Wagnerite
| ID | 541 | |
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| Mineral | Wagnerite | |
| Location | Rigausbach Valley - Seydegg - Salzburg - Austria | |
| Fluorescence | LW-UV: close SW-UV: close |
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Mindat data
| ID | 4229 |
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| Long ID | 1:1:4229:7 |
| Formula |
Mg2(PO4)F
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| IMA Status |
0 1 |
| Discovery Year | 1821 |
| Diapheny | Transparent,Translucent |
| Cleavage | On {100} and {120}, imperfect; on {001}, in traces. |
| Tenacity | brittle |
| Colour | Yellow, brown, red brown, light grey, green, red; colourless in transmitted light. |
| Hardness (min) | 5.0 |
| Hardness (max) | 5.5 |
| About the name | Named in 1821 by Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs in honor of Franz Michael von Wagner [August 20, 1768 Waldershof, Germany - April 27, 1851 Munich (Germany], mining administrator at Fichtelberg in 1791, later at Chiemgau in 1794, at Reichenhall and Traunstein in 1803, Schwarz, Tyrol in 1806, etc. In 1820, Wagner became head of mining, salt mines, and the mint. Wagner was also important in the development of mining in Bavaria. |
| Streak | White |
| Crystal System | Monoclinic |
| Cleavage Type | Imperfect/Fair |
| Fracture type | Conchoidal,Sub-Conchoidal |
| Morphology | Crystals prismatic [001] with the prismatic faces vertically striated or vicinally rounded. Crystals large and coarse at times. Rarely tabular {100}. Massive. |
| UV | Not fluorescent in UV. |
| Publication Year | 1821 |
| shortcode_ima | Wag |
| Group | Wagnerite Group |
Details
Price: € 10
Dimensions: Not registered
Weight: Not registered
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Notes:
| Symbol | Element | |
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| F | Fluorine |
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| Fe | Iron | |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| O | Oxygen | |
| P | Phosphorus |
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