Chlorophoenicite Mineral Data

General Chlorophoenicite Information

Chemical Formula:

(Mn,Mg)3Zn2(AsO4)(OH,O)6

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 980.21 gm

Magnesium 7.44 % Mg 12.34 % MgO

Manganese 16.81 % Mn 21.71 % MnO

Zinc 26.68 % Zn 33.21 % ZnO

Arsenic 15.29 % As 23.45 % As₂O₅

Hydrogen 1.13 % H 10.11 % H₂O

Oxygen 32.64 % O

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100.00 % 100.82 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Mn²⁺_2.25Mg_2.25Mg_0.75Mn²⁺_0.75Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)_5.5O_0.5

Environment:

Secondary cracks through franklinite ores in a metamorphosed stratiform zinc orebody.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1924

Locality:

Franklin and Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

From the Greek for green and purple-red, alluding to the mineralï¿½s colors in natural and artificial light.

Name Pronunciation:

Chlorophoenicite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 24432

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Chlorophoenicite

Comments: Clear tabular crystals of chlorophoenicite.
Location: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: Size Not Given.
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Chlorophoenicite Crystallography

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.642(1), 3.71(0.7), 3.11(0.5),6.87(0.5), 2.99(0.4), 1.758(0.3), 1.822(0.2),

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Forms: ( 2 0 3) ( 1 1 1) ( 1 0 6) ( 1 0 2) ( 1 0 0) ( 0 0 1)

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Physical Properties of Chlorophoenicite

Color:

Grayish green, Purplish red.

Optical Properties of Chlorophoenicite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.01 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.184 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2276,KPDmeas= 0.1943,KC= 0.1923
Ncalc = 1.58 - 1.68

Calculated Properties of Chlorophoenicite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.39 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Chlorophoenicite =3.55 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99

Photoelectric:

PE_{Chlorophoenicite}= 28.26 barns/electron
U=PE_{Chlorophoenicite} x rElectron Density= 95.81 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Chlorophoenicite is Not Radioactive

Chlorophoenicite Classification

Dana Class:

41.01.01.01 (41)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(41.01)where (A++)m (XO4)p Zq, with m:p>4:1

(41.01.01)Phoenicite Group

41.01.01.01 Chlorophoenicite (Mn,Mg)3Zn2(AsO4)(OH,O)6 C 2/m 2/m

41.01.01.02 Magnesiochlorophoenicite (Mg,Mn)3Zn2(AsO4)(OH,O)6 C 2/m 2/m

41.01.01.03 Jarosewichite Mn3Mn(AsO4)(OH)6 C 222,C mm2,C 2m2(/n) Ortho

Strunz Class:

08.BE.35 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES

08.B - Phosphates, etc. with Additional Anions, without H2O

08.BE -With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 2:1

08.BE.35 Chlorophoenicite (Mn,Mg)3Zn2(AsO4)(OH,O)6 C 2/m 2/m

08.BE.35 Magnesiochlorophoenicite (Mg,Mn)3Zn2(AsO4)(OH,O)6 C 2/m 2/m

Other Chlorophoenicite Information

See Also:

Links to other databases for Chlorophoenicite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - Franklin Minerals(Dunn)
6 - Franklin Minerals(Palache)
7 - GeoScienceWorld
8 - Google Images
9 - Google Scholar
10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
11 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
12 - MinDAT
13 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
14 - Online Mineral Museum
15 - QUT Mineral Atlas
16 - Ruff.Info
17 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Chlorophoenicite

(Mn,Mg)3Zn2(AsO4)(OH,O)6
Dana No: 41.01.01.01 Strunz No: 08.BE.35
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