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General Rooseveltite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: BiAsO4
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 347.90 gm
   Bismuth  60.07 %  Bi   66.97 % Bi2O3
   Arsenic  21.54 %  As   33.03 % As2O5
   Oxygen   18.40 %  O
           ______        ______ 
           100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Bi(AsO4)
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1946
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 27199
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Rooseveltite

Comments: Gray glassy crystalline rooseveltite with purple fluorite.
Location: Josef Fluorite Mine, Krune Hora Mountains, near Teplice, Seversocesky, Czech Republic. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Rooseveltite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.9606:1:0.9399
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 6.882, b = 7.164, c = 6.734, Z = 4; beta = 104.83° V = 320.94 Den(Calc)= 7.20
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 2/m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 3.15(1), 2.96(0.7), 4.82(0.4),
 

Physical Properties of Rooseveltite

Help on Color: Color: Gray, Gray white.
Help on Density: Density: 6.86
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Translucent
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 4-4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite
Help on Luster: Luster: Adamantine
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Rooseveltite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.081 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.03 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1606,KPDmeas= 0.1686,KC= 0.156
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (+), a=2.14, b=2.15, g=2.18, bire=0.0400, 2V(Calc)=62, 2V(Meas)=50.
 

Calculated Properties of Rooseveltite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=6.13 gm/cc
note: rRooseveltite =7.20 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00008
Boson Index = 0.99992
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PERooseveltite =1,152.58 barns/electron
U=PERooseveltite x relectron=7,060.57 barns/cc.

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

Rooseveltite is Not Radioactive

 

Rooseveltite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 38.4.4.1 (38)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc
  (38.4)A+ XO4
  (38.4.4)Dana Group
 
38.4.4.1 Rooseveltite BiAsO4 P 2/m 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VII/A.18-20 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  VII/A - Waterfree phosphates [PO4]3- without unfamiliar anions, cations of very big size: Ca, Na and andre
  VII/A.18 - Gasparite series
 
VII/A.18-10 Gasparite-(Ce) CeAsO4 P 21/n 2/m
 
VII/A.18-20 Rooseveltite BiAsO4 P 2/m 2/m
 
VII/A.18-30 Tetrarooseveltite BiAsO4 I 41/a 4/m
 
VII/A.18-40 Ximengite BiPO4 P 3121 3 2
 

Other Rooseveltite 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 Rooseveltite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - WWW-MINCRYST 13 -École des Mines de Paris

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Rooseveltite

BiAsO4
Dana No: 38.4.4.1 Strunz No: VII/A.18-20
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