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General Glaucocerinite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: (Zn,Cu)5Al3(SO4)1.5(OH)16·9(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 982.56 gm
   Aluminum   8.24 %  Al   15.57 % Al2O3
   Zinc      19.97 %  Zn   24.85 % ZnO
   Copper    12.93 %  Cu   16.19 % CuO
   Hydrogen   3.49 %  H    31.17 % H2O
   Sulfur     4.90 %  S    12.22 % SO3
   Oxygen    50.48 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Zn3Cu2Al3(SO4)1.5(OH)16·9(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: Ancient lead slags.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1932
Help on Locality: Locality: Laurium, Greece. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named from the Greek for "blue" and "waxlike".
 

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Glaucocerinite

Comments: Botryoidal crust of blue glaucocerinite.
Location: Mina Serpieri, Laurium, Attiki, Greece. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Glaucocerinite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:10.63788
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 3.057, c = 32.52, Z = 0.375; V = 263.19 Den(Calc)= 2.32
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: TrigonalSpace Group: Unk (HEX-R)
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 10.9(1), 5.45(0.9), 3.63(0.8),
 

Physical Properties of Glaucocerinite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [???] Perfect
Help on Color: Color: White, Sky blue, Gray, Greenish, Brownish.
Help on Density: Density: 2.4
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent
Help on Habit: Habit: Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.
Help on Habit: Habit: Nodular - Tuberose forms having irregular protuberances over the surface.
Help on Habit: Habit: Radial - Crystals radiate from a center without producing stellar forms (e.g. stibnite)
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 1 - Talc
Help on Luster: Luster: Waxy
Help on Streak: Streak: bluish white
 

Optical Properties of Glaucocerinite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.015 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.05 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2379,KPDmeas= 0.23,KC= 0.2266
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (-), a=1.54, b=1.554, g=1.562, bire=0.0220, 2V(Calc)=72, 2V(Meas)=60.
 

Calculated Properties of Glaucocerinite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=2.41 gm/cc
note: rGlaucocerinite =2.40 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.0088
Boson Index = 0.9912
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEGlaucocerinite = 15.58 barns/electron
U=PEGlaucocerinite x relectron= 37.53 barns/cc.

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

Glaucocerinite is Not Radioactive

 

Glaucocerinite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 31.4.8.1 (31)Hydrated Sulfates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
  (31.4)where (A+ B++)4 (XO4) Zq·x(H2O)
  (31.4.8)Dana Group
 
31.4.8.1 Glaucocerinite (Zn,Cu)5Al3(SO4)1.5(OH)16·9(H2O) Unk (HEX-R) Trig
 
31.4.8.2 Natroglaucocerinite! (Na,Zn,Cu)10Al6(SO4)3(OH)32·18(H2O)? Unk
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VI/D.08-110 VI - Sulfates,Chromates,Molybdates and Tungstates
  VI/D - Water-bearing sulfates with unfamiliar anions. cations of medium size
  VI/D.08 - Spangolite - Glaucocerinite series
 
VI/D.08-05 Bechererite! (Zn,Cu)6Zn2(OH)13[(S,Si)(O,OH)4]2 P 3 3
 
VI/D.08-10 Spangolite Cu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3(H2O) P 31c 3m
 
VI/D.08-20 Cyanotrichite Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12·2(H2O) Unk Ortho
 
VI/D.08-30 Carbonate-cyanotrichite Cu4Al2(CO3,SO4)(OH)12·2(H2O) Unk Ortho
 
VI/D.08-35 Camerolaite Cu4Al2[HSbO4,SO4](OH)10(CO3)·2(H2O) P 21 ? 2
 
VI/D.08-40 Woodwardite Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12·2-4(H2O) Unk Hex
 
VI/D.08-42 Hydrowoodwardite! Cu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2·n(H2O)with0<x<0.67andn>3x/2 R 3m 3 2/m
 
VI/D.08-45 Zincowoodwardite! [Zn1-xAlx(OH)2][(SO4)x/2(H2O)n] P 3- or R 3m 3
 
VI/D.08-45* Zincowoodwardite-1T! [Zn1BxAlx(OH)2][(SO4)x/2·n(H2O)],x=0.33,n.0.96 P 3 3
 
VI/D.08-45** Zincowoodwardite-3R! [Zn1BxAlx(OH)2][(SO4)x/2·n(H2O)],0.32<x<0.50,n=0.59 R 3m 3 2/m
 
VI/D.08-50 Chalcoalumite CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3(H2O) P 21 2
 
VI/D.08-60 Nickelalumite (Ni,Cu)Al4[(SO4),(NO3)2](OH)12·3(H2O) P 21 2
 
VI/D.08-70 Mbobomkulite (Ni,Cu)Al4(NO3,SO4)2(OH)12·3(H2O) P 21 2
 
VI/D.08-80 Hydrombobomkulite (Ni,Cu)Al4(NO3,SO4)2(OH)12·14(H2O) Unk Mono
 
VI/D.08-90 Carrboydite (Ni,Cu)14Al9(SO4,CO3)6(OH)43·7(H2O) Unk Hex
 
VI/D.08-100 Zincaluminite Zn6Al6(SO4)2(OH)26·5(H2O) Unk Hex
 
VI/D.08-110 Glaucocerinite (Zn,Cu)5Al3(SO4)1.5(OH)16·9(H2O) Unk (HEX-R) Trig
 

Other Glaucocerinite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) 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 Glaucocerinite :
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 -École des Mines de Paris

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Glaucocerinite

(Zn,Cu)5Al3(SO4)1.5(OH)16·9(H2O)
Dana No: 31.4.8.1 Strunz No: VI/D.08-110
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