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General Tooeleite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Fe+++(8-2x)[(As(1-x),S(x))O4]6·5(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 1,388.96 gm
   Iron      30.56 %  Fe   43.69 % Fe2O3
   Arsenic   25.35 %  As   38.89 % As2O5
   Hydrogen   1.12 %  H     9.99 % H2O
   Sulfur     3.00 %  S     7.49 % SO3
   Oxygen    39.97 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.06 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Fe3+7.6(AsO4)4.7(SO4)1.3(OH)6·4.7(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: Occurs in voids in massive scorodite.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1992
Help on Locality: Locality: Found on waste dumps of the former gold and arsenic mines in the Gold Hill district, western Tooele County, Utah, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named after its locality.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: IMA1990-010
 

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Tooeleite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.3298:1:0.4596
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 6.416, b = 19.45, c = 8.941, Z = 2; V = 1,115.76 Den(Calc)= 4.13
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: OrthorhombicSpace Group: Pbcm,Pbc21
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 9.75(1), 3.208(0.9), 3.047(0.5),
 

Physical Properties of Tooeleite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [???] Good
Help on Color: Color: Brown orange, Yellow orange.
Help on Density: Density: 4.238
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent
Help on Habit: Habit: Bladed - Aggregates of thin lath-like crystals (e.g. kyanite).
Help on Habit: Habit: Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix.
Help on Habit: Habit: Powdery - Forms a loose, poorly-coherent pulverulent mass.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 3 - Calcite
Help on Luster: Luster: Greasy (Oily)
Help on Streak: Streak: orange
 

Optical Properties of Tooeleite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.035 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.01 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2454,KPDmeas= 0.2391,KC= 0.2478
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (-), a=1.94, b=2.04-2.05, g=2.05-2.06, bire=0.1100-0.1200, 2V(Calc)=32, 2V(Meas)=small. Dispersion r > v slight.
Help on Pleochroism (x): Pleochroism (x): lemon yellow.
Help on Pleochroism (y): Pleochroism (y): orange.
Help on Pleochroism (z): Pleochroism (z): lemon yellow.
 

Calculated Properties of Tooeleite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=3.96 gm/cc
note: rTooeleite =4.13 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00689
Boson Index = 0.99311
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PETooeleite = 26.59 barns/electron
U=PETooeleite x relectron= 105.40 barns/cc.

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

Tooeleite is Not Radioactive

 

Tooeleite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 42.12.5.1 (42)Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
  (42.12)with miscellaneous formulae
  (42.12.5)Dana Group
 
42.12.5.1 Tooeleite Fe(8-2x)[(As(1-x),S(x))O4]6·5(H2O) Pbcm,Pbc21 Ortho
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VII/D.05-50 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  VII/D - Water-bearing phosphates with unfamiliar anions, cations of medium size: Cu, Zn, Mn, Al, Fe
  VII/D.05 - Pitticite - Zykaite series
 
VII/D.05-10 Pitticite Hydrousferricarsenatesulfate(Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O) None
 
VII/D.05-20 Diadochite Fe2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6(H2O) P1 1
 
VII/D.05-30 Sarmientite Fe2(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)·5(H2O) P 21/c 2/m
 
VII/D.05-40 Bukovskyite Fe2(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)·7(H2O) P1 or P1 Tri
 
VII/D.05-50 Tooeleite Fe(8-2x)[(As(1-x),S(x))O4]6·5(H2O) Pbcm,Pbc21 Ortho
 
VII/D.05-60 Zykaite Fe4(AsO4)3(SO4)(OH)·15(H2O) Unk Ortho
 

Other Tooeleite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.77,p1306,1992) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic4)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Tooeleite :
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 -École des Mines de Paris

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Tooeleite

Fe+++(8-2x)[(As(1-x),S(x))O4]6·5(H2O)
Dana No: 42.12.5.1 Strunz No: VII/D.05-50
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