General Gilmarite Information Chemical Formula: |
Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 |
Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 380.58 gm |
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Copper 50.09 % Cu 62.70 % CuO |
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Arsenic 19.69 % As 30.20 % As2O5 |
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Hydrogen 0.79 % H 7.10 % H2O |
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Oxygen 29.43 % O |
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
Empirical Formula: |
Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 |
Environment: |
Small geodes in narrow carbonate veins. A triclinic polymorph of clinoclase. |
IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) |
Locality: |
Roua deposit, Guillaumes municipality, about 50 km from Nice, France. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
Name Origin: |
Named for Gilbert Mari (1944-), mineralogist at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France. |
Synonym: |
ICSD 87869 |
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IMA1996-017 |
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Gilmarite Crystallography X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 4.613(1), 3.39(0.6), 4.58(0.5),2.543(0.4), 2.714(0.4), 2.445(0.3), |
Crystal Structure:
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| Physical Properties of Gilmarite Color: |
Greenish blue. |
| Optical Properties of Gilmarite Gladstone-Dale: |
CI meas= -0.056 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) |
CI calc= -0.034 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1857,KPDmeas= 0.1897,KC= 0.1797 Ncalc = 1.75 - 1.77 | Calculated Properties of Gilmarite Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.04 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Gilmarite =4.29 gm/cc. Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.0001424449 |
Boson Index = 0.9998575551 Photoelectric: |
PEGilmarite = 35.98 barns/electron |
U=PEGilmarite x rElectron Density= 145.22 barns/cc. Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Gilmarite is Not Radioactive | Gilmarite Classification Dana Class: |
41.03.01.02 (41)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen |
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(41.03)where (A B)3 (XO4) Zq |
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(41.03.01)Clinoclase Group |
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Strunz Class: |
08.BE.25 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES |
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08.B - Phosphates, etc. with Additional Anions, without H2O |
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08.BE -With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 2:1 |
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| Other Gilmarite Information See Also: |
Links to other databases for Gilmarite : |
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - GeoScienceWorld 4 - Google Images 5 - Google Scholar 6 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 - MinDAT 9 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 - Online Mineral Museum 11 - QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - Ruff.Info Search for Gilmarite using: Visit our Advertisers for Gilmarite : A Bijoux Google Search for GilmariteAdam's Minerals Google Search for Gilmarite Cape Minerals Google Search for Gilmarite Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Gilmarite Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Gilmarite Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Gilmarite John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Gilmarite McDougall Minerals Google Search for Gilmarite Mineral News Website Link Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Gilmarite Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Gilmarite Ask about Gilmarite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Gilmarite Specimen Label here :
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