Avicennite Mineral Data (original) (raw)
General Avicennite Information
Tl2O3
Molecular Weight = 661.15 gm
Thallium 92.74 % Tl 103.63 % Tl2O3
Oxygen 7.26 % O
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100.00 % 103.63 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Tl3O3
In the weathered zone of a hematite-calcite vein cutting banded marmorized and silicified limestones near a granite-gneiss contact (near Dzhuzumli, Tadzhikistan).
Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1958
From near the village of Dzhuzumli, Mt. Zirabulaksk region, Bukhara, Tadzhikistan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
For the medieval (Persian) scholar and physician, Abu 'Ali al-Husayn ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Sina (Avicenna) (930-1037), who lived in Bukhara, Tadzhikistan.
ICSD 26813
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Avicennite Image
Avicennite Comments: Grayish black polished crystals on microprobe sample mount. Location: Thallium Prospect, Little Valley, Tooele County, Utah, USA.Scale: See Image. © Rruff Database |
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Avicennite Crystallography
a = 10.5468, Z = 10; V = 1,173.17 Den(Calc)= 9.36
Isometric - DiploidalH-M Symbol (2/m 3) Space Group: I a3
By Intensity(I/Io): 3.044(1), 1.864(0.38), 2.637(0.37),
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| | Otto H H , Baltrusch R , Brant H J , Physica C , 215 (1993) p.205-208, Further evidence for Tl3+ in Tl-based superconductors from improved, bond strength parameters involving new structural data of cubic Tl2O3 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Physical Properties of Avicennite
None
Grayish black.
9.574
Opaque
Brittle - Conchoidal - Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments.
2 - Gypsum
Metallic
grayish black
Optical Properties of Avicennite
Isotropic.
NCalc= 1.51 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.0549) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1
NCalc= 1.53 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.0549) where Ncalc=Dmeas*KC+1
Pale to medium gray.
Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Avicennite in Air
λ | R | ∑ R(λ) | |
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400 nm | 11.50 | ||
470 nm | 12.50 | ||
500 nm | 13.00 | ||
546 nm | 12.70 | ||
589 nm | 12.30 | ||
650 nm | 10.60 | ||
700 nm | 11.50 |
Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Avicennite in Air
RelativeIntensity | 0% | 80% | 100% | 160% | 240% | 320% | 400% | 480% | 560% | 640% | 720% | 760% |
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Calculated Properties of Avicennite
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=7.56 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Avicennite =9.36 gm/cc.
Fermion Index = 0.0000348472
Boson Index = 0.9999651528
PEAvicennite =1,688.85 barns/electron
U=PEAvicennite x rElectron Density=12767.61 barns/cc.
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Avicennite is Not Radioactive
Avicennite Classification
04.03.08.01 (04)Simple Oxides
(04.03)with a cation charge of 3+ (A+++2 O3)
(04.03.08)Dana Group
04.03.08.01 Avicennite Tl2O3 I a3 2/m 3
04.CB.10 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate
04.C - Metal:Oxygen = 2:3, 3:5, and Similar
04.CB -With medium-sized cations
04.CB.10 Bixbyite (Mn,Fe)2O3 I a3 2/m 3
04.CB.10 Avicennite Tl2O3 I a3 2/m 3
Other Avicennite Information
NAME( AntBidBlaNic3) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic3)
Links to other databases for Avicennite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info
15 - WWW-MINCRYST
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Avicennite
Tl2O3
Dana No: 04.03.08.01 Strunz No: 04.CB.10
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