Poughite Mineral Data

General Poughite Information

Chemical Formula:

Fe+++2(TeO3)2(SO4)•3(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 613.00 gm

Iron 18.22 % Fe 23.44 % FeO

Tellurium 41.63 % Te 52.07 % TeO₂

Hydrogen 0.99 % H 8.82 % H₂O

Sulfur 5.23 % S 13.06 % SO₃

Oxygen 33.93 % O

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100.00 % 97.39 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Fe²⁺₂(TeO₃)₂(SO₄)•3(H₂O)

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1968

Locality:

Moctezuma mine ("La Bambolla"), Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Frederick Harvey Pough (1906-), American mineralogist, curator, and writer.

Name Pronunciation:

Poughite

Synonym:

ICSD 34597

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Poughite Image

Images:

Poughite

Comments: Yellow coatings of poughite on matrix.
Location: Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Poughite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.6802:1:0.5535

Cell Dimensions:

a = 9.66, b = 14.2, c = 7.86, Z = 4; V = 1,078.17 Den(Calc)= 3.78

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pmnb

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 5.74(1), 7.1(1), 3.239(0.7),

Physical Properties of Poughite

Cleavage:

{010} Perfect, {101} Good

Color:

Brownish yellow, Greenish yellow, Dark yellow.

Density:

3.75

Habit:

Botryoidal - "Grape-like" rounded forms (e.g.. malachite).

Habit:

Tabular - Form dimensions are thin in one direction.

Hardness:

2.5 - Finger Nail

Luminescence:

Non-fluorescent.

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

light yellow

Optical Properties of Poughite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.187 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.178 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2377,KPDmeas= 0.2396,KC= 0.2018
Ncalc = 1.76

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.72, b=1.985, g=1.99, bire=0.2700, 2V(Calc)=14, 2V(Meas)=15-20.

Pleochroism (x):

colorless.

Pleochroism (y):

pale greenish yellow.

Pleochroism (z):

pale yellow.

Calculated Properties of Poughite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.48 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Poughite =3.78 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.03
Boson Index = 0.97

Photoelectric:

PE_Poughite= 144.98 barns/electron
U=PE_Poughite x rElectron Density= 504.21 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Poughite Classification

Dana Class:

34.08.01.01 (34)Selenites - Tellurites - Sulfites

(34.08)Dana Type

(34.08.01)Dana Group

34.08.01.01 Poughite Fe2(TeO3)2(SO4)•3(H2O) Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

04.JN.10 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

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

04.JN -Tellurites with additional anions, with H2O

04.JN.10 Poughite Fe2(TeO3)2(SO4)•3(H2O) Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m

Other Poughite Information

References:

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

See Also:

Links to other databases for Poughite :
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

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Fe+++2(TeO3)2(SO4)•3(H2O)
Dana No: 34.08.01.01 Strunz No: 04.JN.10
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