Pretulite Mineral Data

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General Pretulite Information

Chemical Formula:

ScPO4

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 139.93 gm

Scandium 32.13 % Sc 49.28 % Sc₂O₃

Phosphorus 22.14 % P 50.72 % P₂O₅

Oxygen 45.74 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Sc(PO₄)

Environment:

In lazulite-quartz veins in phyllite-micaschist. The scandium dominant analog of xenotime-(Y).

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

The type locality is 100 m southwest of Hollkegel, which is 12 km south-southwest of Murzzuschlag, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

For the mountain Pretul, one of the localities at which the mineral occurs.

Name Pronunciation:

Pretulite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 85552

IMA1996-024

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Pretulite Image

Images:

Pretulite

Comments: SEM-BSE image of a euhedral crystal of pretulite (left), and proposed crystal forms (right).
Location: Apatite-rich oolitic Ordovician ironstone at Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux, Armorican Massif, France. Scale: See Picture.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Pretulite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.88116

Cell Dimensions:

a = 6.589, c = 5.806, Z = 4; V = 252.07 Den(Calc)= 3.69

Crystal System:

Tetragonal - Ditetragonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (4/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: I 4₁/amd

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.293(1), 1.6927(0.45), 2.4636(0.42),

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Bernhard F , Walter F , Ettinger K , Taucher J , Mereiter K , American Mineralogist , 83 (1998) p.625-630, Pretulite, ScPO4, a new scandium mineral from the Styrian and Lower Austrian, lazulite occurrences, Austria

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Physical Properties of Pretulite

Cleavage:

{100} Perfect

Color:

Pale pink.

Density:

3.71

Diaphaneity:

Transparent

Fracture:

Splintery - Thin, elongated fractures produced by intersecting good cleavages or partings (e.g. hornblende).

Habit:

Crystalline - Fine - Occurs as well-formed fine sized crystals.

Hardness:

5 - Apatite

Luster:

Adamantine

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Pretulite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.037 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.031 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2126,KPDmeas= 0.2115,KC= 0.2195
Ncalc = 1.81

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (+), w=1.709, e=1.86, bire=0.1510.

Calculated Properties of Pretulite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.59 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Pretulite =3.69 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0002195344
Boson Index = 0.9997804656

Photoelectric:

PE_Pretulite= 5.60 barns/electron
U=PE_Pretulite x rElectron Density= 20.07 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Pretulite is Not Radioactive

Pretulite Classification

Dana Class:

38.04.11.05 (38)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc

(38.04)A+ XO4

(38.04.11)Zenotime Group (Tetragonal: I41/amd)

38.04.11.01 Xenotime-(Y) YPO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

38.04.11.02 Chernovite-(Y) YAsO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

38.04.11.03 Wakefieldite-(Y) YVO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

38.04.11.04 Wakefieldite-(Ce) (Ce,Pb,Pb)VO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

38.04.11.05 Pretulite! ScPO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

38.04.11.06 Xenotime-(Yb)! YbPO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

38.04.11.07 Wakefieldite-(La)! LaVO4 I 4₁/amd 4mm

38.04.11.08 Wakefieldite-(Nd)! NdVO4 I 4₁/amd 4mm

Strunz Class:

08.AD.35 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES

08.A - Phosphates, etc. without additional anions, without H2O

08.AD -With only large cations

08.AD.35 Dreyerite BiVO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

08.AD.35 Chernovite-(Y) YAsO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

08.AD.35 Pretulite! ScPO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

08.AD.35 Xenotime-(Y) YPO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

08.AD.35 Wakefieldite-(Ce) (Ce,Pb,Pb)VO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

08.AD.35 Wakefieldite-(Y) YVO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

08.AD.35 Xenotime-(Yb)! YbPO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

08.AD.35 Wakefieldite-(La)! LaVO4 I 4₁/amd 4mm

08.AD.35 Wakefieldite-(Nd)! NdVO4 I 4₁/amd 4mm

Other Pretulite Information

References:

NAME( MinRec) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.83,p625-630,1998) OPTIC PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.83,p625-630,1998)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Pretulite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - Google Images
4 - Google Scholar
5 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
6 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
7 - MinDAT
8 - MinMax(Deutsch)
9 - MinMax(English)
10 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
11 - QUT Mineral Atlas
12 - Ruff.Info
13 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Pretulite

ScPO4
Dana No: 38.04.11.05 Strunz No: 08.AD.35
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