Vanadiocarpholite Mineral Data

Vanadiocarpholite Mineral Data

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General Vanadiocarpholite Information

Chemical Formula:

Mn++V+++Al(Si2O6)(OH)4

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 353.06 gm

Manganese 15.56 % Mn 20.09 % MnO

Aluminum 7.64 % Al 14.44 % Al₂O₃

Vanadium 14.43 % V 21.23 % V₂O₃

Silicon 15.91 % Si 34.04 % SiO₂

Hydrogen 1.14 % H 10.21 % H₂O

Oxygen 45.32 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Mn²⁺V³⁺AlSi₂O₆(OH)₄

Environment:

Carpholite group

IMA Status:

Proposed IMA 2003 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named as the V-dominant analogue of carpholite.

Synonym:

IMA2003-055

Vanadiocarpholite Image

Images:

Vanadiocarpholite

Comments: Micro-fibrous tan crystals of vanadiocarpholite to 0.75mm.
Location: Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy. Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Vanadiocarpholite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.6687:1:0.2508

Cell Dimensions:

a = 13.83, b = 20.681, c = 5.188, Z = 8; V = 1,483.86 Den(Calc)= 3.16

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: C cca

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 5.75(1), 2.641(0.26), 3.08(0.22),5.15(0.18), 3.46(0.15), 4.72(0.14),

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Basso R , Cabella R , Lucchetti G , Martinelli A , Palenzona A , European Journal of Mineralogy , 17 (2005) p.501-507, Vanadiocarpholite, Mn2+V3+Al(Si2O6)(OH)4, a new mineral, from the Molinello mine, northern Apennines, Italy, Note: sample VC, Locality: Molinello mine, northern Apennines, Italy

Physical Properties of Vanadiocarpholite

Color:

Pale straw yellow, Brown.

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Luster:

Vitreous - Silky

Optical Properties of Vanadiocarpholite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI calc= 0.065 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2189,KC= 0.2342

Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), a=1.684, b=1.691, g=1.7, bire=0.0160

Calculated Properties of Vanadiocarpholite

Electron Density:

r_electron=3.10 gm/cc
note: r_{Vanadiocarpholite}=3.16 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.008
Boson Index = 0.992

Photoelectric:

PE_{Vanadiocarpholite}= 7.49 barns/electron
U=PE_{Vanadiocarpholite} x r_electron= 23.19 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Vanadiocarpholite is Not Radioactive

Vanadiocarpholite Classification

Dana Class:

65.1.5.6 (65)Inosilicate Single-Width Unbranched Chains, W=1

(65.1)with chains P=2

(65.1.5)Carpholite group

65.1.5.1 Carpholite MnAl2Si2O6(OH)4 C cca 2/m 2/m 2/m

65.1.5.2 Ferrocarpholite (Fe,Mg)Al2Si2O6(OH)4 C cca 2/m 2/m 2/m

65.1.5.3 Magnesiocarpholite MgAl2Si2O6(OH)4 C cca 2/m 2/m 2/m

65.1.5.4 Balipholite BaMg2LiAl3Si4O12(OH,F)8 C cca 2/m 2/m 2/m

65.1.5.5 Potassic-carpholite! (K,Na,[])(Li,Mn)2Al)4Si4O12(OH)4(F,OH)4 C cca 2/m 2/m 2/m

65.1.5.6 Vanadiocarpholite ! MnVAl(Si2O6)(OH)4 C cca 2/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

VIII/FX.00-00 VIII - Silicates

VIII/FX - Unclassified Strunz Inosilicates

VIII/FX.00 - Carpholite group

Other Vanadiocarpholite Information

See Also:

Links to other databases for Vanadiocarpholite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -MinDAT 6 -MinMax(Deutsch) 7 -MinMax(English) 8 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 9 -QUT Mineral Atlas

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Vanadiocarpholite

Mn++V+++Al(Si2O6)(OH)4
Dana No: 65.1.5.6 Strunz No: VIII/FX.00-00
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