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General Foggite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

CaAl(PO4)(OH)2•(H2O)

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 214.06 gm

Calcium 18.72 % Ca 26.20 % CaO

Aluminum 12.60 % Al 23.82 % Al2O3

Phosphorus 14.47 % P 33.16 % P2O5

Hydrogen 1.88 % H 16.83 % H2O

Oxygen 52.32 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

CaAl(PO4)(OH)2•(H2O)

Help on Environment: Environment:

Secondary mineral, probably formed at < 300 deg. C in complex granite pegmatites.

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1975

Help on Locality: Locality:

Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton County, New Hamshire, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

Named for Forrest. F. Fogg (1920-), mineral collector, New Hampshire, USA.

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Foggite Say FOGGITE

Help on Synonym: Synonym:

ICSD 4261

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Foggite Image

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Click Here for Larger Foggite Image Foggite Comments: Bright yellow, rounded crystalline aggregates of foggite on matrix. Location: Palermo #1 mine, North Groton, Crafton County, New Hampshire, USA.Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Foggite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.4347:1:0.2433

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

a = 9.27, b = 21.324, c = 5.19, Z = 8; V = 1,025.93 Den(Calc)= 2.77

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - DisphenoidalH-M Symbol (2 2 2) Space Group: A2122

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 4.24(1), 2.693(0.8), 3.109(0.7),

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| | Moore P B , Kampf A R , Araki T , American Mineralogist , 60 (1975) p.965-971, Foggite, Ca(H2O)2[CaAl2(OH)4(PO4)2]: Its atomic arrangement and, relationship to calcium Tschermak s pyroxene | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Physical Properties of Foggite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage:

{010} Perfect, {100} Good

Help on Color: Color:

Colorless, White.

Help on Density: Density:

2.78

Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity:

Transparent

Help on Hardness: Hardness:

4 - Fluorite

Help on Streak: Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Foggite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.012 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.008 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2203,KPDmeas= 0.2195,KC= 0.2222
Ncalc = 1.62

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), a=1.61, b=1.61, g=1.611, bire=0.0010, 2V(Calc)=0, 2V(Meas)=40-45.

Calculated Properties of Foggite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.80 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Foggite =2.77 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0005067159
Boson Index = 0.9994932841

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEFoggite = 3.37 barns/electron
U=PEFoggite x rElectron Density= 9.42 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Foggite is Not Radioactive

Foggite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

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

(42.07)where (AB)5 (XO4)3 Zq � x(H2O)

(42.07.02)Foggite Group

42.07.02.01 Foggite CaAl(PO4)(OH)2•(H2O) A2122 2 2 2

42.07.02.02 Krasnovite! Ba(Al,Mg)(PO4,CO3)(OH)2•(H2O) Pnna,Pnnn 2/m 2/m 2/m

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

08.DL.05 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES

08.D - Phosphates, etc

08.DL -With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 2:1

08.DL.05 Foggite CaAl(PO4)(OH)2•(H2O) A2122 2 2 2

Other Foggite Information

Help on References: References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic4) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

Help on See Also: See Also:

Links to other databases for Foggite :
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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Foggite

CaAl(PO4)(OH)2•(H2O)
Dana No: 42.07.02.01 Strunz No: 08.DL.05
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