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Maufite Mineral Data + |
General Maufite Information |
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| (Mg,Ni)Al4Si3O13·4(H2O) (?) | |||
| Molecular Weight = 505.14 gm | |||
| Magnesium 3.61 % Mg 5.98 % MgO | |||
| Aluminum 21.37 % Al 40.37 % Al2O3 | |||
| Silicon 16.68 % Si 35.68 % SiO2 | |||
| Nickel 2.90 % Ni 3.70 % NiO | |||
| Hydrogen 1.60 % H 14.27 % H2O | |||
| Oxygen 53.84 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Mg0.75Ni0.25Al4Si3O13·4(H2O) | |||
| As a seam in serpentine adjacent to a diabase dike. An inadequately described species. | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1930 | |||
| On Ruorka Ranch, 2.4 km northeast of the Umvukwe geodetic beacon, Mazoe district, Umvukwe Mountains, Zimbabwe. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named for Herbert Brantwood Maufe (1879-1976), director of the Geological Service of Rhodesia | |||
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Maufite Crystallography |
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| MonoclinicSpace Group: Mono ? | |||
Physical Properties of Maufite |
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| Emerald green. | |||
| 2.27 | |||
| Translucent | |||
| Regular - Flat surfaces (not cleavage) fractured in a regular pattern. | |||
| Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters. | |||
| Fibrous - Crystals made up of fibers. | |||
| Wheat Sheaf - Bundle shaped aggregates resembling wheat sheafs after hand reaping wheat. | |||
| 3 - Calcite | |||
| greenish white | |||
Optical Properties of Maufite |
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| NCalc= 1.51 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.2248) where Ncalc=Dmeas*KC+1 | |||
Calculated Properties of Maufite |
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relectron=2.28 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.01198 Boson Index = 0.98802 |
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PEMaufite = 2.50 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Maufite is Not Radioactive |
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Maufite Classification |
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| 78.7.13.1 (78)Unclassified silicates | |||
| (78.7)wholly unclassified silicates | |||
| (78.7.13)Dana Group | |||
| VIII/H.27-180 VIII - Silicates | |||
| VIII/H - Phyllosilicates (layered) Mica like with [Si4O10]4- and related groups | |||
| VIII/H.27 - Serpentine group | |||
Other Maufite Information |
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| NAME( AntBidBlaNic2) PHYS. PROP.(AntBidBlaNic2) | |||
| Links to other databases for Maufite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Maufite using: Visit our Advertisers for Maufite : AA Mineral SpecimensB & L Fine Minerals Crystal Vaults Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions e-Rocks Auctions Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Greenside Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club MineralsWeb Fine Minerals Rockshop.cz T G Fine Minerals Wrights Rock Shop Translate Maufite Mineral Data : Ask about Maufite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Maufite Specimen Label here :
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