Glucine Mineral Data (original) (raw)
General Glucine Information
Chemical Formula:
CaBe4(PO4)2(OH)4•0.5(H2O)
Composition:
Molecular Weight = 343.11 gm
Calcium 11.68 % Ca 16.34 % CaO
Beryllium 10.51 % Be 29.16 % BeO
Phosphorus 18.05 % P 41.37 % P2O5
Hydrogen 1.47 % H 13.13 % H2O
Oxygen 58.29 % O
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:
CaBe4(PO4)2(OH)4•0.5(H2O)
Environment:
In mica-fluorite veins.
IMA Status:
Approved IMA 1963
Locality:
Ural Mountains, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:
Named for the alternative name for beryllium: Glucinum.
Name Pronunciation:
Glucine 
Glucine Image
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Glucine Crystallography
Crystal System:
MonoclinicSpace Group: ?
X Ray Diffraction:
By Intensity(I/Io): 1.39(1), 2.41(1), 10.8(1),
Physical Properties of Glucine
Color:
Colorless, White.
Density:
2.32 - 2.4, Average = 2.36
Habit:
Concretionary - Rounded massive fine-grained materials.
Habit:
Massive - Fibrous - Distinctly fibrous fine-grained forms.
Hardness:
5 - Apatite
Streak:
white
Optical Properties of Glucine
Gladstone-Dale:
CI meas= -0.052 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
KPDmeas= 0.2363,KC= 0.2246
Ncalc = 1.52 - 1.54
Optical Data:
Biaxial (?), a=1.547, b=1.555, g=1.571, bire=0.0240
Calculated Properties of Glucine
Electron Density:
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.35 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Glucine =2.36 gm/cc.
Fermion Index:
Fermion Index = 0.1
Boson Index = 0.9
Photoelectric:
PEGlucine = 2.43 barns/electron
U=PEGlucine x rElectron Density= 5.71 barns/cc.
Radioactivity:
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Glucine is Not Radioactive
Glucine Classification
Dana Class:
42.04.10.01 (42)Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
(42.04)where (AB)5 (XO4)2 Zq � x(H2O)
(42.04.10)Dana Group
42.04.10.01 Glucine CaBe4(PO4)2(OH)4•0.5(H2O) ? Mono
Strunz Class:
08.DA.45 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
08.D - Phosphates, etc
08.DA -With small (and occasionally larger) cations
08.DA.45 Glucine CaBe4(PO4)2(OH)4•0.5(H2O) ? Mono
Other Glucine Information
References:
NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)
See Also:
Links to other databases for Glucine :
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 - MinDAT
10 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
11 - Online Mineral Museum
12 - QUT Mineral Atlas
13 - Ruff.Info
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Glucine
CaBe4(PO4)2(OH)4•0.5(H2O)
Dana No: 42.04.10.01 Strunz No: 08.DA.45
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