Newberyite Mineral Data

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General Newberyite Information

Chemical Formula:

Mg(PO3OH)·3(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 174.33 gm

Magnesium 13.94 % Mg 23.12 % MgO

Phosphorus 17.77 % P 40.71 % P₂O₅

Hydrogen 4.05 % H 36.17 % H₂O

Oxygen 64.24 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Mg(PO₃OH)·3(H₂O)

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1879

Locality:

Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Synonym:

ICSD 31281

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Newberyite Image

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Newberyite Dittmarite

Comments: Translucent crystalline dittmaritewith more opaque newberyite.
Location: Skipton Caves, Victoria, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Newberyite Hannayite

Comments: Translucent white prismatic crystals of hannayite on brown newberyite.
Location: Skipton Caves, Victoria, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Newberyite Monetite

Comments: Tan coatings of monetite on white newberyite pseudomorphous after struvite crystal.
Location: Mono Lake, Mono County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Newberyite

Comments: Crudely formed crystal newberyite aggregate.
Location: Skipton Caves, near Balarat, Victoria, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Newberyite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.9563:1:0.9375

Cell Dimensions:

a = 10.215, b = 10.681, c = 10.014, Z = 8; V = 1,092.59 Den(Calc)= 2.12

Crystal System:

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

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.041(1), 3.462(0.66), 3.086(0.54),

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Abbona F , Boistelle R , Haser R , Acta Crystallographica, Section B , 35 (1979) p.2514-2518, Hydrogen bonding in MgHPO4*3H2O (newberyite)

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Physical Properties of Newberyite

Cleavage:

[010] Perfect, [001] Indistinct

Color:

Colorless, Gray brown, Grayish.

Density:

2.1

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Fracture:

Brittle - Uneven - Very brittle fracture producing uneven fragments.

Hardness:

3-3.5 - Calcite-Copper Penny

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Newberyite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.019 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.009 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2459,KPDmeas= 0.2483,KC= 0.2437

Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), a=1.514, b=1.517, g=1.533, bire=0.0190, 2V(Calc)=48, 2V(Meas)=45.

Calculated Properties of Newberyite

Electron Density:

r_electron=2.19 gm/cc
note: r_Newberyite=2.12 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.01425
Boson Index = 0.98575

Photoelectric:

PE_Newberyite= 1.25 barns/electron
U=PE_Newberyite x r_electron= 2.73 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Newberyite is Not Radioactive

Newberyite Classification

Dana Class:

39.1.6.1 (39)Hydrated Acid Phosphates, etc

(39.1)A+ [HXO4] · x(H2O)

(39.1.6)Dana Group

39.1.6.1 Newberyite Mg(PO3OH)·3(H2O) P bca 2/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

VII/C.12-10 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates

VII/C - Water-bearing phosphates without unfamiliar anions. cations of medium and small size: Be and Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Mg

VII/C.12 - Newberyite - Kankite series

VII/C.12-10 Newberyite Mg(PO3OH)·3(H2O) P bca 2/m 2/m 2/m

VII/C.12-20 Steigerite AlVO4·3(H2O) P 2₁/m, P 2 Mono

VII/C.12-30 Schoderite Al2(PO4)(VO4)·8(H2O) P 2₁/m 2/m

VII/C.12-40 Metaschoderite Al2(PO4)(VO4)·6(H2O) P 2/m 2/m

VII/C.12-50 Kankite FeAsO4·3.5(H2O) Unk Mono

Other Newberyite Information

References:

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

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Newberyite

Mg(PO3OH)·3(H2O)
Dana No: 39.1.6.1 Strunz No: VII/C.12-10
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