Classification of Cirrolite |
| IMA status: | Questionable/Doubtful |
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| Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID: | 8.BH.20
8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES B : Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2O H : With medium-sized and large cations, (OH,etc.):RO4 = 1:1 |
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Physical Properties of Cirrolite |
| Colour: | Light yellow |
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| Hardness (Mohs): | 5 - 6 |
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Chemical Properties of Cirrolite |
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| Essential elements: | Al, Ca, H, O, P |
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| All elements listed in formula: | Al, Ca, H, O, P |
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Relationship of Cirrolite to other Species |
| Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping): | | 8.BH.05 | Thadeuite | | | 8.BH.10 | Durangite | | | 8.BH.10 | Isokite | | | 8.BH.10 | Lacroixite | | | 8.BH.10 | Maxwellite | | | 8.BH.10 | Panasqueiraite | | | 8.BH.10 | Tilasite | | | 8.BH.15 | Drugmanite | | | 8.BH.20 | Bjarebyite | | (Ba,Sr)(Mn | | ,Fe | | ,Mg) | | Al | | [OH|PO | | ] | | |
| | 8.BH.20 | Kulanite | | Ba(Fe | | ,Mn | | ,Mg) | | (Al,Fe | | ) | | [OH|PO | | ] | | |
| | 8.BH.20 | Penikisite | | | 8.BH.20 | Perloffite | | | 8.BH.20 | Johntomaite | | | 8.BH.25 | Bertossaite | | (Li,Na) | | (Ca,Fe | | ,Mn | | )Al | | [(OH,F)|PO | | ] | | |
| | 8.BH.25 | Palermoite | | | 8.BH.30 | Carminite | | | 8.BH.30 | Sewardite | | | 8.BH.35 | Adelite | | | 8.BH.35 | Arsendescloizite | | | 8.BH.35 | Austinite | | | 8.BH.35 | Cobaltaustinite | | | 8.BH.35 | Conichalcite | | | 8.BH.35 | Duftite | | | 8.BH.35 | Gabrielsonite | | | 8.BH.35 | Nickelaustinite | | | 8.BH.35 | Tangeite | | | 8.BH.35 | Gottlobite | | | 8.BH.40 | Čechite | | | 8.BH.40 | Descloizite | | | 8.BH.40 | Mottramite | | | 8.BH.40 | Pyrobelonite | | | 8.BH.45 | Bayldonite | | | 8.BH.45 | Vésigniéite | | | 8.BH.50 | Paganoite | | | 8.BH.55 | Jagowerite | | | 8.BH.60 | Attakolite | | (Ca,Sr)Mn(Al,Fe) | | [(OH) | | |(SiO | | ,PO | | )|(HPO | | ,PO | | ) | | ] |
| | 8.BH.65 | Leningradite | |
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Other Names for Cirrolite |
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Other Information |
| Other Information: | Slowly decomposed by HCl. |
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. |
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References for Cirrolite |
| Reference List: | Blomstrand (1868) A Stockholm, Öfv.: 25: 202 (as Kirrolith).
Dana, J.D. (1868) System of Mineralogy, 5th. Edition, New York: 579.
Dana, E.S. (1892) System of Mineralogy, 6th. Edition, New York: 799.
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 845. |
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Localities for Cirrolite |
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