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Kalsilite

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Kalsilit
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Kalsilit
Kristallgröße: 2,2 mm, Fundort: Cava Vispi, San Venanzo, Marsciano, Terni, Umbrien (Umbria), Italien
Copyright: Enrico Bonacina; Contribution: thdun5
Collection: Domenico Preite
Location: Italien/Umbrien (Umbria), Region/Terni, Provinz/Marsciano/San Venanzo/Vulkan Pian di Celle/Cava Vispi
Mineral: Kalsilite
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Kalsilit

Kristallgröße: 2,2 mm, Fundort: Cava Vispi, San Venanzo, Marsciano, Terni, Umbrien (Umbria), Italien
Collection: Domenico Preite
Copyright: Enrico Bonacina
Contribution: thdun5 2010-09-07
Locality: Cava Vispi / Vulkan Pian di Celle / San Venanzo / Marsciano / Terni, Provinz / Umbrien (Umbria), Region / Italien
Kalsilit-Leisten in Mikroklin
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Kalsilit-Leisten in Mikroklin
Bildbreite: 40 mm; Fundort: Rasvumchorr, Chibiny-Massiv, Kola-Halbinsel, Russland
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Russland/Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis/Murmansk, Oblast/Kola-Halbinsel/Chibiny (Khibiny)/Rasvumchorr
Mineral: Kalsilite
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Kalsilit-Leisten in Mikroklin

Bildbreite: 40 mm; Fundort: Rasvumchorr, Chibiny-Massiv, Kola-Halbinsel, Russland
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2009-06-21
Locality: Rasvumchorr / Chibiny (Khibiny) / Kola-Halbinsel / Murmansk, Oblast / Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis / Russland
Kalsilit
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Kalsilit
Kristallgröße: 3,1 mm, Fundort: Cava Vispi, San Venanzo, Marsciano, Terni, Umbrien (Umbria), Italien
Copyright: Enrico Bonacina; Contribution: thdun5
Collection: Domenico Preite
Location: Italien/Umbrien (Umbria), Region/Terni, Provinz/Marsciano/San Venanzo/Vulkan Pian di Celle/Cava Vispi
Mineral: Kalsilite
Image: 1283878211
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Kalsilit

Kristallgröße: 3,1 mm, Fundort: Cava Vispi, San Venanzo, Marsciano, Terni, Umbrien (Umbria), Italien
Collection: Domenico Preite
Copyright: Enrico Bonacina
Contribution: thdun5 2010-09-07
Locality: Cava Vispi / Vulkan Pian di Celle / San Venanzo / Marsciano / Terni, Provinz / Umbrien (Umbria), Region / Italien
Kalsilit
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Kalsilit
Bildbreite: 2,5 mm; Fundort: San Venanzo, Provinz Terni, Region Umbrien, Italien
Copyright: Joachim Esche; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Italien/Umbrien (Umbria), Region/Terni, Provinz/Marsciano/San Venanzo
Mineral: Kalsilite
Image: 1281210674
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Kalsilit

Bildbreite: 2,5 mm; Fundort: San Venanzo, Provinz Terni, Region Umbrien, Italien
Copyright: Joachim Esche
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2010-08-07
Locality: San Venanzo / Marsciano / Terni, Provinz / Umbrien (Umbria), Region / Italien
Kalsilit xx
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Kalsilit xx
als weiße langtafelige xx; Fundort: San Venanzo, Terni, Umbrien, Italien; Bildbreite: 6 mm
Copyright: loismin; Contribution: loismin
Location: Italien/Umbrien (Umbria), Region/Terni, Provinz/Marsciano/San Venanzo
Mineral: Kalsilite
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Kalsilit xx

als weiße langtafelige xx; Fundort: San Venanzo, Terni, Umbrien, Italien; Bildbreite: 6 mm
Copyright: loismin
Contribution: loismin 2006-10-29
Locality: San Venanzo / Marsciano / Terni, Provinz / Umbrien (Umbria), Region / Italien

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Collectors Summary

Color farblos, grau, grauweiß, weiß
Streak color weiß
Lustre Glasglanz, Fettglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 6
Solubility +++ verdünnte HCl, ++ CH3COOH
Crystal System hexagonal, P63

Chemism

Chemical formula

KAlSiO4

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Silicium, Kalium, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 158.1630982 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 7

Info

Empirical formula:

KAlSiO4

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Oxygen

O

40.46

4

57.14

15.9994300

63.9977200
Aluminium

Al

17.06

1

14.29

26.9815382

26.9815382
Silicon

Si

17.76

1

14.29

28.0855300

28.0855300
Potassium

K

24.72

1

14.29

39.0983100

39.0983100

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 38.47, Al2O3 : 30.81, Fe2O3 : 1.63, MgO : 0.63, Na2O : 2.09, K2O : 25.65 (Ref: Mineralogical Magazine 53)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.FA.05

9: Silikate (Germanate)
F: Gerüstsilikate (Tektosilikate) ohne zeolithisches H2O
A: Gerüstsilikate (Tektosilicates) ohne weitere [Anionen]
05:Nephelin-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/J.02-020

VIII: SILIKATE
J: Gerüstsilikate (mit Zeolithen)
2: Ohne tetraederfremde Anionen

Classification by Hölzel

9.FA.200

9: SILICATES
F: Tektosilicates
A: Without other tetrahedral Anions

Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals

16.03.03

16: Silicates Containing Aluminum and other Metals
03: Aluminosilicates of K

Dana 8th edition

76.02.01.01

76: Tektosilicates Tectosilicate Al-Si Framework
02: Tektosilicates Tectosilicate Al-Si Framework Feldspathoids and related species
01: Nepheline group

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor IMA-Gründung 1959, vererbt, von der CNMNC anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Feldspathoid

Optical Properties

Color

farblos, grau, grauweiß, weiß

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent bis durchscheinend

Lustre

Glasglanz, Fettglanz

max. Birefringence

0.006
Birefringence chart\! Kalsilite title=Birefringence chart Kalsilite

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

1.541

RI value γ / ε

1.535

Ri mean

1.539

2V angle

Uniaxial (-)

Crystallography

Crystal System

hexagonal

Class (H-M)

6

Space Group number

173

Space Group

P63

Cell parameters a (Å)

5.18

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

8.69

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.678

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

120°

Z

2

Volume (ų)

201.934

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.351(10),
3.973(40),
3.118(100),
2.579(50),
2.472(10),
2.432(10),
2.218(10),
2.175(20)
XRD chart Kalsilite

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

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

730 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.59 - 2.625 / Durchschnittlich = 2.6

2.601 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ verdünnte HCl, ++ CH3COOH

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Bannister, 1942

References

Mineralogical Magazine 35 (1965), 588.

American Mineralogist 77 (1992), 19.

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony u.w.), 2 (1995), 395.

American Mineralogist 81 (1996), 1360.

American Mineralogist 82 (1997), 276-279.

American Mineralogist 84 (1999), 1950.

Ítalo Lopes de Oliveira ; C. Michael B. Henderson: Substitution of ‘small’ divalent cations (e.g. Mg) for Si and Al in the nepheline tetrahedral framework: 2. The occurrence of Mg-rich nepheline and kalsilite. Mineralogical Magazine Vol.86, Nr. 2 (2022) S. 254-262. doi: 10.1180/mgm.2022.25

IMA group assignments

 
Feldspathoid
 
 
 

 
 
Afghanite
(Na15K5Ca11)(Si24Al24O96)(SO4)6Cl6
trigonal
P31c

 
 
Analcime
Na(Si2Al)O6·H2O
orthorhombisch
Ibca

 
 
Berzeline (of Necker)
 
kubisch
P43n

 
 
Cancrinite
Na6Ca2Al6Si6O24(CO3)2
hexagonal
P63

 
 
Haüyne
Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)
kubisch
P43n

 
 
Kalsilite
KAlSiO4
hexagonal
P63

 
 
Lazurite
Na7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)(S3)-⋅H2O
kubisch
P43n

 
 
Leucite
K(AlSi2)O6
tetragonal
I41/a

 
 
Nepheline
Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
hexagonal
P63

 
 
Nosean
Na8Al6Si6O24(SO4)
kubisch
P43m

 
 
Sodalite
Na4Al3Si3O12Cl
kubisch
P43n

 
 
Vishnevite
Na8(Al6Si6)O24(SO4)·2H2O
hexagonal
P63

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Other languages

German

Kalsilit

Spanish

Kalsilita

English

Kalsilite

French

Kalsilite-1H

Russian

Кальсилит

Traditional Chinese

六方鉀霞石

Simplified Chinese

六方钾霞石

Alternative Name

Parakalinepheline

German

Parakaliophilit

Spanish

Parakaliophilita

Parakaliophilite

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Kls

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) Go8MZSAa5UCLbgZv8xFecw
GUID (Global unique identifier) 650C8F1A-1A20-40E5-8B6E-066FF3115E73
Database ID 1861