Orthominasragrite Mineral Data

Orthominasragrite Mineral Data

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General Orthominasragrite Information

Chemical Formula:

VO(SO4)·5(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 253.08 gm

Vanadium 20.13 % V 35.93 % V₂O₅

Hydrogen 3.98 % H 35.59 % H₂O

Sulfur 12.67 % S 31.64 % SO₃

Oxygen 63.22 % O

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100.00 % 103.16 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

V⁵⁺O(SO₄)(H₂O)₅

Environment:

Secondary mineral in sediment-hosted uranium-vanadium ore deposits.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 2000 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Triassic Shinarump conglomerate at the North Mesa Mina group, Emery County, Utah, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the polymorphic relationship to minasragrite.

Synonym:

IMA2000-018

IMA2001-040

Orthominasragrite Image

Images:

Orthominasragrite

Comments: Dark blue, spherical aggregate of orthominasragrite.
Location: Temple Mountain, Emery Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 1 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Orthominasragrite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.7763:1:0.6653

Cell Dimensions:

a = 7.246, b = 9.333, c = 6.21, Z = 2; V = 419.96 Den(Calc)= 2.00

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - PyramidalH-M Symbol (mm2) Space Group: P mn2₁

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 4.699(1)(101,020), 3.322(0.5)(121), 2.865(0.4)(220),2.602(0.3)(221,131,022), 2.03(0.2), 2.363(0.2), 3.734(0.2),

Crystal Structure:

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Hawthorne F C , Schindler M , Grice J D , Haynes P , The Canadian Mineralogist , 39 (2001) p.1325-1331, Orthominasragrite, VO(SO4)(H2O)5, a new mineral species from Temple, Mountain, Emery county, Utah, U.S.A., Locality: Temple Mountain, Emery county, Utah, USA

Physical Properties of Orthominasragrite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Bright blue, Pale blue.

Diaphaniety:

Translucent

Habit:

Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix.

Hardness:

1 - Talc

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

pale blue

Optical Properties of Orthominasragrite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI calc= 0.11 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2662,KC= 0.2992

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.529, b=1.534, g=1.534, bire=0.0050

Calculated Properties of Orthominasragrite

Electron Density:

r_electron=2.04 gm/cc
note: r_{Orthominasragrite}=2.00 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00176
Boson Index = 0.99824

Photoelectric:

PE_{Orthominasragrite}= 4.51 barns/electron
U=PE_{Orthominasragrite} x r_electron= 9.19 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Orthominasragrite is Not Radioactive

Orthominasragrite Classification

Dana Class:

29.6.13.2 (29)Hydrated Acid and Sulfates

(29.6)where A XO4 · x(H2O)

(29.6.13)Minasragrite Group (Orthorhombic)

29.6.13.1 Stanleyite (VO)SO4·6(H2O) Unk Ortho

29.6.13.2 Orthominasragrite ! VO(SO4)·5(H2O) P mn2₁ mm2

Strunz Class:

VI/D.05-05 VI - Sulfates,Chromates,Molybdates and Tungstates

VI/D - Water-bearing sulfates with unfamiliar anions. cations of medium size

VI/D.05 - Minasragrite - Stanleyite series

VI/D.05-03 Bobjonesite! VO(SO4)(H2O)3 P 2₁/m 2/m

VI/D.05-05 Orthominasragrite VO(SO4)·5(H2O) P mn2₁ mm2

VI/D.05-06 Anorthominasragrite! VO(SO4)(H2O)5 P1 1

VI/D.05-10 Minasragrite VO(SO4)·5(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

VI/D.05-20 Stanleyite (VO)SO4·6(H2O) Unk Ortho

Other Orthominasragrite Information

References:

NAME( AmMin, vol 87, p 997) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, vol 87, p 997) OPTIC PROP.(AmMin, vol 87, p 997)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Orthominasragrite :
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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Orthominasragrite

VO(SO4)·5(H2O)
Dana No: 29.6.13.2 Strunz No: VI/D.05-05
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