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Tarbuttite

Tarbuttite is a rare phosphate mineral with formula Zn2(PO4)(OH). It was discovered in 1907 in what is now Zambia and named for Percy Coventry Tarbutt.

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2V angle
50° (measured)
Birefringence
δ = 0.053
Category
Phosphate minerals
Cleavage
Perfect on {010}
Color
White, colorless, yellow, red, green, or brown
Crystal class
Pinacoidal (1) (same H-M symbol)

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Tarbuttite

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples104
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
Components1

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Tarbuttite

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related to Bibliography · 40
Tarbuttite → April, Archived, Arsenates, Berman, Bibcode, Borates, Broken Hill, Carbonates, Cocco, Dana's System, Etc, Fanfani, Frondel, Halides, Inc, John Wiley, Kristallographie, Mineralogical Magazine, Mineralogy, Molybdates
related to history · 15
Tarbuttite → Broken Hill, Broken Hill Exploration Company, In, International Mineralogical Association, Kabwe, Kopje No, Nature, Northern Rhodesia, Percy Coventry Tarbutt, Several, Spencer, Tarbutt, The, When, Zambia
related to Occurrence · 9
Tarbuttite → Algeria, Angola, Australia, Canada, China, It, Namibia, United States, Zambia
related to Further reading · 7
Tarbuttite → America, American Mineralogist, December, Mineralogical Society, PDF, Richmond, Wallace
related to Description and habit · 4
Tarbuttite → Colorless, Individual, The, Traces
related to External links · 3
Tarbuttite → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
2V angle · 1
Tarbuttite → 50° (measured)
Birefringence · 1
Tarbuttite → δ = 0.053
Category · 1
Tarbuttite → Phosphate minerals
Cleavage · 1
Tarbuttite → Perfect on {010}

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mineral zn2 hill crystals phosphate zambia broken formula po4 oh mineralogical pdf discovered 1907 tarbutt hopeite structure minerals crystal colorless

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Tarbuttite2V angle50° (measured)1.00infobox
TarbuttiteBirefringenceδ = 0.0531.00infobox
TarbuttiteCategoryPhosphate minerals1.00infobox
TarbuttiteCleavagePerfect on {010}1.00infobox
TarbuttiteColorWhite, colorless, yellow, red, green, or brown1.00infobox
TarbuttiteCrystal classPinacoidal (1) (same H-M symbol)1.00infobox
TarbuttiteCrystal habitEquant to short prismatic , sheaf-like aggregates, crusts, individual crystals rounded and deeply striated1.00infobox
TarbuttiteCrystal systemTriclinic1.00infobox
TarbuttiteDana classification41.6.7.11.00infobox
TarbuttiteDensity4.12 g/cm3 (measured)1.00infobox
TarbuttiteDiaphaneityTransparent, translucent1.00infobox
TarbuttiteDispersionWeak, strong1.00infobox
TarbuttiteFormulaZn2(PO4)(OH)1.00infobox
TarbuttiteFractureIrregular, uneven1.00infobox
TarbuttiteIMA symbolTbt1.00infobox
TarbuttiteLusterVitreous, pearly on cleavages1.00infobox
TarbuttiteMohs scale hardness3.51.00infobox
TarbuttiteOptical propertiesBiaxial (−)1.00infobox
TarbuttiteRefractive indexnα = 1.660 nβ = 1.705 nγ = 1.7131.00infobox
TarbuttiteSpace groupP11.00infobox
TarbuttiteSpecific gravity4.12; 4.19 (calc.)1.00infobox
TarbuttiteStreakWhite1.00infobox
TarbuttiteStrunz classification8.BB.351.00infobox
TarbuttiteUltraviolet fluorescenceNon-fluorescent1.00infobox
TarbuttiteUnit cella = 5.400 Å, b = 5.654 Å c = 6.465 Å, α = 102.51° β = 102.46°, γ = 86.50° Z = 21.00infobox
Tarbuttiteis arare phosphate mineral with formula Zn20.90text

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