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General Sincosite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

Ca(V++++O)2(PO4)2•5(H2O)

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 453.98 gm

Calcium 8.83 % Ca 12.35 % CaO

Vanadium 22.44 % V 40.06 % V2O5

Phosphorus 13.65 % P 31.27 % P2O5

Hydrogen 2.22 % H 19.84 % H2O

Oxygen 52.86 % O

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100.00 % 103.52 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

CaV5+2O2(PO4)2•5(H2O)

Help on Environment: Environment:

Black, carbonaceous shale.

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1924

Help on Locality: Locality:

Sincos, Dept. Junin, Peru, about 160 km E of Lima. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

Named for the locality.

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Sincosite + Pronunciation Say SINCOSITE

Help on Synonym: Synonym:

ICSD 67660

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Sincosite Image

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Click Here for Larger Sincosite Image Sincosite Minyulite Comments: Pale greenish white acicular radial sprays of minyulite to 8mm with small, green, tabular sincosite. Location: Ross Hannibal mine, Lawrence County, South Dakota.Scale: Picture size 2 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

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Click Here for Larger Sincosite Image Sincosite Comments: Tabular single crystals of sincosite to 2 mm on drusy quartz. Location: Ross Hannibal Mine, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA.Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Sincosite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:1.4308

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

a = 8.895, c = 12.727, Z = 4; V = 1,006.97 Den(Calc)= 2.99

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

TetragonalSpace Group: P mmm or P 4/nmm

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 6.28(1), 3.14(0.6), 3.35(0.2),

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| | Franke W A , Luger P , Weber M , Ivanova T I , Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva , 126N2 (1997) p.85-86, Low hydrothermal growth of sincosite Ca(VO/PO4)2*4H2O, Locality: synthetic | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Physical Properties of Sincosite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage:

{001} Perfect, {100} Distinct, {110} Poor

Help on Color: Color:

Green, Yellowish green, Olive green, Brownish green.

Help on Density: Density:

2.97

Help on Fracture: Fracture:

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

Help on Habit: Habit:

Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.

Help on Habit: Habit:

Platy - Sheet forms (e.g. micas).

Help on Habit: Habit:

Scaly - Morphology like fish scales.

Help on Hardness: Hardness:

1-2 - Between Talc and Gypsum

Help on Luster: Luster:

Vitreous - Metallic

Help on Streak: Streak:

light green

Optical Properties of Sincosite

Help on Dichroism (e): Dichroism (e):

colorless or pale yellow.

Help on Dichroism (w): Dichroism (w):

grayish green or grayish green.

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.216 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.222 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2232,KPDmeas= 0.2247,KC= 0.2868
Ncalc = 1.85 - 1.86

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data:

Uniaxial (-), e=1.655, w=1.68, bire=0.0250.

Calculated Properties of Sincosite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.96 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Sincosite =2.97 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0009373131
Boson Index = 0.9990626869

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PESincosite = 5.94 barns/electron
U=PESincosite x rElectron Density= 17.55 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

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

Sincosite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

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

(42.11)where (AB)4 (XO4)3 Zq � x(H2O)

(42.11.19)Sincosite Group

42.11.19.01 Sincosite Ca(VO)2(PO4)2•5(H2O) P mmm or P 4/nmm Tetra

42.11.19.02 Bariosincosite! Ba(VO)2(PO4)2•4(H2O) P 4/n or P 4/nmm 4/m

42.11.19.03 Phosphovanadylite! (Ba,Ca,K,Na)x[(V,Al)4P2(O,OH)16]•12(H2O)x~0.66 I 43m 4 3m

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

08.CJ.65 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES

08.C - Phosphates without Additional Anions, with H2O

08.CJ -With only large cations

08.CJ.65 Sincosite Ca(VO)2(PO4)2•5(H2O) P mmm or P 4/nmm Tetra

08.CJ.65 Bariosincosite! Ba(VO)2(PO4)2•4(H2O) P 4/n or P 4/nmm 4/m

Other Sincosite 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 Sincosite :
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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Sincosite

Ca(V++++O)2(PO4)2•5(H2O)
Dana No: 42.11.19.01 Strunz No: 08.CJ.65
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