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- 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
- 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
General Wairauite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
CoFe | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 114.78 gm | ||
| Iron 48.66 % Fe | |||
| Cobalt 51.34 % Co | |||
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| 100.00 % | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
CoFe0+ | ||
| 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. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1964 | ||
| Locality: |
Red Hill, Warau Valley, South Island, New Zealand. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
Named for the locality. | ||
| Synonym: |
ICSD 56273 | ||
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Wairauite Crystallography |
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| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 2.856, Z = 1; V = 23.30 Den(Calc)= 8.18 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: P m3m | ||
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Crystal Structure:
Mouse |
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Physical Properties of Wairauite |
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| Color: |
Steel gray. | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Opaque | ||
| Habit: |
Euhedral Crystals - Occurs as well-formed crystals showing good external form. | ||
| Hardness: |
5 - Apatite | ||
| Luster: |
Metallic | ||
Optical Properties of Wairauite |
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| RL Color: |
White. | ||
Calculated Properties of Wairauite |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=7.55 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.01031 Boson Index = 0.98969 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEWairauite = 33.34 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Wairauite is Not Radioactive |
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Wairauite Classification |
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| 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 | |||
| Strunz Class: |
I/A.07-30 I - Elements | ||
| I/A - Metallic and intermetallic compounds, Carbides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Silicides | |||
| I/A.07 - Iron series | |||
Other Wairauite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) | ||
| 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 Search for Wairauite using: Visit our Advertisers for Wairauite : Translate Wairauite Mineral Data : Ask about Wairauite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Wairauite Specimen Label here :
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