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General Trogerite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: H2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 964.03 gm
   Uranium   49.38 %  U    56.02 % UO2
   Arsenic   15.54 %  As   23.84 % As2O5
   Hydrogen   1.88 %  H    16.82 % H2O
   Oxygen    33.19 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %       96.68 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: H2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8(H2O)
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1871
Help on Locality: Locality: Walpurgis vein of the Weisser Hirsch mine, Neustadtl, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for R. Troger, mining offical at Schneeberg, Germany.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: Troegerite
 

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Trogerite   Metazeunerite

Comments: Yellow crystals of tr?gerite with green metazeunerite.
Location: Walpurgis Flats, Wei?er Hirsch Mine, Neust?dtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Trogerite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:1.22905
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 7.16, c = 8.8, Z = 1; V = 451.14 Den(Calc)= 3.55
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Tetragonal - Ditetragonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (4/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 4/mmm
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 8.59(1), 3.79(0.9), 3.3(0.8),
 

Physical Properties of Trogerite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [001] Perfect, [100] Good
Help on Color: Color: Yellow.
Help on Density: Density: 3.55
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent
Help on Habit: Habit: Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses.
Help on Habit: Habit: Striated - Parallel lines on crystal surface or cleavage face.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 2-3 - Gypsum-Calcite
Help on Luminescence: Luminescence: Non-fluorescent.
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous - Pearly
 

Optical Properties of Trogerite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.127 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.127 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1711,KPDmeas= 0.1711,KC= 0.1518
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Uniaxial (-), e=1.585, w=1.63, bire=0.0450.
 

Calculated Properties of Trogerite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=3.15 gm/cc
note: rTrogerite =3.55 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00371
Boson Index = 0.99629
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PETrogerite =1,273.14 barns/electron
U=PETrogerite x relectron=4,013.16 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

GRapi = 3,737,525.97 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Trogerite is Radioactive as defined in 49 CFR 173.403. Greater than 70 Bq / gram.

Estimated Maximum U.S. Postal Shipping Size (10 mRem/hr limit, Unshielded 10 cm box) 8.14 ± 2.03 grams of pure Trogerite .
Estimated Maximum U.S. Postal Shipping Size (10 mRem/hr limit, Unshielded 100 cm box) 813.82 ±203.45 grams of pure Trogerite .

Estimated Radioactivity from Trogerite - very strong
Specimen
Size
Weight/Volume
(Sphere)
*
Calculated
Activity
Bequerols
(Bq)
Calculated
Activity
Curies (Ci)
Estimated
Activity
GR(api)
Estimated
Exposure
(mRem**)/hr
If Held in Hand
For One Hour
1000 gm / 8.13 cm 88,393,691 2.39E-03 3,737,525.97 1,228.78
100 gm / 3.78 cm 8,839,369 2.39E-04 373,752.60 122.88
10 gm / 1.75 cm 883,937 2.39E-05 37,375.26 12.29
1 gm / 8.13 mm 88,394 2.39E-06 3,737.53 1.23
0.1 gm / 3.78 mm 8,839 2.39E-07 373.75 0.12
0.01 gm / 1.75 mm 884 2.39E-08 37.38 0.01
0.001 gm / 0.81 mm 88 2.39E-09 3.74 0.00

Weight of pure Trogerite in grams (gm) and Calculated Diameter of a Sphere with a Density of 3.55 gm/cc.*
Goverment Estimate of Average Annual Exposure ( 360 mRem) **
Note: 10 microsieverts/hr = 1 mRem/hr **
Max Permissable Adult Dose 50,000 mRem/yr (hands), 15,000 mRem/yr (eyes)
Lethal Dose LD(50) Exposure 400,000 to 500,000 mRem
 

Trogerite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 40.2a.20.1 (40)Hydrated Phosphates, etc
  (40.2a)where A++ (B++)2 (XO4) · x(H2O), containing (UO2)++
  (40.2a.20)Dana Group
 
40.2a.20.1 Trogerite H2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8(H2O) P 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VII/E.01-10 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  VII/E - Uranylphosphates and uranylvanadates with [UO2]2+ - [PO4 | AsO4]3- and [UO2]2+ - [V2O8]6-
  VII/E.01 - Autunite group
 
VII/E.01-10 Trogerite H2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8(H2O) P 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
VII/E.01-20 Sabugalite HAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16(H2O) I 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
VII/E.01-30 Saleeite Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·10(H2O) I 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
VII/E.01-35 Seelite-1 Mg[(UO2)(AsO3)x(AsO4)1-x]2·7(H2O) C 2/m 2/m
 
VII/E.01-35* Seelite-2 Mg(UO2)(AsO3)x(AsO4)1-x·7(H2O)(x=0.7) C 2/m 2/m
 
VII/E.01-40 Novacekite Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12(H2O) P 41/n 4/m
 
VII/E.01-50 Kahlerite Fe(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10-12(H2O) P 41/n 4/m
 
VII/E.01-60 Fritzscheite Mn(UO2)2[(V,P)O4]2·4(H2O) Pnam 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
VII/E.01-70 Torbernite Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8-12(H2O) I 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
VII/E.01-80 Zeunerite Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10-16(H2O) P 4/nnc 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
VII/E.01-90 Autunite Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12(H2O) I 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
VII/E.01-100 Uranospinite Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10(H2O) I 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
VII/E.01-110 Uranocircite Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2·12(H2O) P 4/nnc 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
VII/E.01-120 Heinrichite Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10-12(H2O) IA/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
VII/E.01-130 Sodium-autunite Na2(UO2)2(PO4)2·8(H2O) P 4/nmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 

Other Trogerite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Trogerite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas 11 - Uranium Minerals

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Trogerite

H2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8(H2O)
Dana No: 40.2a.20.1 Strunz No: VII/E.01-10
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