Zugshunstite-(Ce) Mineral Data

General Zugshunstite-(Ce) Information
Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: (Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 667.51 gm
   Lanthanum       2.08 %  La    2.44 % La2O3
   Cerium         10.50 %  Ce   12.29 % Ce2O3
   Praeseodymium   2.11 %  Pr    2.47 % Pr2O3
   Aluminum        3.64 %  Al    6.87 % Al2O3
   Iron            0.84 %  Fe    1.20 % Fe2O3
   Hydrogen        3.62 %  H    32.39 % H2O
   Carbon          3.60 %  C    10.79 % C2O3
   Sulfur          9.61 %  S    23.99 % SO3
   Neodymium       6.48 %  Nd    7.56 % Nd2O3
   Oxygen         57.53 %  O
                 ______        ______ 
                 100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ce0.5Nd0.3La0.1Pr0.1Al0.9Fe3+0.1(SO4)2(C2O4)·12(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: Associated with epsomite and "hair salts" in soil sheltered by an overhanging bluff. The sulfate is from the oxidation of pyritiferous shales in the bedrock. The cerium dominant ana log of levinsonite-(Y).
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added)
Help on Locality: Locality: Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains Park, Tennessee, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for the Cherokee Indian term for the Great Smoky Mountains.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: IMA1996-055
 

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Zugshunstite-(Ce) Crystallography
Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.476:1:0.7168
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 8.718, b = 18.313, c = 13.128, Z = 4; beta = 93.9° V = 2,091.07 Den(Calc)= 2.12
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/c
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 7.9(1)(110), 3.93(0.7)(023,220,113,125.01(0.4)(130),5.36(0.4)(022), 3.07(0.2)(114,024,060), 3.29(0.2)(115,222,004), 3.74(0.2)(042,2
 

Physical Properties of Zugshunstite-(Ce)

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [010] Poor
Help on Color: Color: Pink, Very pale blue.
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Brittle - Irregular - Very brittle fracture producing irregular fragments
Help on Habit: Habit: Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.
Help on Habit: Habit: Water Soluble - Water soluble mineral.
Help on Habit: Habit: Wedge shaped - Crystals shaped like a wedge.
Help on Luminescence: Luminescence: Fluorescent, Short UV=very pale blue, Long UV=very pale blue.
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Zugshunstite-(Ce)

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI calc= -0.122 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2308,KC= 0.2057
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (+), a=1.455, b=1.485, g=1.528, bire=0.0730, 2V(Calc)=82, 2V(Meas)=85. Dispersion medium, r > v.
 

Calculated Properties of Zugshunstite-(Ce)

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=2.11 gm/cc
note: rZugshunstite-(Ce) =2.12 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.01487
Boson Index = 0.98513
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEZugshunstite-(Ce) = 103.22 barns/electron
U=PEZugshunstite-(Ce) x relectron= 218.27 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

GRapi = 22,523.36 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Zugshunstite-(Ce) is Radioactive as defined in 49 CFR 173.403. Greater than 70 Bq / gram.

Estimated Radioactivity from Zugshunstite-(Ce) - weak
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 / 9.66 cm 474,205 1.28E-05 22,523.36 7.40
100 gm / 4.48 cm 47,421 1.28E-06 2,252.34 0.74
10 gm / 2.08 cm 4,742 1.28E-07 225.23 0.07
1 gm / 9.66 mm 474 1.28E-08 22.52 0.01
0.1 gm / 4.48 mm 47 1.28E-09 2.25 0.00
0.01 gm / 2.08 mm 5 1.28E-10 0.23 0.00
0.001 gm / 0.97 mm 0 1.28E-11 0.02 0.00

Weight of pure Zugshunstite-(Ce) in grams (gm) and Calculated Diameter of a Sphere with a Density of 2.12 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
Estimated Thorium Activity ( 1.06 % Th) From Sum REE Elements (21.17 % REE)
 

Zugshunstite-(Ce) Classification
Help on Dana Class: Dana Class: 50.1.9.1 (50)Salts of Organic Acids
  (50.1)(Oxalates)
  (50.1.9)Dana Group
 
50.1.9.1 Zugshunstite-(Ce) ! (Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O) C 2/c 2/m
 
50.1.9.2 Coskrenite-(Ce)! (Ce,Nd,La)2(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O) C 2/c 2/m
 
50.1.9.3 Levinsonite-(Y)! (Y,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·12(H2O) P 2/n 2/m
Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class: IX/A.01-130 IX - Organic compunds
  IX/A - Oxalates. Salts from organic acids. [C2O4]2- arranged after increasing cation size
  IX/A.01 - Whewellite - Wheatleyite series
 
IX/A.01-05 Natroxalate! Na2C2O4 P 21/a 2/m
 
IX/A.01-10 Whewellite Ca(C2O4)·(H2O) P 21/n 2/m
 
IX/A.01-20 Weddellite Ca(C2O4)·2(H2O) I 4/m 4/m
 
IX/A.01-25 Caoxite! Ca(C2O4)·3(H2O) P1 1
 
IX/A.01-28 Novgorodovaite! Ca2(C2O4)Cl2·2(H2O) I2/m 2/m
 
IX/A.01-30 Oxammite (NH4)2(C2O4)·(H2O) P 21212 2 2 2
 
IX/A.01-40 Glushinskite Mg(C2O4)·2(H2O) C 2/c 2/m
 
IX/A.01-50 Humboldtine Fe(C2O4)·2(H2O) I2/a 2/m
 
IX/A.01-55 Lindbergite! Mn(C2O4)·2(H2O) C 2/c 2/m
 
IX/A.01-60 Minguzzite K3Fe(C2O4)3·3(H2O) P 21/c 2/m
 
IX/A.01-70 Zhemchuzhnikovite NaMg(Al,Fe)(C2O4)3·8(H2O) Unk Trig
 
IX/A.01-80 Stepanovite NaMgFe(C2O4)3·8-9(H2O) Unk Trig
 
IX/A.01-90 Moolooite Cu(C2O4)·n(H2O)(n<1) Unk Ortho
 
IX/A.01-100 Wheatleyite Na2Cu(C2O4)2·2(H2O) P1 1
 
IX/A.01-110 Coskrenite-(Ce)! (Ce,Nd,La)2(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O) C 2/c 2/m
 
IX/A.01-120 Levinsonite-(Y)! (Y,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·12(H2O) P 2/n 2/m
 
IX/A.01-130 Zugshunstite-(Ce) (Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O) C 2/c 2/m
 

Other Zugshunstite-(Ce) Information
Help on References: References: NAME( AmMin, vol 86, p1536) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, vol 86, p1536) OPTIC PROP.(AmMin, vol 86, p1536)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Zugshunstite-(Ce) :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -MinDAT 6 -MinMax(Deutsch) 7 -MinMax(English) 8 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 9 -QUT Mineral Atlas

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Zugshunstite-(Ce)

(Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O)
Dana No: 50.1.9.1 Strunz No: IX/A.01-130
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