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General Protoanthophyllite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 801.60 gm
   Sodium      0.17 %  Na    0.23 % Na2O
   Magnesium  19.13 %  Mg   31.73 % MgO
   Manganese   0.07 %  Mn    0.09 % MnO
   Aluminum    0.47 %  Al    0.89 % Al2O3
   Iron        4.25 %  Fe    5.47 % FeO
   Silicon    27.68 %  Si   59.21 % SiO2
   Nickel      0.07 %  Ni    0.09 % NiO
   Hydrogen    0.25 %  H     2.25 % H2O
   Oxygen     47.90 %  O
             ______        ______ 
             100.00 %       99.96 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Mg6.31Fe2+0.61Na0.06Mn2+0.01Ni0.01Si7.9Al0.14O22(OH)2
Help on Environment: Environment: Contact metamorphosed Takase ultramafic complex (serpentinites).
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added)
Help on Locality: Locality: Drill-core sample from the waste dump of the abandoned Takase chromite mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named as the proto-type analog of anthophyllite. The prefix proto refers to a half-rotation about the b axis between successive layers of octahedra.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: IMA2001-065
 

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  Protoanthophyllite

Comments: Drill core showing white acicular crystalline aggregates of protoanthophyllite in matrix with a close up image on the right..
Location: Drill-core sample from the waste dump of the abandoned Takase chromite mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Scale: Core size 3 cm.
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Protoanthophyllite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.5217:1:0.2962
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 9.3553, b = 17.9308, c = 5.3117, Z = 2; V = 891.03 Den(Calc)= 2.99
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pnmn
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 3.66(1)(131), 3.08(0.81)(310), 8.32(0.71)(110),2.51(0.57)(202), 2.56(0.49)(102), 3.27(0.49)(221),
 

Physical Properties of Protoanthophyllite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: {110} Perfect, {110} Perfect
Help on Color: Color: Colorless, White.
Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity: Transparent
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Brittle - Uneven - Very brittle fracture producing uneven fragments.
Help on Habit: Habit: Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 6 - Orthoclase
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Protoanthophyllite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI calc= 0.022 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2026,KC= 0.2072
Ncalc = 1.62
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (-), a=1.593, b=1.609, g=1.615, bire=0.0220
 

Calculated Properties of Protoanthophyllite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.98 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Protoanthophyllite =2.99 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.03
Boson Index = 0.97
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric: PEProtoanthophyllite = 2.80 barns/electron
U=PEProtoanthophyllite x rElectron Density= 8.33 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Protoanthophyllite is Not Radioactive
 

Protoanthophyllite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 66.01.02.02a (66)Inosilicate Double-Width Unbranched Chains, W=2
  (66.01)with P=2 amphibole configuration
  (66.01.02)Dana Group
 
66.01.02.01 Magnesioanthophyllite? (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.02.02 Anthophyllite []Mg7Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.02.02a Protoanthophyllite! (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2 Pnmn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.02.03 Ferro-anthophyllite []Fe7Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.02.03a Protoferro-anthophyllite! (Fe,Mn)2(Fe,Mg)5(Si4O11)2(OH)2 Pnmn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.02.03b Protomangano-ferro-anthophyllite! (Mn,Fe)2(Fe,Mg)5(Si4O11)2(OH)2 Pnmn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.02.04 Sodicanthophyllite NaMg7Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.02.04a Sodic-ferro-anthophyllite! NaFe7Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.02.05 Magnesiogedrite? (Mg,Fe)5Al2Si6Al2O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.02.06 Gedrite []Mg5Al2Si6Al2O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.02.07 Ferrogedrite []Fe5Al2Si6Al2O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.02.07a Sodic-ferrogedrite! NaFe6AlSi6Al2O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.02.08 Sodicgedrite NaMg6AlSi6Al2O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.02.09 Magnesioholmquistite Li2(Mg,Fe)3Al2Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.02.10 Holmquistite [](Li2Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
66.01.02.11 Ferroholmquistite [](Li2Fe3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: 09.DE.05 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)
  09.D - Inosilicates* Structural terminology according to Liebau (1985)
  09.DE -Inosilicates with 2-periodic double chains, Si4O11; amphibole family
 
09.DE.05 Ferro-anthophyllite []Fe7Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Anthophyllite []Mg7Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Ferrogedrite []Fe5Al2Si6Al2O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Gedrite []Mg5Al2Si6Al2O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Ferroholmquistite [](Li2Fe3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Holmquistite [](Li2Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Cummingtonite []Mg7Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Clinoferroholmquistite [](Li2Fe3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Grunerite []Fe7Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Magnesiocummingtonite (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Manganogrunerite []Mn2Fe5Si8O22(OH) C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Magnesioanthophyllite? (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Protomangano-ferro-anthophyllite! (Mn,Fe)2(Fe,Mg)5(Si4O11)2(OH)2 Pnmn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Sodicgedrite NaMg6AlSi6Al2O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Sodic-ferro-anthophyllite! NaFe7Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Sodic-ferrogedrite! NaFe6AlSi6Al2O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Sodicanthophyllite NaMg7Si8O22(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Permanganogrunerite! []Mn4(Fe)3(Si8O22)(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Protoferro-anthophyllite! (Fe,Mn)2(Fe,Mg)5(Si4O11)2(OH)2 Pnmn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Fluoro-sodic-pedrizite! NaLi2(Mg2Al2Li)S5Si8O22F2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Sodic-ferri-ferropedrizite! NaLi2(Fe2Fe3)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Manganocummingtonite Na(Na,Mn)2(Mg4,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Protoanthophyllite! (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2 Pnmn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Ferri-clinoferroholmquistite! []Li2(Fe2Fe3)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Sodic-ferripedrizite! Na(LiNa)(Fe2Mg2Li)Si8O22(OH,F)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
09.DE.05 Ferripedrizite! NaLi2(Fe2Mg2Li)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 

Other Protoanthophyllite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( AmMin, v 88, p 1718) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, v 88, p 1718) OPTIC PROP.(AmMin, v 88, p 1718)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Protoanthophyllite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - MinDAT
7 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
8 - Online Mineral Museum
9 - QUT Mineral Atlas
10 - Ruff.Info

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Protoanthophyllite

(Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2
Dana No: 66.01.02.02a Strunz No: 09.DE.05
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