Jahnsite-(CaFeFe) Mineral Data

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General Jahnsite-(CaFeFe) Information

Chemical Formula:

(Ca,Mn)(Fe++,Mn++)Fe++2Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 851.41 gm

Calcium 2.82 % Ca 3.95 % CaO

Magnesium 2.28 % Mg 3.79 % MgO

Manganese 3.87 % Mn 5.00 % MnO

Aluminum 0.32 % Al 0.60 % Al₂O₃

Iron 24.93 % Fe 16.03 % FeO / 17.82 % Fe₂O₃

Phosphorus 14.55 % P 33.34 % P₂O₅

Hydrogen 2.37 % H 21.16 % H₂O

Oxygen 48.86 % O

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100.00 % 101.69 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Ca_0.6Mn²⁺_0.6Fe²⁺_1.9Mg_0.8Fe³⁺_1.9Al_0.1(PO₄)₄·10(H₂O)

Environment:

Pliocene-Pleistocene clay deposits in vivianite nodules and secondary phosphates.

IMA Status:

Not Approved IMA

Locality:

Hime-Shima, Oita Prefecute and Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Richard H. Jahns (1915-1983), mineralogist and pegmatite expert, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.

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Jahnsite-(CaFeFe) Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =2.0849:1:1.3802

Cell Dimensions:

a = 14.97, b = 7.18, c = 9.91, Z = 2; beta = 110.5° V = 997.72 Den(Calc)= 2.83

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 2/a

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 9.28(1)(001), 4.642(0.5)(002), 2.834(0.35)(302),1.947(0.15)(024,405), 3.091(0.12)(412), 5.017(0.12)(210),

Physical Properties of Jahnsite-(CaFeFe)

Color:

Dark brown.

Habit:

Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.

Habit:

Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix.

Hardness:

4 - Fluorite

Luster:

Vitreous - Adamantine

Calculated Properties of Jahnsite-(CaFeFe)

Electron Density:

r_electron=2.82 gm/cc
note: r_{Jahnsite-(CaFeFe)}=2.83 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00784
Boson Index = 0.99216

Photoelectric:

PE_{Jahnsite-(CaFeFe)}= 9.39 barns/electron
U=PE_{Jahnsite-(CaFeFe)} x r_electron= 26.50 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Jahnsite-(CaFeFe) is Not Radioactive

Jahnsite-(CaFeFe) Classification

Dana Class:

37.0.0.0 (37)Phosphate Minerals

(37.0)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(Whiteite Group)

Strunz Class:

VII/X.00-00 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates

VII/X - Unclassified Strunz Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates

VII/X.00 - Whiteite Group

Other Jahnsite-(CaFeFe) Information

References:

NAME( AmMin, Vol 86, p 1114) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, Vol 86, p 1114)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Jahnsite-(CaFeFe) :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -MinDAT 6 -MinMax(Deutsch) 7 -MinMax(English) 8 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 9 -QUT Mineral Atlas

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Jahnsite-(CaFeFe)

(Ca,Mn)(Fe++,Mn++)Fe++2Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O)
Dana No: Unknown Strunz No: VII/X.00-00
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