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weißer Boggsit neben Tschernchit in einer winzigen Druse, Bildbreite ca. 1.8mm; USA/Oregon/Columbia Co./Goble/Neer Road
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weißer Boggsit neben Tschernchit in einer winzigen Druse, Bildbreite ca. 1.8mm; USA/Oregon/Columbia Co./Goble/Neer Road
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Boggsit auf Tschernichit, Kristallgröße: 0,9 mm, Fundort: Neer Road, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA
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Boggsit

Boggsit auf Tschernichit, Kristallgröße: 0,9 mm, Fundort: Neer Road, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA
Copyright: Jason B. Smith
Contribution: thdun5 2010-09-07
Locality: Neer Road / Goble / Columbia Co. / Oregon / USA

Collectors Summary

Color farblos, weiß
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 3.5
Cleavages keine
Fracture muschelig
Solubility - verdünnte HCl
Crystal System orthorhombisch, Imma

Chemism

Chemical formula

Na3Ca8(Si77Al19)O192·70H2O

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Calcium, Natrium, Silicium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 7397.7947864 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 509

Info

Empirical formula:

Na3Ca8(Si77Al19)O192·70H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

1.91

140

27.50

1.0079470

141.1125800
Oxygen

O

56.66

262

51.47

15.9994300

4,191.8506600
Sodium

Na

0.93

3

0.59

22.9897702

68.9693106
Aluminium

Al

6.93

19

3.73

26.9815382

512.6492258
Silicon

Si

29.23

77

15.13

28.0855300

2,162.5858100
Calcium

Ca

4.33

8

1.57

40.0784000

320.6272000

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 63.01, Al2O3 : 12.60, CaO : 5.89, Na2O : 1.23, H2O : 17.00 (Ref: American Mineralogist 90)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.GC.30

9: Silikate (Germanate)
G: Gerüstsilikate (Tektosilikate) mit zeolithischem H2O; Familie der Zeolithe
C: Ketten doppelt verbundener vierer-Ringe
30:Boggsit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/J.22-010

VIII: SILIKATE
J: Gerüstsilikate (mit Zeolithen)
22: Zeolith-Gruppe; Faserzeolithe

Classification by Hölzel

9.FL.150

9: SILICATES
F: Tektosilicates
L: Zeolites with 6-Rings

Dana 8th edition

77.01.06.07

77: Tektosilicates Tectosilicate Zeolite group
01: Tektosilicates Tectosilicate Zeolite group true zeolites
06: Mordenite and related species

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Zeolite group  ⇒ BOG zeolite structure group

Optical Properties

Color

farblos, weiß

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent

max. Birefringence

0.007
Birefringence chart\! Boggsite title=Birefringence chart Boggsite

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

1.480

RI value β

1.481

RI value γ / ε

1.487

Ri mean

1.483

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 25°

Crystallography

Crystal System

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mmm

Space Group number

74

Space Group

Imma

Cell parameters a (Å)

20.236

Cell parameters b (Å)

23.798

Cell parameters c (Å)

12.798

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.850

Cell parameters c/b

0.538

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

1

Volume (ų)

6163.214

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

11.8(30),
11.3(100),
10.2(30),
6.75(20),
4.43(70),
3.86(80),
3.63(30),
3.37(10)
XRD chart Boggsite

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)

3.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

130 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

1.98 (gemessen) 1.99 (berechnet)

1.993 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Cleavages

keine

Fracture

muschelig

Tenacity

spröde

Instability

- verdünnte HCl

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/Oregon/Columbia Co./Goble/Neer Road

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Howard & Tschernich & Smith & Klein, 1990

References

American Mineralogist 75, 501-507, 1200-1204.

European Journal of Mineralogy 7 (1995), 1029.

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 45 (2001), 1.

American Mineralogist 89 (2004), 1033.

IMA group assignments

 
Zeolite group
 
 
 

 
 
BOG zeolite structure group
 
 
 

 
 
 
Boggsite
Na3Ca8(Si77Al19)O192·70H2O
orthorhombisch
Imma

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Simplified Chinese

伯格斯石

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1989-009

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Bgs

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IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) pqVCyj8MqUCXHbnrEbWoAQ
GUID (Global unique identifier) CA42A5A6-0C3F-40A9-971D-B9EB11B5A801
Database ID 437