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Alleghanyite

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Alleghanyit
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Alleghanyit
Kristallgröße: 2 mm, Fundort: Sterling Mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: thdun5
Location: USA/New Jersey/Sussex Co./Franklin Mining District/Ogdensburg/Sterling Hill/Sterling Mine
Mineral: Alleghanyite
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Alleghanyit

Kristallgröße: 2 mm, Fundort: Sterling Mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: thdun5 2010-05-22
Locality: Sterling Mine / Sterling Hill / Ogdensburg / Franklin Mining District / Sussex Co. / New Jersey / USA
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Alleghanyit
Alleghanyit; als 2 x 1,5 cm grosse Kleinstufe; Langban,Schweden
Copyright: Rockhounder; Contribution: Rockhounder
Collection: Rockhounder
Location: Schweden/Värmland, Provinz/Filipstad, Gemeinde/Långban, Distrikt
Mineral: Alleghanyite
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Alleghanyit

Alleghanyit; als 2 x 1,5 cm grosse Kleinstufe; Langban,Schweden
Collection: Rockhounder
Copyright: Rockhounder
Contribution: Rockhounder 2020-11-01
Locality: Långban, Distrikt / Filipstad, Gemeinde / Värmland, Provinz / Schweden

You find additional specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color braun, dunkelrosa
Hardness (Mohs) 5.5
Solubility +++ HCl
Crystal System monoklin, P21/a

Chemism

Chemical formula

Mn5(SiO4)2(OH)2

Chemical composition

Mangan, Silicium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 492.8715035 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 19

Info

Empirical formula:

Mn5(SiO4)2(OH)2

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

0.41

2

10.53

1.0079470

2.0158940
Oxygen

O

32.46

10

52.63

15.9994300

159.9943000
Silicon

Si

11.40

2

10.53

28.0855300

56.1710600
Manganese

Mn

55.73

5

26.32

54.9380499

274.6902495

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 25.70, MgO : 12.20, ZnO : 3.60, MnO : 53.70, F : 2.30, H2O : 2.80 (Ref: American Mineralogist 85)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.AF.45

9: Silikate (Germanate)
A: Inselsilikate (Nesosilikate)
F: Insel(Neso)silikate mit zusätzlichem Anionen; Kationen in [4], [5] und/oder nur [6] Koordination
45:Chondrodit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/B.04-060

VIII: SILIKATE
B: Inselsilikate mit tetraederfremden Anionen
4: Kationen in tetraedrischer oder oktaedrischer Koordination [4/6]; Humit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

9.AI.320

9: SILICATES
A: Nesosilicates
I: Nesosilicates with OH
3: Chondrodite-Group

Dana 8th edition

52.03.02b.01

52: Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O
03: Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O with cations in [6] coordination only
02b: Humite group (Chondrodite series)

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

braun, dunkelrosa

max. Birefringence

0.036
Birefringence chart\! Alleghanyite title=Birefringence chart Alleghanyite

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

1.756

RI value β

1.780

RI value γ / ε

1.792

Ri mean

1.776

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 72°

Image ⇒ Luminescence ⇒ excitation ⇒ UV shortwave ~254nm (1 Images total)

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Alleghanyit
Derb, glasige rosa Masse; das UV-Bild (254nm) links, zeigt eine grüne Fluoreszenz = Alleghanyit und rot = Calcit; Stufenbreite = 15 mm. Fundort: Parker Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA.
Copyright: Manfred Früchtl; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: A002547, Donator: Klaus Fleck
Location: USA/New Jersey/Sussex Co./Franklin Mining District/Franklin/Franklin Mine/Parker Mine
Mineral: Alleghanyite
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Alleghanyit (SNr: A002547)

Derb, glasige rosa Masse; das UV-Bild (254nm) links, zeigt eine grüne Fluoreszenz = Alleghanyit und rot = Calcit; Stufenbreite = 15 mm. Fundort: Parker Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sus...
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Manfred Früchtl
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2014-05-27
Locality: Parker Mine / Franklin Mine / Franklin / Franklin Mining District / Sussex Co. / New Jersey / USA

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

14

Space Group

P21/a

Cell parameters a (Å)

10.467

Cell parameters b (Å)

4.855

Cell parameters c (Å)

8.281

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

2.156

Cell parameters c/b

1.706

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

109.18

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volumne (ų)

397.459

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.127(50),
2.860(80),
2.725(50),
2.598(60),
2.425(50),
2.357(50),
2.341(50),
1.799(100)
XRD chart Alleghanyite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

5.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

530 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

4.02 (gemessen)

4.118 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ HCl

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/North Carolina/Alleghany Co./Sparta/Bald Knob

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Ross & Kerr, 1932

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 2 (1995), 16

Other languages

German

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English

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French

Alleghanyite

Spanish

Alleghanyíta

Russian

Аллеганит

Simplified Chinese

粒硅锰矿

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Alh

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) z9tPwzRXS0Kt43bj15eauw
GUID (Global unique identifier) C34FDBCF-5734-424B-ADE3-76E3D7979ABB
Database ID 65