Gutsevichite Mineral Data

General Gutsevichite Information

Chemical Formula: Al3(PO4)2(OH)3•8(H2O) Composition: Molecular Weight = 466.03 gm    Aluminum    17.37 %  Al   32.82 % Al₂O₃    Phosphorus  13.29 %  P    30.46 % P₂O₅    Hydrogen     4.11 %  H    36.72 % H₂O    Oxygen      65.23 %  O               ______        ______                100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE Empirical Formula: Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃•8(H₂O) Environment: In cavities in oxidized V-bearing shales. Discredited as being incompletly characterized. IMA Status: Discredited IMA 1962 Locality: NW Kazakhstan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. Name Origin: Named in 1959 for V. P. Gutsevich, geologist in Kazakhstan.  

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Gutsevichite Crystallography

Crystal System: IsometricSpace Group: Unk X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/I_o): 4.08(1), 2.51(0.9), 1.82(0.8),1.45(0.7), 3.51(0.5),  

Physical Properties of Gutsevichite

Color: Greenish brown, Yellow green, Dark brown. Density: 1.9 - 2, Average = 1.95 Diaphaneity: Translucent Habit: Concretionary - Rounded massive fine-grained materials. Habit: Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix. Hardness: 2.5 - Finger Nail Luster: Waxy Streak: white  

Optical Properties of Gutsevichite

Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.197 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
KPDmeas= 0.2974,KC= 0.2485
Ncalc = 1.47 - 1.5 Optical Data: Isotropic, n=1.56-1.6.  

Calculated Properties of Gutsevichite

Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.01 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Gutsevichite =1.95 gm/cc.
Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.0003192641
Boson Index = 0.9996807359 Photoelectric: PE_Gutsevichite = 1.23 barns/electron
U=PE_Gutsevichite x rElectron Density= 2.48 barns/cc.
Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Gutsevichite is Not Radioactive  

Gutsevichite Classification

Dana Class: 42.10.04.01 (42)Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen   (42.10)where (AB)3 (XO4)2 Zq · x(H2O)   (42.10.04)Dana Group  

42.10.04.01 Gutsevichite? Al3(PO4)2(OH)3•8(H2O) Unk Cubic

Strunz Class: 08.DM.25 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES   08.D - Phosphates, etc   08.DM -With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 2:1  

08.DM.25 Gutsevichite? Al3(PO4)2(OH)3•8(H2O) Unk Cubic

 

08.DM.25 Yukonite Ca7Fe11(AsO4)9O10•24.3(H2O) None

 

Other Gutsevichite Information

References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8) See Also: Links to other databases for Gutsevichite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - MinDAT
7 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
8 - Online Mineral Museum
9 - QUT Mineral Atlas
10 - Ruff.Info
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