Zairit Mineral Data, minerology database

Mineral Reference Lookup for Zairit

This reference page contains mineralogic data for Zairit 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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Mineralogical Reference

Zairit

Mineral	Zairit
Synonym	Zairite

Zairite (synonym)

Mineral	Zairite
Chemistry	Bi(Fe 3+ Al) 3 [(OH) 6 \|(PO 4 ) 2 ]
Color	Greenish
Transparency	Trigonal
CrystalSystem	Trigonal
Hardness	4½
IMAStatus	Approved
Discovered	1975
CellParameters	a = 7.01c = 16.36
Ratio	a:c = 1 : 2.334
OpticalType	Uniaxial (-)
RI	n ω =1.820 - 1.830 n ε =1.810
Birefringence	δ=0.010 - 0.020
SurfaceRelief	Very High
TypeLocality	Eta- Etu Kivu Congo ( Zaïre)
Strunz	7/B.36-170 7 : PhosphatesArsenatesVanadates B : Waterfree phosphates with unfamiliar anions FClOOH. cations of very small size: LiBe 36 : Crandallite group

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