Ferrazite Mineral Data

Ferrazite Mineral Data

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General Ferrazite Information

Chemical Formula:

(Pb,Ba)3(PO4)2·8(H2O) (?)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 903.26 gm

Barium 11.40 % Ba 12.73 % BaO

Phosphorus 6.86 % P 15.71 % P₂O₅

Hydrogen 1.79 % H 15.96 % H₂O

Lead 51.61 % Pb 55.60 % PbO

Oxygen 28.34 % O

______ ______

100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

3(Pb_0.75)3(Ba_0.25)(PO₄)₂·8(H₂O)

Environment:

Fava pebble concretions.

IMA Status:

Discredited IMA 1996

Locality:

Found in the Brazilian diamond deposits near Diamantina, Brazil Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named in 1919 for Jorge Palmiro de Araujo Ferraz (1883-1926) of the Geological Survey of Brazil.

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Ferrazite Crystallography

Crystal System:

Triclinic

Calculated Properties of Ferrazite

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.13452
Boson Index = 0.86548

Photoelectric:

PE_Ferrazite= 945.43 barns/electron
U=PE_Ferrazite x r_electron= . barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Ferrazite is Not Radioactive

Ferrazite Classification

Dana Class:

40.3.13.1 (40)Hydrated Phosphates, etc

(40.3)where (A++)3 (XO4)2 · x(H2O)

(40.3.13)Dana Group

40.3.13.1 Ferrazite ? (Pb,Ba)3(PO4)2·8(H2O)(?) Tri

Strunz Class:

VII/C.30-10 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.30 - Ferrazite ? series

VII/C.30-10 Ferrazite (Pb,Ba)3(PO4)2·8(H2O)(?) Tri

Other Ferrazite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Ferrazite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas 11 -École des Mines de Paris

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Ferrazite

(Pb,Ba)3(PO4)2·8(H2O) (?)
Dana No: 40.3.13.1 Strunz No: VII/C.30-10
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