General Boggsite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
NaCa2(Al5Si19O48)•17(H2O) |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 1,845.91 gm |
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Sodium 1.25 % Na 1.68 % Na2O |
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Calcium 4.34 % Ca 6.08 % CaO |
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Aluminum 7.31 % Al 13.81 % Al2O3 |
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Silicon 28.91 % Si 61.84 % SiO2 |
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Hydrogen 1.86 % H 16.59 % H2O |
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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 |
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IMA1989-009 |
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PDF 42-1379 |
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