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General Mroseite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
CaTe++++(CO3)O2 | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 259.69 gm | ||
| Calcium 15.43 % Ca 21.59 % CaO | |||
| Tellurium 49.14 % Te 61.46 % TeO2 | |||
| Carbon 4.63 % C 16.95 % CO2 | |||
| Oxygen 30.81 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
CaTe(CO3)O2 | ||
| Environment: |
Secondary mineral in telluride-bearing viens. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1975 | ||
| Locality: |
Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
Named for Mary Emma Mrose (1910-), American mineralogist, U. S. Geological Survey. | ||
| Name Pronunciation: |
Mroseite  |
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| Synonym: |
ICSD 4319 | ||
| PDF 29-309 | |||
Mroseite Image | |||
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Mroseite Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:b:c =0.6209:1:0.9444 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 6.93, b = 11.16, c = 10.54, Z = 8; V = 815.15 Den(Calc)= 4.23 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P bca | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 3.14(1), 5.14(0.9), 4.2(0.8), | ||
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Crystal Structure:
Mouse |
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Physical Properties of Mroseite |
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| Color: |
Colorless, White. | ||
| Density: |
4.35 | ||
| Diaphaneity: |
Transparent | ||
| Hardness: |
4 - Fluorite | ||
| Luster: |
Adamantine | ||
| Streak: |
white | ||
Optical Properties of Mroseite |
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| Gladstone-Dale: |
CI meas= 0.053 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.026 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1994,KPDmeas= 0.1939,KC= 0.2046 Ncalc = 1.87 - 1.89 |
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| Optical Data: |
Biaxial (-), a=1.79, b=1.85, g=1.89, bire=0.1000, 2V(Calc)=76, 2V(Meas)=80. | ||
Calculated Properties of Mroseite |
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| Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.84 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Mroseite =4.23 gm/cc. |
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| Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.04 Boson Index = 0.96 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEMroseite = 168.04 barns/electron U=PEMroseite x rElectron Density= 645.97 barns/cc. |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Mroseite is Not Radioactive |
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Mroseite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
34.08.04.01 (34)Selenites - Tellurites - Sulfites | ||
| (34.08)Dana Type | |||
| (34.08.04)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
04.JL.15 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate | ||
| 04.J - Arsenites, Antimonites, Bismuthites, Sulfites, | |||
| 04.JL -Tellurites with additional anions, without H2O | |||
Other Mroseite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Mroseite : 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - GeoScienceWorld 6 - Google Images 7 - Google Scholar 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 10 - MinDAT 11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 - Online Mineral Museum 13 - QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - Ruff.Info 15 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Mroseite using: Visit our Advertisers for Mroseite : A Bijoux Google Search for MroseiteAdam's Minerals Google Search for Mroseite Cape Minerals Google Search for Mroseite Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Mroseite Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Mroseite Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Mroseite John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Mroseite McDougall Minerals Google Search for Mroseite Mineral News Website Link Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Mroseite Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Mroseite Ask about Mroseite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Mroseite Specimen Label here :
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