Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite Mineral Data (original) (raw)
General Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite Information
Chemical Formula:
Na(CaNa)(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Composition:
Molecular Weight = 882.71 gm
Sodium 4.58 % Na 6.18 % Na2O
Calcium 5.49 % Ca 7.69 % CaO
Magnesium 5.84 % Mg 9.68 % MgO
Titanium 0.16 % Ti 0.27 % TiO2
Manganese 0.12 % Mn 0.16 % MnO
Aluminum 9.29 % Al 17.56 % Al2O3
Iron 11.45 % Fe 9.20 % FeO / 6.15 % Fe2O3
Silicon 19.09 % Si 40.84 % SiO2
Hydrogen 0.11 % H 0.98 % H2O
Oxygen 41.62 % O
Fluorine 2.24 % F 2.24 % F
______ ______
100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:
Mn2+0.02Na0.99Fe2+0.02Na0.77Ca1.21Fe2+1.11Mg2.12Al1.04Fe3+0.68Ti0.03Si6Al2O22F1.04(OH)0.96
Environment:
Replaced the amphibole formed under high-P eclogite facies conditions (floronyb�ite) when uplift and retrogression toward amphibolite-facies conditions occurred. Amphibole group
IMA Status:
Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added)
Locality:
Jianchang, Su-Lu coesite-eclogite province, China Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:
Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883).
Synonym:
IMA2006-025
Search for Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite Images
Images:
Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite Crystallography
Axial Ratios:
a:b:c =0.5439:1:0.2978
Cell Dimensions:
a = 9.7414, b = 17.9095, c = 5.3335, Z = 2; beta = 104.672° V = 900.16 Den(Calc)= 3.26
Crystal System:
Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/m
X Ray Diffraction:
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.7(1), 8.34(0.82), 3.094(0.67),2.551(0.64), 2.583(0.54), 3.384(0.47), 2.321(0.39), 2.153(0.35),
Crystal Structure:
Mouse
drag1 - LMB Manipulate Structure
drag2 - RMB Resize/Rotate
Keyboard
S - Stereo Pair on/off
H - Help Screen
I - Data Info
A - Atoms On/Off
P - Polyhedra On/Off
B - Bonds On/Off
Help on Above
| | Oberti R , Boiocchi M , Smith D C , Medenbach O , American Mineralogist , 92 (2007) p.1428-1435, Aluminotaramite, alumino-magnesiotaramite, and fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite:, Mineral data and crystal chemistry, Locality: Jianchang eclogite, Su-Lu coesite-eclogite province, China, Sample: DJ102-23 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Physical Properties of Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite
Cleavage:
{110} Poor, {110} Poor
Color:
Bluish green.
Diaphaneity:
Transparent
Fracture:
Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.
Habit:
Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes.
Luster:
Vitreous (Glassy)
Optical Properties of Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite
Gladstone-Dale:
CI calc= 0.078 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1946,KC= 0.211
Ncalc = 1.69
Optical Data:
Biaxial (-), a=1.627, b=1.635, g=1.641, bire=0.0140, 2V(Calc)=80, 2V(Meas)=66. Dispersion r << v extreme.
Calculated Properties of Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite
Electron Density:
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.21 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite =3.26 gm/cc.
Fermion Index:
Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99
Photoelectric:
PEFluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite = 5.34 barns/electron
U=PEFluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite x rElectron Density= 17.16 barns/cc.
Radioactivity:
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite is Not Radioactive
Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite Classification
Dana Class:
66.01.03b.15c (66)Inosilicate Double-Width Unbranched Chains, W=2
(66.01)with P=2 amphibole configuration
(66.01.03b)Group 3, the sodic-calcic amphiboles
66.01.03b.01 Winchite [](CaNa)Mg4(Al,Fe3)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.01a Parvowinchite Na(NaMn)(Mg4Fe)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.02 Ferrowinchite [](CaNa)Fe4(Al,Fe)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.03 Ferriwinchite ([],Na)(Na,Ca)2(Mg,Fe)4Fe[Si8O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.04 Ferroferriwinchite* CaNa(Fe,Mg)4Fe[Si8O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.05 Barroisite [](CaNa)Mg3AlFeSi7AlO22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.05a Aluminobarroisite! []CaNaMg3Al2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.06 Ferrobarroisite [](CaNa)Fe3AlFeSi7AlO22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.06a Aluminoferrobarroisite! []CaNa(Fe2)3Al2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.07 Ferribarroisite CaNa(Fe,Mg)3Fe2[AlSi7O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.08 Ferroferribarroisite* CaNa(Fe,Mg)3Fe2[AlSi7O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.08a Ferri-ferrobarroisite! []CaNa(Fe)3(Fe)2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.09 Richterite Na(CaNa)(Mg,Fe)5[Si8O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.09a Fluororichterite! Na(CaNa)Mg5[Si8O22]F2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.09b Potassic-fluororichterite! (K,Na)(CaNa)Mg5[Si8O22]F2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.09c Potassicrichterite! (K,Na)(CaNa)2Mg5[Si8O22](OH,F)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.10 Ferrorichterite Na(CaNa)Fe5[Si8O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.11 Magnesiokatophorite Na(CaNa)Mg4AlSi7AlO22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.12 Katophorite Na(CaNa)Fe4(Al,Fe)Si7AlO22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.13 Magnesioferrikatophorite Na2Ca(Mg,Fe)4FeSi7AlO22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.14 Ferrikatophorite Na2Ca(Fe,Mg)4Fe(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.15 Magnesiotaramite Na(CaNa)Mg3ALFe[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.15a Aluminotaramite! Na(CaNa)(Fe3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.15b Alumino-magnesiotaramite! Na(CaNa)(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.15c Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite! Na(CaNa)(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22F2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.16 Taramite Na(CaNa)Fe3AlFe[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.17 Ferri-magnesiotaramite! NaCaNaMg3Fe2[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.18 Ferritaramite Na(CaNa)(Fe,Mg)3Fe2[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.19 Fluoropargasite! NaCa2(Mg3FeAl)5(Si6Al2O22)F2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.20 Parvo-mangano-edenite! Na(CaMn)2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
66.01.03b.21 Parvo-manganotremolite! [](CaMn)2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
Strunz Class:
09.DE.20 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)
09.D - Inosilicates* Structural terminology according to Liebau (1985)
09.DE -Inosilicates with 2-periodic double chains, Si4O11; amphibole family
09.DE.20 Winchite [](CaNa)Mg4(Al,Fe3)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Aluminobarroisite! []CaNaMg3Al2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Ferriwinchite ([],Na)(Na,Ca)2(Mg,Fe)4Fe[Si8O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Ferroferriwinchite* CaNa(Fe,Mg)4Fe[Si8O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Aluminoferrobarroisite! []CaNa(Fe2)3Al2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Ferri-ferrobarroisite! []CaNa(Fe)3(Fe)2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Ferribarroisite CaNa(Fe,Mg)3Fe2[AlSi7O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Barroisite [](CaNa)Mg3AlFeSi7AlO22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Fluororichterite! Na(CaNa)Mg5[Si8O22]F2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Ferrobarroisite [](CaNa)Fe3AlFeSi7AlO22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Magnesiotaramite Na(CaNa)Mg3ALFe[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Ferrikatophorite Na2Ca(Fe,Mg)4Fe(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Ferrorichterite Na(CaNa)Fe5[Si8O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Ferrowinchite [](CaNa)Fe4(Al,Fe)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Ferroferribarroisite* CaNa(Fe,Mg)3Fe2[AlSi7O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Ferritaramite Na(CaNa)(Fe,Mg)3Fe2[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Ferri-magnesiotaramite! NaCaNaMg3Fe2[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Magnesioferrikatophorite Na2Ca(Mg,Fe)4FeSi7AlO22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Katophorite Na(CaNa)Fe4(Al,Fe)Si7AlO22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Parvowinchite Na(NaMn)(Mg4Fe)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Potassic-fluororichterite! (K,Na)(CaNa)Mg5[Si8O22]F2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Richterite Na(CaNa)(Mg,Fe)5[Si8O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Taramite Na(CaNa)Fe3AlFe[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Magnesiokatophorite Na(CaNa)Mg4AlSi7AlO22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Potassicrichterite! (K,Na)(CaNa)2Mg5[Si8O22](OH,F)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite! Na(CaNa)(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22F2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Aluminotaramite! Na(CaNa)(Fe3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
09.DE.20 Alumino-magnesiotaramite! Na(CaNa)(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
Other Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite Information
References:
NAME( AmMin v92:1428) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin v92:1428) OPTIC PROP.(AmMin v92:1428)
See Also:
Links to other databases for Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - MinDAT
7 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
8 - Online Mineral Museum
9 - QUT Mineral Atlas
10 - Ruff.Info
Search for Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite using:
[AOL] [Bing] [Dog Pile] [GeoScienceWorld] [HotBot] [Ixquick] [Lycos] [MAMMA] [Scirus] [Teoma] [WebCrawler] [Wikipedia] [YAHOO]
Visit our Advertisers for Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite :
A Bijoux Google Search for Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite
Adam's Minerals Google Search for Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite
Cape Minerals Google Search for Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite
Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite
Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite
Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite
John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite
McDougall Minerals Google Search for Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite
Mineral News Website Link
Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite
Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite
Ask about Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite here :
Ask-A-Mineralogist from the Mineralogical Society of America
Mindat.org's Discussion Groups
Original Rockhounds Discussion Group
Rockhounds Discussion Group on Yahoo Groups
Mineral Discussion Forum from Fabre Minerals - also available in Espa�ol
Print or Cut-and-Paste your Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite Specimen Label here :
Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite
Na(CaNa)(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Dana No: 66.01.03b.15c Strunz No: 09.DE.20
Locality:
Notes: