Kogarkoite Mineral Data

General Kogarkoite Information

Chemical Formula:

Na3(SO4)F

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 184.03 gm

Sodium 37.48 % Na 50.52 % Na₂O

Sulfur 17.42 % S 43.51 % SO₃

Oxygen 34.78 % O

Fluorine 10.32 % F 10.32 % F

- % F -4.35 % -O=F₂

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Na₃(SO₄)F

Environment:

Sublimate from steam issuing from the spring. Also in nepheline syenite pegmatites in Russia.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1973

Locality:

Hortense Hot Springs, Chalk Creek, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Lia Nikolaevna Kofarko (1936-), Russian geochemist, who first noticed the mineral in Russia.

Name Pronunciation:

Kogarkoite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 31145

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Kogarkoite Image

Images:

Kogarkoite

Comments: Pale green granular mass of kogarkoite with yellow native sulfur.
Location: Vulcano, Sicily, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Kogarkoite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =2.6008:1:1.6462

Cell Dimensions:

a = 18.073, b = 6.949, c = 11.44, Z = 12; beta = 107.71° V = 1,368.65 Den(Calc)= 2.68

Crystal System:

Monoclinic Space Group: Unk (pseudo HEX-R)

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.48(1), 2.718(0.85), 2.991(0.85),

Physical Properties of Kogarkoite

Color:

Colorless, White, Light blue.

Density:

2.676 - 2.679, Average = 2.67

Habit:

Earthy - Dull, clay-like texture with no visible crystalline affinities, (e.g. howlite).

Habit:

Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix.

Habit:

Pseudo Hexagonal - Crystals show a hexagonal outline.

Hardness:

3.5 - Copper Penny

Luminescence:

Fluorescent, Short UV=pale blue, Long UV=white.

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Kogarkoite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.076 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.077 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1642,KPDmeas= 0.1643,KC= 0.1778
Ncalc = 1.48

Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), a=1.439, b=1.439, g=1.442, bire=0.0030

Pleochroism (x):

colorless.

Pleochroism (y):

colorless.

Pleochroism (z):

colorless.

Calculated Properties of Kogarkoite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.62 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Kogarkoite =2.68 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0014737376
Boson Index = 0.9985262624

Photoelectric:

PE_Kogarkoite= 1.70 barns/electron
U=PE_Kogarkoite x rElectron Density= 4.46 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Kogarkoite Classification

Dana Class:

30.01.06.01 (30)Anhydrous Sulfates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(30.01)where (A B)m (XO4)p Zq where m:p>2:1

(30.01.06)Dana Group

30.01.06.01 Kogarkoite Na3(SO4)F Unk (pseudo HEX-R) Mono

Strunz Class:

07.BD.15 07 - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES)

07.B - Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with Additional Anions, without H2O

07.BD -With only large cations

07.BD.15 Kogarkoite Na3(SO4)F Unk (pseudo HEX-R) Mono

Other Kogarkoite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990;www.saint-hilaire.ca) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Kogarkoite :
1 - Alkali-Nuts(English)
2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais)
3 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
4 - Athena
5 - EUROmin Project
6 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
7 - GeoScienceWorld
8 - Google Images
9 - Google Scholar
10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
11 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
12 - MinDAT
13 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
14 - Online Mineral Museum
15 - QUT Mineral Atlas
16 - Ruff.Info
17 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Kogarkoite

Na3(SO4)F
Dana No: 30.01.06.01 Strunz No: 07.BD.15
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