Rhombohedral Crystals - Occurs as well-formed crystals showing rhobohedral crystals.
Hardness:
5 - Apatite
Luster:
Vitreous (Glassy)
Streak:
white
Optical Properties of Carbokentbrooksite
Gladstone-Dale:
CI meas= -0.002 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.067 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2169,KPDmeas= 0.2038,KC= 0.2034 Ncalc = 1.6 - 1.64
Optical Data:
Uniaxial (-), e=1.635, w=1.645, bire=0.0100.
Calculated Properties of Carbokentbrooksite
Electron Density:
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.05 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Carbokentbrooksite =3.14 gm/cc.
Fermion Index:
Fermion Index = 0.02 Boson Index = 0.98
Photoelectric:
PECarbokentbrooksite = 44.32 barns/electron U=PECarbokentbrooksite x relectron= 135.10 barns/cc.
Radioactivity:
GRapi = 5,405.72 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Concentration of Carbokentbrooksite per GRapi unit = 184.99 (PPM)
Carbokentbrooksite is Radioactive as defined in 49 CFR 173.403. Greater than 70 Bq / gram.
Estimated Radioactivity from Carbokentbrooksite - mild
Specimen Size Weight/Volume (Sphere) *
Calculated Activity Becquerels (Bq)
Calculated Activity Curies (Ci)
Estimated Activity GR(api)
Estimated Exposure (mRem**)/hr If Held in Hand For One Hour
1000 gm / 8.47 cm
116,929
3.16E-06
5,405.72
1.78
100 gm / 3.93 cm
11,693
3.16E-07
540.57
0.18
10 gm / 1.83 cm
1,169
3.16E-08
54.06
0.02
1 gm / 8.47 mm
117
3.16E-09
5.41
0.00
0.1 gm / 3.93 mm
12
3.16E-10
0.54
0.00
0.01 gm / 1.83 mm
1
3.16E-11
0.05
0.00
0.001 gm / 0.85 mm
0
3.16E-12
0.01
0.00
Weight of pure Carbokentbrooksite in grams (gm) and Calculated Diameter of a Sphere with a Density of 3.14 gm/cc.*
Goverment Estimate of Average Annual Exposure (
360 mRem)
** Note: 10 microsieverts/hr = 1 mRem/hr **
Max Permissable Adult Dose 50,000 mRem/yr (hands), 15,000 mRem/yr (eyes)
Lethal Dose LD(50) Exposure 400,000 to 500,000 mRem
Estimated Thorium Activity ( 0.26 % Th) From Sum REE Elements ( 5.21 % REE)