General Gatehouseite Information Chemical Formula: |
Mn++5(PO4)2(OH)4 |
Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 532.66 gm |
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Manganese 51.57 % Mn 66.59 % MnO |
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Phosphorus 11.63 % P 26.65 % P2O5 |
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Hydrogen 0.76 % H 6.76 % H2O |
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Oxygen 36.04 % O |
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
Empirical Formula: |
Mn2+5(PO4)2(OH)4 |
Environment: |
Secondary mineral in cavities in a sedimentary Fe–Mn deposit, probably formed by reaction of phosphorus-rich fluids with hausmannite at low temperature. |
IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1993 |
Locality: |
Iron Monarch quarry, Iron Knob, South Australia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
Name Origin: |
Named for Bryan Michael Kenneth Cummings Gatehouse (1932- ), crystal chemist, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. |
Name Pronunciation: |
Gatehouseite + Pronunciation |
Synonym: |
ICSD 1198 |
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IMA1992-016 |
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PDF 47-1822 |
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| | Gatehouseite Crystallography X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.9(1), 2.702(0.8), 2.853(0.7), |
Crystal Structure:
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| Physical Properties of Gatehouseite Color: |
Yellow, Yellow, Pale orange. |
| Optical Properties of Gatehouseite Gladstone-Dale: |
CI meas= 0.012 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) |
CI calc= 0.025 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1979,KPDmeas= 0.2005,KC= 0.2029 Ncalc = 1.76 - 1.77 | Calculated Properties of Gatehouseite Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.58 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Gatehouseite =3.74 gm/cc. Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.0001741466 |
Boson Index = 0.9998258534 Photoelectric: |
PEGatehouseite = 13.88 barns/electron |
U=PEGatehouseite x rElectron Density= 49.71 barns/cc. Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Gatehouseite is Not Radioactive | Gatehouseite Classification Dana Class: |
41.04.01.02 (41)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen |
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(41.04)where (A B)5 (XO4)2 Zq |
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(41.04.01)Dana Group |
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Strunz Class: |
08.BD.10 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES |
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08.B - Phosphates, etc. with Additional Anions, without H2O |
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08.BD -With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 2:1 |
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| Other Gatehouseite Information See Also: |
Links to other databases for Gatehouseite : |
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - GeoScienceWorld 6 - Google Images 7 - Google Scholar 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 10 - MinDAT 11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 - Online Mineral Museum 13 - QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - Ruff.Info 15 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Gatehouseite using: Visit our Advertisers for Gatehouseite : A Bijoux Google Search for GatehouseiteAdam's Minerals Google Search for Gatehouseite Cape Minerals Google Search for Gatehouseite Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Gatehouseite Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Gatehouseite Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Gatehouseite John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Gatehouseite McDougall Minerals Google Search for Gatehouseite Mineral News Website Link Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Gatehouseite Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Gatehouseite Ask about Gatehouseite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Gatehouseite Specimen Label here :
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