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Kalinite

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Kalinit

Silver Peak Range,Silver Peak District,Esmeralda County/Nevada USA; Größe 23 x 14 mm
Collection: Haubi
Copyright: Haubi
Contribution: Haubi 2017-09-26
Locality: Silver Peak District / Esmeralda Co. / Nevada / USA
Kalinit
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Kalinit

San Cataldo, Sizilien, Italien. Bildbreite 0,7 mm
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl 2019-06-16
Locality: San Cataldo / Caltanissetta, Provinz / Sizilien (Sicilia), Region / Italien

Collectors Summary

Color farblos, weiß
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 2.25
Solubility +++ H2O
Crystal System monoklin, C2/c

Chemism

Chem­ical formula

KAl(SO4)2·11 H2O

Chem­ical com­po­si­tion

Aluminium, Kalium, Sauerstoff, Schwefel, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 456.3748522 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 45

Info

Empirical formula:

KAl(SO4)2·11H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

4.86

22

48.89

1.0079470

22.1748340
Oxygen

O

66.61

19

42.22

15.9994300

303.9891700
Aluminium

Al

5.91

1

2.22

26.9815382

26.9815382
Sulfur

S

14.05

2

4.44

32.0655000

64.1310000
Potassium

K

8.57

1

2.22

39.0983100

39.0983100

Anal­y­sis wt%

K2O : 10.32, Al2O3 : 11.17, SO3 : 35.09, H2O : 43.42 (Ref: berechnet)

Strunz 9th edi­tion incl. updates

7.CC.15

7: Sulfate (Selenate, Tellurate, Chromate, Molybdate, Wolframate)
C: Sulfate (Selenate, etc.) ohne weitere Anionen, mit H2O
C: Mit mittelgroßen und großen [Kationen]
15:Mendozit-Gruppe

Lapis Clas­sifica­tion

VI/C.13-020

VI: SULFATE, CHROMATE, MOLYBDATE UND WOLFRAMATE
C: Wasserhaltige Sulfate, ohne fremde Anionen
13: Mittelgroße und sehr große Kationen

Clas­sifica­tion by Hölzel

7.CD.285

7: SULFATES CHROMATES MOLYBDATES WOLFRAMATES
C: Sulfates (-Anions +Water)
D: Sulfates, C medium + large
2: Halotrichite-Group

IMA sta­tus

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

Min­eral sta­tus

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

farblos, weiß

Streak color

weiß

Diaphane­ity (Trans­parency)

transparent

max. Birefrin­gence

0.028
Birefringence chart\! Kalinite title=Birefringence chart Kalinite

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

1.430

RI value β

1.452

RI value γ / ε

1.458

Ri mean

1.447

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 52°

Optical Data Luminescence

Lumi­nes­cence

phosphoreszierend fluoreszierend

Color LW-UV (365nm)

  

weiß

Crystallography

Crystal Sys­tem

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

15

Space Group

C2/c

Cell param­e­ters a (Å)

19.91

Cell param­e­ters b (Å)

9.27

Cell param­e­ters c (Å)

8.304

Cell param­e­ters a/b or c/a

2.148

Cell param­e­ters c/b

0.896

Cell param­e­ters α

90°

Cell param­e­ters β

98.78

Cell param­e­ters γ

90°

Z

4

Volumne (ų)

1514.674

X-Ray Pow­der Diffrac­tion

9.55(60),
4.83(100),
4.32(100),
4.11(100),
3.48(100),
3.32(60),
2.670(60)
XRD chart Kalinite

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

Crystals 3D

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Physical Properties

Hard­ness (Mohs)

2.25

VHN (Hard­ness Vick­ers)

42 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

1.76

2.001 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Insta­bil­ity

+++ H2O

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Dana, 1868

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 5 (2003), 344

Related minerals "Strunz Classification" (9. Edition) [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Kalinite

KAl(SO4)2·11 H2O

monoklin : 2/m : C2/c

7.CC.15

Mendozite

NaAl(SO4)2·11H2O

monoklin : 2/m : C2/c

7.CC.15

Related minerals "Lapis Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Mendozite

NaAl(SO4)2·11H2O

monoklin : 2/m : C2/c

VI/C.13-010

Kalinite

KAl(SO4)2·11 H2O

monoklin : 2/m : C2/c

VI/C.13-020

Related minerals "Hoelzel Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

Pickeringite

MgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O

monoklin : 2/m : P21/c

7.CD.200

Dietrichite

(Zn,Fe2+,Mn)Al2(SO4)4·22H2O

monoklin : 2/m : P21/c

7.CD.210

Halotrichite

Fe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O

monoklin : 2/m : P21/c

7.CD.220

Wupatkiite

(Co,Mg)Al2[SO4]4·22H2O

monoklin : 2/m : P21/c

7.CD.225

Apjohnite

MnAl2(SO4)4·22H2O

monoklin : 2/m : P21/c

7.CD.230

Bílinite

Fe2+Fe23+(SO4)4·22H2O

monoklin : 2/m : P21/c

7.CD.240

'Redingtonite'

(Fe2+,Mg,Ni)(Cr,Al)2(SO4)4·22H2O

7.CD.250

Mendozite

NaAl(SO4)2·11H2O

monoklin : 2/m : C2/c

7.CD.280

Kalinite

KAl(SO4)2·11 H2O

monoklin : 2/m : C2/c

7.CD.285

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Alternative Name

German

Alumotrichit

Spanish

Alumotrichita

Alumotrichite

German

Kalinischer Alumsulphat

Spanish

Kalinita

Potash Alum

Potassalumite

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