General Agardite-(Ce) Information
Iron 0.26 % Fe 0.34 % FeO
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100.00 % 99.91 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:
Ce
0.33Ca
0.23La
0.15Nd
0.15Y
0.09Sm
0.03Gd
0.03Eu
0.02Dy
0.01Cu
5.78Fe
2+0.05As
2.88Si
0.17S
0.05
O
12(OH)
6キ3.6(H
2O)
Help on Environment: Environment:
Oxidation products that formed on barite and quartz first noticed in 1970.
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Named as the Ce-dominant analog of agardite-(La) and agardite-(Y).
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Agardite-(Ce)
Comments: Green acicular to fibrous in spherical aggregates of agardite-(Ce) in a vug.
Location: Hayashi, Setoda, Ikuchi Island, Hiroshima Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan.
Scale: See Image.
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Agardite-(Ce) Crystallography
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By Intensity(I/I
o):
11.88(1)(100), 2.46(0.9)(212,321), 2.95(0.8)(221,400),3.56(0.8)(211), 4.47(0.8)(111,120), 2.57(0.5), 2.7(0.5),
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Hess H , Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte , 1983 (1983) p.385-392, Die kristallstruktur des chlorotils, SECu6(AsO4)3(OH)6*3H2O, (SE = seltene erdmetalle), Locality: Clara mine, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Physical Properties of Agardite-(Ce)
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Conchoidal - Fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces, (e.g. quartz).
Optical Properties of Agardite-(Ce)
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CI meas= -0.125 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.108 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.203,KPDmeas= 0.2063,KC= 0.1833
Ncalc = 1.68 - 1.69
Calculated Properties of Agardite-(Ce)
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Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.56 gm/ccnote: Specific Gravity of Agardite-(Ce) =3.78 gm/cc.
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PEAgardite-(Ce) = 80.44 barns/electron
U=PEAgardite-(Ce) x relectron= 285.99 barns/cc.
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GRapi = 9,635.52 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Concentration of Agardite-(Ce) per GRapi unit = 103.78 (PPM)
Agardite-(Ce) is Radioactive as defined in 49 CFR 173.403. Greater than 70 Bq / gram.
Estimated Radioactivity from Agardite-(Ce) - mild
Specimen
Size
Weight/Volume
(Sphere) *
Calculated
Activity
Becquerels
(Bq)
Calculated
Activity
Curies (Ci)
Estimated
Activity
GR(api)
Estimated
Exposure
(mRem**)/hr
If Held in Hand
For One Hour
1000 gm / 7.96 cm
215,137
5.81E-06
9,635.52
3.17
100 gm / 3.70 cm
21,514
5.81E-07
963.55
0.32
10 gm / 1.72 cm
2,151
5.81E-08
96.36
0.03
1 gm / 7.96 mm
215
5.81E-09
9.64
0.00
0.1 gm / 3.70 mm
22
5.81E-10
0.96
0.00
0.01 gm / 1.72 mm
2
5.81E-11
0.10
0.00
0.001 gm / 0.80 mm
0
5.81E-12
0.01
0.00
Weight of pure Agardite-(Ce) in grams (gm) and Calculated Diameter of a Sphere with a Density of 3.78 gm/cc.*
Goverment Estimate of Average Annual Exposure (
360 mRem)
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Note: 10 microsieverts/hr = 1 mRem/hr **
Max Permissable Adult Dose 50,000 mRem/yr (hands), 15,000 mRem/yr (eyes)
Lethal Dose LD(50) Exposure 400,000 to 500,000 mRem
Estimated Thorium Activity ( 0.48 % Th) From Sum REE Elements ( 9.58 % REE)
Agardite-(Ce) Classification
(42.05)where (A)2 (XO4) Zq キ x(H2O)
42.05.01.01 Mixite BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
42.05.01.02 Agardite-(Y) (Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
42.05.01.02a Agardite-(La)! (La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
42.05.01.02b Agardite-(Nd)! (Pb,Nd,Y,La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) 6/m
42.05.01.02e Agardite-(Ce)! (Ce,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
42.05.01.03 Goudeyite (Al,Y)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) Unk Hex
42.05.01.04 Zalesiite! (Ca,Y)Cu6[(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6]•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
42.05.01.06 Plumboagardite! (Pb,REE,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
08.DL -With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 2:1
08.DL.15 Agardite-(Nd)! (Pb,Nd,Y,La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) 6/m
08.DL.15 Agardite-(Y) (Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
08.DL.15 Goudeyite (Al,Y)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) Unk Hex
08.DL.15 Zalesiite! (Ca,Y)Cu6[(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6]•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
08.DL.15 Mixite BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
08.DL.15 Petersite-(Y) (Y,Ce,Nd,Ca)Cu6(PO4)3(OH)6•3(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
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NAME( AmMin 89:1574) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin 89:1574) OPTIC PROP.(AmMin 89:1574)