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General Safflorite Information
Chemical Formula: Composition: Empirical Formula: Environment: IMA Status: Locality: Name Origin: Name Pronunciation: 
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Comments: Safflorite covering three faces of the specimen, with silver. |
Safflorite Crystallography
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Physical Properties of Safflorite
Cleavage: Color: Density: Diaphaneity: Fracture: Habit: Habit: Hardness: Luminescence: Luster: Magnetism: Streak: Optical Properties of Safflorite
RL Anisotrophism: RL Color: RL Pleochroism: Reflectivity | λ | R1 | R2 |  |
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| 400 nm | 55.80 | 52.60 |  |
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| 420 nm | 55.80 | 53.00 |  |
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| 440 nm | 55.80 | 53.40 |  |
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| 460 nm | 55.60 | 53.80 |  |
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| 480 nm | 55.20 | 54.10 |  |
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| 500 nm | 54.70 | 54.30 |  |
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| 520 nm | 54.20 | 54.40 |  |
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| 540 nm | 53.50 | 54.50 |  |
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| 560 nm | 52.80 | 54.50 |  |
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| 580 nm | 52.20 | 54.50 |  |
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| 600 nm | 51.80 | 54.40 |  |
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| 620 nm | 51.30 | 54.30 |  |
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| 640 nm | 51.00 | 54.20 |  |
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| 660 nm | 50.70 | 54.10 |  |
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| 680 nm | 50.50 | 53.90 |  |
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| 700 nm | 50.30 | 53.80 |  |
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Calculated Properties of Safflorite
Electron Density: note: Specific Gravity of Safflorite =7.48 gm/cc.
Fermion Index: Boson Index = 0.9985770087
Photoelectric: U=PESafflorite x rElectron Density= 413.81 barns/cc.
Radioactivity: Safflorite is Not Radioactive
Safflorite Classification
Dana Class: Strunz Class: Other Safflorite Information
References: See Also: 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
3 - Athena
4 - EUROmin Project
5 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
6 - Franklin Minerals(Dunn)
7 - GeoScienceWorld
8 - Google Images
9 - Google Scholar
10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
11 - HyperPhysics
12 - MinDAT
13 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom
14 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
15 - Online Mineral Museum
16 - QUT Mineral Atlas
17 - Ruff.Info
18 - WWW-MINCRYST
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Safflorite (Co,Fe)As2Dana No: 02.12.02.11 Strunz No: 02.EB.15a Locality:
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