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Clinokurchatovite

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farblos/weiße Aggregate von Klinokurchatovit, Sayak, Karaganda Oblast, Kasachstan; BB ~ 2 mm
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Location: Kasachstan/Qaraghandy oblysy (Karaganda)/Balqash/Sayak
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Klinokurchatovit

farblos/weiße Aggregate von Klinokurchatovit, Sayak, Karaganda Oblast, Kasachstan; BB 2 mm
Copyright: MinTreasure.com (Carsten Slotta)
Contribution: openpit 2020-04-29
Locality: Sayak / Balqash / Qaraghandy oblysy (Karaganda) / Kasachstan

Collectors Summary

Color hellgrau
Streak color grauweiß
Hardness (Mohs) 4.5
Crystal System monoklin, P21/c

Chemism

Chemical formula

Ca(Mg,Fe2+,Mn)B2O5

Chemical composition

Calcium, Eisen, Magnesium, Mangan, Bor, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 178.52935099 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 9

Info

Empirical formula:

Ca(Mg0.6Fe0.3Mn0.1)B2O5

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Boron

B

12.11

2

22.22

10.8117000

21.6234000
Oxygen

O

44.81

5

55.56

15.9994300

79.9971500
Magnesium

Mg

8.17

0.6

6.67

24.3050600

14.5830360
Calcium

Ca

22.45

1

11.11

40.0784000

40.0784000
Manganese

Mn

3.08

0.1

1.11

54.9380499

5.4938050
Iron

Fe

9.38

0.3

3.33

55.8452000

16.7535600

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

6.BA.10

6: Borate
B: Diborate
A: Insel (Neso)-Diborate mit Doppel-Triangeln B2(O,OH)5;2(2Δ); 2(2Δ) + OH, etc.
10:Szaibelyit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

V/H.01-020

V: NITRATE, CARBONATE UND BORATE
H: Gruppenborate
1: Planare Gruppen [B2O5] 4- bis [B2O7] 8-

Classification by Hölzel

6.BA.140

6: Borates
B: Diborates
A: Nesodiborates with double triangles B2(O,OH)5 - 2(2P) - 2(2P)+OH, etc.
1: Suanite-Kurchatovite-Group (homeotypes)

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

hellgrau

Streak color

grauweiß

max. Birefringence

0.059
Birefringence chart\! Clinokurchatovite title=Birefringence chart Clinokurchatovite

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

1.643

RI value β

1.675

RI value γ / ε

1.702

Ri mean

1.673

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 85°~

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

14

Space Group

P21/c

Cell parameters a (Å)

12.19

Cell parameters b (Å)

10.95

Cell parameters c (Å)

5.59

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.113

Cell parameters c/b

0.511

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

102.0

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

8

Volumne (ų)

729.851

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.361(40),
3.093(80),
3.045(100),
2.799(100),
2.586(50),
2.027(50),
1.937(80),
1.236(50)
XRD chart Clinokurchatovite

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

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

4.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

280 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.08 (gemessen)

3.249 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Kasachstan/Qaraghandy oblysy (Karaganda)/Balqash/Sayak/Sayak-IV-Lagerstätte

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Malinko & Pertsev, 1983

References

Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 112 (1983), 483

Other languages

Spanish

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French

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English

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German

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Russian

Клинокурчатовит

Simplified Chinese

斜硼镁钙石

Alternative Name

German

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CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Ckht