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Trotter J , Barnes W H , The Canadian Mineralogist , 6 (1958) p.161-173, The structure of vanadinite
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Physical Properties of Vanadinite
Cleavage:
None
Color:
Brown, Brownish yellow, Brown red, Colorless, Yellow.
Globular - Spherical, or nearly so, rounded forms (e.g. wavellite).
Habit:
Nodular - Tuberose forms having irregular protuberances over the surface.
Habit:
Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).
Hardness:
3.5-4 - Copper Penny-Fluorite
Luminescence:
Non-fluorescent.
Luster:
Adamantine
Streak:
brownish yellow
Optical Properties of Vanadinite
Dichroism (e):
light.
Dichroism (w):
darker.
Gladstone-Dale:
CI meas= -0.117 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.12 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1996,KPDmeas= 0.199,KC= 0.1782 Ncalc = 2.21 - 2.27
Optical Data:
Uniaxial (-), e=2.35, w=2.416, bire=0.0660.
Calculated Properties of Vanadinite
Electron Density:
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=5.81 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Vanadinite =6.95 gm/cc.
Fermion Index:
Fermion Index = 0.16 Boson Index = 0.84
Photoelectric:
PEVanadinite =1,345.76 barns/electron U=PEVanadinite x rElectron Density=7,819.15 barns/cc.
Radioactivity:
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Vanadinite is Not Radioactive
Vanadinite Classification
Dana Class:
41.08.04.03(41)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen