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Ferrosilite

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Ferrosilit
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Ferrosilit (SNr: B001932)

Hellbraune nadelige Kristalle auf Magnetit; BB = 1 mm. Fundort: Mount Tarawera, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty Region, North Island, Neuseeland.
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2010-12-13
Locality: Mount Tarawera / Rotorua / Bay of Plenty, Region / North Island / Neuseeland
Ferrosilit
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Ferrosilit (SNr: A009220)

Hellbraune nadelige Kristalle; BB = ca. 7 mm. Fundort: Tarawera Rift, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty Region, North Island, Neuseeland.
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2010-12-13
Locality: Mount Tarawera / Rotorua / Bay of Plenty, Region / North Island / Neuseeland
Ferrosilit
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Ferrosilit (SNr: A020342)

Bellerberg, BB: 2,9 mm; langtafelige, gelblich-braune Kristalle
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2011-10-12
Locality: Ettringer Bellerberg (Stbr. Caspar) / Bellerberg / Ettringen / Mayen / Mayen-Koblenz-Kreis / Rheinland-Pfalz / Deutschland
Ferrosilit, Magnetit
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Ferrosilit, Magnetit

Grüner Ferrosilit in prismatischen Kristallen mit Längsstreifung. Daneben Magnetit und bernsteinfarbene Kristalle eines unbestimmten Minerals, wahrscheinlich Fayalit oder Tephroit. Die Matrix ist e...
Collection: aca
Copyright: aca
Contribution: aca 2014-06-03
Locality: Iou-Jima (Iwo-Jima, Satsuma-Iwojima), Insel / Kagoshima, Präfektur / Kyushu / Japan

Collectors Summary

Color farblos, grün, dunkelbraun, fast schwarz
Streak color blass bräunlich grau
Hardness (Mohs) 5.5
Crystal System orthorhombisch, Pbca

Chemism

Chem­ical formula

(Fe2+,Mg)2Si2O6

Chem­ical com­po­si­tion

Eisen, Magnesium, Silicium, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 248.08797 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 10

Info

Empirical formula:

(Fe0.75Mg0.25)2Si2O6

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Oxygen

O

38.69

6

60.00

15.9994300

95.9965800
Magnesium

Mg

4.90

0.5

5.00

24.3050600

12.1525300
Silicon

Si

22.64

2

20.00

28.0855300

56.1710600
Iron

Fe

33.77

1.5

15.00

55.8452000

83.7678000

Anal­y­sis wt%

SiO2 : 45.65, MgO : 2.48, FeO : 49.28, MnO : 0.72, CaO : 0.79 (Ref: American Mineralogist 78)

Strunz 9th edi­tion incl. updates

9.DA.05

9: Silikate (Germanate)
D: Ketten- und Bandsilikate (Inosilikate)
A: Ketten- und Bandsilikate mit 2 periodischen Ketten SiO6; Pyroxen-Familie
05:Orthopyroxene

Lapis Clas­sifica­tion

VIII/F.02-020

VIII: SILIKATE
F: Ketten- und Bandsilikate
2: Zweierketten [Si2O6] 4-; Pyroxen-Gruppe; Orthopyroxene

Clas­sifica­tion by Hölzel

9.DE.150

9: SILICATES
D: Inosilicates; ~[Si2O6]4--...2-Chain
E: Orthorhombic Pyroxenes and Pyroxenoides
1: Enstatite-Group

Dana 8th edi­tion

65.01.02.02

65: Inosilicate Minerals
01: Inosilicates Inosilicate Single-Width Unbranched Chains, W=1 with chains P=2
02: Orthopyroxenes

IMA sta­tus

Mit Anerkennung der CNMNC umbenannt

Min­eral sta­tus

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Clas­sifica­tion

 Pyroxene group  ⇒ Orthopyroxene group

Optical Properties

Color

farblos, grün, dunkelbraun, fast schwarz

Streak color

blass bräunlich grau

Diaphane­ity (Trans­parency)

durchscheinend bis opak

max. Birefrin­gence

0.018
Birefringence chart\! Ferrosilite title=Birefringence chart Ferrosilite

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

1.762

RI value β

1.767

RI value γ / ε

1.780

Ri mean

1.770

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 73°!!

Crystallography

Crystal Sys­tem

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mmm

Space Group number

61

Space Group

Pbca

Cell param­e­ters a (Å)

18.418

Cell param­e­ters b (Å)

9.078

Cell param­e­ters c (Å)

5.243

Cell param­e­ters a/b or c/a

2.029

Cell param­e­ters c/b

0.578

Cell param­e­ters α

90°

Cell param­e­ters β

90°

Cell param­e­ters γ

90°

Z

8

Volumne (ų)

876.622

X-Ray Pow­der Diffrac­tion

6.468(90),
4.608(100),
3.234(90),
2.995(80),
2.910(100),
2.595(100),
2.521(90),
2.136(70)
XRD chart Ferrosilite

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)

3.88 - 4.02 / Durchschnittlich = 3.95

3.759 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Nigeria/Bauchi, State

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Bowen, 1935

Addi­tional Informa­tion

Danylo Zherebetskyy, Georg Amthauer, Michael Grodzicki: Electronic and magnetic structure of pyroxenes: II. Orthoferrosilite. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 37 (2010) S.455 - 464.

References

Mineralogical Magazine 52 (1988), 535

IMA group assignments

 
Pyroxene group
 
 
 

 
 
Orthopyroxene group
 
 
 

 
 
 
Donpeacorite
(Mn,Mg)MgSi2O6
orthorhombisch
Pbca

 
 
 
Enstatite
Mg2Si2O6
orthorhombisch
Pbca

 
 
 
Ferrosilite
(Fe2+,Mg)2Si2O6
orthorhombisch
Pbca

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Ferrosilite

Russian

Ферросилит

Simplified Chinese

低铁透辉石

Japanese

鉄珪輝石

Simplified Chinese

铁辉石

Alternative Name

German

Eisenhypersthen

German

Eulit

Eulite

German

Eulysit

Eulysite

Ferrohypersthene

German

O-ferrosilit

O-ferrosilite

English

Orthoferrosilite

Japanese

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