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General Englishite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

K3Na2Ca10Al15(PO4)21(OH)7•26(H2O)

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 3,550.62 gm

Potassium 3.30 % K 3.98 % K2O

Sodium 1.29 % Na 1.75 % Na2O

Calcium 11.29 % Ca 15.79 % CaO

Aluminum 11.40 % Al 21.54 % Al2O3

Phosphorus 18.32 % P 41.98 % P2O5

Hydrogen 1.67 % H 14.97 % H2O

Oxygen 52.72 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

K3Na2Ca10Al15(PO4)21(OH)7•26(H2O)

Help on Environment: Environment:

In variscite nodules.

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1930

Help on Locality: Locality:

Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Utah County, Utah, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

Named for George L. English (1864-1944), American mineral dealer and collector.

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Englishite + Pronunciation Say ENGLISHITE

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Click Here for Larger Englishite Image Englishite Tiptopite Montgomeryite Comments: Red montgomeryite lath-like crystals to 1mm in 2mm rosettes associated with clear, acicular sprays of tiptopite to 0.75mm and white cottonball-like crystals of englishite to 0.2mm. Location: Tip Top mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA.Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Englishite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =3.2403:1:1.7428

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

a = 38.43, b = 11.86, c = 20.67, Z = 4; beta = 111.27° V = 8,779.22 Den(Calc)= 2.69

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

Monoclinic - SphenoidalH-M Symbol (2) Space Group: A2 or Aa

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 9.3(1), 2.86(0.7), 1.72(0.6),

Physical Properties of Englishite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage:

{001} Perfect

Help on Color: Color:

Colorless, White.

Help on Density: Density:

2.68

Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity:

Transparent to Translucent

Help on Habit: Habit:

Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.

Help on Habit: Habit:

Friable - Loosley cohesive material that granulates with your fingers.

Help on Habit: Habit:

Micaceous - Platy texture with "flexible" plates.

Help on Hardness: Hardness:

3 - Calcite

Help on Luminescence: Luminescence:

Non-fluorescent.

Help on Luster: Luster:

Vitreous - Pearly

Help on Magnetism: Magnetism:

Nonmagnetic

Help on Streak: Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Englishite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.016 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.02 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2123,KPDmeas= 0.2131,KC= 0.2166
Ncalc = 1.58

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.57, g=1.572, bire=0.0020

Calculated Properties of Englishite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.69 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Englishite =2.68 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0004119204
Boson Index = 0.9995880796

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEEnglishite = 2.96 barns/electron
U=PEEnglishite x relectron= 7.97 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

GRapi = 47.90 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Concentration of Englishite per GRapi unit = 2.09 (%)

Estimated Radioactivity from Englishite - barely detectable

Englishite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

42.13.08.01 (42)Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(42.13)Dana Type

(42.13.08)Dana Group

42.13.08.01 Englishite K3Na2Ca10Al15(PO4)21(OH)7•26(H2O) A2 or Aa 2

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

08.DH.55 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES

08.D - Phosphates, etc

08.DH -With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 < 1:1

08.DH.55 Englishite K3Na2Ca10Al15(PO4)21(OH)7•26(H2O) A2 or Aa 2

Other Englishite Information

Help on References: References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

Help on See Also: See Also:

Links to other databases for Englishite :
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

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Englishite

K3Na2Ca10Al15(PO4)21(OH)7•26(H2O)
Dana No: 42.13.08.01 Strunz No: 08.DH.55
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