Cafetite Mineral Data

General Cafetite Information

Chemical Formula:

Ca(Fe,Al)2Ti4O12•4(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 592.91 gm

Calcium 6.76 % Ca 9.46 % CaO

Titanium 32.30 % Ti 53.89 % TiO₂

Aluminum 2.28 % Al 4.30 % Al₂O₃

Iron 14.13 % Fe 18.18 % FeO

Hydrogen 1.36 % H 12.15 % H₂O

Oxygen 43.18 % O

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100.00 % 97.98 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

CaFe²⁺_1.5Al_0.5Ti₄O₁₂•4(H₂O)

Environment:

In miarolitic cavities in pegmatites cutting pyroxenite. Later work suggests that Fe was a contaminent from magnetite and not an essential part of the formula.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1959

Locality:

Afrikanda massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the composition (Ca, Fe, Ti).

Name Pronunciation:

Cafetite

Cafetite Image

Images:

Cafetite

Comments: Ocher-colored aggregates of cafetite in pegmatite, intimately mixed with iron hydroxides.
Location: Mount Rasvumchorr, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Cafetite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.4084:1:1.3139

Cell Dimensions:

a = 4.9463, b = 12.109, c = 15.911, Z = 3; beta = 98.937° V = 941.42 Den(Calc)= 3.14

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 2₁/n

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 7.86(1), 2.56(0.8), 1.91(0.7),

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Krivovichev S V , Yakovenchuk V N , Burns P C , Pakhomovsky Y A , Menshikov Y P , American Mineralogist , 88 (2003) p.424-429, Cafetite, Ca[Ti2O5](H2O): Crystal structure and revision of chemical formula

Physical Properties of Cafetite

Cleavage:

{???} Good

Color:

Colorless, Pale yellow.

Density:

3.28

Diaphaneity:

Transparent

Fracture:

Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.

Habit:

Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals.

Habit:

Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.

Habit:

Radial - Crystals radiate from a center without producing stellar forms (e.g. stibnite)

Hardness:

4-5 - Fluorite-Apatite

Luster:

Adamantine

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Cafetite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.01 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.055 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.3333,KPDmeas= 0.3191,KC= 0.316
Ncalc = 1.99 - 2.04

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.95, b=2.08, g=2.11, bire=0.1600, 2V(Calc)=48, 2V(Meas)=38.

Calculated Properties of Cafetite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.20 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Cafetite =3.28 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.04
Boson Index = 0.96

Photoelectric:

PE_Cafetite= 10.44 barns/electron
U=PE_Cafetite x rElectron Density= 33.44 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Cafetite is Not Radioactive

Cafetite Classification

Dana Class:

08.07.03.01 (08)Multiple Oxides with Nb, Ta, and Ti

(08.07)Dana Type

(08.07.03)Dana Group

08.07.03.01 Cafetite Ca(Fe,Al)2Ti4O12•4(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

Strunz Class:

04.FL.75 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.F - Hydroxides (without V or U)

04.FL -Hydroxides with H2O ± (OH); sheets of edge-sharing octahedra

04.FL.75 Cafetite Ca(Fe,Al)2Ti4O12•4(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

Other Cafetite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, Vol 88, p 424) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Cafetite :
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

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Cafetite

Ca(Fe,Al)2Ti4O12•4(H2O)
Dana No: 08.07.03.01 Strunz No: 04.FL.75
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