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Andradite (Andradit)

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Andradit
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Andradit

FOV = ca. 45 mm
Collection: Andreas Schmid
Copyright: Andreas Schmid
Contribution: Andreas Schmid 2016-11-28
Locality: Serifos, Insel / Kykladen / Südliche Ägäis (Νότιο Αιγαίο) / Griechenland
Andradit
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Andradit

Andradite on Hedenbergite "Garnet Garden"; FOV = 80 mm; Serifos; Greece
Collection: Andreas Schmid
Copyright: Andreas Schmid
Contribution: Andreas Schmid 2016-05-25
Locality: Serifos, Insel / Kykladen / Südliche Ägäis (Νότιο Αιγαίο) / Griechenland
Andradit
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Andradit

FOV = ca. 20 mm; Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department; Greece
Collection: Andreas Schmid
Copyright: Andreas Schmid
Contribution: Andreas Schmid 2016-05-25
Locality: Serifos, Insel / Kykladen / Südliche Ägäis (Νότιο Αιγαίο) / Griechenland
Andradit
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Andradit

Bildbreite: 2,26 mm, Fundort: Nickenicher Sattel, Nickenich, Eifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Hg 2010-12-08
Locality: Nickenicher Sattel (Eicher Sattel) / Nickenich / Pellenz, Verbandsgemeinde / Mayen-Koblenz-Kreis / Rheinland-Pfalz / Deutschland
Andradit
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Andradit

FOV = 45 mm; Serifos; Greece
Collection: Andreas Schmid
Copyright: Andreas Schmid
Contribution: Andreas Schmid 2016-05-30
Locality: Serifos, Insel / Kykladen / Südliche Ägäis (Νότιο Αιγαίο) / Griechenland
Andradit
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Andradit

Stufengröße = ca. 70 mm; Das Bemerkenswerte an der Stufe ist, dass sie 2 verschiedene Kristallformen von Andradit vereint. Und was sie wirklich besonders macht ist der stufenlose Übergang dieser zw...
Copyright: Andreas Schmid
Contribution: Andreas Schmid 2018-04-15
Locality: Serifos, Insel / Kykladen / Südliche Ägäis (Νότιο Αιγαίο) / Griechenland

Collectors Summary

Color rot, braun, gelb, grün, schwarz
Streak color weiß
Lustre Glasglanz, Melanit z.T. Halbmetallglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 6.5 - 7
Solubility +++ HF, warme HCl, Königswasser
Crystal System kubisch, Ia3d
Morphology Oft idiomorph ausgebildete Kristalle; Rhombendodekaeder, Deltoidalikositetraeder (Ikositetraeder) und Kombinationen von beiden

Additional information / Summary

Siehe auch Mineralienportrait: Granat - Andradit

Chemism

Chem­ical formula

{Ca3}[Fe3+2](Si3)O12

Chem­ical com­po­si­tion

Calcium, Eisen, Silicium, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 508.17535 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 20

Info

Empirical formula:

{Ca3}[Fe2](Si3)O12

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Oxygen

O

37.78

12

60.00

15.9994300

191.9931600
Silicon

Si

16.58

3

15.00

28.0855300

84.2565900
Calcium

Ca

23.66

3

15.00

40.0784000

120.2352000
Iron

Fe

21.98

2

10.00

55.8452000

111.6904000

Anal­y­sis wt%

SiO2 : 35.60, Fe2O3 : 30.70, Al2O3 : 1.26, CaO : 33.20, MnO : 0.87

Strunz 9th edi­tion incl. updates

9.AD.25

9: Silikate (Germanate)
A: Inselsilikate (Nesosilikate)
D: Insel(Neso)silikate ohne weitere Anionen; Kationen in oktahedraler [6] und gewöhnlich größerer Koordination
25:Granat-Gruppe

Lapis Clas­sifica­tion

VIII/A.08-110

VIII: SILIKATE
A: Inselsilikate mit [SiO4] 4--Baugruppen
8: Kationen in kubischer und oktaedrischer Koordination [8+6]; Granat-Gruppe

Clas­sifica­tion by Hölzel

9.AC.300

9: SILICATES
A: Nesosilicates
C: Garnet-Group
3: Andradite-Group - 6-coord. Fe(3+)

Dana 8th edi­tion

51.04.03b.01

51: Nesosilicate Minerals
04: Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups Only with cations in [6] and >[6] coordination
03b: Garnet group (Ugrandite series)

IMA sta­tus

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

Min­eral sta­tus

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Clas­sifica­tion

 Garnet supergroup  ⇒ Silicate garnets; Garnet group (Z charge 12)

Optical Properties

Color

rot, braun, gelb, grün, schwarz

Streak color

weiß

Diaphane­ity (Trans­parency)

transparent-opak

Lus­tre

Glasglanz, Melanit z.T. Halbmetallglanz

RI value α / ω / n

1.887

Ri mean

1.887

2V angle

Isotropisch

Crystallography

Crystal Sys­tem

kubisch

Class (H-M)

m3m

Space Group number

230

Space Group

Ia3d

Cell param­e­ters a (Å)

12.052

Cell param­e­ters b (Å)

-

Cell param­e­ters c (Å)

-

Cell param­e­ters a/b or c/a

1

Cell param­e­ters c/b

-

Cell param­e­ters α

90°

Cell param­e­ters β

90°

Cell param­e­ters γ

90°

Z

8

Volumne (ų)

1750.561

X-Ray Pow­der Diffrac­tion

3.015(60),
2.696(100),
2.462(40),
1.956(20),
1.673(20),
1.611(60),
1.316(20),
1.119(20)
XRD chart Andradite

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

Morphol­ogy

Oft idiomorph ausgebildete Kristalle; Rhombendodekaeder, Deltoidalikositetraeder (Ikositetraeder) und Kombinationen von beiden

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hard­ness (Mohs)

6.5 - 7

VHN (Hard­ness Vick­ers)

1110 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.9 (gemessen)

3.856 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Insta­bil­ity

+++ HF, warme HCl, Königswasser

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Norwegen/Viken, Provinz/Drammen

Preface

Rare­ness

häufig

Name from

dem brasilianischen Mineralogen J.B. d'Andrada e Silva (1763-1838).

Grew, E.S., Locock, A.J., Mills, S.J., Galuskina, I.O., Galuskin, E.V., Halenius, U., 2012; Nomenclature of the garnet supergroup. American Mineralogist; preprint December 2012 - [For

Author (Name, Year)

Dana, 1868

References

American Mineralogist 76 (1991), 1249

IMA group assignments

 
Garnet supergroup
{X3}[Y2](Z3)φ12
 
 

 
 
Silicate garnets; Garnet group (Z charge 12)
 
 
 

 
 
 
Almandine
{Fe2+3}[Al2](Si3)O12
kubisch
Ia3d

 
 
 
Andradite
{Ca3}[Fe3+2](Si3)O12
kubisch
Ia3d

 
 
 
Calderite
{Mn2+3}[Fe3+2](Si3)O12
kubisch
Ia3d

 
 
 
Eringaite
{Ca3}[Sc2](Si3)O12
kubisch
Ia3d

 
 
 
Goldmanite
{Ca3}[V3+2](Si3)O12
kubisch
Ia3d

 
 
 
Grossular
{Ca3}[Al2](Si3)O12
kubisch
Ia3d

 
 
 
Hutcheonite
{Ca3}[Ti2](SiAl2)O12
kubisch
Ia3d

 
 
 
Knorringite
{Mg3}[Cr3+2](Si3)O12
kubisch
Ia3d

 
 
 
Majorite
{Mg3}[MgSi](Si3)O12
kubisch
 

 
 
 
Menzerite-(Y)
{Y2Ca}[Mg2](Si3)O12
kubisch
Ia3d

 
 
 
Momoiite
{Mn2+3}[V3+2](Si3)O12
kubisch
Ia3d

 
 
 
Morimotoite
{Ca3}[TiFe2+](Si3)O12
kubisch
Ia3d

 
 
 
Pyrope
{Mg3}[Al2](Si3)O12
kubisch
Ia3d

 
 
 
Spessartine
{Mn2+3}[Al2](Si3)O12
kubisch
Ia3d

 
 
 
Uvarovite
{Ca3}[Cr3+2](Si3)O12
kubisch
Ia3d

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Varieties

Demantoid

grüner Andradit

Hydroandradite

Melanite

Topazolite

Other languages

Dutch

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Spanish

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Lithuanian

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French

Andradite

English

Andradite

Polish

Andradyt

Russian

Андрадит

Ukrainian

Андрадит

Japanese

灰鉄柘榴石

Simplified Chinese

钙铁榴石

Alternative Name

German

Allochroit

Spanish

Allochroita

Allochroite

Andradite Garnet

Spanish

Andradito

Aplom

Aplome

German

Calcium-Ferrigranat

Jellelite

Jellesite

Jelletite

German

Kalkeisengranat

Kalkeisentongranat

Polyadelphine

German

Polyadelphit

Spanish

Polyadelphita

Polyadelphite

Rothoffite

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Adr

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