Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:
Named from the Lenni Lenape Native American word "wawayanda," many or several winding, in allusion to the grossly curved and winding habit of its crystals.
Name Pronunciation:
Wawayandaite + Pronunciation
Synonym:
IMA1988-043
Wawayandaite Crystallography
Axial Ratios:
a:b:c =3.2012:1:3.8377
Cell Dimensions:
a = 15.59, b = 4.87, c = 18.69, Z = 1; beta = 101.84° V = 1,388.82 Den(Calc)= 3.02
CI meas= 0.096 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.102 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2087,KPDmeas= 0.2101,KC= 0.2325 Ncalc = 1.7
Optical Data:
Biaxial (-), a=1.619, b=1.631, g=1.641, bire=0.0220, 2V(Calc)=84, 2V(Meas)=85. Dispersion r < v strong.
Calculated Properties of Wawayandaite
Electron Density:
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.98 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Wawayandaite =3.00 gm/cc.
Fermion Index:
Fermion Index = 0.07 Boson Index = 0.93
Photoelectric:
PEWawayandaite = 5.40 barns/electron U=PEWawayandaite x rElectron Density= 16.07 barns/cc.
Radioactivity:
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Wawayandaite is Not Radioactive
Chemical Formula: 