Ehrleite Mineral Data

General Ehrleite Information

Chemical Formula:

Ca2ZnBe(PO4)2(PO3,OH)•4(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 480.04 gm

Calcium 16.70 % Ca 23.36 % CaO

Beryllium 1.88 % Be 5.21 % BeO

Zinc 13.62 % Zn 16.95 % ZnO

Phosphorus 17.74 % P 40.66 % P₂O₅

Hydrogen 1.73 % H 15.48 % H₂O

Oxygen 48.33 % O

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100.00 % 101.67 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Ca₂ZnBe(PO₄)₂(PO₃)_0.75(OH)_0.25•4(H₂O)

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1985

Locality:

Tip Top mine, Custer County, South Dakota. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Howard Ehrle of Miles City, Montana, who found the mineral.

Name Pronunciation:

Ehrleite

Synonym:

ICSD 202481

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Ehrleite Image

Images:

Ehrleite Parascholzite

Comments: White to clear, slender, 1-2mm, thin platy crystals of ehrleite associated with slender or thin,long bladed parascholzite. Type specimen courtesy of Museum of Geology, SD School of Mines.
Location: Tip Top mine, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: Crystal size 1-2 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Ehrleite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.9596:1:1.6795

Cell Dimensions:

a = 7.13, b = 7.43, c = 12.479, Z = 2; alpha = 94.31°, beta = 102.07°, gamma = 82.65° V = 639.35 Den(Calc)= 2.49

Crystal System:

Triclinic - Pinacoidal H-M Symbol ( 1) Space Group: P1

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.16(1), 12.41(0.7), 2.723(0.6),

Physical Properties of Ehrleite

Cleavage:

{???} Indistinct

Color:

Colorless, White.

Density:

2.64

Diaphaneity:

Transparent

Fracture:

Conchoidal - Uneven - Uneven fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments.

Hardness:

3.5 - Copper Penny

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Ehrleite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.006 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.054 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.227,KPDmeas= 0.2141,KC= 0.2154
Ncalc = 1.54 - 1.57

Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), a=1.556, b=1.56, g=1.58, bire=0.0240, 2V(Calc)=50, 2V(Meas)=62.

Calculated Properties of Ehrleite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.63 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Ehrleite =2.64 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.02
Boson Index = 0.98

Photoelectric:

PE_Ehrleite= 9.48 barns/electron
U=PE_Ehrleite x rElectron Density= 24.97 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Ehrleite Classification

Dana Class:

40.05.06.01 (40)Hydrated Phosphates, etc

(40.05)with miscellaneous formulae

(40.05.06)Dana Group

40.05.06.01 Ehrleite Ca2ZnBe(PO4)2(PO3,OH)•4(H2O) P1 1

Strunz Class:

08.CA.10 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES

08.C - Phosphates without Additional Anions, with H2O

08.CA -With small and large/medium cations

08.CA.10 Ehrleite Ca2ZnBe(PO4)2(PO3,OH)•4(H2O) P1 1

Other Ehrleite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Ehrleite :
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 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info
15 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Ehrleite

Ca2ZnBe(PO4)2(PO3,OH)•4(H2O)
Dana No: 40.05.06.01 Strunz No: 08.CA.10
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