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General Brass Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
Cu3Zn2 | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 321.42 gm | ||
| Zinc 40.69 % Zn | |||
| Copper 59.31 % Cu | |||
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| 100.00 % | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
Cu3Zn2 | ||
| Environment: |
Base metal ore bodies containing copper and zink sulfides where partial oxidation can create the mineral. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Not Approved IMA | ||
| Locality: |
Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
Named as an alloy of copper and zinc. | ||
| Synonym: |
Laiton | ||
| Messing | |||
Brass Image | |||
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Brass Crystallography |
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| Crystal System: |
IsometricSpace Group: Unk | ||
Physical Properties of Brass |
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| Color: |
Yellow. | ||
| Diaphaneity: |
Opaque | ||
| Luster: |
Metallic | ||
Calculated Properties of Brass |
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| Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.01 Boson Index = 0.99 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEBrass = 48.42 barns/electron U=PEBrass x rElectron Density= . barns/cc. |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Brass is Not Radioactive |
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Brass Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
01.01.06.00 (01)Native Elements | ||
| (01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group | |||
| (01.01.06)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
01.AB.10a 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides) | ||
| 01.A - Metals and Intermetallic Alloys | |||
| 01.AB -Zinc-brass family (Cu-Zn alloys) | |||
Other Brass Information |
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| References: |
NAME( Athena) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.77,p446,1992) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Brass : 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery 3 - Athena 4 - GeoScienceWorld 5 - Google Images 6 - Google Scholar 7 - MinDAT 8 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 9 - Online Mineral Museum 10 - QUT Mineral Atlas 11 - Ruff.Info Search for Brass using: Visit our Advertisers for Brass : A Bijoux Google Search for BrassAdam's Minerals Google Search for Brass Cape Minerals Google Search for Brass Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Brass Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Brass Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Brass John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Brass McDougall Minerals Google Search for Brass Mineral News Website Link Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Brass Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Brass Ask about Brass here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Brass Specimen Label here :
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