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Gillespite

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Gillespit
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Gillespit
mit Meierit-Einschlüssen (graublau). Gun Claim, Itsy Mountains/Yukon, Canada; Größe 3,5 x 2,5 cm
Copyright: Haubi; Contribution: Haubi
Collection: Haubi
Location: Kanada/Yukon-Territorium/Watson Lake Mining District/Itsi Mt./Wilson Lake/Gun Claim
Mineral: Gillespite
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Gillespit  D

mit Meierit-Einschlüssen (graublau). Gun Claim, Itsy Mountains/Yukon, Canada; Größe 3,5 x 2,5 cm

Collection: Haubi
Copyright: Haubi
Contribution: Haubi 2016-11-01
Locality: Gun Claim / Wilson Lake / Itsi Mt. / Watson Lake Mining District / Yukon-Territorium / Kanada
Gillespit (rot) in Sanbornit (weiß)
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Gillespit (rot) in Sanbornit (weiß)
Trumbull Peak,Incline,Mariposa Co./Californien USA; Größe 3,7 x 2 cm
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Collection: Haubi
Location: USA/Kalifornien (California)/Mariposa Co./Incline/Trumbull Peak
Mineral: Gillespite, Sanbornite
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Gillespit (rot) in Sanbornit (weiß)

Trumbull Peak,Incline,Mariposa Co./Californien USA; Größe 3,7 x 2 cm

Collection: Haubi
Copyright: Haubi
Contribution: Haubi 2016-11-01
Locality: Trumbull Peak / Incline / Mariposa Co. / Kalifornien (California) / USA
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Gillespit
Gillespit, Gun Claim, Wilson Lake, Mt. Itsi, Watson Lake Mining Distr., Yukon, Canada, 37 x 25 x 20 mm
Copyright: Embarak; Contribution: Embarak
Collection: Embarak
Location: Kanada/Yukon-Territorium/Watson Lake Mining District/Itsi Mt./Wilson Lake/Gun Claim
Mineral: Gillespite
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Gillespit

Gillespit, Gun Claim, Wilson Lake, Mt. Itsi, Watson Lake Mining Distr., Yukon, Canada, 37 x 25 x 20 mm

Collection: Embarak
Copyright: Embarak
Contribution: Embarak 2022-01-02
Locality: Gun Claim / Wilson Lake / Itsi Mt. / Watson Lake Mining District / Yukon-Territorium / Kanada

Collectors Summary

Color rot
Hardness (Mohs) 3
Solubility +++ HCl
Crystal System tetragonal, P4/ncc

Chemism

Chemical formula

BaFe2+Si4O10

Chemical composition

Barium, Eisen, Silicium, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 465.50932 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 16

Info

Empirical formula:

BaFeSi4O10

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)

Oxygen

O

34.37

10

62.50

15.9994300

159.9943000

Silicon

Si

24.13

4

25.00

28.0855300

112.3421200

Iron

Fe

12.00

1

6.25

55.8452000

55.8452000

Barium

Ba

29.50

1

6.25

137.3277000

137.3277000

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 49.98, Al2O3 : 1.51, FeO : 14.61, CaO : 0.60, BaO : 32.38 (Ref: American Mineralogist 58)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.EA.05

9: Silikate (Germanate)
E: Schichtsilikate (Phyllosilikate)
A: Einfache Tetraedernetze mit 4-, 5-, (6-), und 8 beteiligten Ringen
05:Gillespit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/H.02-040

VIII: SILIKATE
H: Schichtsilikate
2: tetragonale oder pseudotetragonale Schichtstrukturen [Si4O10] 4- u.a.

Classification by Hölzel

9.EA.220

9: SILICATES
E: Phyllosilicates
A: tetragonal & pseudotetragonal Phyllosilicates
2: Cuprorivait-Group

Dana 8th edition

71.02.03.02

71: Phyllosilicate Minerals
02: Phyllosilicates Phyllosilicate Sheets of Six-Membered Rings with 2:1 Layers
03: Cuprorivaite group

IMA status

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

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

rot

max. Birefringence

0.002

Birefringence chart\! Gillespite title=Birefringence chart Gillespite

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

1.621

RI value γ / ε

1.619

Ri mean

1.620

2V angle

Uniaxial (-)

Crystallography

Crystal System

tetragonal

Class (H-M)

4/mmm

Space Group number

130

Space Group

P4/ncc

Cell parameters a (Å)

7.495

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

16.050

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

2.141

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volume (ų)

901.609

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

8.02(50),
4.422(60),
3.537(30),
3.396(100),
3.199(70),
3.093(30),
2.650(30),
2.388(30)

XRD chart Gillespite

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)

3

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

83 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.402 (gemessen)

3.429 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ HCl

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Schaller, 1922

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 2 (1995), 287

Other languages

German

Gillespit

Spanish

Gillespita

English

Gillespite

French

Gillespite

Russian

Джиллеспит

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Gls

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) IL7yk2WpO0ykIgQbGqrC6g
GUID (Global unique identifier) 93F2BE20-A965-4C3B-A422-041B1AAAC2EA
Database ID 1380