Lanmuchangite Mineral Data

Lanmuchangite Mineral Data

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General Lanmuchangite Information

Chemical Formula:

TlAl(SO4)2·12(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 637.87 gm

Aluminum 4.23 % Al 7.99 % Al₂O₃

Thallium 32.04 % Tl 33.30 % Tl₂O

Hydrogen 3.76 % H 33.61 % H₂O

Sulfur 10.05 % S 25.10 % SO₃

Oxygen 49.91 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

TlAl(SO₄)₂·11.9(H₂O)

Environment:

Secondary mineral in the oxidation zone.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Lanmuchang Tl-Hg deposit, Xinren County, Guizhou Province, China. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the locality.

Synonym:

IMA2001-018

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Lanmuchangite Crystallography

Cell Dimensions:

a = 12.212, Z = 4; V = 1,821.21 Den(Calc)= 2.33

Crystal System:

Isometric - DiploidalH-M Symbol (2/m 3) Space Group: P a3

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 4.314(1)(220), 2.801(0.7)(331), 7.03(0.54)(111),2.731(0.35)(420), 6.11(0.27)(200), 3.524(0.24)(222), 3.676(0.22),

Physical Properties of Lanmuchangite

Color:

Light yellow, White.

Density:

2.22

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Habit:

Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.

Habit:

Anhedral Grains - Granular minerals without the expression of crystal shapes

Habit:

Water Soluble - Water soluble mineral.

Hardness:

3-3.5 - Calcite-Copper Penny

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Lanmuchangite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.044 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.005 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2124,KPDmeas= 0.223,KC= 0.2135

Optical Data:

Isotropic, n=1.495.

Calculated Properties of Lanmuchangite

Electron Density:

r_electron=2.26 gm/cc
note: r_{Lanmuchangite}=2.33 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00099
Boson Index = 0.99901

Photoelectric:

PE_{Lanmuchangite}= 487.32 barns/electron
U=PE_{Lanmuchangite} x r_electron=1,100.08 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Lanmuchangite is Not Radioactive

Lanmuchangite Classification

Dana Class:

29.5.5.5 (29)Hydrated Acid and Sulfates

(29.5)where A B (XO4)2 · x(H2O)

(29.5.5)Alum Group

29.5.5.1 Potassium-alum KAl(SO4)2·12(H2O) P a3 2/m 3

29.5.5.2 Sodium-alum NaAl(SO4)2·12(H2O) P a3 2/m 3

29.5.5.3 Tschermigite (NH4)Al(SO4)2·12(H2O) P a3 2/m 3

29.5.5.4 Lonecreekite (NH4)(Fe,Al)(SO4)2·12(H2O) P a3 2/m 3

29.5.5.5 Lanmuchangite ! TlAl(SO4)2·12(H2O) P a3 2/m 3

Strunz Class:

VI/C.14-45 VI - Sulfates,Chromates,Molybdates and Tungstates

VI/C - Water-bearing sulfates without unfamiliar anions. cations of medium and very big size

VI/C.14 - Sodium alum - Zincovoltaite series

VI/C.14-10 Sodium-alum NaAl(SO4)2·12(H2O) P a3 2/m 3

VI/C.14-20 Potassium-alum KAl(SO4)2·12(H2O) P a3 2/m 3

VI/C.14-30 Tschermigite (NH4)Al(SO4)2·12(H2O) P a3 2/m 3

VI/C.14-40 Lonecreekite (NH4)(Fe,Al)(SO4)2·12(H2O) P a3 2/m 3

VI/C.14-45 Lanmuchangite TlAl(SO4)2·12(H2O) P a3 2/m 3

VI/C.14-50 Voltaite K2Fe5Fe3Al(SO4)12·18(H2O) F d3c 4/m 3 2/m

VI/C.14-60 Zincovoltaite K2Zn5Fe3Al(SO4)12·18(H2O) F d3c 4/m 3 2/m

Other Lanmuchangite Information

References:

NAME( AmMin, vol 87, p 996) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, vol 87, p 996) OPTIC PROP.(AmMin, vol 87, p 996)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Lanmuchangite :
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

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Lanmuchangite

TlAl(SO4)2·12(H2O)
Dana No: 29.5.5.5 Strunz No: VI/C.14-45
Locality:

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