[Newest Minerals] [Equipment] [Analytical Services] [About Us] [Mineral Gallery] [eBay Store] See Also: [Diamond Crystals] [Mineral News] [Hudson Institute] [Minerals on CDROM] Rare Minerals, Meteorites, Equipment and Analytical Services Excalibur Mineral Company, World leaders in the supply of rare species Serving the scientific and collector communities since 1974 General Perryite Information(Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)3 |
Molecular Weight = 550.26 gm |
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Iron 20.30 % Fe |
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Silicon 11.48 % Si |
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Nickel 64.00 % Ni |
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Phosphorus 4.22 % P |
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100.00 % |
Ni6Fe0+2Si2.25P0.75 |
Anomalously silicon-rich mesosiderite and enstatite chondrite meteorites, probably formed by exsolution from kamacite. |
Approved IMA 1965 |
Horse Creek and Mount Egerton iron meteorites. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
Named for Stuart Hoffman Perry (1874-1957), American newspaperman and leading private collector of meteorites, |
Perryite |
ICSD 74516 |
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PDF 17-222 |
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Perryite Crystallographya:c = 1:5.72018 |
a = 6.64, c = 37.982, Z = 12; V = 1,450.26 Den(Calc)= 7.56 |
Trigonal - Ditrigonal PyramidalH-M Symbol (3m) Space Group: R 3c |
By Intensity(I/Io): 1.924(1), 1.977(1), 2.15(0.65), |
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| Physical Properties of PerryiteGray white. |
Opaque |
Sub Metallic |
| Calculated Properties of PerryiteBulk Density (Electron Density)=7.22 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Perryite =7.56 gm/cc. Fermion Index = 0.01 |
Boson Index = 0.99 PEPerryite = 32.64 barns/electron |
U=PEPerryite x rElectron Density= 235.63 barns/cc. GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Perryite is Not Radioactive | Perryite Classification01.01.22.01 (01)Native Elements |
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(01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group |
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(01.01.22)Dana Group |
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01.BB.10 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides) |
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01.B - Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides and Phosphides |
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01.BB -Silicides |
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| Other Perryite InformationNAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) |
Links to other databases for Perryite : |
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - Google Images 6 - Google Scholar 7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 9 - MinDAT 10 - MinMax(Deutsch) 11 - MinMax(English) 12 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 - QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - Ruff.Info 15 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Perryite using: Visit our Advertisers for Perryite : AA Mineral SpecimensB & L Fine Minerals Crystalarium.com Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions Dakota Matrix Desert Winds Gems and Minerals Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club Wrights Rock Shop Translate Perryite Mineral Data : Ask about Perryite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Perryite Specimen Label here :
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