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Babefphite Mineral Data + |
General Babefphite Information |
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| BaBe(PO4)(F,O) | |||
| Molecular Weight = 259.56 gm | |||
| Barium 52.91 % Ba 59.07 % BaO | |||
| Beryllium 3.47 % Be 9.64 % BeO | |||
| Phosphorus 11.93 % P 27.34 % P2O5 | |||
| Oxygen 26.20 % O | |||
| Fluorine 5.49 % F 5.49 % F | |||
| - % F -2.31 % -O=F2 | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 99.23 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| BaBe(PO4)F0.75O0.25 | |||
| In eluvium directly above rare-metal skarn deposits associated with alkaline intrusions. | |||
| Approved IMA 1966 | |||
| Occurs in the Aunik fluorite-rare metals deposit, Buryatia, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| For Barium, Beryllium, Fluorine, and Phosphorous in the composition. | |||
| ICSD 200922 | |||
| PDF 18-157 | |||
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Babefphite Crystallography |
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| a:c = 1:3.42331 | |||
| a = 4.89, c = 16.74, Z = 4; V = 400.29 Den(Calc)= 4.31 | |||
| Tetragonal - Ditetragonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (4/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: I 41/amd | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 1.516(1), 2.163(1), 3.19(1), | |||
Physical Properties of Babefphite |
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| None | |||
| White. | |||
| 4.31 | |||
| Transparent | |||
| Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals. | |||
| 3.5-4 - Copper Penny-Fluorite | |||
| Vitreous - Greasy | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Babefphite |
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| CI meas= 0.033 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.033 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1463,KPDmeas= 0.1463,KC= 0.1514 |
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| Uniaxial (+), w=1.629, e=1.632, bire=0.0030. | |||
Calculated Properties of Babefphite |
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relectron=3.84 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.12913 Boson Index = 0.87087 |
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PEBabefphite = 238.46 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Babefphite is Not Radioactive |
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Babefphite Classification |
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| 41.5.3.1 (41)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen | |||
| (41.5)where (A B)2 (XO4) Zq | |||
| (41.5.3)Dana Group | |||
| VII/B.01-60 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| VII/B - Waterfree phosphates with unfamiliar anions F, Cl, O, OH. cations of very small size: Li, Be | |||
| VII/B.01 - Herderite - Babefphite series | |||
Other Babefphite Information |
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| NAME( AntBidBlaNic4) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | |||
| Links to other databases for Babefphite : 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - Google Images 6 - Google Scholar 7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 9 - MinDAT 10 - MinMax(Deutsch) 11 - MinMax(English) 12 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 - QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - Ruff.Info 15 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Babefphite using: Visit our Advertisers for Babefphite : AA Mineral SpecimensB & L Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Greenside Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club MineralsWeb Fine Minerals The GeoZone Wrights Rock Shop Translate Babefphite Mineral Data : Ask about Babefphite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Babefphite Specimen Label here :
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