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Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)

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White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
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Formula:
Ca
 
5
[(OH,O)|(PO
 
4
,CO
 
3
)
 
3
]
System:HexagonalHardness:5
Name:Named from the Greek word meaning "to deceive"
A variety of Apatite-(CaOH)

Apatite Group.

An Apatite-(CaOH) with carbonate group (CO3) substituting for some of the phosphate (PO4) group.

Originally reported from Ødegården Mine (Ødegaarden Mine), Ødegården field, Bamble, Telemark, Norway.

Classification of Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)

IMA status:Discredited 2008
Explanation of status:Original name 'Carbonate-hydroxylapatite' discredited in 2008.
Strunz 8th edition ID:7/B.39-40
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:8.BN.05

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
B : Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2O
N : With only large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 0.33:1
Hey's CIM Ref.:22.4.3

22 : Phosphates, Arsenates or Vanadates with other Anions
4 : Phosphates, arsenates or vanadates with carbonate
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Physical Properties of Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)

Hardness (Mohs):5

Crystallography of Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)

Crystal System:Hexagonal
Cell Parameters:a = 9.3Å, c = 6.92Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 0.744
Unit Cell Volume:V 518.33 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)

Type:Uniaxial (-)
RI values: nω = 1.603 - 1.628 nε = 1.598 - 1.619
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.005 - 0.009

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:Moderate

Chemical Properties of Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)

Formula:
Ca
 
5
[(OH,O)|(PO
 
4
,CO
 
3
)
 
3
]
Essential elements:Ca, H, O, P
All elements listed in formula:C, Ca, H, O, P

Relationship of Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH) to other Species

Related to:
  • Apatite Subgroup
  • Apatite Supergroup
    • Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

    - +
    8.BN.05Alforsite
    Ba
     
    5
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Belovite-(Ce)
    NaSr
     
    3
    		(Ce,La)[(F,OH)|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[(F,O)|(PO
     
    4
    		,CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Apatite-(CaCl)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Clinomimetite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Fermorite
    (Ca,Sr)
     
    5
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		,PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		(OH)
    8.BN.05Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[F|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Hedyphane
    Pb
     
    3
    		Ca
     
    2
    		[Cl|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Apatite-(CaOH)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[OH|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Johnbaumite
    Ca
     
    5
    		[OH|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Mimetite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Morelandite
    (Ba,Ca,Pb)
     
    5
    		[Cl|(AsO
     
    4
    		,PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Pyromorphite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Apatite-(SrOH)
    (Sr,Ca)
     
    5
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		(OH,F)
    8.BN.05Svabite
    Ca
     
    5
    		[(F,Cl,OH)|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Turneaureite
    Ca
     
    5
    		[Cl|(AsO
     
    4
    		,PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Vanadinite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(VO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Belovite-(La)
    NaSr
     
    3
    		(La,Ce)[(F,OH)|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Deloneite-(Ce)
    NaCa
     
    2
    		SrCe(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		F
    8.BN.05Fluorcaphite
    (Ca,Sr,Ce,Na)
     
    5
    		[F|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Kuannersuite-(Ce)
    NaBa
     
    3
    		(Ce,Nd,La)[(F,Cl)|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Apatite-(CaOH)-M
    (Ca,Na)
     
    3
    		Ca
     
    2
    		[(OH,Cl)|(PO
     
    4
    		,SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05Phosphohedyphane
    Pb
     
    3
    		Ca
     
    2
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    8.BN.05IMA2008-009
    Sr
     
    5
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		F
    8.BN.05IMA2008-068
    Ca
     
    2
    		Pb
     
    3
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		F
    8.BN.10Arctite
    Na
     
    2
    		Ca
     
    4
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		F
    Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

    - +
    22.4.1Bradleyite
    Na
     
    3
    		Mg[PO
     
    4
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    22.4.2Kovdorskite
    Mg
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)(OH)·3H
     
    2
    		O
    22.4.4Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[(F,O)|(PO
     
    4
    		,CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    22.4.5Tyrolite
    Ca
     
    2
    		Cu
     
    9
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|(H
     
    2
    		O)
     
    11
    		|CO
     
    3
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		] · 0-1H
     
    2
    		O
    22.4.6Heneuite
    CaMg
     
    5
    		(CO
     
    3
    		)(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		OH
    22.4.7Girvasite
    NaCa
     
    2
    		Mg
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		|H
     
    2
    		PO
     
    4
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    22.4.8Daqingshanite-(Ce)
    (Sr,Ca,Ba)
     
    2
    		(Ce,La)PO
     
    4
    		(CO
     
    3
    		,OH,F)
     
    3
    22.4.9Gartrellite
    Pb(Cu,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Zn)
     
    2
    		[AsO
     
    4
    		,SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2(H
     
    2
    		O,OH)
    22.4.10Voggite
    Na
     
    2
    		Zr[OH|CO
     
    3
    		|PO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    22.4.11Bonshtedtite
    Na
     
    3
    		Fe
    2+
     
    		[PO
     
    4
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]

    Other Names for Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)

    Synonyms:
    Carbonate-hydroxylapatiteDahllite
    Other Languages:
    Varieties:
    Ornithite

    Other Information

    Other Information:Soluble in HCl or in HNO3. Varieties containing CO3 may dissolve with slight effervescence.
    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 Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)

    Reference List:Julien (1865) American Journal of Science: 40: 371 (as Ornithite).

    Brögger and Bäckström (1888) Ak. Stockholm, Öfv.: 45: 493 (as Dahllite).

    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.: 879-889.

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    Localities for Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)

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    Australia
     
    • Tasmania
      • Bass Strait
    		http://www.crocoite.com/locationbulletins/part1/zeolites.pdf
    Austria
     
    • Carinthia
      • Koralpe Mts
        • Moschkogel Mt. - Weinebene area
          • Brandrücken
    		W. Postl, F. Brandstätter, G. Niedermayr: Carinthia II 180./100.:248-251 (1990)
    • Vorarlberg
    		R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
    Bolivia
     
    • Potosí Department
      • Cerro Huañaquino
    		Alfredo Petrov (1997) Mineral News, 13, #4.
    • Santa Cruz Department
      • Velasco Province
    		No reference listed
    Brazil
     
    • Northeast Region
      • Pernambuco
        • São Pedro and São Paulo archipelago
    		Washington, H.S. (1929) The American Mineralogist, 14, 369-372.
    Canada
     
    • British Columbia
      • Omenica Mining Division
    		http://www.connectionsmagazine.bc.ca/Past_Issue/spring%2002/geological.html
    • Northwest Territories
    		CanMIn 40:121-136
    • Québec
      • Richmond Co.
        • Shipton Township
          • Asbestos
    		Normand (2001) Experimental and field investigation of serpentinization and rodingitization. unpublished Ph.D. thesis McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
    China
     
    • Shaanxi Province
      • Hanzhong Prefecture
        • Hantai District
    		Hein, J.R., Fan, D., Ye, J., Liu, T., and Yeh, H.-W. (1999): Ore Geology Reviews 15(1), 95-134.
    Czech Republic
     
    • Moravia (Mähren; Maehren)
      • Olomouc Region
        • Javorník
          • Horní Hostice
    		Pauliš, P., Novák, F., Ševců, J.: Sekundární minerály z uranového ložiska Jelení vrch u Horních Hoštic v Rychlebských horách. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae geologicae, 2004, roč. 89, s. 121 - 138.
    Ethiopia
     
    • Sidamo-Borana Province
      • Lake Rudolf (Lake Turkana)
        • Lower Omo Valley
    		American Mineralogist, Vol. 64, 1979, pp. 169-171.
    France
     
    • Auvergne
      • Allier
        • Ébreuil
          • Échassières
    		G. Aubert : "Les coupoles granitiques de Montebras et d'Echassières (Massif Central Français) et la genèse de leur minéralisations (BRGM, 1969)
    G. Aubert : "Les coupoles granitiques de Montebras et d'Echassières (Massif Central Français) et la genèse de leur minéralisations (BRGM, 1969)
    • Limousin
      • Corrèze
        • Davignac
    		M.Deliens, C.Lheur, W.Peraud & D.Virlogeux (2004)- Les minéraux d'uranium du Boucheron, près de Davignac (Corrèze)- Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, n°84, pp 3-25.
    • Rhône-Alpes
      • Drôme
        • Clansayes
          • L'Eause
    		Ref.: G. Demarcq, 1973, "Guides Géologiques Régionaux : Lyonnais, Vallée du Rhône" , p. 124, Masson.
    G. Demarcq, 1973, "Guides Géologiques Régionaux : Lyonnais, Vallée du Rhône" , p. 124, Masson.
    Germany
     
    • Hesse
      • Wetzlar
        • Waldgirmes
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", 1990
    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Sauerland
        • Arnsberg
          • Hüsten
    		S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    • Saxony
      • Erzgebirge
        • Schneeberg District
          • Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field
    		Lapis 30(7/8):41-70 (2005)
    Greenland
     
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Narsaq
    		[Mineralogical Record - Vol 24 No 2]
    Hungary
     
    • Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Co.
      • Szalonnai Mts.
        • Bódvarákó
    		Top. Min. Hun.: Minerals of Esztramos
    • Veszprém Co.
      • Bakony Mts.
        • Úrkút
          • Csárda Hill
    		Szakáll & Jánosi: Minerals of Hungary, 1995
    Japan
     
    • Nansei Archipelago
      • Okinawa Prefecture
        • Daito Islands
    		Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)
    Malta
     
    • Malta Island
      • Marfa Ridge
    Mexico
     
    • Chihuahua
      • Mun. de Ahumada
    		Cross, B. & Culp Zeitner J. (2006), Geodes Natures Treasures, P.23
    • Durango
      • Mun. de Durango
        • Cerro de los Remedios
          • Victoria de Durango
    		No reference listed
    Namibia
     
    • Otjozondjupa Region
      • Grootfontein District
        • Kombat
    		No reference listed
    Netherlands
     
    • Limburg
      • Elsloo
    		T.G. Nijland, J.C. Zwaan, D. Visser, J. Leloux - De mineralen van Nederland - 2007
    T.G. Nijland, J.C. Zwaan, D. Visser, J. Leloux - De mineralen van Nederland - 2007
      • Hoensbroek
    		T.G. Nijland, J.C. Zwaan, D. Visser, J. Leloux - De mineralen van Nederland - 2007
      • Maastricht
        • Pietersberg
    		T.G. Nijland, J.C. Zwaan, D. Visser, J. Leloux - De mineralen van Nederland - 2007
      • Sint Gerlach
    		T.G. Nijland, J.C. Zwaan, D. Visser, J. Leloux - De mineralen van Nederland - 2007
    • Overijssel
      • Denekamp
    		T.G. Nijland, J.C. Zwaan, D. Visser, J. Leloux - De mineralen van Nederland - 2007
      • Ootmarsum
    		T.G. Nijland, J.C. Zwaan, D. Visser, J. Leloux - De mineralen van Nederland - 2007
        • Kuiperberg
    		T.G. Nijland, J.C. Zwaan, D. Visser, J. Leloux - De mineralen van Nederland - 2007
    T.G. Nijland, J.C. Zwaan, D. Visser, J. Leloux - De mineralen van Nederland - 2007
    T.G. Nijland, J.C. Zwaan, D. Visser, J. Leloux - De mineralen van Nederland - 2007
    T.G. Nijland, J.C. Zwaan, D. Visser, J. Leloux - De mineralen van Nederland - 2007
    Norway
     
    • Telemark
      • Bamble (Bamle)
    		Brøgger & Bäckström (1888); Neumann (1985, pp. 123-124); (Science 155, 1977, 1409); Nickel & Nichols (1991, "Mineral Reference Manual" p35).; Brögger and Bäckström, 1888. (Synonym of carbonate-hydroxyapatite)
    Romania
     
    • Caras-Severin Co.
      • Banat Mts
        • Locvei Mts
    		Onac, B.P., Zaharia, L., Kearns, J. & Veres, D. (2007): Vashegyite from Gaura cu Musca Cave (Locvei Mountains, Romania): a new and rare phosphate occurrence. International J. of Speleology, 35, 67-73.
    Russia
     
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Khibiny Massif
    		Pekov, I.V. & Podlesnyi, A.S. (2004): Kukisvumchorr Deposit: Mineralogy of Alkaline Pegmatites and Hydrotermalites. Mineralogical Almanac, vol. 7, 140 pages + xxiv photo's pages
    www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/lovo.htm
    • Urals Region
      • Middle Urals
        • Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast'
          • Kamensk-Ural'skii
    		N.A. Grigoriev, Zap. Vses. Mineral. Ob. , 1964, 93 (2), 156.
    Saudi Arabia
     
    • Mintaqah Makkah
    		Saudi Geological Survey Open-File Report SGS-OF-2004-12, 68 p.
    Slovakia
     
    • Prešov Region
      • Northern Slanské Mts
        • Vyšná Šebastová
    		Ďuďa,R., et al., 1981: Mineralógia severnej časti Slanských vrchov. Min.Slovaca, Monografia 2, 98s
    Spain
     
    • Catalonia
      • Barcelona
        • Vallès Oriental
          • Montcada i Reixac
    		Rosell, J. & Garrido, J.L. (2006) The minerals of Montcada Hill Quarry. Mineral Up, 2006/2, 16-20.
    Sweden
     
    • Lappland
      • Kiruna
    		Flink, G. Bidrag till Malmbergsgruvornas och Kirunavaaras Mineralogi (Sthlm 1924, in Swedish)
    Thailand
     
    • Lamphon Province
    		Mineralogical Magazine 1988 52 : 505-508
    Ukraine
     
    [Specimen in the Natural History Museum, London]
    USA
     
    • Arkansas
      • Montgomery Co.
        • Fancy Hill District
          • Caddo Gap
    		Econ Geol (1987) 82:1377-1385
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison Co.
        • White Earth District (Powderhorn District)
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
    • Maine
      • Oxford Co.
        • Paris
    		No reference listed
        • Rumford
    		Scott Soucey and Tim Blake specimens
    • Michigan
      • Dickinson Co.
        • Menominee iron range
          • Randville
    		Mineralogy of Michigan (2004) Heinrich & Robinson
    • Nevada
      • Esmeralda Co.
        • Candelaria District (Columbus District)
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Humboldt Co.
        • Buffalo Mountain District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Nye Co.
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
        • Tonopah District
    		Am.Jour.Sci., 4th ser., 33, 475-482 (1921)
    NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton Co.
        • Groton
    		No reference listed
    • North Carolina
      • Cleveland Co.
        • Kings Mountain District
    • South Dakota
      • Custer Co.
        • Custer District
          • Fourmile
    		Mineralogical Record: 17: 237-254; Rocks & Minerals: 60: 117.
      • Pennington Co.
        • Keystone District
          • Keystone
    		R&M 75:3 pp 156-169
    • Wyoming
    		AmMin 20:693
    Venezuela
     
    • Miranda
    		Urbani, 1997. Bol. Soc. Venezolana de Espeleología, no.30.
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