Mozartite Mineral Data

General Mozartite Information

Chemical Formula:

CaMn+++SiO4(OH)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 204.11 gm

Calcium 19.64 % Ca 27.47 % CaO

Manganese 26.92 % Mn 38.67 % Mn₂O₃

Silicon 13.76 % Si 29.44 % SiO₂

Hydrogen 0.49 % H 4.41 % H₂O

Oxygen 39.19 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

CaMn³⁺(SiO₄)(OH)

Environment:

Found intergrown with pectolite. Isostructural with vuagnatite and adelite group minerals.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1993

Locality:

Circhiara mine, near Faggiona, Val di Vara, La Spezia, eastern Liguria, Italy. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and his opera "The Magic Flute". The mineral was first noted in 1991, the 200th annivarsary of the composer's death.

Name Pronunciation:

Mozartite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 75925

IMA1991-016

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Mozartite Image

Images:

Mozartite

Comments: Massive, crystalline mozartite.
Location: Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: 9.5 x 9.7 cm.
© John Veevaert

Mozartite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.8081:1:1.2029

Cell Dimensions:

a = 5.838, b = 7.224, c = 8.69, Z = 4; V = 366.49 Den(Calc)= 3.70

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - Disphenoidal H-M Symbol (2 2 2) Space Group: P 2₁2₁2₁

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.584(1), 5.558(0.86), 3.07(0.73),

Physical Properties of Mozartite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Dark red, Reddish brown.

Density:

3.64

Diaphaneity:

Transparent

Habit:

Anhedral Grains - Granular minerals without the expression of crystal shapes

Hardness:

6 - Orthoclase

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

red

Optical Properties of Mozartite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.043 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.059 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2356,KPDmeas= 0.2395,KC= 0.2503
Ncalc = 1.91 - 1.93

Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), a=1.84, b=1.855, g=1.92, bire=0.0800, 2V(Calc)=54, 2V(Meas)=50-52.8.

Pleochroism (x):

yellow brown.

Pleochroism (y):

yellow.

Pleochroism (z):

orange red.

Calculated Properties of Mozartite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.57 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Mozartite =3.64 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0068799767
Boson Index = 0.9931200233

Photoelectric:

PE_Mozartite= 9.80 barns/electron
U=PE_Mozartite x rElectron Density= 34.94 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Mozartite Classification

Dana Class:

52.04.02.01 (52)Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O

(52.04)with cations in [6] and/or > [6] coordination

(52.04.02)Vuagnatite group

52.04.02.01 Mozartite CaMnSiO4(OH) P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

52.04.02.02 Vuagnatite CaAlSiO4(OH) P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

Strunz Class:

09.AG.60 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)

09.A - Nesosilicates

09.AG -Nesosilicates with additional anions; cations in > [6] ï¿½ [6] coordination

09.AG.60 Mozartite CaMnSiO4(OH) P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

09.AG.60 Vuagnatite CaAlSiO4(OH) P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

Other Mozartite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.79,p388,1994) OPTIC PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.79,p388,1994)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Mozartite :
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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Mozartite

CaMn+++SiO4(OH)
Dana No: 52.04.02.01 Strunz No: 09.AG.60
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