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General Tveitite-(Y) Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Ca1-xYxF2+x, x~0.3
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 98.42 gm
   Calcium   28.50 %  Ca   39.88 % CaO
   Yttrium   27.10 %  Y    34.41 % Y2O3
   Fluorine  44.40 %  F    44.40 % F
               -   %  F   -18.69 % -O=F2
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ca0.7Y0.3F2.3
Help on Environment: Environment: In pegmatites.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1977
Help on Locality: Locality: Hoydalen, Telmark, Norway. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for John Peder Tveit (1909-1978), Norwegian miner, who found it in his quarry.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 35143
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Tveitite-(Y) Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =1.0079:1:1.4189
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 3.924, b = 3.893, c = 5.524, Z = 2; beta = 90.27° V = 84.38 Den(Calc)= 3.87
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: MonoclinicSpace Group: Unk
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 3.18(1), 1.265(0.8), 1.949(0.7),
 

Physical Properties of Tveitite-(Y)

Help on Color: Color: White, Light yellow.
Help on Luminescence: Luminescence: Fluorescent, Short UV=faint yellow orange.
Help on Luster: Luster: Greasy (Oily)
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Tveitite-(Y)

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI calc= 0.242 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1237,KC= 0.1631
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (-), a=1.476, b=1.479, g=1.481, bire=0.0050
Help on Pleochroism (x): Pleochroism (x): colorless.
Help on Pleochroism (y): Pleochroism (y): colorless.
Help on Pleochroism (z): Pleochroism (z): colorless.
 

Calculated Properties of Tveitite-(Y)

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=3.65 gm/cc
note: rTveitite-(Y) =3.87 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00038
Boson Index = 0.99962
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PETveitite-(Y) = 37.63 barns/electron
U=PETveitite-(Y) x relectron= 137.31 barns/cc.

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

Tveitite-(Y) is Not Radioactive

 

Tveitite-(Y) Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 9.2.1.3 (9)Anhydrous and Hydrated Halides
  (9.2)where A (X)2
  (9.2.1)Dana Group
 
9.2.1.1 Fluorite CaF2 F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
9.2.1.2 Frankdicksonite BaF2 F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
9.2.1.3 Tveitite-(Y) Ca1-xYxF2x,x~0.3 Unk Mono
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: III/A.08-30 III - Halogenides
  III/A - Simple Halogenides, without water Metal : Halogen = 1 : 2, 1 : 3
  III/A.08 - Fluorite series and related compounds
 
III/A.08-10 Fluorite CaF2 F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
III/A.08-20 Frankdicksonite BaF2 F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
III/A.08-25 Haleniusite-(La)! (La,Ce)OF F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
III/A.08-30 Tveitite-(Y) Ca1-xYxF2x,x~0.3 Unk Mono
 
III/A.08-40 Gagarinite-(Y) NaCaY(F,Cl)6 P 3 3
 
III/A.08-45 Zajacite-(Ce) Na(REExCa1-x)(REEyCa1-y)F6where(xney) P 3 3
 
III/A.08-50 Laurelite Pb7F12Cl2 P 6 6
 
III/A.08-60 Coccinite* HgI2(?) P 41/nmc 4/m 2/m 2/m
 

Other Tveitite-(Y) Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Tveitite-(Y) :
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

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Tveitite-(Y)

Ca1-xYxF2+x, x~0.3
Dana No: 9.2.1.3 Strunz No: III/A.08-30
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