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Iodargyrite Mineral Data + |
General Iodargyrite Information |
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| AgI | |||
| Molecular Weight = 234.77 gm | |||
| Silver 45.95 % Ag 49.35 % Ag2O | |||
| Iodine 54.05 % I 54.05 % I | |||
| - % I -3.41 % -O=I2 | |||
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| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| AgI | |||
| Secondary mineral associated with weathered silver ores. | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1854 | |||
| Broken Hill, New South Wales. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named after its chemical composition if iodine (Greek, iodes = "violet") and silver (Latin, argentum). | |||
| ICSD 65063 | |||
| Iodyrite | |||
| PDF 9-374 | |||
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Iodargyrite Crystallography |
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| a:c = 1:1.63538 | |||
| a = 4.5922, c = 7.51, Z = 2; V = 137.16 Den(Calc)= 5.68 | |||
| Hexagonal - Dihexagonal PyramidalH-M Symbol (6mm) Space Group: P 63mc | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 3.73(1), 2.296(0.85), 3.98(0.6), | |||
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Physical Properties of Iodargyrite |
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| [0001] Perfect | |||
| Colorless, Pale yellow, Yellow, Greenish yellow, Gray. | |||
| 5.5 - 5.7, Average = 5.6 | |||
| Transparent to translucent | |||
| Conchoidal - Uneven - Uneven fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments. | |||
| Platy - Sheet forms (e.g. micas). | |||
| 1.5-2 - Talc-Gypsum | |||
| Adamantine - Greasy | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Iodargyrite |
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| CI meas= -0.055 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.04 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2139,KPDmeas= 0.217,KC= 0.2056 |
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| Uniaxial (+), w=2.21, e=2.22, bire=0.0100. | |||
Calculated Properties of Iodargyrite |
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relectron=4.84 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0 Boson Index = 1 |
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PEIodargyrite = 336.51 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Iodargyrite is Not Radioactive |
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Iodargyrite Classification |
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| 9.1.5.1 (9)Anhydrous and Hydrated Halides | |||
| (9.1)where A X | |||
| (9.1.5)Dana Group | |||
| III/A.03-10 III - Halogenides | |||
| III/A - Simple halogenides, without water Metal : Halogen = 1 : 1 | |||
| III/A.03 - Jordargyrite - Tocornalite series | |||
Other Iodargyrite Information |
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| NAME( Emsley91) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | |||
| Links to other databases for Iodargyrite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 - WWW-MINCRYST 14 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Iodargyrite using: Visit our Advertisers for Iodargyrite : Translate Iodargyrite Mineral Data : Ask about Iodargyrite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Iodargyrite Specimen Label here :
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