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Wardite Mineral Data + |
General Wardite Information |
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| NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2(H2O) | |||
| Molecular Weight = 397.94 gm | |||
| Sodium 5.78 % Na 7.79 % Na2O | |||
| Aluminum 20.34 % Al 38.43 % Al2O3 | |||
| Phosphorus 15.57 % P 35.67 % P2O5 | |||
| Hydrogen 2.03 % H 18.11 % H2O | |||
| Oxygen 56.29 % O | |||
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| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2(H2O) | |||
| Alteration product of amblygonite in pegmatites and phosphate deposits. | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1896 | |||
| Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Utah County, Utah, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named for Henry Augustus Ward (1834-1906), mineral dealer and collector, Rochester, New York, USA. | |||
| ICSD 6300 | |||
| PDF 33-1202 | |||
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Wardite Crystallography |
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| a:c = 1:2.70049 | |||
| a = 7.0587, c = 19.062, Z = 4; V = 949.77 Den(Calc)= 2.78 | |||
| Tetragonal - TrapezohedralH-M Symbol (4 2 2) Space Group: P 41212 | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 4.725(1), 2.999(0.75), 3.086(0.75), | |||
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Physical Properties of Wardite |
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| [001] Perfect | |||
| Blue green, Colorless, White, Light green. | |||
| 2.81 - 2.87, Average = 2.84 | |||
| Transparent to Translucent | |||
| Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix. | |||
| Fibrous - Crystals made up of fibers. | |||
| Radial - Crystals radiate from a center without producing stellar forms (e.g. stibnite) | |||
| 5 - Apatite | |||
| Non-fluorescent. | |||
| Vitreous (Glassy) | |||
| Nonmagnetic | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Wardite |
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| CI meas= 0.048 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.027 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2152,KPDmeas= 0.2107,KC= 0.2212 |
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| Uniaxial (+), w=1.59-1.597, e=1.599-1.607, bire=0.0090-0.0100. | |||
Calculated Properties of Wardite |
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relectron=2.79 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.00027 Boson Index = 0.99973 |
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PEWardite = 1.47 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Wardite is Not Radioactive |
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Wardite Classification |
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| 42.7.8.2 (42)Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen | |||
| (42.7)where (AB)5 (XO4)3 Zq · x(H2O) | |||
| (42.7.8)Dana Group | |||
| VII/D.51-10 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| VII/D - Water-bearing phosphates with unfamiliar anions, cations of very big and medium size: Al, Mg and Ca, Na, K | |||
| VII/D.51 - Wardite - Millisite series | |||
Other Wardite Information |
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| NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990, Dana8) | |||
| Links to other databases for Wardite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery 3 -Athena 4 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 5 - EUROmin Project 6 -Google Images 7 -Google Scholar 8 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 9 -MinDAT 10 -MinMax(Deutsch) 11 -MinMax(English) 12 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 -QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - WWW-MINCRYST 15 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Wardite using: Visit our Advertisers for Wardite : Translate Wardite Mineral Data : Ask about Wardite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Wardite Specimen Label here :
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