Ferrazite Mineral Data (original) (raw)
General Ferrazite Information
Chemical Formula:
(Pb,Ba)3(PO4)2•8(H2O) (?)
Composition:
Molecular Weight = 903.26 gm
Barium 11.40 % Ba 12.73 % BaO
Phosphorus 6.86 % P 15.71 % P2O5
Hydrogen 1.79 % H 15.96 % H2O
Lead 51.61 % Pb 55.60 % PbO
Oxygen 28.34 % O
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:
3(Pb0.75)3(Ba0.25)(PO4)2•8(H2O)
Environment:
Fava pebble concretions.
IMA Status:
Discredited IMA 1996
Locality:
Found in the Brazilian diamond deposits near Diamantina, Brazil Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:
Named in 1919 for Jorge Palmiro de Araujo Ferraz (1883-1926) of the Geological Survey of Brazil.
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Optical Properties of Ferrazite
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Calculated Properties of Ferrazite
Fermion Index:
Fermion Index = 0.13
Boson Index = 0.87
Photoelectric:
PEFerrazite = 945.43 barns/electron
U=PEFerrazite x rElectron Density= . barns/cc.
Radioactivity:
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Ferrazite is Not Radioactive
Ferrazite Classification
Dana Class:
40.03.13.01 (40)Hydrated Phosphates, etc
(40.03)where (A++)3 (XO4)2 � x(H2O)
(40.03.13)Dana Group
40.03.13.01 Ferrazite? (Pb,Ba)3(PO4)2•8(H2O)(?) Tri
Strunz Class:
08.BL.10 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
08.B - Phosphates, etc. with Additional Anions, without H2O
08.BL -With medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 3:1
08.BL.10 Arsenogorceixite! BaAl3AsO3(OH)(AsO4,PO4)(OH,F)6 R 3m 3 2/m
08.BL.10 Arsenocrandallite (Ca,Sr)Al3[(As,P)O4]2(OH)5•(H2O) R 3m 3m
08.BL.10 Ferrazite? (Pb,Ba)3(PO4)2•8(H2O)(?) Tri
08.BL.10 Arsenowaylandite* BiAl3(AsO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3 2/m
08.BL.10 Benauite! HSrFe3(PO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3 2/m
08.BL.10 Arsenogoyazite (Sr,Ca,Ba)Al3(AsO4,PO4)2(OH,F)5•(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m
08.BL.10 Dussertite BaFe3(AsO4)2(OH)5 R 3m 3m
08.BL.10 Crandallite CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5•(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m
08.BL.10 Goyazite SrAl3(PO4)2(OH)5•(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m
08.BL.10 Gorceixite BaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 R 3m 3 2/m
08.BL.10 Kintoreite PbFe3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)6 R 3m 3 2/m
08.BL.10 Lusungite? (Sr,Pb)Fe3(PO4)2(OH)5•(H2O) R 3m 3m
08.BL.10 Philipsbornite PbAl3(AsO4)2(OH)5•(H2O) R 3m-,R 3m Trig
08.BL.10 Plumbogummite PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5•(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m
08.BL.10 Segnitite PbFe3H(AsO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3 2/m
08.BL.10 Springcreekite! BaV3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)6 R 3m 3 2/m
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Ferrazite
(Pb,Ba)3(PO4)2•8(H2O) (?)
Dana No: 40.03.13.01 Strunz No: 08.BL.10
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