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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.

Minerals matching Zairit in the database: Zairit   Zairita   Zairite  

Mineralogical Reference

Zairit
MineralZairit
SynonymZairite

Zairite (synonym)

MineralZairite
ChemistryBi(Fe 3+ Al) 3 [(OH) 6 |(PO 4 ) 2 ]
ColorGreenish
TransparencyTrigonal
CrystalSystemTrigonal
Hardness
IMAStatusApproved
Discovered1975
CellParametersa = 7.01c = 16.36
Ratioa:c = 1 : 2.334
OpticalTypeUniaxial (-)
RIn ω =1.820 - 1.830 n ε =1.810
Birefringenceδ=0.010 - 0.020
SurfaceReliefVery High
TypeLocalityEta- Etu Kivu Congo ( Zaïre)
Strunz7/B.36-170 7 : PhosphatesArsenatesVanadates B : Waterfree phosphates with unfamiliar anions FClOOH. cations of very small size: LiBe 36 : Crandallite group
AVPEBD_083
OCOGEO_933
AMZBD_072
UNKCAB_003
QZGEO_114
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