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General Wairauite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: CoFe
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 114.78 gm
   Iron    48.66 %  Fe
   Cobalt  51.34 %  Co
          ______ 
          100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: CoFe0+
Help on Environment: Environment: Found in dominantly lizardite serpentine at the western contact of an ultramafic intrusion: thought to have been formed under low-sulfer reducing conditions during the serpentinizat ion process.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1964
Help on Locality: Locality: Red Hill, Warau Valley, South Island, New Zealand. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for the locality.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 56273
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Wairauite Crystallography

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 2.856, Z = 1; V = 23.30 Den(Calc)= 8.18
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: P m3m
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Bayliss P , The Canadian Mineralogist , 28 (1990) p.751-755, Revised unit cell dimensions, space group,, and chemical formua of some metallic minerals

 

Physical Properties of Wairauite

Help on Color: Color: Steel gray.
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Opaque
Help on Habit: Habit: Euhedral Crystals - Occurs as well-formed crystals showing good external form.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 5 - Apatite
Help on Luster: Luster: Metallic
 

Optical Properties of Wairauite

Help on RL Color: RL Color: White.
 

Calculated Properties of Wairauite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=7.55 gm/cc
note: rWairauite =8.18 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.01031
Boson Index = 0.98969
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEWairauite = 33.34 barns/electron
U=PEWairauite x relectron= 251.82 barns/cc.

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

Wairauite is Not Radioactive

 

Wairauite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 1.1.11.6 (1)Native Elements
  (1.1)with metallic elements other than the platinum group
  (1.1.11)Iron-Nickel group
 
1.1.11.0 Iron! Fe I m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
1.1.11.1 Kamacite alpha-(Fe,Ni) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
1.1.11.2 Taenite gamma-(Fe,Ni) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
1.1.11.3 Tetrataenite FeNi P 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
1.1.11.4 Awaruite Ni2FetoNi3Fe P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
1.1.11.5 Nickel Ni F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
1.1.11.6 Wairauite CoFe P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: I/A.07-30 I - Elements
  I/A - Metallic and intermetallic compounds, Carbides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Silicides
  I/A.07 - Iron series
 
I/A.07-10 Iron Fe I m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
I/A.07-20 Kamacite alpha-(Fe,Ni) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
I/A.07-30 Wairauite CoFe P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 

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Help on References: References: NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Wairauite :
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 -École des Mines de Paris

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CoFe
Dana No: 1.1.11.6 Strunz No: I/A.07-30
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