Kanonerovite Mineral Data

General Kanonerovite Information

Chemical Formula:

MnNa3P3O10•12(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 590.91 gm

Sodium 11.28 % Na 15.21 % Na₂O

Manganese 9.30 % Mn 12.00 % MnO

Phosphorus 15.73 % P 36.03 % P₂O₅

Hydrogen 4.13 % H 36.89 % H₂O

Oxygen 59.57 % O

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100.00 % 100.14 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Mn²⁺Na_2.9P₃O_9.9•12.1(H₂O)

Environment:

In cavities of a granite pegmatite of muscovite-albite-microcline type cutting biotite granite-gneiss and porphyry granites. First triphosphate mineral.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Kazennitsa pegmatite vein, Alabashka pegmatite field, Middle Urals, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Aleksandr Anatol'evich Kanonerov (1955-), mining historian at the Nizhnii Tagil Museum of Mining Industry of the Middle Urals.

Synonym:

IMA1997-016

Kanonerovite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =1.5766:1:1.6216

Cell Dimensions:

a = 14.71, b = 9.33, c = 15.13, Z = 4; beta = 89.8° V = 2,076.49 Den(Calc)= 1.89

Crystal System:

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

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 7.36(1)(200), 6.95(0.9)(111,111), 10.5(0.75)(101,101), 2.889(0.6)(420,124,032), 3.316(0.6)(411,411,123,3.162(0.5)(214,214), 2.391(0.

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Physical Properties of Kanonerovite

Cleavage:

{010} Poor

Color:

Colorless.

Density:

1.91

Diaphaneity:

Transparent

Fracture:

Brittle - Uneven - Very brittle fracture producing uneven fragments.

Habit:

Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix.

Habit:

Platy - Sheet forms (e.g. micas).

Habit:

Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Hardness:

2.5-3 - Finger Nail-Calcite

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Kanonerovite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.021 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.011 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2413,KPDmeas= 0.2387,KC= 0.2439
Ncalc = 1.46 - 1.47

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.453, b=1.459,

Calculated Properties of Kanonerovite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=1.93 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Kanonerovite =1.89 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0002921137
Boson Index = 0.9997078863

Photoelectric:

PE_Kanonerovite= 3.28 barns/electron
U=PE_Kanonerovite x rElectron Density= 6.33 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Kanonerovite Classification

Dana Class:

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

(46.04)where (A B)m (XO3)p Zq ï¿½ x(H2O)

(46.04.01)Dana Group

46.04.01.01 Kanonerovite! MnNa3P3O10•12(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

Strunz Class:

08.FC.30 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES

08.F - Polyphosphates, Polyarsenates, [4]-Polyvanadates

08.FC -Polyphosphates, etc., with H2O only

08.FC.30 Kanonerovite! MnNa3P3O10•12(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

Other Kanonerovite Information

References:

NAME( MinRec, v 34, p 265) PHYS. PROP.(MinRec, v 34, p 265) OPTIC PROP.(MinRec, v 34, p 265)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Kanonerovite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
8 - MinDAT
9 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
10 - Online Mineral Museum
11 - QUT Mineral Atlas
12 - Ruff.Info

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Kanonerovite

MnNa3P3O10•12(H2O)
Dana No: 46.04.01.01 Strunz No: 08.FC.30
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