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Elyite Mineral Data + |
General Elyite Information |
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| Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4·(H2O) | |||
| Molecular Weight = 1,106.45 gm | |||
| Copper 5.74 % Cu 7.19 % CuO | |||
| Hydrogen 0.55 % H 4.88 % H2O | |||
| Lead 74.91 % Pb 80.69 % PbO | |||
| Sulfur 2.90 % S 7.24 % SO3 | |||
| Oxygen 15.91 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4·(H2O) | |||
| In vugs in oxidizing Pb-Cu-Zn sulfide ores. Common as a smelter product in slags. | |||
| Approved IMA 1972 | |||
| Silver King mine, Ward, Nevada, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named for John Ely, an important figure in the early mining history of eastern Nevada. | |||
| ICSD 89798 | |||
| PDF 50-1613 | |||
Elyite Image | |||
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Elyite Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =1.2342:1:1.2669 | |||
| a = 14.233, b = 11.532, c = 14.611, Z = 8; beta = 100.45° V = 2,358.40 Den(Calc)= 6.23 | |||
| Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/c | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 6.999(1), 7.189(0.99), 2.995(0.73), | |||
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Physical Properties of Elyite |
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| [100] Good | |||
| Violet, Lavender. | |||
| 6 | |||
| Transparent | |||
| Sectile - Curved shavings or scrapings produced by a knife blade, (e.g. graphite). | |||
| Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix. | |||
| 2 - Gypsum | |||
| Silky | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Elyite |
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| CI meas= -0.11 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.069 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1593,KPDmeas= 0.1654,KC= 0.149 |
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| Biaxial (-), a=1.99, b=1.993, g=1.994, bire=0.0040, 2V(Calc)=58, 2V(Meas)=66. | |||
Calculated Properties of Elyite |
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relectron=5.26 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.16583 Boson Index = 0.83417 |
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PEElyite =1,365.28 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Elyite is Not Radioactive |
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Elyite Classification |
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| 30.1.2.1 (30)Anhydrous Sulfates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen | |||
| (30.1)where (A B)m (XO4)p Zq where m:p>2:1 | |||
| (30.1.2)Dana Group | |||
| VI/B.10-40 VI - Sulfates,Chromates,Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| VI/B - Waterfree sulfates [SO4]2- with unfamiliar anions. cations of medium size | |||
| VI/B.10 - Linarite - Mammothite series | |||
Other Elyite Information |
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| NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, Vol 85, p 1816) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | |||
| Links to other databases for Elyite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - WWW-MINCRYST 13 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Elyite using: Visit our Advertisers for Elyite : Translate Elyite Mineral Data : Ask about Elyite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Elyite Specimen Label here :
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