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General Canaphite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: CaNa2P2O7•4(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 332.06 gm
   Sodium      13.85 %  Na   18.66 % Na2O
   Calcium     12.07 %  Ca   16.89 % CaO
   Phosphorus  18.66 %  P    42.75 % P2O5
   Hydrogen     2.43 %  H    21.70 % H2O
   Oxygen      53.00 %  O
              ______        ______ 
              100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: CaNa2(P2O7)•4(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: On a museum micromount specimen presumably from a trap-rock quarry.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1988
Help on Locality: Locality: Attributed to [Braens quarry,] Haledon [or Great Notch quarry, near Little Falls], Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: For Calcium, sodium, Natrium, and Phosphate in the composition.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 202523
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