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Tarbuttite: History, Occurrence & Structure

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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Tarbuttite topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Occurrence and Structure as prominent areas in the source structure around Tarbuttite.

Related topics
24
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
33
Extracted relationships
104
Concept neighborhoods
13
Bridge connections
33

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Occurrence · 10 topics
History · 6 topics
Structure · 5 topics
Description and habit · 2 topics
Overview · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

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)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Description and habit

Structure

History

Occurrence

Bibliography

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Tarbuttite connects Entity context

The extracted context around Tarbuttite shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, 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 Another extracted example is 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. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Tarbuttite

Top relations

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}

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

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

Tarbuttite relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 104 structured relationships around Tarbuttite. Examples in this analysis include Tarbuttite → 2V angle → 50° (measured) and Tarbuttite → Birefringence → δ = 0.053. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Tarbuttite bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Zambia, Zn2 and Also. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Tarbuttite
    • Zambia
    • Zn2
    • Also
    • Kabwe
    • Mine
    • Association
    • Crystal
    • Found
    • Oh
    • Po4
    • Structure
    • Broken
  • tarbuttite
    • Zambia
    • Zn2
    • Also
    • Kabwe
    • Mine
    • Association
    • Crystal
    • Found
    • Oh
    • Po4
    • Structure
    • Broken
  • phosphate mineral
    • Zn2
    • Crystal
    • Formula
    • Oh
    • Po4
    • Structure
    • Specimens
    • Habit
    • References
    • Hill
    • Tarbuttite
    • Also
  • broken hill mine
    • Kabwe
    • Hill
    • Mine
    • References
    • Zambia
    • Minerals
    • Now
    • Specimens
    • System
    • Habit
    • Oh
    • Po4
  • formula units
    • Oh
    • Po4
    • Zn2
    • Phosphate
    • Habit
    • References
    • Also
    • Colorless
    • Green
    • Group
    • Kabwe
    • Mine
  • crystal structure
    • Structure
    • Zn2
    • Phosphate
    • Habit
    • References
    • Colorless
    • Green
    • Group
    • Kabwe
    • Mine
    • System
    • Formula
  • description and habit
    • References
    • Also
    • Colorless
    • Green
    • Group
    • Kabwe
    • Mine
    • System
    • Crystal
    • Minerals
    • Oh
    • Po4
  • kabwe
    • Mine
    • References
    • Zambia
    • Now
    • System
    • Minerals
    • Oh
    • Po4
    • Structure
    • Phosphate
    • Tarbuttite
    • Zn2

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Tarbuttite, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Tarbuttite with Occurrence. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
TarbuttiteOccurrence · splits 23 ⟂ 11
TarbuttiteHistory · splits 27 ⟂ 7
TarbuttiteStructure · splits 28 ⟂ 6
TarbuttiteBibliography · splits 30 ⟂ 4
TarbuttiteDescription and habit · splits 31 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Tarbuttite

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

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Tarbuttite to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Occurrence & Structure, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Tarbuttite · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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