Fransoletite Mineral Data

General Fransoletite Information

Chemical Formula:

H2Ca3Be2(PO4)4•4(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 592.22 gm

Calcium 20.30 % Ca 28.41 % CaO

Beryllium 3.04 % Be 8.45 % BeO

Phosphorus 20.92 % P 47.94 % P₂O₅

Hydrogen 1.70 % H 15.21 % H₂O

Oxygen 54.03 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

H₂Ca₃Be₂(PO₄)₄•4(H₂O)

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1983

Locality:

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

Name Origin:

Named for A.M. Fransolet

Name Pronunciation:

Fransoletite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 40670

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Fransoletite Image

Images:

Fransoletite

Comments: Light blue crystals of fransoletite.
Location: Tip Top mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Fransoletite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.4881:1:0.4695

Cell Dimensions:

a = 7.348, b = 15.052, c = 7.068, Z = 2; beta = 96.519° V = 776.68 Den(Calc)= 2.53

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 2₁/a

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.044(1), 3.47(0.9), 3.32(0.7),

Physical Properties of Fransoletite

Cleavage:

{010} Indistinct

Color:

Colorless, White.

Density:

2.56

Diaphaneity:

Transparent to Translucent

Fracture:

Uneven - Flat surfaces (not cleavage) fractured in an uneven pattern.

Hardness:

3 - Calcite

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Fransoletite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.016 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.028 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2256,KPDmeas= 0.2229,KC= 0.2194
Ncalc = 1.55 - 1.56

Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), a=1.56, b=1.566, g=1.586, bire=0.0260, 2V(Calc)=58, 2V(Meas)=25.

Calculated Properties of Fransoletite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.58 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Fransoletite =2.56 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.03
Boson Index = 0.97

Photoelectric:

PE_Fransoletite= 3.53 barns/electron
U=PE_Fransoletite x rElectron Density= 9.10 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Fransoletite Classification

Dana Class:

40.05.01.01 (40)Hydrated Phosphates, etc

(40.05)with miscellaneous formulae

(40.05.01)Dana Group

40.05.01.01 Fransoletite H2Ca3Be2(PO4)4•4(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

Strunz Class:

08.CA.05 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES

08.C - Phosphates without Additional Anions, with H2O

08.CA -With small and large/medium cations

08.CA.05 Fransoletite H2Ca3Be2(PO4)4•4(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

08.CA.05 Parafransoletite Ca3Be2(PO4)2(PO3,OH)2•4(H2O) P1 1

Other Fransoletite Information

References:

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

See Also:

Links to other databases for Fransoletite :
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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