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Oboyerite Mineral Data + |
General Oboyerite Information |
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| Pb6H6(Te++++O3)3(Te++++++O6)2·2(H2O) | |||
| Molecular Weight = 2,259.27 gm | |||
| Tellurium 28.24 % Te 35.32 % TeO2 | |||
| Hydrogen 0.45 % H 3.99 % H2O | |||
| Lead 55.03 % Pb 59.28 % PbO | |||
| Oxygen 16.29 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 98.58 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Pb6H6(TeO3)3(TeO6)2·2(H2O) | |||
| In an altered, mineralized shale. | |||
| Approved IMA 1979 | |||
| Grand Central mine, Tombstone, Arizona, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named for O. (Oliver) Boyer, one of the men who first staked the Grand Central lode claim in the Tombstone district, Arizona, USA. | |||
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Oboyerite Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =0.8104:1:0.4544 | |||
| a = 12.249, b = 15.113, c = 6.868, Z = 2; alpha = 116.45°, beta = 98.58°, gamma = 85.82° V = 1,122.58 Den(Calc)= 6.68 | |||
| TriclinicSpace Group: P1 or P1 | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 3.04(1), 3.18(0.7), 2.976(0.5), | |||
Physical Properties of Oboyerite |
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| [???] Perfect | |||
| White, Milky white. | |||
| 6.4 | |||
| Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters. | |||
| Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes. | |||
| Spherical - Spherical, rounded aggregates. | |||
| 1.5 - Between Talc and Gypsum | |||
| Non-fluorescent. | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Oboyerite |
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| CI meas= -0.195 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.145 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1871,KPDmeas= 0.1953,KC= 0.1634 |
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| Biaxial (?), a=2.24, g=2.26, bire=0.0200 | |||
Calculated Properties of Oboyerite |
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relectron=5.59 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.14425 Boson Index = 0.85575 |
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PEOboyerite =1,112.17 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Oboyerite is Not Radioactive |
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Oboyerite Classification |
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| 34.8.3.1 (34)Selenites - Tellurites - Sulfites | |||
| (34.8)Dana Type | |||
| (34.8.3)Dana Group | |||
| IV/K.19-20 IV - Oxides | |||
| IV/K - Complex Tellurides with [TeO6]6-, [TeO3]2- and [TeO4]2- groups | |||
| IV/K.19 - Girdite - Eztlite series | |||
Other Oboyerite Information |
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| NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8) | |||
| Links to other databases for Oboyerite : 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 Search for Oboyerite using: Visit our Advertisers for Oboyerite : Translate Oboyerite Mineral Data : Ask about Oboyerite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Oboyerite Specimen Label here :
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