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General Phosphammite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: (NH4)2HPO4
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 132.06 gm
   Phosphorus  23.45 %  P    53.74 % P2O5
   Hydrogen     6.11 %  H      -   % Calc as (NH4)2O
   Hydrogen     0.76 %  H     6.82 % H2O
   Nitrogen    21.21 %  N    39.43 % (NH4)2O
   Oxygen      48.46 %  O
              ______        ______ 
              100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: (NH4)2(HPO4)
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1870
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 2799
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Phosphammite

Comments: Tan opaque granular phosphammite.
Location: Guanape Islands, La Libertad, Peru. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Phosphammite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =1.6048:1:1.1959
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 10.735, b = 6.689, c = 8, Z = 4; beta = 109.72° V = 540.76 Den(Calc)= 1.62
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/c
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 5.05(1), 5.57(0.75), 4.94(0.65),
 

Physical Properties of Phosphammite

Help on Color: Color: Colorless.
Help on Density: Density: 1.33
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Phosphammite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -2.209 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -1.634 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.3202,KPDmeas= 0.39,KC= 0.1215
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (+), a=1.508, b=1.518, g=1.53, bire=0.0220
 

Calculated Properties of Phosphammite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=1.72 gm/cc
note: rPhosphammite =1.62 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.21159
Boson Index = 0.78841
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEPhosphammite = 1.18 barns/electron
U=PEPhosphammite x relectron= 2.02 barns/cc.

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

Phosphammite is Not Radioactive

 

Phosphammite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 37.1.3.1 (37)Anhydrous Acid Phosphates, etc
  (37.1)with miscellaneous formulae
  (37.1.3)Dana Group
 
37.1.3.1 Phosphammite (NH4)2HPO4 P 21/c 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VII/A.12-30 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  VII/A - Waterfree phosphates [PO4]3- without unfamiliar anions, cations of very big size: Ca, Na and andre
  VII/A.12 - Monetite - Schultenite series
 
VII/A.12-10 Monetite CaHPO4 P1 1
 
VII/A.12-20 Weilite CaHAsO4 P1 1
 
VII/A.12-30 Phosphammite (NH4)2HPO4 P 21/c 2/m
 
VII/A.12-40 Biphosphammite (NH4,K)H2PO4 I 42d 4 2m
 
VII/A.12-50 Archerite (K,NH4)H2PO4 I 42d 4 2m
 
VII/A.12-60 Olgite Na(Sr,Ba)PO4 P 3 3
 
VII/A.12-70 Bario-olgite! Na(Ba,Sr,Na,REE)PO4 P 3 3
 

Other Phosphammite Information

Help on References: References: PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Phosphammite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 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

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Phosphammite

(NH4)2HPO4
Dana No: 37.1.3.1 Strunz No: VII/A.12-30
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