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- 42.7.5.1 Nissonite Cu2Mg2(PO4)2(OH)2·5(H2O) C 2/c 2/m
- VII/D.07-10 Nissonite Cu2Mg2(PO4)2(OH)2·5(H2O) C 2/c 2/m
- VII/D.07-20 Strashimirite Cu8(AsO4)4(OH)4·5(H2O) P 2/m,P 2,Pm Mono
- VII/D.07-30 Euchroite Cu2(AsO4)(OH)·3(H2O) P 212121 2 2 2
- VII/D.07-40 Arhbarite Cu2Mg(AsO4)(OH)3 P1 1
- VII/D.07-50 Legrandite Zn2(AsO4)(OH)·(H2O) P 21/c 2/m
- VII/D.07-60 Spencerite Zn4(PO4)2(OH)2·3(H2O) P 2/c 2/m
- VII/D.07-70 Nevadaite! (Cu,[],Al,V)6[Al8(PO4)8F8](H2O)23 P 21mn 2 2 2
General Nissonite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
Cu2Mg2(PO4)2(OH)2·5(H2O) | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 489.74 gm | ||
| Magnesium 9.93 % Mg 16.46 % MgO | |||
| Copper 25.95 % Cu 32.49 % CuO | |||
| Phosphorus 12.65 % P 28.98 % P2O5 | |||
| Hydrogen 2.47 % H 22.07 % H2O | |||
| Oxygen 49.00 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
Cu2Mg2(PO4)2(OH)2·5(H2O) | ||
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1966 | ||
| Locality: |
Llanada copper mine, 4 miles NNE of Llanada, San Benito Co., California. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Synonym: |
ICSD 69386 | ||
| PDF 40-478 | |||
Nissonite Image | |||
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Nissonite Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:b:c =4.4911:1:2.0949 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 22.523, b = 5.015, c = 10.506, Z = 4; beta = 99.62° V = 1,170.00 Den(Calc)= 2.78 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/c | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 11.14(1), 2.785(0.25), 4.374(0.21), | ||
Physical Properties of Nissonite |
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| Cleavage: |
[100] Distinct | ||
| Color: |
Bluish green. | ||
| Density: |
2.73 | ||
| Hardness: |
2.5 - Finger Nail | ||
| Streak: |
light green | ||
Optical Properties of Nissonite |
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| Gladstone-Dale: |
CI meas= -0.031 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.012 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2188,KPDmeas= 0.2228,KC= 0.2162 |
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| Optical Data: |
Biaxial (-), a=1.584, b=1.62, g=1.621, bire=0.0370, 2V(Calc)=18, 2V(Meas)=19. | ||
Calculated Properties of Nissonite |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=2.77 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.01016 Boson Index = 0.98984 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PENissonite = 11.86 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Nissonite is Not Radioactive |
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Nissonite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
42.7.5.1 (42)Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen | ||
| (42.7)where (AB)5 (XO4)3 Zq · x(H2O) | |||
| (42.7.5)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
VII/D.07-10 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | ||
| VII/D - Water-bearing phosphates with unfamiliar anions, cations of medium size: Cu, Zn, Mn, Al, Fe | |||
| VII/D.07 - Nissonite - Euchroite - Spencerite series | |||
Other Nissonite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( MinRec) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Nissonite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 - WWW-MINCRYST 14 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Nissonite using: Visit our Advertisers for Nissonite : Translate Nissonite Mineral Data : Ask about Nissonite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Nissonite Specimen Label here :
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