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General Alleghanyite Information

Chemical Formula: Mn5(SiO4)2(OH)2
Composition: Molecular Weight = 492.87 gm
Manganese 55.73 % Mn 71.96 % MnO
Silicon 11.40 % Si 24.38 % SiO2
Hydrogen 0.41 % H 3.66 % H2O
Oxygen 32.46 % O
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula: Mn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)2
Environment: Manganese vein deposits.
IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1932
Locality: Bald Knob, Alleghany Co., North Carolina, USA. Link to MinDat.org
Location Data.
Name Origin: Named after its locality.
Name Pronunciation: Alleghanyite + Pronunciation
Synonym: ICSD 14253
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Alleghanyite Image
Images:
Alleghanyite
Comments: Massive, brown alleghanyite with white
calcite.
Location: Parker Shaft, Franklin, Sussex County, New
Jersey. Scale: See Photo.
Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral
Species

Images:
Alleghanyite Galaxite
Comments: Black granular galaxite with reddish
alleghanyite and white kutnohorite.
Location: Bald Knob, Alleghany County, North Carolina,
USA. Scale: See Photo.
Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral
Species
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Alleghanyite Crystallography
Axial Ratios: a:b:c =2.1522:1:1.7078
Cell Dimensions: a = 10.46, b = 4.86, c = 8.3, Z = 2; beta = 109.133 V = 398.63
Den(Calc)= 4.11
Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/a
X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 1.799(1), 2.86(0.8), 2.598(0.6),
Crystal Structure:
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Physical Properties of Alleghanyite

Cleavage: None
Color: White, Brown, Bright pink, Grayish pink.
Density: 4
Diaphaneity: Transparent to Subtransparent to translucent
Fracture: Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.
Habit: Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix.
Habit: Massive - Lamellar - Distinctly foliated fine-grained forms.
Hardness: 6-5
Luminescence: Non-fluorescent.
Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)

Optical Properties of Alleghanyite

Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.053 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.079 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1888,KPDmeas= 0.194,KC= 0.2049
Ncalc = 1.82 - 1.84
Optical Data: Biaxial (-), a=1.756, b=1.78, g=1.792, bire=0.0360, 2V(Calc)=68,
2V(Meas)=72. Dispersion r > v.

Calculated Properties of Alleghanyite

Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.81 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Alleghanyite =4.00 gm/cc.
Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.0054786841
Boson Index = 0.9945213159
Photoelectric: PEAlleghanyite = 14.88 barns/electron

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U=PEAlleghanyite x rElectron Density= 56.77 barns/cc.

Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Alleghanyite is Not Radioactive

Alleghanyite Classification
Dana Class:
52.03.02b.01 (52)Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and
H2O
(52.03)with cations in [6] coordination only
(52.03.02b)Humite group (Chondrodite series)
52.03.02b.01 Alleghanyite Mn5(SiO4)2(OH)2 P 21/a 2/m
52.03.02b.02 Chondrodite (Mg,Fe)5(SiO4)2(F,OH)2 P 21/c 2/m
52.03.02b.03 Reinhardbraunsite Ca5(SiO4)2(OH,F)2 P 21/a 2/m
52.03.02b.04 Ribbeite (Mn,Mg)5(SiO4)2(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
52.03.02b.05 Kumtyubeite! Ca5(SiO4)2F2 P 21/a 2/m

Strunz Class: 09.AF.45 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)

09.A - Nesosilicates
09.AF -Nesosilicates with additional anions;
09.AF.45 Alleghanyite Mn5(SiO4)2(OH)2 P 21/a 2/m
09.AF.45 Chondrodite (Mg,Fe)5(SiO4)2(F,OH)2 P 21/c 2/m
09.AF.45 Reinhardbraunsite Ca5(SiO4)2(OH,F)2 P 21/a 2/m
09.AF.45 Kumtyubeite! Ca5(SiO4)2F2 P 21/a 2/m

Other Alleghanyite Information

References: NAME( Ford32) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC
PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
See Also: Links to other databases for Alleghanyite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - Franklin Minerals(Dunn)
6 - GeoScienceWorld
7 - Google Images
8 - Google Scholar
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
11 - MinDAT
12 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
13 - Online Mineral Museum
14 - QUT Mineral Atlas
15 - Ruff.Info
16 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Alleghanyite
Mn5(SiO4)2(OH)2
Dana No: 52.03.02b.01 Strunz No: 09.AF.45
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