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General Perryite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: (Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)3
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 550.26 gm
   Iron        20.30 %  Fe
   Silicon     11.48 %  Si
   Nickel      64.00 %  Ni
   Phosphorus   4.22 %  P
              ______ 
              100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ni6Fe0+2Si2.25P0.75
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1965
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 74516
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Perryite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:5.72018
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 6.64, c = 37.982, Z = 12; V = 1,450.26 Den(Calc)= 7.56
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Trigonal - Ditrigonal PyramidalH-M Symbol (3m) Space Group: R 3c
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 1.924(1), 1.977(1), 2.15(0.65),
 

Physical Properties of Perryite

Help on Color: Color: Gray white.
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Opaque
Help on Luster: Luster: Sub Metallic
 

Calculated Properties of Perryite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=7.22 gm/cc
note: rPerryite =7.56 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.01689
Boson Index = 0.98311
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEPerryite = 32.64 barns/electron
U=PEPerryite x relectron= 235.63 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Perryite is Not Radioactive

 

Perryite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 1.1.22.1 (1)Native Elements
  (1.1)with metallic elements other than the platinum group
  (1.1.22)Dana Group
 
1.1.22.1 Perryite (Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)3 R 3c 3m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: I/A.12-10 I - Elements
  I/A - Metallic and intermetallic compounds, Carbides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Silicides
  I/A.12 - Perryite-Ferdisilicite series
 
I/A.12-10 Perryite (Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)3 R 3c 3m
 
I/A.12-20 Suessite (Fe,Ni)3Si I m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
I/A.12-30 Gupeiite Fe3Si F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
I/A.12-35 Hapkeite! Fe2Si P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
I/A.12-40 Xifengite Fe5Si3 P 63/mcm 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
I/A.12-50 Fersilicite* FeSi P 213 2 3
 
I/A.12-60 Ferdisilicite* FeSi2 P 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 

Other Perryite Information

Help on References: References: PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Perryite :
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 - WWW-MINCRYST 13 -École des Mines de Paris

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Perryite

(Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)3
Dana No: 1.1.22.1 Strunz No: I/A.12-10
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