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Aravaipaite

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Grand Reef Mine (Aravaipa Mine; Lead Jewel Mine; Joe Rubal Mine; Vivian Mine; Calistoga Mining & Development Co. Mine; Bringham Silver and Lead Mine), Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef area, Klondyke, Aravaipa District, Santa Teresa Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
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Formula:
Pb
 
3
[F
 
3
|AlF
 
6
] · H
 
2
O
System:TriclinicColour:Colourless
Hardness:2
Name:For the Aravaipa mining district, Arizona, USA, where the mineral occurs.
This page provides mineralogical data about Aravaipaite.

Classification of Aravaipaite

IMA status:Approved 1988
Strunz 8th edition ID:3/C.04-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:3.DC.35

3 : HALIDES
D : Oxyhalides, hydroxyhalides and related double halides
C : With Pb (As,Sb,Bi), without Cu
Dana 8th edition ID:11.6.19.1

11 : HALIDE COMPLEXES
6 : Aluminofluorides - Isolated Octahedra
Hey's CIM Ref.:8.8.19

8 : Halides - Fluorides, Chlorides, Bromides and Iodides; also Fluoborates and Fluosilicates
8 : Halides of Pb
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Type Occurrence of Aravaipaite

Type Locality:Grand Reef Mine (Aravaipa Mine; Lead Jewel Mine; Joe Rubal Mine; Vivian Mine; Calistoga Mining & Development Co. Mine; Bringham Silver and Lead Mine), Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef area, Klondyke, Aravaipa District, Santa Teresa Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
General Appearance of Type Material:platy crystals to 3 mm
Place of Conservation of Type Material:National History Museum, Los Angeles, California (No. 25414);
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA (No. 166058)
Year of Discovery:1989
Geological Setting of type material:oxidized zone of an epithermal Pb-Cu-Ag deposit hosted by a silicified rhyolite-schist breccia
Associated Minerals at type locality:
QuartzPseudograndreefiteLinariteLaureliteGrandreefite
GalenaFluoriteCaledoniteAnglesite

Physical Properties of Aravaipaite

Lustre:Vitreous, Pearly
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Transparent
Colour:Colourless
Streak:White
Hardness (Mohs):2
Tenacity:Elastic
Cleavage:Perfect
micaceous on {010}; good on {100}, {001}, {101}, {10_1}
Fracture:Irregular/Uneven
Density (calculated):6.37 g/cm3

Crystallography of Aravaipaite

Crystal System:Triclinic
Cell Parameters:a = 5.842Å, b = 25.2Å, c = 5.652Å
α = 93.84°, β = 90.14°, γ = 85.28°
Ratio:a:b:c = 0.232 : 1 : 0.224
Unit Cell Volume:V 827.39 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:4
Morphology:platy crystals, flattened on {010}
Twinning:polysynthetic on {010}, universal
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
3.134 (100)
12.5 (80)
3.65 (70)
3.50 (60)
3.33 (60)
2.916 (40)
Comments:Recorded on material from the type locality

Optical Data of Aravaipaite

Type:Biaxial (-)
RI values: nα = 1.678 nβ = 1.690 nγ = 1.694
2V:Measured: 70° to 73°, Calculated: 66°
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.016

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:High
Dispersion:r < v, strong

Chemical Properties of Aravaipaite

Formula:
Pb
 
3
[F
 
3
|AlF
 
6
] · H
 
2
O
Essential elements:Al, F, H, O, Pb
All elements listed in formula:Al, F, H, O, Pb
Analyical Data:Electron microprobe analysis of material from the type locality; water content estimated from the IR spectrum
Pb (73.8)
Al (3.6)
F (21.0)
H2O (3.0)

sum 101.4 wt.-%
Empirical Formula:
Pb
 
2.90
Al
 
1.09
F
 
9
 · 1.36H
 
2
O

Relationship of Aravaipaite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
3.DC.05Laurionite
PbClOH
3.DC.05Paralaurionite
PbClOH
3.DC.10Fiedlerite
Pb
 
3
Cl
 
4
F(OH)·H
 
2
O
3.DC.15Penfieldite
Pb
 
2
[OH|Cl
 
3
]
3.DC.20Laurelite
Pb(F,Cl,OH)
 
2
3.DC.25Bismoclite
BiOCl
3.DC.25Daubréeite
BiO(OH,Cl)
3.DC.25Matlockite
PbFCl
3.DC.25Rorisite
CaFCl
3.DC.25Zavaritskite
BiOF
3.DC.25Zhangpeishanite
BaFCl
3.DC.30Nadorite
PbSb[O
 
2
|Cl]
3.DC.30Perite
PbBi[O
 
2
|Cl]
3.DC.37Calcioaravaipaite
PbCa
 
2
[(F,OH)
 
3
|AlF
 
6
] · H
 
2
O
3.DC.40Thorikosite
Pb
 
3
[OH|(SbO
 
3
,AsO
 
3
)|Cl
 
2
]
3.DC.45Mereheadite
Pb
 
2
[O|OH|Cl]
3.DC.50Blixite
Pb
 
2
[(O,OH)
 
2
|Cl]
3.DC.55Pinalite
Pb
 
3
WO
 
3
Cl
 
2
3.DC.60Symesite
Pb
 
10
[O
 
7
|SO
 
4
|Cl
 
4
] · H
 
2
O
3.DC.65Ecdemite
Pb
 
6
[As
 
2
O
 
7
|Cl
 
4
]
3.DC.65Heliophyllite
Pb
 
3
AsO
 
4-n
Cl
 
2n+1
3.DC.70Mendipite
Pb
 
3
[O
 
2
|Cl
 
2
]
3.DC.75Damaraite
Pb
 
3
[O
 
2
|OH|Cl]
3.DC.80Onoratoite
Sb
 
8
O
 
11
Cl
 
2
3.DC.85Cotunnite
PbCl
 
2
3.DC.90Pseudocotunnite
K
 
2
PbCl
 
4
3.DC.95Barstowite
Pb
 
4
[Cl
 
6
|CO
 
3
] · H
 
2
O
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
8.8.1Abhurite
Sn
 
21
Cl
 
16
(OH)
 
14
O
 
6
8.8.2Matlockite
PbFCl
8.8.3Laurelite
Pb(F,Cl,OH)
 
2
8.8.4Cotunnite
PbCl
 
2
8.8.5Mendipite
Pb
 
3
[O
 
2
|Cl
 
2
]
8.8.6Damaraite
Pb
 
3
[O
 
2
|OH|Cl]
8.8.7Laurionite
PbClOH
8.8.8Paralaurionite
PbClOH
8.8.9Penfieldite
Pb
 
2
[OH|Cl
 
3
]
8.8.10Fiedlerite
Pb
 
3
Cl
 
4
F(OH)·H
 
2
O
8.8.11Blixite
Pb
 
2
[(O,OH)
 
2
|Cl]
8.8.12Pseudocotunnite
K
 
2
PbCl
 
4
8.8.13Diaboleite
Pb
 
2
CuCl
 
2
(OH)
 
4
8.8.14Pseudoboleite
Pb
 
31
Cu
 
24
Cl
 
62
(OH)
 
48
8.8.15Chloroxiphite
Pb
 
3
CuCl
 
2
(OH)
 
2
O
 
2
8.8.17Bideauxite
Pb
 
2
Ag[(F,OH)
 
2
|Cl
 
3
]
8.8.18Boleite
KPb
 
26
Ag
 
9
Cu
 
24
(OH)
 
48
Cl
 
62
8.8.20Yedlinite
Pb
 
6
(Cl,OH)
 
6
Cr
3+
 
(OH,O)
 
8
8.8.21Kolarite
PbTeCl
 
2
8.8.22Hematophanite
Pb
 
4
Fe
 
3
O
 
8
(OH,Cl)

Other Names for Aravaipaite

Synonyms:
IMA1988-021
Other Languages:
German:Aravaipait
Russian:Аравайпаит
Spanish:Aravaipaita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Aravaipaite

Reference List:Kampf, A. R., Dunn, P. J. and Foord, E. E. (1989): Grandreefite, pseudograndreefite, laurelite, and aravaipaite: four new minerals from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona. American Mineralogist 74, 927-933.

Kampf, A. R. and Foord, E. E. (1996): Calcioaravaipaite, a new mineral, and associated lead fluoride minerals from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona. Mineralogical Record 27, 293-300.

Anthony, J. W. et al. (1997): Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. 3, 20.

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    Localities for Aravaipaite

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    • Arizona
      • Graham Co.
        • Santa Teresa Mts
          • Aravaipa District
            • Klondyke
              • Grand Reef area
                • Laurel Canyon
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 118; Kampf, A.R., et al (1989), Grandreefite, pseudograndreefite, laurelite, and aravaipaite: Four new minerals from the Grandreef mine, Graham Co., AZ, Am.Min.: 74: 927-933; Min.Rec.: 27: 297.
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