Mineral phase
- IMA name
- Crandallite
- Class
- non-silicate mineral
- Compound type
- phosphate
- Formula
- $CaAl_3(PO_4)_2(OH)_5 \bullet (H_2O)$
- Chemical formula
- CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5•(H2O)
- Elemental formula
- Ca Al3 P2 O3 (O-)11 H7
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance
- Oxides
-
Formula $CaO$ $Al_{2}O_{3}$ $P_{2}O_{5}$ $H_{2}O$ Mass fraction (%) 13.54 36.94 34.28 15.23
Strunz
- Class
- phosphates - arsenates - vanadates (08)
- Division
- phosphates, etc. with additional anions, without H2O (08.B)
- Family
- with medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 3:1 (08.BL)
- Code
- 08.BL.10
Dana
- Major class
- phosphates, arsenates, vanadates (VII)
- Class
- hydrated phosphates containing hydroxyl or halogen (42)
- Type
- where (AB)2 (XO4) Zq·x(H2O) (42.07)
- Group
- Crandallite group (42.07.03)
- Code
- 42.07.03.01
- Phase type
- crystalline
- Crystal system
- trigonal
- Crystal class
- ditrigonal-scalenohedral
- Crystal class symbol
- -3m (D3d)
- Crystal spacegroup
- R-3m
- Molar mass
- 414.02 $g/mol$
- Density
- 2.78-2.92 $g/cm^3$
- State NTP
- solid
- Refringence type
- uniaxial
- Refringence sign
- positive
- Birefringence
- 0.005
- Refraction index $n_o$ (w)
- 1.618
- Refraction index $n_e$ (e)
- 1.623
- Pure color
- white
- Color
- gray, yellow, yellowish white, light red
- Diaphaneity
- transparent to subtranslucent
- Luster
- vitreous