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Sarcopside Mineral Data + |
General Sarcopside Information |
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| (Fe++,Mn,Mg)3(PO4)2 | |||
| Molecular Weight = 338.25 gm | |||
| Magnesium 2.16 % Mg 3.57 % MgO | |||
| Manganese 4.87 % Mn 6.29 % MnO | |||
| Iron 39.63 % Fe 50.98 % FeO | |||
| Phosphorus 17.40 % P 39.87 % P2O5 | |||
| Oxygen 35.95 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.71 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Fe2+2.4Mn2+0.3Mg0.3(PO4)1.9 | |||
| Formed along with graftonite, probably by exsolution from triphylite, in complex zoned granite pegmatites. | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 | |||
| Gory Sowie (Michelsdorf), in the Eulengebirge, Silesia, Poland. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| From the Greek for "flesh" and "view," in allusion to its apparent flesh-red color [due to intimate intergrowth with graftonite]. | |||
| ICSD 72049 | |||
| PDF 39-341 | |||
Sarcopside Image | |||
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Sarcopside Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =2.1889:1:1.2638 | |||
| a = 10.437, b = 4.768, c = 6.026, Z = 2; beta = 90° V = 299.88 Den(Calc)= 3.75 | |||
| Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/a | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 3.52(1), 2.547(0.81), 3.945(0.72), | |||
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Physical Properties of Sarcopside |
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| [100] Good, [001] Good, [010] Poor | |||
| Red, Purplish blue, Green, Reddish brown. | |||
| 3.64 - 3.73, Average = 3.68 | |||
| Transparent to Translucent | |||
| Splintery - Thin, elongated fractures produced by intersecting good cleavages or partings (e.g. hornblende). | |||
| Fibrous - Crystals made up of fibers. | |||
| 4 - Fluorite | |||
| Non-fluorescent. | |||
| Silky | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Sarcopside |
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| CI meas= -0.025 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.007 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1897,KPDmeas= 0.193,KC= 0.1883 |
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| Biaxial (-), a=1.67-1.676, b=1.728-1.73, g=1.73-1.734, bire=0.0580-0.0600, 2V(Calc)=20-28, 2V(Meas)=26-28. Dispersion r > v perceptible. | |||
Calculated Properties of Sarcopside |
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relectron=3.61 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.01072 Boson Index = 0.98928 |
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PESarcopside = 14.10 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Sarcopside is Not Radioactive |
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Sarcopside Classification |
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| 38.3.1.1 (38)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc | |||
| (38.3)(A+ B++)3 (XO4)2 | |||
| (38.3.1)Dana Group | |||
| VII/A.04-10 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| VII/A - Waterfree phosphates [PO4]3- without unfamiliar anions. cations of medium size: Mostly Fe, Mn | |||
| VII/A.04 - Sarcopside - Beusite series | |||
Other Sarcopside Information |
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| NAME( AntBidBlaNic4) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic4) | |||
| Links to other databases for Sarcopside : 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 Search for Sarcopside using: Visit our Advertisers for Sarcopside : Translate Sarcopside Mineral Data : Ask about Sarcopside here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Sarcopside Specimen Label here :
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