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Mineral Reference Lookup for Sainfeldita

This reference page contains mineralogic data for Sainfeldita and folklore and metaphysical beliefs. If the mineral is an alternate naming of a more common name, the more common mineral's data is displayed below the list of synonyms.

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Sainfeldita

Mineral	Sainfeldita
Synonym	Sainfeldite

Sainfeldite (synonym)

Mineral	SAINFELDITE
Chemistry	Ca 5 H 2 (AsO 4 ) 4 ·4H 2 O
Class	Phosphates
Uses	Only as mineral specimens.
Color	Colourless
Luster	Vitreous
CrystalSystem	Monoclinic
CrystalHabits	include small prismatic crystals with slanted pinacoidal faces sometimes in radiating clusters or rosettes.
Fracture	absent.
Hardness	4
Streak	White
Occurences	include Richelsdorf, Germany and Ste. Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, France.
Indicators	color, locality, associations and crystal habit.
DensityNote	slightly above average for translucent minerals
IMAStatus	Approved
Discovered	1964
OpticalType	Biaxial (-)
RI	n α =1.600 n β =1.610 n γ =1.616
Birefringence	δ=0.016
SurfaceRelief	Moderate
TypeLocality	Gabe Gottes Mine (incl. Giftgrube) Ste Marie-aux- Mines ( Markirch) Haut- Rhin Alsace France
Strunz	7/C.04-20 7 : PhosphatesArsenatesVanadates C : Water-bearing phosphates without unfamiliar anions. cations of medium and small size: Be and MnFeCuZnMg 04 : Hureaulite - Villyaellenite series