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Lovdarite

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Lovdarit
farblose Kristalle von Lovdarit, Yubileinaya Pegmatit, Karnasurt, Lovozero, Kola, Russland; BB < 1 mm
Copyright: MinTreasure.com (Carsten Slotta); Contribution: openpit
Location: Russland/Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis/Murmansk, Oblast/Kola-Halbinsel/Lovozero/Karnasurt, Berg/Jubiläumspegmatit (Yubileinaya; Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja)
Mineral: Lovdarite
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Lovdarit

farblose Kristalle von Lovdarit, Yubileinaya Pegmatit, Karnasurt, Lovozero, Kola, Russland; BB < 1 mm

Copyright: MinTreasure.com (Carsten Slotta)
Contribution: openpit 2020-02-03
Locality: Jubiläumspegmatit (Yubileinaya; Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja) / Karnasurt, Berg / Lovozero / Kola-Halbinsel / Murmansk, Oblast / Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis / Russland

Collectors Summary

Color farblos, gelb, gelblich weiß, weiß
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 5.5
Solubility - verdünnte HCl, HNO3 oder H2SO4
Crystal System orthorhombisch, Pma2

Chemism

Chemical formula

K2Na6Be4Si14O36·9H2O

Chemical composition

Beryllium, Natrium, Silicium, Kalium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 1383.4987864 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 89

Info

Empirical formula:

K2Na6Be4Si14O36·9H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)

Hydrogen

H

1.31

18

20.22

1.0079470

18.1430460

Beryllium

Be

2.61

4

4.49

9.0121823

36.0487292

Oxygen

O

52.04

45

50.56

15.9994300

719.9743500

Sodium

Na

9.97

6

6.74

22.9897702

137.9386212

Silicon

Si

28.42

14

15.73

28.0855300

393.1974200

Potassium

K

5.65

2

2.25

39.0983100

78.1966200

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 56.13, Al2O3 : 1.77, CaO : 0.49, Na2O : 14.95, K2O : 6.28, BeO : 6.90, H2O : 12.29 (Ref: Doklady Akademiia Nauk, SSSR 73)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.GF.15

9: Silikate (Germanate)
G: Gerüstsilikate (Tektosilikate) mit zeolithischem H2O; Familie der Zeolithe
F: [Leucit]-Typ-Gerüste
15:Lovdarit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/J.17-010

VIII: SILIKATE
J: Gerüstsilikate (mit Zeolithen)
17: Gerüstsilikate mit Zeolithstruktur

Classification by Hölzel

9.FO.120

9: SILICATES
F: Tektosilicates
O: Zeolites with unknown Structure

Dana 8th edition

78.06.02.01

78: Unclassified Silicate Minerals
06: Unclassified silicates possible tectosilicates

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

Zeolite group  ⇒ LOV zeolite structure group

Optical Properties

Color

farblos, gelb, gelblich weiß, weiß

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent bis durchscheinend

max. Birefringence

0.005

Birefringence chart\! Lovdarite title=Birefringence chart Lovdarite

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

1.513

RI value β

1.516

RI value γ / ε

1.518

Ri mean

1.516

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 90°

Optical Data Luminescence

Color LW-UV (365nm)

 

grün

LW-UV Intensity

sehr schwach

Color SW-UV (254nm)

 

grün

SW-UV Intensity

stark

Afterglow (Persistant Luminescence)

keine Daten

Crystallography

Crystal System

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mm2

Space Group number

28

Space Group

Pma2

Cell parameters a (Å)

39.576

Cell parameters b (Å)

6.931

Cell parameters c (Å)

7.153

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

5.710

Cell parameters c/b

1.032

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volume (ų)

1962.077

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

6.61(60),
4.99(80),
3.51(40),
3.18(100),
3.10(40),
2.97(40),
2.50(50),
2.31(50)

XRD chart Lovdarite

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)

5.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

530 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.33

2.342 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

- verdünnte HCl, HNO3 oder H2SO4

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Men'shikov & Denisov & Uspenskaya & Lipatova, 1973

References

Transactions (Doklady) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Earth Science Sections 213 (1973), 130

IMA group assignments



 
 
 
K2Na6Be4Si14O36·9H2O
orthorhombisch
Pma2

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Russian

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Traditional Chinese

鈹矽鈉石

Simplified Chinese

铍硅钠石

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Lov

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IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) XlpZiRL3V0meQy9kjml6-w
GUID (Global unique identifier) 89595A5E-F712-4957-9E43-2F648E697AFB
Database ID 2255