Colorless, Amber yellow, Golden brown, Brown, Red.
Density:
4.51
Diaphaneity:
Opaque
Fracture:
Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.
Habit:
Anhedral Grains - Granular minerals without the expression of crystal shapes
Habit:
Hexagonal - Six-sided crystal shape in cross-section or habit.
Habit:
Platy - Sheet forms (e.g. micas).
Hardness:
8.5 - Chrysoberyl
Luminescence:
Non-fluorescent.
Luster:
Vitreous - Greasy
Magnetism:
Weakly magnetic
Streak:
grayish white
Optical Properties of Ferronigerite-2N1S
Dichroism (e):
brownish yellow or yellow brown.
Dichroism (w):
pale brownish yellow or yellow.
Gladstone-Dale:
CI meas= 0.119 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.097 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.183,KPDmeas= 0.1785,KC= 0.2026 Ncalc = 1.89 - 1.91
Optical Data:
Uniaxial (+), w=1.8, e=1.81, bire=0.0100.
Calculated Properties of Ferronigerite-2N1S
Electron Density:
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.18 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Ferronigerite-2N1S =4.40 gm/cc.
Fermion Index:
Fermion Index = 0.03 Boson Index = 0.97
Photoelectric:
PEFerronigerite-2N1S = 65.60 barns/electron U=PEFerronigerite-2N1S x rElectron Density= 273.88 barns/cc.
Radioactivity:
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Ferronigerite-2N1S is Not Radioactive
Chemical Formula: 