Ko te Ludlamite he kohuke pākawa ārai mākū rino tuarua onge, e tino whakanuia ana e ngā tohunga kohuke me ngā kaikohi mō tōna tae kākāriki hāura me ōna āhua tioata pai. Nō te akomanga kohuke pākawa, ā, ko tōna tātai matū tino tika ko Fe₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O, ahakoa he maha ngā tauira māori e whakakapi ana i te konupora me te konupaka. Ka tioata te kohuke nei i roto i te pūnaha tioata monoclinic, ā, ka puta hei tioata papatahi, poro-āhua, whiti-āhua rānei, e whakaatu ana i te mārama tino pai me te kanapa karaihe kanapa. Ko te tae o Ludlamite mai i te kākāriki kōwhai māwai me te kākāriki aporo ki te emerara hāura me te kākāriki ngahere hōhonu, me ngā tioata tino kaha te tae e tino hiahiatia ana e ngā kaikohi. Nā tōna pakeke iti, e 3.5–4 i te tauine Mohs, me tōna wehenga tino pai, ka kiia ko Ludlamite he kohuke ngāwari e hiahia ana kia āta whakahaere. Ahakoa kāore e pai mō te nuinga o ngā whakamahinga kohatu whakapaipai me ngā whakapaipai, ko tōna onge, tōna ātaahua, me te kounga o ngā tioata kua waiho hei kohuke pākawa tino hiahiatia i roto i ngā kohinga whare taonga me ngā kāpata kohuke tūmataiti matatau.
Ko te ahua o te Ludlamite he kohuke tuarua i puta mai i te whakarerekētanga o ngā kohuke whai pākawa-ā-tua o mua i roto i ngā taiao ārai whenua e whai rino ana. E tino hono ana ki te whakarerekētanga waiariki o ngā pegmatite kirikiri, i reira ngā wai whai pākawa-ā-tua e pāhekoheko ana ki ngā kohuke pākawa-ā-tua tuatahi pērā i te triphylite me te lithiophilite. I roto i tēnei tukanga, ka pakaru haere ngā wai waiariki, wai āhua rānei i ngā kohuke taketake, ka tuku i ngā katote rino me te pākawa-ā-tua, ā, ka whakakotahi anō hei hanga i te Ludlamite i raro i ngā āhuatanga pāmahana iti.
Ko te kohuke ka whakapakari i roto i nga kapiti, i nga rua, i nga putea wairewa i hangaia i te wa o te whakarereketanga, i reira nga ahuatanga matū e tika ana hei whakaheke i nga konupūmā rino hauwai. He iti noa iho, ka tupu pea te Ludlamite i roto i nga putunga parataiao rino-nui, i roto ranei i nga waahi whakawera o nga tinana kohuke maha. He maha nga wa ka puta tahi me etahi atu kohuke konupūmā tuarua, tae atu ki a Vivianite, Fairfieldite, Childrenite, Phosphosiderite, me Siderite, e whakaatu ana i te raupapa uaua o te whakapakari konupūmā me nga tukanga huarere. Ko te noho mai o Ludlamite e tohu ana i tetahi taiao nui konupūmā kua pa ki te whakarereketanga waiariki nui, ki te whakarereketanga ranei o runga.
I whakaahuatia tuatahitia a Ludlamite i te tau 1875 mai i nga tauira i kitea i te maina rongonui o Wheal Jane i Cornwall, Ingarangi, he rohe rongonui mo ona taonga maina tawhito me nga momo kohuke kanorau. I whakaingoatia te kohuke hei whakanui i a Henry Ludlam (1824–1880), he kaikohi kohuke rongonui o Ingarangi, nana tana kohinga nui i whai wāhi nui ki te rangahau kohuke o te rautau tekau mā iwa, ā, i muri mai ka whakaurua ki roto i nga kohinga o te Whare Taonga o te Matawhenua Mahi i Rānana. Ahakoa ko Cornwall te wāhi taketake o te momo, ko etahi o nga tauira Ludlamite tino pai rawa atu i kitea i muri mai i te Takiwa Maina o Blackbird i te Kaute o Lemhi, Idaho, Amerika. I rongonui nga tioata mai i tenei wāhi mo to ratou rahi whakahirahira, te mārama, me te tae kākāriki emerara kaha, i whakapūmau i te paerewa mo te kounga tauira e tino whakanuia ana e nga kaikohi i enei ra. Kua tuhia etahi atu putanga nui ki Tiamana, Bolivia, Potukara, Haina, me etahi atu rohe e whai kiko ana i te ao, hei awhina i nga kaiputaiao ki te mohio ake ki te tohatoha matawhenua me nga tikanga hanganga o te kohuke.
Ko te Hanganga Karaihe me ngā Āhuatanga Whatu o Ludlamite
Mai te tirohanga whakapapa kirikiri, ko te Ludlamite he no ki te pūnaha kirikiri monoclinic, inarā, kei raro i te karaehe kirikiri prismatic me te hanga whakapapa mokowā e kīia ana ko P2₁/a. Ko tōna anga kupenga o roto e whakaatuhia ana e te whakaritenga matatini, e toru-ahu nei, e hono ana ngā paparanga octahedral o ngā ngota rino rua-wā, e herea ana ki te hāora me ngā ngota wai, e hono pūkenga ana ki ngā tetrahedra phosphate (PO₄) motuhake. Ko tēnei whirihoranga ngota motuhake e whakaatu ana i te taha whānui hei kirikiri mātotoru, papatahi, poro-āhua rānei, e hanga ana i ngā whakahiato āhua-pīata, whakarara rānei.
Mai te tirohanga, he kohuke pai-rua a Ludlamite, he teitei te taupū whakaata, i te nuinga o te wā kei waenga i te n_alpha = 1.650 me te n_gamma = 1.697. E whakaatu ana i te kaha, te mārama o te pleochroism i raro i te marama whakaata whakaata, e kitea ai te huringa tae o te kohuke mai i te kākāriki kōmā me te tae kore ki te ātārangi hōhonu ake, kākāriki āporo e kaha ana te kanapa i runga i te takotoranga o te karaihe. Waihoki, ko tōna kanapa he āhua karaihe, ka huri ki te peara i runga i ōna papa wehenga matua, e whakarei ake ana i te hōhonu me te kanapa o ngā tauira kohuke tino kounga.
Ngā Āhuatanga Tinana me te Matū o te Ludlamite
Ko te āhua tinana o Ludlamite e whakaaturia ana e tōna pākūkūtanga me ōna herenga ā-tinana motuhake. He iti tōna taumata pakeke o Mohs e 3.5, e tohu ana ka ngāwari te waruhia e te pākete parahi, te naihi pūkoro rānei. He tino pai te wehenga o te kōhuke ki te paparanga {100} me te wehenga motuhake ki te {001}, e māmā ai te wehewehe hei kongakonga angiangi i raro i te pēhanga ā-tinana. He ōrite ki te kōwhatu whatiwhati tōna whatinga, ā, ko tōna taumaha motuhake e inea ana mai i te 3.12 ki te 3.19, e ahua taumaha ana mō te kōhuke kore-whakarewa nā te nui o te rino i roto.
Mai te taha matū, ko te Ludlamite he pākawa rino haumākū konupora konupane me te tātai whakamārama (Fe,Mg,Mn)₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O. Ko te rino rua (Fe²⁺) te kātene matua e whakaputa ana i te tae kākāriki waitohu o te kōhuke; heoi, ko te konupora (Mg) me te konupane (Mn) e whakakapi ana i te whāriki tioata mā te whakakapi inenga, e whakaputa ana i te raupapa whakarewa-totoka. Ina pā ki te wera, ki ngā taiao matū kaha rānei, ka memeha noa te Ludlamite ki ngā waikawa, inarā ki te waikawa haumāota (HCl) mātao me te waimeha, kāore he pōhā. I tua atu, nā te mea kei roto ngā rāpoi wai e herea pū ana ki roto i tōna whāriki tioata, mā te whakawera i tētahi tauira ki roto i te ipu kati ka whakamākūkū noa, ka tuku i te kohu wai me te whakarerekē i te pūtahitanga hanganga o te kōhuke me tōna tae kanapa.
Ngā Whakamahinga me ngā Whakamahinga Ahumahi o te Ludlamite
Mai te tirohanga whaihua me te ahumahi, karekau he whakamahinga arumoni a te Ludlamite, na te mea he tino onge, he iti te kiato o te hanganga, me te ngawari o ona āhuatanga pakaru. He 3.5 anake te pakeke o te Mohs, ā, e rua ngā papa wehenga motuhake, kāore rawa e tika ana te kohuke hei whakamahi i roto i ngā mea whakaora ahumahi, te mahi whakarewa, te mahi kohatu utu nui rānei. I tua atu, ahakoa he pūkawa waro rino mākū te matū, he iti rawa, he mokowhiti hoki ngā putunga māori, kāore e taea te whai hua hei kohuke mō te tango rino, te ūkuikui ahuwhenua rānei. Engari, ko te "whakamahinga" o te Ludlamite e herea ana ki te mākete kohuke taumata-tiketike. Ka noho hei tauira rangatira mō ngā kohinga whare taonga, ngā tari matawhenua o te whare wānanga, me ngā tohunga tūmataiti. Ko ngā tauira tino pai—ko ērā e whakaatu ana i te mārama pīataata, te āhua tino mā o te karaihe, me te kākāriki emerara hōhonu—e tino whakanuia ana, ā, he utu nui i waenga i ngā kaikohi kohuke nahanaha o te ao.
Ko te Tikanga Metapika me ngā Āhuatanga Wairua o Ludlamite
I roto i te ao o te whakaora karaihe, te whakamauru tinana katoa, me te matū whenua esoteric, e kiia ana ko Ludlamite he karaihe o te kaha whatumanawa hohonu, te whakaora ngākau-whaiaro, me te whakapūwhenua wairua. Nā tōna tae kākāriki hihiko, e kaha whakapiri ana ngā kaimahi metaphysical i a Ludlamite ki te Heart Chakra (Anahata). E whakaponohia ana he pūtātau pūngao kaha, e āwhina ana i te tangata ki te tukatuka i ngā wharanga whatumanawa hōhonu, te whakaiti i ngā āwangawanga roa, me te tuku i te pōuri pūmau, te riri rānei. Kāore i rite ki ētahi atu karaihe wiri-nui e rongo ai te tangata i te kore whakapūwhenua, ko te nui o te rino i roto i a Ludlamite e whakarato ana i te pūngao whakapūmau, whakapūwhenua e hono ana te kaiwhakamahi ki ngā iarere whakamārie, whāngai o te Whenua. Ka whakamahia nuitia i roto i ngā mahi whakaaro hōhonu hei whakatipu i te aroha-ki-a-koe, te whakarei i te mātauranga whatumanawa, me te whakatipu i te rangimārire o roto e kore e taea te whakakorikori i ngā wā o te whakararuraru whaiaro nui, te whakawhitinga oranga rānei.