.6.2.1 Strunz No: IV/G.07-10
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