Freedite Mineral Data

General Freedite Information

Chemical Formula:

Pb8Cu+(As+++O3)2O3Cl5

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 2,192.25 gm

Copper 2.90 % Cu 3.26 % Cu₂O

Arsenic 6.84 % As 9.02 % As₂O₃

Lead 75.61 % Pb 81.45 % PbO

Chlorine 8.09 % Cl 8.09 % Cl

- % Cl -1.82 % -O=Cl₂

Oxygen 6.57 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Pb₈Cu(AsO₃)₂O₃Cl₅

Environment:

Weathered lead slags.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1985

Locality:

Laurion, Greece. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Robert L. Freed (1950-), U.S. Mineralogist.

Name Pronunciation:

Freedite

Synonym:

ICSD 68176

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Freedite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.6755:1:0.3714

Cell Dimensions:

a = 13.578, b = 20.099, c = 7.465, Z = 4; beta = 105.73° V = 1,960.94 Den(Calc)= 7.43

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/m

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.949(1), 2.734(0.8), 2.83(0.8),

Physical Properties of Freedite

Cleavage:

{100} Perfect

Color:

Greenish yellow.

Density:

Habit:

Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.

Habit:

Radial - Crystals radiate from a center without producing stellar forms (e.g. stibnite)

Hardness:

3 - Calcite

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

yellow

Optical Properties of Freedite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.21 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.256 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1211,KPDmeas= 0.1286,KC= 0.1627
Ncalc = 2.14 - 2.21

Optical Data:

Biaxial (?), b=1.9

Calculated Properties of Freedite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=5.80 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Freedite =7.00 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.16
Boson Index = 0.84

Photoelectric:

PE_Freedite=1,408.62 barns/electron
U=PE_Freedite x rElectron Density=8,168.02 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Freedite Classification

Dana Class:

46.01.05.01 (46)Basic or Halogen-Containing Antimonites, Arsenites and Phosphites

(46.01)where (A B)m (XO3)p Zq

(46.01.05)Dana Group

46.01.05.01 Freedite Pb8Cu(AsO3)2O3Cl5 C 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

04.JB.65 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.J - Arsenites, Antimonites, Bismuthites, Sulfites,

04.JB -Arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites; with additional anions, without H2O

04.JB.65 Freedite Pb8Cu(AsO3)2O3Cl5 C 2/m 2/m

Other Freedite Information

References:

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

See Also:

Links to other databases for Freedite :
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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Pb8Cu+(As+++O3)2O3Cl5
Dana No: 46.01.05.01 Strunz No: 04.JB.65
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