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Chlorargyrite Mineral Data |
General Chlorargyrite Information |
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AgCl | ||
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Molecular Weight = 143.32 gm | ||
Silver 75.26 % Ag 80.85 % Ag2O | |||
Chlorine 24.74 % Cl 24.74 % Cl | |||
- % Cl -5.58 % -O=Cl2 | |||
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
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AgCl | ||
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Oxidized portions of silver deposits. | ||
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Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1875 | ||
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Broken Hill district, New South Wales, Australia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
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Named after its chemical composition of chlorine (Greek, chloros = "pale green") and silver (Latin, argentum). | ||
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Chlorargyrite + Pronunciation ![]() |
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Cerargyrite | ||
Embolite - Br bearing | |||
Horn Silver | |||
ICSD 64734 | |||
PDF 31-1238 | |||
Chlorargyrite Image | |||
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Chlorargyrite Crystallography |
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a = 5.556, Z = 4; V = 171.51 Den(Calc)= 5.55 | ||
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Isometric - Hexoctahedral H-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F m3m | ||
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By Intensity(I/Io): 2.774(1), 1.962(0.5), 3.2(0.5), | ||
Physical Properties of Chlorargyrite |
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None | ||
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Purplish gray, Green, White, Colorless. | ||
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5.55 | ||
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Transparent to translucent | ||
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Sectile - Curved shavings or scrapings produced by a knife blade, (e.g. graphite). | ||
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Columnar - Forms columns | ||
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Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses. | ||
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1-1.5 - Talc or a little harder | ||
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Non-fluorescent. | ||
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Adamantine - Resinous | ||
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white | ||
Optical Properties of Chlorargyrite |
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CI meas= 0.099 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.099 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1928,KPDmeas= 0.1928,KC= 0.214 Ncalc = 2.19 |
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Isotropic, n=2.07. | ||
Calculated Properties of Chlorargyrite |
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Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.96 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Chlorargyrite =5.55 gm/cc. |
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Fermion Index = 0 Boson Index = 1 |
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PEChlorargyrite = 193.83 barns/electron U=PEChlorargyrite x rElectron Density= 960.78 barns/cc. |
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GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Chlorargyrite is Not Radioactive |
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Chlorargyrite Classification |
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09.01.04.01 (09)Anhydrous and Hydrated Halides | ||
(09.01)where A X | |||
(09.01.04)Embolite Series | |||
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03.AA.15 03 - HALIDES | ||
03.A - Simple Halides, Without H2O | |||
03.AA -M:X = 1:1, 2:3, 3:5, etc. | |||
Other Chlorargyrite Information |
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NAME( Emsley91) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | ||
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Links to other databases for Chlorargyrite : 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 17 - theimage Search for Chlorargyrite using: Visit our Advertisers for Chlorargyrite : Ask about Chlorargyrite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Chlorargyrite Specimen Label here :
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