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Cahnite

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Borcarit, Cahnit
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Borcarit, Cahnit

Borcarit (grün) mit Cahnit (weißlich); Größe: 65x65x27 mm; Fundort: Huanggang Mines, Lagerstättenbezirk Huanggang-Sumugou, Hexigten-Banner (Keshiketeng), Präfektur Ulanhad Bund, Innere Mongolei, Ch...
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: slugslayer 2018-02-12
Locality: Huanggang / Huanggang-Sumugou, LS-Bezirk / Hexigten-Banner (Keshiketeng) / Chifeng, Stadt / Ulanhad Bund (Chifeng, Präf) / Innere Mongolei (Neimenggu) / China
Cahnit mit Rhodonit
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Cahnit mit Rhodonit

Größe: 26x23 mm; Fundort: Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Copyright: Rock Currier
Contribution: slugslayer 2010-06-28
Locality: Franklin / Franklin Mining District / Sussex Co. / New Jersey / USA
Cahnit
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Cahnit (SNr: A006555)

Oktaederförmige farblose Kristalle, BB = 1,5 mm, Fundort: Vallerano Steinbruch, Valleranello, Rom, Latium (Lazio), Region, Italien.
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Heribert Rotter
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2012-11-17
Locality: Vallerano Steinbruch / Valleranello / Rom / Latium (Lazio), Region / Italien
Borcarit, Cahnit
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Borcarit, Cahnit

Borcarit (grün) mit Cahnit (weißlich); Größe: 30x25x21 mm; Fundort: Huanggang Mines, Lagerstättenbezirk Huanggang-Sumugou, Hexigten-Banner (Keshiketeng), Präfektur Ulanhad Bund, Innere Mongolei, Ch...
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: slugslayer 2018-02-12
Locality: Huanggang / Huanggang-Sumugou, LS-Bezirk / Hexigten-Banner (Keshiketeng) / Chifeng, Stadt / Ulanhad Bund (Chifeng, Präf) / Innere Mongolei (Neimenggu) / China
Borcarit, Cahnit
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Borcarit, Cahnit

Borcarit (grün) mit Cahnit (weißlich); Größe: 46x34x19 mm; Fundort: Huanggang Mines, Lagerstättenbezirk Huanggang-Sumugou, Hexigten-Banner (Keshiketeng), Präfektur Ulanhad Bund, Innere Mongolei, Ch...
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: slugslayer 2018-02-12
Locality: Huanggang / Huanggang-Sumugou, LS-Bezirk / Hexigten-Banner (Keshiketeng) / Chifeng, Stadt / Ulanhad Bund (Chifeng, Präf) / Innere Mongolei (Neimenggu) / China
Borcarit, Cahnit
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Borcarit, Cahnit

Borcarit (grün) mit Cahnit (weißlich); Größe: 77x60x28 mm; Fundort: Huanggang Mines, Lagerstättenbezirk Huanggang-Sumugou, Hexigten-Banner (Keshiketeng), Präfektur Ulanhad Bund, Innere Mongolei, Ch...
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: slugslayer 2018-02-12
Locality: Huanggang / Huanggang-Sumugou, LS-Bezirk / Hexigten-Banner (Keshiketeng) / Chifeng, Stadt / Ulanhad Bund (Chifeng, Präf) / Innere Mongolei (Neimenggu) / China

Collectors Summary

Color farblos, weiß
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 5
Solubility +++ Säuren
Crystal System tetragonal, I4

Chemism

Chem­ical formula

Ca2B(AsO4)(OH)4

Chem­ical com­po­si­tion

Arsen, Calcium, Bor, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 297.91733 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 16

Info

Empirical formula:

Ca2B(AsO4)(OH)4

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

1.35

4

25.00

1.0079470

4.0317880
Boron

B

3.63

1

6.25

10.8117000

10.8117000
Oxygen

O

42.96

8

50.00

15.9994300

127.9954400
Calcium

Ca

26.91

2

12.50

40.0784000

80.1568000
Arsenic

As

25.15

1

6.25

74.9216020

74.9216020

Anal­y­sis wt%

CaO : 37.62, B2O3 : 11.86, As2O5 : 38.05, H2O : 12.42 (Ref: American Mineralogist 27)

Strunz 9th edi­tion incl. updates

6.AC.70

6: Borate
A: Monoborate
C: B(O,OH)4, ohne und mit zusätzlichen [Anionen]; 1(T), 1(T)+OH, etc.
70:Cahnit-Gruppe

Lapis Clas­sifica­tion

V/G.08-030

V: NITRATE, CARBONATE UND BORATE
G: Inselborate
8: [BO4] 5-- und [B(OH)4] 1--Tetraeder

Clas­sifica­tion by Hölzel

6.AC.460

6: Borates
A: Monoborates
C:
4: Moydite-Cahnite-Group (with CO3, SO4, PO4, AsO4 - heterotypes)

Dana 8th edi­tion

43.04.04.01

43: Compound Phosphates, etc.
04: Compound Phosphates, etc. (Anhydrous Compound Anions With Hydroxyl or Halogen)

IMA sta­tus

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Min­eral sta­tus

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

farblos, weiß

Streak color

weiß

Diaphane­ity (Trans­parency)

transparent

max. Birefrin­gence

0.001
Birefringence chart\! Cahnite title=Birefringence chart Cahnite

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

1.662

RI value γ / ε

1.663

Ri mean

1.662

2V angle

Uniaxial (+)

Optical Data Luminescence

Color LW-UV (365nm)

  

gelblich weiß

LW-UV Intensity

schwach

Color SW-UV (254nm)

  

gelblich weiß

SW-UV Intensity

schwach

After­glow (Per­sistant Lumi­nes­cence)

keine Daten

Crystallography

Crystal Sys­tem

tetragonal

Class (H-M)

4

Space Group number

82

Space Group

I4

Cell param­e­ters a (Å)

7.095

Cell param­e­ters b (Å)

-

Cell param­e­ters c (Å)

6.190

Cell param­e­ters a/b or c/a

0.872

Cell param­e­ters c/b

-

Cell param­e­ters α

90°

Cell param­e­ters β

90°

Cell param­e­ters γ

90°

Z

2

Volumne (ų)

311.599

X-Ray Pow­der Diffrac­tion

5.02(20),
4.67(20),
3.56(100),
2.833(20),
2.640(50),
2.514(10),
2.336(20),
1.818(50)
XRD chart Cahnite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hard­ness (Mohs)

5

VHN (Hard­ness Vick­ers)

413 (10g)

Density (g/cm³)

3.16

3.175 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Insta­bil­ity

+++ Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/New Jersey/Sussex Co./Franklin Mining District/Franklin/Franklin Marble/Furnace Quarry

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Palache, 1921

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 4 (2000), 89

Other languages

German

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Spanish

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English

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French

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Russian

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Simplified Chinese

砷硼钙石

Alternative Name

Calcium Edingtonite

Japanese

カーン石

Simplified Chinese

水砷硼钙石

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Cah

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