Boggsite Mineral Data

General Boggsite Information
Chemical Formula:	NaCa2(Al5Si19O48)•17(H2O)
Composition:	Molecular Weight = 1,845.91 gm
	Sodium 1.25 % Na 1.68 % Na₂O
	Calcium 4.34 % Ca 6.08 % CaO
	Aluminum 7.31 % Al 13.81 % Al₂O₃
	Silicon 28.91 % Si 61.84 % SiO₂
	Hydrogen 1.86 % H 16.59 % H₂O
	Oxygen 56.34 % O
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	100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:	NaCa₂Al₅Si₁₉O₄₈•17(H₂O)
Environment:	In vesicles in one of a series of porphyritic basalt flows intercalated with pyroclastics and minor sediments.
IMA Status:	Approved IMA 1990
Locality:	Along Goble Creek, near Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:	After Robert Maxwell Boggs (1918- ), of Seattle, Washington, USA, and his son, Dr. Russell Calvin Boggs (1952- ), of Cheney, Washington, USA, mineral collectors.
Name Pronunciation:	Boggsite
Synonym:	ICSD 69120
	IMA1989-009
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