Zinclavendulan Mineral Data

Zinclavendulan Mineral Data

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General Zinclavendulan Information

Chemical Formula:

NaCa(Zn,Cu)5(AsO4)4Cl·4-5(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 1,059.91 gm

Sodium 2.17 % Na 2.92 % Na₂O

Calcium 3.78 % Ca 5.29 % CaO

Zinc 23.14 % Zn 28.80 % ZnO

Copper 7.49 % Cu 9.38 % CuO

Arsenic 28.27 % As 43.37 % As₂O₅

Hydrogen 0.86 % H 7.65 % H₂O

Chlorine 3.34 % Cl 3.34 % Cl

- % Cl -0.75 % -O=Cl₂

Oxygen 30.94 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

NaCaZn_3.75Cu_1.25(AsO₄)₄Cl·4.5(H₂O)

IMA Status:

Not Approved IMA

Locality:

Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

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Zinclavendulan Crystallography

Crystal System:

OrthorhombicSpace Group: Unk

Physical Properties of Zinclavendulan

Cleavage:

[???] Good

Color:

Blue.

Hardness:

2.5-3 - Finger Nail-Calcite

Streak:

light blue

Calculated Properties of Zinclavendulan

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00968
Boson Index = 0.99032

Photoelectric:

PE_{Zinclavendulan}= 35.12 barns/electron
U=PE_{Zinclavendulan} x r_electron= . barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Zinclavendulan is Not Radioactive

Zinclavendulan Classification

Dana Class:

37.0.0.0 (37)Phosphate Minerals

(37.0)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(Arsenate, Hydrated Chloride)

Strunz Class:

VII/D.25-22 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates

VII/D - Water-bearing phosphates with unfamiliar anions, cations of very big and medium size: Al, Mg and Ca, Na, K

VII/D.25 - Lavendulan series

VII/D.25-10 Sampleite NaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5(H2O) pseudo TET 2/m 2/m 2/m

VII/D.25-20 Lavendulan NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5(H2O) Unk Ortho

VII/D.25-22 Zinclavendulan NaCa(Zn,Cu)5(AsO4)4Cl·4-5(H2O) Unk Ortho

VII/D.25-24 Lemanskiite! NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5(H2O) P 4₁22 or P 4₃22 Tetra

VII/D.25-25 Zdenekite NaPbCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5(H2O) P 4₁22,P 4₃22 4 2 2

VII/D.25-27 Mahnertite! (Na,Ca)Cu3(AsO4)2Cl·5(H2O) I 4mmm 4 2 2

VII/D.25-30 Shubnikovite Ca2Cu8(AsO4)6Cl(OH)·7(H2O)(?) Unk Ortho

VII/D.25-33 Goldquarryite! (Cu,[])(Cd,Ca)2Al3(PO4)4F2(H2O)10{(H2O,F)}2 P1 1

VII/D.25-35 Andyrobertsite! KCdCu5(AsO4)4[As(OH)2O2]·2(H2O) P 2₁/m 2/m

VII/D.25-36 Calcio-andyrobertsite-1M! KCaCu5(AsO4)4[As(OH)2O2]·2(H2O) P 2₁/m 2/m

VII/D.25-36* Calcio-andyrobertsite-2O! KCaCu5(AsO4)4[As(OH)2O2]·2(H2O) P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

VII/D.25-38 Esperanzaite! NaCa2Al2(AsO4)2F4(OH)·2(H2O) P 2₁/m 2/m

VII/D.25-40 Englishite K3Na2Ca10Al15(PO4)21(OH)7·26(H2O) A2 or Aa 2

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See Also:

Links to other databases for Zinclavendulan :
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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Zinclavendulan

NaCa(Zn,Cu)5(AsO4)4Cl·4-5(H2O)
Dana No: Unknown Strunz No: VII/D.25-22
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