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General Zavaritskite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: BiOF
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 243.98 gm
   Bismuth   85.66 %  Bi   95.49 % Bi2O3
   Oxygen     6.56 %  O
   Fluorine   7.79 %  F     7.79 % F
               -   %  F    -3.28 % -O=F2
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: BiOF
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1962
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 201620
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Zavaritskite

Comments: Green to greenish black zavaritskite in purplish fluorite.
Location: Josef Fluorite Mine, Moldava, Severocesky, Czech Republic. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zavaritskite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:1.66159
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 3.747, c = 6.226, Z = 2; V = 87.41 Den(Calc)= 9.27
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Tetragonal - Ditetragonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (4/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 4/nmm
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 1.618(1), 1.873(1), 2.645(1),
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Wyckoff R W G , Crystal Structures , 1 (1963) p.294-296, Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York, Note: tetragonal PbFCl structure

 

Physical Properties of Zavaritskite

Help on Color: Color: Gray, Colorless.
Help on Density: Density: 7.88 - 9, Average = 8.44
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Subtranslucent to Opaque
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 2-2.5 - Gypsum-Finger Nail
Help on Luster: Luster: Resinous - Metallic
Help on Streak: Streak: gray white
 

Optical Properties of Zavaritskite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.042 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.127 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1307,KPDmeas= 0.1435,KC= 0.1498
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Uniaxial (+/-), a=2.21, b=2.213, bire=0.0030.
 

Calculated Properties of Zavaritskite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=6.92 gm/cc
note: rZavaritskite =8.44 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00003
Boson Index = 0.99997
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEZavaritskite =1,681.61 barns/electron
U=PEZavaritskite x relectron=11634.44 barns/cc.

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

Zavaritskite is Not Radioactive

 

Zavaritskite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 10.2.1.1 (10)Oxyhalides and Hydroxyhalides
  (10.2)where A (O,OH) Xq
  (10.2.1)Dana Group
 
10.2.1.1 Zavaritskite BiOF P 4/nmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
10.2.1.2 Bismoclite BiOCl P 4/nmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
10.2.1.3 Daubreeite BiO(OH,Cl) P 4/nmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: III/D.10-70 III - Halogenides
  III/D - Oxi-halogenides with Pb - Bi - Sb and related compounds
  III/D.10 - Cotunnite - Matlockite series
 
III/D.10-10 Fiedlerite Pb3Cl4F(OH)2 P1 1
 
III/D.10-20 Paralaurionite PbCl(OH) C 2/m 2/m
 
III/D.10-30 Laurionite PbCl(OH) Pnam 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
III/D.10-40 Cotunnite PbCl2 Pnam 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
III/D.10-50 Pseudocotunnite K2PbCl4(?) P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
III/D.10-60 Matlockite PbFCl P 4/nmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
III/D.10-65 Rorisite (Ca,Mg)FCl P 4/nmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
III/D.10-70 Zavaritskite BiOF P 4/nmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
III/D.10-80 Bismoclite BiOCl P 4/nmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
III/D.10-90 Daubreeite BiO(OH,Cl) P 4/nmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
III/D.10-140 Symesite! Pb10(SO4)O7Cl4·(H2O) B1 1
 

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Help on References: References: PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Zavaritskite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - WWW-MINCRYST 13 -École des Mines de Paris

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Dana No: 10.2.1.1 Strunz No: III/D.10-70
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