Vuagnatite Mineral Data

General Vuagnatite Information

Chemical Formula:

CaAlSiO4(OH)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 176.15 gm

Calcium 22.75 % Ca 31.84 % CaO

Aluminum 15.32 % Al 28.94 % Al₂O₃

Silicon 15.94 % Si 34.11 % SiO₂

Hydrogen 0.57 % H 5.11 % H₂O

Oxygen 45.41 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

CaAl(SiO₄)(OH)

Environment:

In rodingitized dikes of pegmatitic anorthositic gabbro crosscutting harzburgite-serpentines in an ophiolite

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1976

Locality:

Bogurtlen Tepe Hill, 10 km northeast of Doï¿½ganbaba, Taurus Mountains, Burdur Province, Turkey. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Mark Bernard Vuagnat (1922- ), student of ophiolites, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

Name Pronunciation:

Vuagnatite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 12127

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Vuagnatite Image

Images:

Vuagnatite Mcguinnessite

Comments: Translucent colorless vuagnatite microcrystals with mcguinnessite.
Location: Near Red Mountain, Mendocino County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vuagnatite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.8259:1:0.6653

Cell Dimensions:

a = 7.055, b = 8.542, c = 5.683, Z = 4; V = 342.48 Den(Calc)= 3.42

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): 2.993(1), 2.635(0.7), 2.517(0.6),

Physical Properties of Vuagnatite

Cleavage:

{???} Perfect

Color:

Colorless, White, Light pink.

Density:

3.2 - 3.25, Average = 3.22

Diaphaneity:

Transparent to Translucent

Hardness:

6 - Orthoclase

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Vuagnatite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.036 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.024 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.21,KPDmeas= 0.2227,KC= 0.2151
Ncalc = 1.69 - 1.74

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.7, b=1.725, g=1.73, bire=0.0300, 2V(Calc)=46, 2V(Meas)=48.

Calculated Properties of Vuagnatite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.42 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Vuagnatite =3.42 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0079718879
Boson Index = 0.9920281121

Photoelectric:

PE_Vuagnatite= 3.86 barns/electron
U=PE_Vuagnatite x rElectron Density= 13.17 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Vuagnatite Classification

Dana Class:

52.04.02.02 (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 Vuagnatite Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic2) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Vuagnatite :
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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Vuagnatite

CaAlSiO4(OH)
Dana No: 52.04.02.02 Strunz No: 09.AG.60
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