Cobaltlotharmeyerite Mineral Data


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General Cobaltlotharmeyerite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Ca(Co,Fe,Ni)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 468.87 gm
   Calcium    8.55 %  Ca   11.96 % CaO
   Iron       8.34 %  Fe   10.73 % FeO
   Cobalt    12.57 %  Co   17.69 % Co2O3
   Nickel     3.76 %  Ni    4.78 % NiO
   Arsenic   31.96 %  As   49.02 % As2O5
   Hydrogen   0.71 %  H     6.34 % H2O
   Oxygen    34.12 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.51 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: CaCoFe2+0.7Ni0.3(AsO4)2(OH)0.7(H2O)1.3
Help on Environment: Environment: Secondary phosphate mineral in cobalt and nickel-bearing ore dumps. Tsumcorite group.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added)
Help on Locality: Locality: On dump material from the mining area "Am RotenBerg," approximately 4.8 km SW of the center of Schneeberg, Saxony, Germay. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named as the cobalt dominant analogue of lotharmeyerite,
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 89036
  IMA1997-027
 

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Cobaltlotharmeyerite

Comments: Brown crystalline aggregates of cobaltlotharmeyerite on matrix.
Location: Sauschwart Mine, Neust?dtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm..
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Cobaltlotharmeyerite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =1.4484:1:1.1911
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 9.024, b = 6.23, c = 7.421, Z = 2; beta = 115.15° V = 377.65 Den(Calc)= 4.12
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.545(1), 2.828(0.88), 3.188(0.85),2.972(0.82), 4.955(0.66), 3.398(0.54), 3.115(0.51),
 

Physical Properties of Cobaltlotharmeyerite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: None
Help on Color: Color: Brown.
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Translucent
Help on Habit: Habit: Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.
Help on Habit: Habit: Fan Shaped - Occurs as radiating crystals shaped like a fan.
Help on Habit: Habit: Lath - Shaped like a small, thin plaster lath, tabular (rectangular) in shape.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous - Adamantine
Help on Streak: Streak: light brown
 

Optical Properties of Cobaltlotharmeyerite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI calc= 0.08 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1958,KC= 0.2129
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (+), a=1.78, b=1.79, g=1.85, bire=0.0700, 2V(Calc)=46, 2V(Meas)=48. Dispersion r > v distinct.
 

Calculated Properties of Cobaltlotharmeyerite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=3.92 gm/cc
note: rCobaltlotharmeyerite =4.12 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00247
Boson Index = 0.99753
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PECobaltlotharmeyerite = 31.29 barns/electron
U=PECobaltlotharmeyerite x relectron= 122.56 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Cobaltlotharmeyerite is Not Radioactive

 

Cobaltlotharmeyerite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 37.1.6.3 (37)Anhydrous Acid Phosphates, etc
  (37.1)with miscellaneous formulae
  (37.1.6)Dana Group
 
37.1.6.1 Lotharmeyerite CaZnMn(AsO3OH)4(OH)3 C 2/m,C 2,Cm Mono
 
37.1.6.2 Ferrilotharmeyerite Ca(Zn,Cu)(Fe,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
37.1.6.3 Cobaltlotharmeyerite ! Ca(Co,Fe,Ni)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
37.1.6.4 Nickellotharmeyerite! Ca(Ni,Fe,Co)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 C 2/m 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VII/C.31-35 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  VII/C - Water-bearing phosphates without unfamiliar anions, cations of medium and big size: Fe, Mn, Zn, Mg and Ca, (NH4)1+
  VII/C.31 - Mawbyite - Gartrellite series
 
VII/C.31-02 Schneebergite! Bi(Co,Ni)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VII/C.31-04 Nickelschneebergite! Bi(Ni,Co)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VII/C.31-05 Mawbyite Pb(FeZn)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VII/C.31-06 Cabalzarite! Ca(Mg,Al,Fe)2(AsO4)2(H2O,OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VII/C.31-08 Nickellotharmeyerite! Ca(Ni,Fe,Co)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VII/C.31-10 Ferrilotharmeyerite Ca(Zn,Cu)(Fe,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VII/C.31-20 Lotharmeyerite CaZnMn(AsO3OH)4(OH)3 C 2/m,C 2,Cm Mono
 
VII/C.31-30 Manganlotharmeyerite! Ca(Mn,Mg,)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VII/C.31-35 Cobaltlotharmeyerite Ca(Co,Fe,Ni)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VII/C.31-36 Cobalttsumcorite! Pb(Co,Fe)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VII/C.31-40 Thometzekite Pb(Cu,Zn)2(AsO4)2·2(H2O) C 2/m 2/m
 
VII/C.31-50 Tsumcorite PbZnFe(AsO4)2·(H2O) C 2/m 2/m
 
VII/C.31-74 Krettnichite! PbMn2(VO4)2(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VII/C.31-78 Lukrahnite! Ca(Cu,Zn)(Fe,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 P1 1
 
VII/C.31-80 Phosphogartrellite! PbCuFe(PO4)2(OH,H2O)2 P1 1
 
VII/C.31-90 Gartrellite Pb(Cu,Fe)2(AsO4,SO4)2(CO3,H2O)0.7 P1,P 1 Tri
 
VII/C.31-92 Zincgartrellite! Pb(Zn,Fe,Cu)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 P1 1
 
VII/C.31-98 Rappoldite! Pb(Co,Ni,Zn,)2(AsO4)2·2(H2O) P1 1
 
VII/C.31-100 Helmutwinklerite PbZn2(AsO4)2·2(H2O) P1 1
 

Other Cobaltlotharmeyerite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( MinRec, Vol 31, No 4) PHYS. PROP.(MinRec, Vol 31, No 4) OPTIC PROP.(MinRec, Vol 31, No 4)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Cobaltlotharmeyerite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas

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Cobaltlotharmeyerite

Ca(Co,Fe,Ni)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2
Dana No: 37.1.6.3 Strunz No: VII/C.31-35
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