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General Allabogdanite Information

Chemical Formula: (Fe,Ni)2P
Composition: Molecular Weight = 145.21 gm
Iron 57.69 % Fe
Cobalt 1.22 % Co
Nickel 20.61 % Ni
Phosphorus 20.48 % P
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100.00
%
Empirical Formula: 2+
Fe 1.5Ni0.51Co0.03P0.96
Environment: Microscopic exsolved laths disseminated in plessite. Isostructural with
rhodarsenide. Orthorohmbic polymoph of barringerite,
IMA Status: Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added)
Locality: Onello meteorite, an iron-rich ataxite, was found in the alluvium of the
Bol'shoy Dolguchan River, Onello River Basin, Aldan shield, Sakha-
Yakutia, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin: Named for Alla Bogdanova, Geological Institute, Kola Science Centre
of Russian Academy of Sciences.
Synonym: IMA2000-038

Allabogdanite Image
Images:
Allabogdanite Schreibersite
Comments: Relict grain of allabogdanite crystal (ABG)
surrounded by schreibersite rim (SCHR) in plessite matrix
(PL). Black phase is a secondary Fe-Ni-hydroxide.
Backscattered electron image. (AmMin, 87:1249).
Location: Onello iron meteorite (high-Ni ataxite) Onello
River basin, Aldan shield, Saha (Sakha) Republic
(Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Scale
bar 10 -m.
American Mineralogist

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Allabogdanite Crystallography

Axial Ratios: a:b:c =1.62:1:1.8773

Cell Dimensions: a = 5.748, b = 3.548, c = 6.661, Z = 4; V = 135.84 Den(Calc)= 7.10
Crystal System: Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group:
P nma
X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.238(1)(112), 2.12(0.8)(211), 2.073(0.7)
(103),1.884(0.5)(013), 1.758(0.4), 1.774(0.4)(020), 1.788(0.4)(113),
1.843(0.4)(301),
Crystal Structure:
Mouse
drag1 - LMB Manipulate Structure
drag2 - RMB Resize/Rotate Britvin S N , Rudashevsky N S , Krivovichev S V , Burns P C , Polekhovsky Y S ,
Keyboard American Mineralogist , 87 (2002) p.1245-1249, Allabogdanite, (Fe,Ni)2P, a new
S - Stereo Pair on/off
H - Help Screen mineral from the Onello meteorite:, The occurence and crystal structure
I - Data Info
A - Atoms On/Off
P - Polyhedra On/Off Large Pop-Up
B - Bonds On/Off
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Physical Properties of Allabogdanite

Cleavage: None
Color: Light straw yellow.
Diaphaneity: Opaque
Fracture: Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.
Habit: Lamellar - Thin laminae producing a lamellar structure.
Habit: Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes.
Hardness: 5-6 - Between Apatite and Orthoclase
Luster: Metallic

Optical Properties of Allabogdanite

Reflectivity Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of
Allabogdanite in Air
R1 R2 R1() R2()

440 nm 48.40 37.20

460 nm 46.70 36.80
480 nm 47.00 37.60
500 nm 47.50 38.10
520 nm 47.60 38.80
540 nm 48.20 39.20
560 nm 49.00 39.90
580 nm 49.60 40.70
600 nm 50.10 41.90
620 nm 50.50 41.90
640 nm 51.90 43.00
660 nm 52.30 44.30
680 nm 53.30 45.00
700 nm 54.40 46.20
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Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Allabogdanite in Air

Relative
0% 30% 60% 90% 100% 120% 150% 180% 210% 240%
Intensity
R1
R2

Calculated Properties of Allabogdanite

Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=6.70 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Allabogdanite =7.10 gm/cc.
Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99
Photoelectric: PEAllabogdanite = 27.44 barns/electron
U=PEAllabogdanite x rElectron Density= 183.80 barns/cc.
Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Allabogdanite is Not Radioactive

Allabogdanite Classification
Dana Class: 01.01.21.04 (01)Native Elements
(01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group
(01.01.21)Barringerite Group phosphides
01.01.21.01 Barringerite (Fe,Ni)2P P 62m 6 m2
01.01.21.02 Schreibersite (Fe,Ni)3P I 4 4
01.01.21.03 Nickelphosphide! (Ni,Fe)3P I 4 4
01.01.21.04 Allabogdanite! (Fe,Ni)2P P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
01.01.21.05 Melliniite! (Ni,Fe)4P P 213 2 3
01.01.21.06 Monipite! MoNiP P 6 2m 6 m2
Strunz Class: 01.BD.15 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids
and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
01.B - Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides and Phosphides
01.BD -Phosphides
01.BD.15 Allabogdanite! (Fe,Ni)2P P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
01.BD.15 Florenskyite! (Fe,Ni)TiP P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
01.BD.15 Andreyivanovite! FeCrP P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

Other Allabogdanite Information

References: NAME( AmMin, 87:1245) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, 87:1245) OPTIC
PROP.(AmMin, 87:1245)
See Also: Links to other databases for Allabogdanite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
7 - MinDAT
8 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
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9 - Online Mineral Museum

10 - QUT Mineral Atlas
11 - Ruff.Info

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Allabogdanite
(Fe,Ni)2P
Dana No: 01.01.21.04 Strunz No: 01.BD.15
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