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- 43.2.1.1 Bradleyite Na3Mg(PO4)(CO3) P 21/m 2/m
- 43.2.1.2 Sidorenkite Na3Mn(PO4)(CO3) P 21/m 2/m
- 43.2.1.3 Bonshtedtite Na3Fe(PO4)(CO3) P 21/m 2/m
- 43.2.1.4 Crawfordite Na3Sr(PO4)(CO3) P 21 2
- V/C.04-10 Bradleyite Na3Mg(PO4)(CO3) P 21/m 2/m
- V/C.04-20 Sidorenkite Na3Mn(PO4)(CO3) P 21/m 2/m
- V/C.04-30 Bonshtedtite Na3Fe(PO4)(CO3) P 21/m 2/m
- V/C.04-40 Crawfordite Na3Sr(PO4)(CO3) P 21 2
General Bonshtedtite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
Na3Fe++(PO4)(CO3) | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 279.80 gm | ||
| Sodium 24.65 % Na 33.23 % Na2O | |||
| Iron 19.96 % Fe 25.68 % FeO | |||
| Phosphorus 11.07 % P 25.37 % P2O5 | |||
| Carbon 4.29 % C 15.73 % CO2 | |||
| Oxygen 40.03 % O | |||
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| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
Na3Fe2+(PO4)(CO3) | ||
| Environment: |
In veinlets associated with alkai-carbonate metasomatism of alkalic massifs. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1982 | ||
| Locality: |
Found in drill core from the Vuonnemiok River Valley, and on Mts. Suoluaiv, Kukisvumchorr, Partomchorr, and Rest'yun, Khibiny massif, also in drill core from the Kovdor massif, Kola Pe Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
To honor Elsa Maksimilianovna Bonshtedt-Kupletskaya (1897-1974), Russian specialist in mineralogy of alkalic massifs. | ||
| Synonym: |
ICSD 77053 | ||
| PDF 35-678 | |||
Bonshtedtite Image | |||
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Bonshtedtite Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:b:c =1.3453:1:0.7768 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 8.921, b = 6.631, c = 5.151, Z = 2; beta = 90.417° V = 304.70 Den(Calc)= 3.05 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/m | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 3.318(1), 2.662(0.3), 8.923(0.2), | ||
Physical Properties of Bonshtedtite |
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| Cleavage: |
[010] Perfect, [100] Perfect | ||
| Color: |
Colorless, Rose, Yellowish, Greenish. | ||
| Density: |
2.95 - 3.16, Average = 3.05 | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Transparent | ||
| Hardness: |
4 - Fluorite | ||
| Luster: |
Vitreous (Glassy) | ||
| Streak: |
white | ||
Optical Properties of Bonshtedtite |
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| Gladstone-Dale: |
CI meas= 0.041 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.039 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1835,KPDmeas= 0.1832,KC= 0.191 |
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| Optical Data: |
Biaxial (-), a=1.52, b=1.568, g=1.591, bire=0.0710, 2V(Calc)=66, 2V(Meas)=68. | ||
Calculated Properties of Bonshtedtite |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=2.97 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.00489 Boson Index = 0.99511 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEBonshtedtite = 6.94 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Bonshtedtite is Not Radioactive |
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Bonshtedtite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
43.2.1.3 (43)Compound Phosphates, etc. | ||
| (43.2)(Anhydrous Normal Compound Anions) | |||
| (43.2.1)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
V/C.04-30 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates | ||
| V/C - Waterfree carbonates with unfamiliar anions | |||
| V/C.04 - Bradleyite - Crawfordite series | |||
Other Bonshtedtite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( AntBidBlaNic4) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Bonshtedtite : 1 - Alkali-Nuts(English) 2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais) 3 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 4 -Athena 5 - EUROmin Project 6 -Google Images 7 -Google Scholar 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Bonshtedtite using: Visit our Advertisers for Bonshtedtite : Translate Bonshtedtite Mineral Data : Ask about Bonshtedtite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Bonshtedtite Specimen Label here :
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