Reinerite Mineral Data

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General Reinerite Information

Chemical Formula:

Zn3(As+++O3)2

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 442.01 gm

Zinc 44.38 % Zn 55.24 % ZnO

Arsenic 33.90 % As 44.76 % As₂O₃

Oxygen 21.72 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Zn₃(AsO₃)₂

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1959

Locality:

Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Synonym:

ICSD 10400

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Reinerite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.4228:1:0.5421

Cell Dimensions:

a = 6.092, b = 14.407, c = 7.811, Z = 4; V = 685.55 Den(Calc)= 4.28

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pbam

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 4(1), 2.644(0.8), 3.2(0.8),

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Ghose S , Boving P , LaChapelle W A , Wan C , American Mineralogist , 62 (1977) p.1129-1134, Reinerite, Zn3(AsO3)2: an arsenite with a novel type of Zn-tetrahedral, double chain

Physical Properties of Reinerite

Cleavage:

[110] Good, [011] Good, [111] Good

Color:

Blue, Light yellow green.

Density:

4.27

Hardness:

5-5.5 - Apatite-Knife Blade

Luster:

Vitreous - Adamantine

Optical Properties of Reinerite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.047 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.049 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.183,KPDmeas= 0.1835,KC= 0.1925

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.74, b=1.79, g=1.82, bire=0.0800

Calculated Properties of Reinerite

Electron Density:

r_electron=3.94 gm/cc
note: r_Reinerite=4.27 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.0183
Boson Index = 0.9817

Photoelectric:

PE_Reinerite= 46.71 barns/electron
U=PE_Reinerite x r_electron= 184.11 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Reinerite is Not Radioactive

Reinerite Classification

Dana Class:

45.1.1.1 (45)Acid and normal Antimonites, Arsenites and Phosphites

(45.1)with miscellaneous formulae

(45.1.1)Dana Group

45.1.1.1 Reinerite Zn3(AsO3)2 Pbam 2/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

IV/J.01-10 IV - Oxides

IV/J - Arsenides with [AsO3]3- groups

IV/J.01 - Reinerite series

IV/J.01-10 Reinerite Zn3(AsO3)2 Pbam 2/m 2/m 2/m

IV/J.01-30 Orlandiite! Pb3(Cl,OH)4(SeO3)·(H2O) P1 1

Other Reinerite Information

References:

PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Reinerite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 - HyperPhysics 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 - WWW-MINCRYST 14 -École des Mines de Paris

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Reinerite

Zn3(As+++O3)2
Dana No: 45.1.1.1 Strunz No: IV/J.01-10
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