Input interpretation
abernathyite (mineral)
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General properties
formula | K(UO_2)(AsO_4)·4(H_2O)
Basic properties
density | 3.44 g/cm^3 transparency | transparent birefringence | 0.0325 luster | vitreous Mohs hardness | 5/2 = 2.5 streak | yellow magnetism | nonmagnetic color | yellow fracture | brittle molar mass | 520.1 g/mol (grams per mole)
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Mineral identifiers
Strunz ID | VII/E.02-150 Dana ID | 40.2a.9.1 ICSD number | ICSD15481
Crystallographic properties
crystal system | tetragonal crystal class | 4/m2/m2/m unit cell volume | 466.8 Å^3 (cubic ångströms) d-spacing | 9.14 Å (ångströms) | 3.34 Å (ångströms) | 3.84 Å (ångströms) intensity | 100% | 80% | 80% molecules per unit cell | 2 molecules per cell 2V angle | π/36 radians≈5° (degrees) refractive indices | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.57 | 0 unit cell lengths | 7.17 Å (ångströms) | 7.17 Å (ångströms) | 9.08 Å (ångströms) unit cell angles | 90° (degrees) | 90° (degrees) | 90° (degrees)
Wikipedia summary
Abernathyite is a mineral with formula K(UO_2)(AsO_4)·3H_2O. The mineral is named after Jesse Evrett Abernathy (1913-1963) who first noted it in 1953 in the U.S. State of Utah. It was described as a new mineral species in 1956. Abernathyite is yellow and occurs as small crystals.