Nealite Mineral Data (original) (raw)

General Nealite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

Pb4Fe++(As+++++O4)2Cl4

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 1,304.30 gm

Iron 4.28 % Fe 5.51 % FeO

Arsenic 11.49 % As 17.62 % As2O5

Lead 63.54 % Pb 68.45 % PbO

Chlorine 10.87 % Cl 10.87 % Cl

- % Cl -2.45 % -O=Cl2

Oxygen 9.81 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

Pb4Fe2+(AsO4)2Cl4

Help on Environment: Environment:

Lead slags.

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1980

Help on Locality: Locality:

Laurion, Attica, Greece. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

Named of Leo Neal Yedlin (1908-1997), micromount mineral collector of New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Nealite Say NEALITE

Help on Synonym: Synonym:

ICSD 74191

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Nealite Image

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Click Here for Larger Nealite Image Nealite Comments: Orange-yellow prismatic crystals of Nealite on matrix. Location: Lavrion District slag localities, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece.Scale: Picture size 2 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Nealite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.6384:1:0.5457

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

a = 6.537, b = 10.239, c = 5.588, Z = 1; alpha = 96.2°, beta = 89.39°, gamma = 97.74° V = 368.42 Den(Calc)= 5.88

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

Triclinic - PinacoidalH-M Symbol ( 1) Space Group: P1

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 3.542(1), 6.48(0.8), 4.237(0.7),

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| | Giuseppetti G , Mazzi F , Tadini C , Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte , 1993 (1993) p.278-288, The crystal structure of nealite: Pb4Fe(AsO3)2Cl4*2H2O, Locality: Laurion, Greece View Additional jPOWD Structure files for Nealite [1] | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Physical Properties of Nealite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage:

None

Help on Color: Color:

Yellow, Light orange.

Help on Density: Density:

5.88

Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity:

Translucent

Help on Fracture: Fracture:

Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.

Help on Habit: Habit:

Bladed - Aggregates of thin lath-like crystals (e.g. kyanite).

Help on Habit: Habit:

Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Help on Hardness: Hardness:

4 - Fluorite

Help on Luminescence: Luminescence:

Non-fluorescent.

Help on Luster: Luster:

Adamantine

Help on Streak: Streak:

light orange

Optical Properties of Nealite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.035 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.035 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1701,KPDmeas= 0.1701,KC= 0.1643
Ncalc = 1.97

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data:

Biaxial (?), b=2

Help on Pleochroism (x): Pleochroism (x):

none.

Help on Pleochroism (y): Pleochroism (y):

none.

Help on Pleochroism (z): Pleochroism (z):

none.

Calculated Properties of Nealite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.98 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Nealite =5.88 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.14
Boson Index = 0.86

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PENealite =1,163.50 barns/electron
U=PENealite x rElectron Density=5,790.77 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

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

Nealite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

41.04.06.01 (41)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(41.04)where (A B)5 (XO4)2 Zq

(41.04.06)Dana Group

41.04.06.01 Nealite Pb4Fe(AsO4)2Cl4 P1 1

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

04.JD.05 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.J - Arsenites, Antimonites, Bismuthites, Sulfites,

04.JD -Arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites; with additional anions, with H2O

04.JD.05 Nealite Pb4Fe(AsO4)2Cl4 P1 1

04.JD.05 Nealite-(H2O)* Pb4Fe(AsO3)2Cl4•2(H2O) P1 1

Other Nealite Information

Help on References: References:

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

Help on See Also: See Also:

Links to other databases for Nealite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
3 - Athena
4 - EUROmin Project
5 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
6 - GeoScienceWorld
7 - Google Images
8 - Google Scholar
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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Nealite

Pb4Fe++(As+++++O4)2Cl4
Dana No: 41.04.06.01 Strunz No: 04.JD.05
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