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- 1.1.17.1 Tongbaite Cr3C2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
- 1.1.17.2 Florenskyite ! (Fe,Ni)TiP P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
- I/A.11-05 Florenskyite (Fe,Ni)TiP P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
- I/A.11-10 Barringerite (Fe,Ni)2P P 62m 6 m2
- I/A.11-20 Schreibersite (Fe,Ni)3P I 4 4
- I/A.11-30 Nickelphosphide! (Ni,Fe)3P I 4 4
General Florenskyite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
(Fe,Ni)TiP | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 134.03 gm | ||
| Titanium 30.36 % Ti | |||
| Iron 40.83 % Fe | |||
| Nickel 5.69 % Ni | |||
| Phosphorus 23.11 % P | |||
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| 100.00 % | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
Fe0+0.98Ni0.13Ti0.85P | ||
| Environment: |
Inclusion in serpentine in a carbonaceous, enstatitic, and Rumaruti type chondrodite meteorite. Anti-PbCl2 structure. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) | ||
| Locality: |
Kaidum chondritic meteorite, which fell in South Yemen in 1980. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
Named for Cyrill P. Florensky (1915-19820, Russian geochemist, who is one of the founders of Colleagues in the Laboratory of Comparative Planetology. | ||
| Synonym: |
ICSD 89711 | ||
| IMA1999-013 | |||
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Florenskyite Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:b:c =1.6676:1:1.9147 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 6.007, b = 3.602, c = 6.897, Z = 4; V = 149.23 Den(Calc)= 5.97 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P nma | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.301(1)(112), 2.188(0.88)(211), 2.307(0.47)(210),1.801(0.45)(020), 1.938(0.45)(013), 1.115(0.38)(230), 1.923(0.34)(301), 2.147(0.31)(103), | ||
Physical Properties of Florenskyite |
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| Color: |
Cream white. | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Opaque | ||
| Habit: |
Inclusions - Generally found as inclusions in other minerals. | ||
| Habit: |
Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes. | ||
| Luster: |
Metallic | ||
Optical Properties of Florenskyite |
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| Optical Data: |
NCalc= 2.77 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.296) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1 |
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| RL Color: |
Creamy white. | ||
Calculated Properties of Florenskyite |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=5.60 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.04856 Boson Index = 0.95144 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEFlorenskyite = 21.02 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Florenskyite is Not Radioactive |
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Florenskyite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
1.1.17.2 (1)Native Elements | ||
| (1.1)with metallic elements other than the platinum group | |||
| (1.1.17)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
I/A.11-05 I - Elements | ||
| I/A - Metallic and intermetallic compounds, Carbides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Silicides | |||
| I/A.11 - Barringerite-Schreibersite series | |||
Other Florenskyite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( AmMin, Vol 85, p 1082) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, Vol 85, p 1082) OPTIC PROP.(AmMin, Vol 85, p 1082) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Florenskyite : 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 Search for Florenskyite using: Visit our Advertisers for Florenskyite : Translate Florenskyite Mineral Data : Ask about Florenskyite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Florenskyite Specimen Label here :
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