Sarcopside
| ID | 470 | |
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| Mineral | Sarcopside | |
| Location | Berg - Sollefteå - Västernorrland - Sweden | |
| Fluorescence | LW-UV: close SW-UV: close |
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Mindat data
| ID | 3534 |
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| Long ID | 1:1:3534:3 |
| Formula |
Fe2+3(PO4)2
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| IMA Status |
0 1 |
| Occurrence | Granite pegmatite |
| Other Occurrences | Pegmatite |
| Discovery Year | 1868 |
| Diapheny | Translucent,Opaque |
| Cleavage | Distinct on a plane approximately perpendicular to the fibers, and another less distinct parallel to the fiber lenght (=[001] - ?). |
| Tenacity | brittle |
| Colour | Gray-pink, red-brown, brown (slightly altered), blue, lavender, green; flesh-red in transmitted light, rarely white. |
| Hardness (min) | 4.0 |
| Hardness (max) | 4.0 |
| About the name | Named in 1868 by Christian Friedrich Martin Websky from the Greek, σάρζ "sarka," for "flesh," plus οψις "opsism" for "view," alluding to the flesh-red color observed on fresh fracture surfaces. |
| Crystal System | Monoclinic |
| Cleavage Type | Distinct/Good |
| Fracture type | Splintery,Fibrous |
| Morphology | Irregular masses sometimes with a fibrous structure. May be configured into distorted six-sided plates (Silesia). |
| Twinning | Polysynthetic on {001}, common. |
| UV | Not fluorescent in UV |
| Comment Luster | Lustre also glistening |
| Publication Year | 1868 |
| shortcode_ima | Sar |
| Group | Sarcopside Group |
Details
Price: € 5
Dimensions: Not registered
Weight: Not registered
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| Symbol | Element | |
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| Fe | Iron | |
| O | Oxygen | |
| P | Phosphorus |
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