Maghagendorfite Mineral Data

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General Maghagendorfite Information

Chemical Formula:

NaMgMn(Fe++,Fe+++)2(PO4)3

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 498.84 gm

Sodium 4.61 % Na 6.21 % Na₂O

Magnesium 4.87 % Mg 8.08 % MgO

Manganese 11.01 % Mn 14.22 % MnO

Iron 22.39 % Fe 21.60 % FeO / 8.00 % Fe₂O₃

Phosphorus 18.63 % P 42.68 % P₂O₅

Oxygen 38.49 % O

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100.00 % 100.80 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

NaMgMn²⁺Fe²⁺_1.5Fe³⁺_0.5(PO₄)₃

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1979

Locality:

Dyke Lode, Custer, South Dakota, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named as MAGnesium hagendorfite.

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Maghagendorfite Crystallography

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: I 2₁/a

Physical Properties of Maghagendorfite

Cleavage:

[???] Good

Color:

Greenish black.

Hardness:

3.5 - Copper Penny

Streak:

gray green

Calculated Properties of Maghagendorfite

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.0098
Boson Index = 0.9902

Photoelectric:

PE_{Maghagendorfite}= 10.63 barns/electron
U=PE_{Maghagendorfite} x r_electron= . barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Maghagendorfite is Not Radioactive

Maghagendorfite Classification

Dana Class:

38.2.3.4 (38)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc

(38.2)(A+ B++)5 (XO4)3

(38.2.3)Alluaudite-Wyllieite Group (Alluaudite Subgroup)

38.2.3.1 Ferrohagendorfite* (Na,Ca)2Fe(Fe,Fe)2(PO4)3 I 2₁/a 2/m

38.2.3.2 Hagendorfite NaCaMn(Fe,Fe,Mg)2(PO4)3 I 2₁/a 2/m

38.2.3.3 Varulite NaCaMn(Mn,Fe,Fe)2(PO4)3 C 2/c 2/m

38.2.3.4 Maghagendorfite NaMgMn(Fe,Fe)2(PO4)3 I 2₁/a 2/m

38.2.3.5 Ferroalluaudite NaCaFe(Fe,Mn,Fe,Mg)2(PO4)3 C 2/a 2/m

38.2.3.6 Alluaudite NaCaFe(Mn,Fe,Fe,Mg)2(PO4)3 C 2/c 2/m

38.2.3.7 Odanielite Na(Zn,Mg)3H2(AsO4)3 C 2/c 2/m

38.2.3.8 Johillerite Na(Mg,Zn)3Cu(AsO4)3 I2/c 2/m

38.2.3.9 Nickenichite Na0,8Ca0,4(Mg,Fe,Al)3Cu0,4(AsO4)3 C 2/c 2/m

38.2.3.10 Yazganite! NaFe2(Mg,Mn)(AsO4)3·H2O C 2/c 2/m

Strunz Class:

VII/A.06-80 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates

VII/A - Waterfree phosphates [PO4]3- without unfamiliar anions, cations of medium and big size: Mg, Mn,Fe, Cu, Zn, and Ca, Na

VII/A.06 - Alluaudite- Hagendorfite group

VII/A.06-10 Qingheiite Na2(Mn,Mg,Fe)(Al,Fe)(PO4)3 P 2₁/n 2/m

VII/A.06-20 Bobfergusonite Na2Mn5FeAl(PO4)6 P 2₁/n 2/m

VII/A.06-30 Ferrowyllieite (Na,Ca,Mn)(Fe,Mn)(Fe,Fe,Mg)Al(PO4)3 P 2₁/n 2/m

VII/A.06-40 Wyllieite (Na,Ca,Mn)(Mn,Fe)(Fe,Fe,Mg)Al(PO4)3 P 2₁/n 2/m

VII/A.06-50 Rosemaryite (Na,Ca,Mn)(Mn,Fe)(Fe,Fe,Mg)Al(PO4)3 P 2₁/n 2/m

VII/A.06-60 Ferroalluaudite NaCaFe(Fe,Mn,Fe,Mg)2(PO4)3 C 2/a 2/m

VII/A.06-70 Alluaudite NaCaFe(Mn,Fe,Fe,Mg)2(PO4)3 C 2/c 2/m

VII/A.06-80 Maghagendorfite NaMgMn(Fe,Fe)2(PO4)3 I 2₁/a 2/m

VII/A.06-85 Ferrohagendorfite* (Na,Ca)2Fe(Fe,Fe)2(PO4)3 I 2₁/a 2/m

VII/A.06-90 Hagendorfite NaCaMn(Fe,Fe,Mg)2(PO4)3 I 2₁/a 2/m

VII/A.06-100 Varulite NaCaMn(Mn,Fe,Fe)2(PO4)3 C 2/c 2/m

VII/A.06-110 Arseniopleite (Ca,Na)(Na,Pb)Mn(Mn,Mg,Fe)2(AsO4)3 I2/a 2/m

VII/A.06-120 Caryinite (Na,Pb)(Ca,Na)(Ca,Mn)(Mn,Mg)2(AsO4)3 I2/c 2/m

Other Maghagendorfite Information

References:

PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Maghagendorfite :
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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Maghagendorfite

NaMgMn(Fe++,Fe+++)2(PO4)3
Dana No: 38.2.3.4 Strunz No: VII/A.06-80
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