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General Rodolicoite Information

Chemical Formula:

Fe+++PO4

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 150.82 gm

Iron 37.03 % Fe 52.94 % Fe₂O₃

Phosphorus 20.54 % P 47.06 % P₂O₅

Oxygen 42.43 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Fe³⁺(PO₄)

Environment:

As nodules in cavities intergrown with grattarolaite. Isostructural with berlinite; polymorphic relationship with heterosite.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

The Castelnuovo mine, Santa Barbara lignite area, Upper Arno River Valley, 30 km SE of Florence, Italy. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named after Francesco Rodolico (1905–1988), professor of mineralogy, University of Florence, Italy, specialist of the history of geology and of building and ornamental materials, au thor of Le pietre delle città d’Italia

Synonym:

ICSD 38062

IMA1995-038

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Rodolicoite Image

Images:

Rodolicoite Grattarolaite

Comments: Brown grattarolaite, intimately intergrown with brown rodolicoite.
Location: Castelnuovo Mine, Santa Barbara lignite district, San Giovanni Valdarno, Valdarno (Val d'Arno), Arezzo Province, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Rodolicoite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:2.22167

Cell Dimensions:

a = 5.048, c = 11.215, Z = 3; V = 247.50 Den(Calc)= 3.04

Crystal System:

Trigonal - TrapezohedralH-M Symbol (3 2) Space Group: R 3121

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.445(1), 4.36(0.19), 2.362(0.14),

Physical Properties of Rodolicoite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Brown, Red brown.

Density:

3.07

Diaphaniety:

Opaque

Fracture:

Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.

Habit:

Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.

Habit:

Nodular - Tuberose forms having irregular protuberances over the surface.

Luster:

Greasy (Oily)

Streak:

brown

Optical Properties of Rodolicoite

Optical Data:

NCalc= 1.77 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.2529) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1
NCalc= 1.78 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.2529) where Ncalc=Dmeas*KC+1

Calculated Properties of Rodolicoite

Electron Density:

r_electron=2.94 gm/cc
note: r_Rodolicoite=3.04 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00805
Boson Index = 0.99195

Photoelectric:

PE_Rodolicoite= 12.13 barns/electron
U=PE_Rodolicoite x r_electron= 35.69 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Rodolicoite is Not Radioactive

Rodolicoite Classification

Dana Class:

38.4.2.3 (38)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc

(38.4)A+ XO4

(38.4.2)Dana Group

38.4.2.1 Berlinite AlPO4 P 3₁21,P 3₂21 3 2

38.4.2.2 Alarsite! AlAsO4 P 3₁21,P 3₂21 3 2

38.4.2.3 Rodolicoite ! FePO4 R 3121 3 2

Strunz Class:

VII/A.01-15 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates

VII/A - Waterfree phosphates [PO4]3- without unfamiliar anions, cations of small size: Li, Be, Al

VII/A.01 - Berlinite - Beryllonite - Hurlbutite series

VII/A.01-10 Berlinite AlPO4 P 3₁21,P 3₂21 3 2

VII/A.01-12 Alarsite! AlAsO4 P 3₁21,P 3₂21 3 2

VII/A.01-15 Rodolicoite FePO4 R 3121 3 2

VII/A.01-20 Lithiophosphate Li3PO4 P mn2₁ mm2

VII/A.01-25 Nalipoite NaLi2PO4 Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m

VII/A.01-30 Beryllonite NaBePO4 P 2₁/n 2/m

VII/A.01-40 Hurlbutite CaBe2(PO4)2 P 2₁/a 2/m

Other Rodolicoite Information

References:

NAME( MinRec) PHYS. PROP.(Eur. J. Min.,Vol.9,p1101-1106,1997)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Rodolicoite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas 11 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Rodolicoite

Fe+++PO4
Dana No: 38.4.2.3 Strunz No: VII/A.01-15
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