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General Agardite-(Y) Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: (Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 1,030.82 gm
   Calcium    0.97 %  Ca    1.36 % CaO
   Yttrium    6.47 %  Y     8.21 % Y2O3
   Copper    36.99 %  Cu   46.30 % CuO
   Arsenic   21.80 %  As   33.45 % As2O5
   Hydrogen   1.17 %  H    10.49 % H2O
   Oxygen    32.59 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %       99.81 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Y0.75Ca0.25Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O)
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1969
Help on Locality: Locality: Morocco, Bou Skour mine, Jebel Sarhro Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for the composition and for Jules Agard, Geologist, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, Orleans, France.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Agardite-(Y) Say AGARDITE-(Y)
Help on Synonym: Synonym: Chlorotile
  ICSD 36476
  PDF 25-183
 

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  Agardite-(Y)

Comments: Fibrous to fine acicular green micro crystals of agardite-(Y) (chlorotile) to 1mm.
Location: Clara mine, Wolfach, Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Scale: Picture size 0.5 cm.
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Agardite-(Y) Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:0.43321
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 13.55, c = 5.87, Z = 2; V = 933.36 Den(Calc)= 3.67
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Hexagonal - Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (6/m) Space Group: P 63/m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 10.73(1), 2.451(0.8), 2.938(0.8),
 

Physical Properties of Agardite-(Y)

Help on Color: Color: Blue green, Blue.
Help on Density: Density: 3.66 - 3.72, Average = 3.69
Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity: Translucent
Help on Habit: Habit: Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals.
Help on Habit: Habit: Rosette - Bundled tabular aggregates resembling rose flower petals.
Help on Habit: Habit: Spherical - Spherical, rounded aggregates.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 3-4 - Calcite-Fluorite
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: greenish white
 

Optical Properties of Agardite-(Y)

Help on Dichroism (e): Dichroism (e): colorless.
Help on Dichroism (w): Dichroism (w): colorless.
Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.084 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.09 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.202,KPDmeas= 0.2009,KC= 0.1854
Ncalc = 1.68 - 1.69
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Uniaxial (+), w=1.701, e=1.782, bire=0.0810.
 

Calculated Properties of Agardite-(Y)

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.49 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Agardite-(Y) =3.69 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.0001713337
Boson Index = 0.9998286663
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric: PEAgardite-(Y) = 39.59 barns/electron
U=PEAgardite-(Y) x rElectron Density= 138.11 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Agardite-(Y) is Not Radioactive
 

Agardite-(Y) Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 42.05.01.02 (42)Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
  (42.05)where (A)2 (XO4) Zq � x(H2O)
  (42.05.01)Mixite group (Arsenate Series)
 
42.05.01.01 Mixite BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 
42.05.01.02 Agardite-(Y) (Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 
42.05.01.02a Agardite-(La)! (La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 
42.05.01.02b Agardite-(Nd)! (Pb,Nd,Y,La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) 6/m
 
42.05.01.02c Agardite-(Dy)! (Dy,La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) 6/m
 
42.05.01.02d Agardite-(Ca)! CaCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) 6/m
 
42.05.01.02e Agardite-(Ce)! (Ce,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 
42.05.01.03 Goudeyite (Al,Y)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) Unk Hex
 
42.05.01.04 Zalesiite! (Ca,Y)Cu6[(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6]•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 
42.05.01.06 Plumboagardite! (Pb,REE,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: 08.DL.15 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
  08.D - Phosphates, etc
  08.DL -With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 2:1
 
08.DL.15 Agardite-(Dy)! (Dy,La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) 6/m
 
08.DL.15 Agardite-(Ca)! CaCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) 6/m
 
08.DL.15 Agardite-(Ce)! (Ce,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 
08.DL.15 Agardite-(La)! (La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 
08.DL.15 Agardite-(Nd)! (Pb,Nd,Y,La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) 6/m
 
08.DL.15 Agardite-(Y) (Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 
08.DL.15 Goudeyite (Al,Y)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) Unk Hex
 
08.DL.15 Zalesiite! (Ca,Y)Cu6[(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6]•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 
08.DL.15 Mixite BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 
08.DL.15 Petersite-(Y) (Y,Ce,Nd,Ca)Cu6(PO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 
08.DL.15 Calciopetersite! CaCu6[(PO4)2(PO3OH)(OH)6]•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 
08.DL.15 Plumboagardite! (Pb,REE,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 

Other Agardite-(Y) Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Agardite-(Y) :
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 (UofA)
9 - MinDAT
10 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
11 - Online Mineral Museum
12 - QUT Mineral Atlas
13 - Ruff.Info
14 - WWW-MINCRYST

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(Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O)
Dana No: 42.05.01.02 Strunz No: 08.DL.15
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