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Calzirtite

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Calzirtit
hochglänzendes Aggregat von Calzirtit auf Phlogopit, Jacupiranga Mine, Sao Paulo, Brasilien; BB ~ 3 mm
Copyright: MinTreasure.com (Carsten Slotta); Contribution: openpit
Location: Brasilien/Südosten (Região Sudeste)/Sao Paulo/Cajati/Jacupiranga Alkali-Komplex
Mineral: Calzirtite
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Calzirtit

hochglänzendes Aggregat von Calzirtit auf Phlogopit, Jacupiranga Mine, Sao Paulo, Brasilien; BB 3 mm
Copyright: MinTreasure.com (Carsten Slotta)
Contribution: openpit 2020-04-04
Locality: Jacupiranga Alkali-Komplex / Cajati / Sao Paulo / Südosten (Região Sudeste) / Brasilien

Collectors Summary

Color braun grün, hellbraun, hellgrün, dunkelbraun, schwarz braun
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 6 - 7
Solubility ++ warme konz. H2SO4, H3PO4, HCl
Crystal System orthorhombisch, Pbca

Chemism

Chemical formula

Ca2Zr5Ti2O16

Chemical composition

Calcium, Titan, Zirconium, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 888.00288 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 25

Info

Empirical formula:

Ca2Zr5Ti2O16

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Oxygen

O

28.83

16

64.00

15.9994300

255.9908800
Calcium

Ca

9.03

2

8.00

40.0784000

80.1568000
Titanium

Ti

10.78

2

8.00

47.8671000

95.7342000
Zirconium

Zr

51.36

5

20.00

91.2242000

456.1210000

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

4.DL.10

4: Oxide, Hydroxide (Oxide, Hydroxide, V[5,6]-Vanadate, Arsenite, Antimonite, Bismutite, Sulfite, Selenite, Tellurite, Iodate)
D: Metall: Sauerstoff = 1:2 und vergleichbare
L: Mit großen (± mittelgroßen) [Kationen]; [Fluorit] typische Strukturen
10:Calzirtit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

IV/D.31-030

IV: OXIDE
D: Oxide mit Verhältnis Metall : Sauerstoff = 1:2 (MO2 und verwandte Verbindungen)

Classification by Hölzel

4.CO.180

4: OXIDES
C: R2O3 Sesquioxides
O: Pseudopyrochlore-Group

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Calzirtite group

Optical Properties

Color

braun grün, hellbraun, hellgrün, dunkelbraun, schwarz braun

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent bis teilweise opak

max. Birefringence

0.10
Birefringence chart\! Calzirtite title=Birefringence chart Calzirtite

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

2.23

RI value γ / ε

2.33

Ri mean

2.263

2V angle

Uniaxial (+)

Crystallography

Crystal System

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mmm

Space Group number

61

Space Group

Pbca

Cell parameters a (Å)

15.094

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

10.043

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.665

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

8

Volume (ų)

2288.1

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

2.945(100),
2.552(60),
1.801(100),
1.537(90),
1.170(70),
1.139(50),
0.981(60),
0.860(60)
XRD chart Calzirtite

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)

6 - 7

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

1070 (75g)

Density (g/cm³)

5.01

5.155 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

++ warme konz. H2SO4, H3PO4, HCl

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Russland/Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis/Sacha (Sakha, Jakutien, Якутия), Republik/Gornoe Ozero

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Zdorik & Sidorenko & Bykova, 1961

References

American Mineralogist: 46: 1515.

Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR: 137: 681-684.

American Mineralogist: 71: 815-818.

Transactions (Doklady) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Earth Science Sections 137 (1961), 443

Strunz Mineralogical Tables 9. edition (2001), 228.

IMA group assignments

Other languages

German

Calzirtit

English

Calzirtite

Russian

Кальциртит

Simplified Chinese

钙锆钛矿

Japanese

ｶﾙｼﾞﾙﾁ石

Alternative Name

Calzirtit-1Q

Calzirtita

Calzirtite-1Q

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Caz

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) JcTlDMnVh0yFPOwG6Z1cvQ
GUID (Global unique identifier) 0CE5C425-D5C9-4C87-853C-EC06E99D5CBD
Database ID 585