Uralolite Mineral Data

General Uralolite Information

Chemical Formula:

Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3•5(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 542.22 gm

Calcium 14.78 % Ca 20.68 % CaO

Beryllium 6.65 % Be 18.45 % BeO

Phosphorus 17.14 % P 39.27 % P₂O₅

Hydrogen 2.42 % H 21.60 % H₂O

Oxygen 59.01 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Ca₂Be₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃•5(H₂O)

Environment:

Alteration of beryllonite.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1964

Locality:

Boyevka, central Ural Mountains, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the locality.

Name Pronunciation:

Uralolite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 78418

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Uralolite Image

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Uralolite

Comments: Radiating aggregates of uralolite.
Location: BrandrÃ¼cken, Weinebene pass, Koralpe Mts, Carinthia, Austria. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Uralolite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.4092:1:0.9977

Cell Dimensions:

a = 6.55, b = 16.005, c = 15.969, Z = 4; beta = 101.64° V = 1,639.65 Den(Calc)= 2.20

Crystal System:

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

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.56(1), 3.04(0.8), 3.2(0.7),

Physical Properties of Uralolite

Cleavage:

{100} Poor, {010} Poor

Color:

Colorless, White, Brownish white.

Density:

2.05 - 2.14, Average = 2.09

Diaphaneity:

Transparent to Translucent

Habit:

Concretionary - Rounded massive fine-grained materials.

Habit:

Radial - Crystals radiate from a center without producing stellar forms (e.g. stibnite)

Habit:

Wheat Sheaf - Bundle shaped aggregates resembling wheat sheafs after hand reaping wheat.

Hardness:

2.5 - Finger Nail

Luminescence:

Fluorescent, Short UV=yellow green, Long UV=butter yellow.

Luster:

Subadamantine

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Uralolite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.073 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.022 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.238,KPDmeas= 0.25,KC= 0.233
Ncalc = 1.48 - 1.51

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.51-1.512, b=1.525-1.526, g=1.533-1.536, bire=0.0230-0.0240

Pleochroism (x):

colorless.

Pleochroism (y):

colorless.

Pleochroism (z):

colorless.

Calculated Properties of Uralolite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.22 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Uralolite =2.20 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.06
Boson Index = 0.94

Photoelectric:

PE_Uralolite= 2.73 barns/electron
U=PE_Uralolite x rElectron Density= 6.07 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Uralolite Classification

Dana Class:

42.07.06.01 (42)Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(42.07)where (AB)5 (XO4)3 Zq ï¿½ x(H2O)

(42.07.06)Uralolite Group

42.07.06.01 Uralolite Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3•5(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

42.07.06.02 Weinebeneite CaBe3(PO4)2(OH)2•5(H2O) Cc m

Strunz Class:

08.DA.15 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES

08.D - Phosphates, etc

08.DA -With small (and occasionally larger) cations

08.DA.15 Uralolite Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3•5(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

Other Uralolite Information

References:

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

See Also:

Links to other databases for Uralolite :
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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Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3•5(H2O)
Dana No: 42.07.06.01 Strunz No: 08.DA.15
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