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General Augelite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

Al2(PO4)(OH)3

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 199.96 gm

Aluminum 26.99 % Al 50.99 % Al2O3

Phosphorus 15.49 % P 35.49 % P2O5

Hydrogen 1.51 % H 13.51 % H2O

Oxygen 56.01 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

Al2(PO4)(OH)3

Help on Environment: Environment:

Formed by hydrogen metamorphism of phosphate-bearing rocks in peraluminous sediments; in some high-temperature hydrothermal ore deposits.

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868

Help on Locality: Locality:

From the Vastana mine, near Nasum, Skane, and at Kalsjoberg, Varmland, Sweden. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

From the Greek for "luster," for its pearly luster on the cleavage.

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Augelite Say AUGELITE

Help on Synonym: Synonym:

ICSD 24430

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Augelite Image

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Click Here for Larger Augelite Image Augelite Comments: Apple green augelite with semi-transparent, well developed, brilliant crystals. Location: Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada.Scale: 3.5 x 2 cm. © Fabre Minerals

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Click Here for Larger Augelite Image Augelite Comments: Green to white, striated, blocky augelite crystal on matrix. Location: Ortega mine, Ancash dept., Peru.Scale: Crystal length 2.3 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Augelite Crystallography

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By Intensity(I/Io): 3.338(1), 3.506(0.9), 4(0.8),

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| | Araki T , Finney J J , Zoltai T , American Mineralogist , 53 (1968) p.1096-1103, The crystal structure of augelite | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Physical Properties of Augelite

Help on Color: Color:

Colorless, Yellow, Yellow green, White, Light blue.

Optical Properties of Augelite

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CI meas= 0.008 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.013 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2137,KPDmeas= 0.2148,KC= 0.2165
Ncalc = 1.58 - 1.59

Calculated Properties of Augelite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.70 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Augelite =2.70 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0002711168
Boson Index = 0.9997288832

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEAugelite = 1.56 barns/electron
U=PEAugelite x rElectron Density= 4.20 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

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

Augelite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

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

(41.06)where (A)2 (XO4) Zq

(41.06.08)Dana Group

41.06.08.01 Augelite Al2(PO4)(OH)3 C 2/m 2/m

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

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

08.B - Phosphates, etc. with Additional Anions, without H2O

08.BE -With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 2:1

08.BE.05 Augelite Al2(PO4)(OH)3 C 2/m 2/m

Other Augelite Information

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Links to other databases for Augelite :
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 (MinSocAm)
10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
11 - MinDAT
12 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
13 - Online Mineral Museum
14 - QUT Mineral Atlas
15 - Ruff.Info
16 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Augelite

Al2(PO4)(OH)3
Dana No: 41.06.08.01 Strunz No: 08.BE.05
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