General Tuite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Ca3(PO4)2 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 306.55 gm |
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Sodium 2.10 % Na 2.83 % Na2O |
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Calcium 32.81 % Ca 45.91 % CaO |
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Magnesium 2.14 % Mg 3.55 % MgO |
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Iron 0.36 % Fe 0.47 % FeO |
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Phosphorus 20.41 % P 46.77 % P2O5 |
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Oxygen 42.17 % O |
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100.00 % 99.53 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
| Empirical Formula: |
Ca2.51Na0.28Mg0.27Fe2+0.02(PO4)2.02 |
| Environment: |
In a shock-melt vein of the meteorite. High pressure polymorph of whitlockite. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
Suizhou L6 chondrite meteorite, which fell in 1986 in Dayanpo, 12.5 km southeast of the city of Suizhou, Hubei Province, People�s Republic of China. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for Guangzhi Tu (1920-), professor and founding director of the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People�s Repub lic of China. |
| Synonym: |
IMA2001-070 |
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