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General Gebhardite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Pb8(As+++2O5)2OCl6
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 2,346.00 gm
   Arsenic   12.77 %  As   16.87 % As2O3
   Lead      70.66 %  Pb   76.11 % PbO
   Chlorine   9.07 %  Cl    9.07 % Cl
               -   %  Cl   -2.05 % -O=Cl2
   Oxygen     7.50 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Pb8As4O11Cl6
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1983
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 40343
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Gebhardite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.6003:1:3.0526
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 6.724, b = 11.2, c = 34.19, Z = 4; beta = 85.2° V = 2,565.78 Den(Calc)= 6.07
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/c
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 6.7(1), 3.68(0.8), 3.72(0.8),
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Klaska R , Gebert W , Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie , 159 (1982) p.75-76, Polytypie und struktur von gebhardit - Pb8OCl6(As2O5)2, Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

 

Physical Properties of Gebhardite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [001] Perfect, [010] Good
Help on Color: Color: Light brown.
Help on Density: Density: 6
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 3 - Calcite
Help on Luster: Luster: Adamantine
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Gebhardite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.081 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.069 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1812,KPDmeas= 0.1833,KC= 0.1695
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (-), a=2.08, g=2.12, bire=0.0400
 

Calculated Properties of Gebhardite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=5.06 gm/cc
note: rGebhardite =6.07 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.15618
Boson Index = 0.84382
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEGebhardite =1,311.50 barns/electron
U=PEGebhardite x relectron=6,637.39 barns/cc.

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

Gebhardite is Not Radioactive

 

Gebhardite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 46.2.5.1 (46)Basic or Halogen-Containing Antimonites, Arsenites and Phosphites
  (46.2)with miscellaneous formulae
  (46.2.5)Dana Group
 
46.2.5.1 Gebhardite Pb8(As2O5)2OCl6 P 21/c 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: IV/J.11-20 IV - Oxides
  IV/J - Arsenides with [As2O5]4- groups
  IV/J.11 - Paulmooreite - Gebhardite series
 
IV/J.11-10 Paulmooreite Pb2As2O5 P 21 2
 
IV/J.11-20 Gebhardite Pb8(As2O5)2OCl6 P 21/c 2/m
 

Other Gebhardite Information

Help on References: References: PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Gebhardite :
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

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Gebhardite

Pb8(As+++2O5)2OCl6
Dana No: 46.2.5.1 Strunz No: IV/J.11-20
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