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Kamaishilite

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Collectors Summary

Color farblos
Streak color weiß
Crystal System tetragonal,
Morphology Körner bis 0.1 mm

Chemism

Chemical formula

Ca2Al2SiO6(OH)2

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Calcium, Silicium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 292.2167404 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 15

Info

Empirical formula:

Ca2Al2SiO6(OH)2

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

0.69

2

13.33

1.0079470

2.0158940
Oxygen

O

43.80

8

53.33

15.9994300

127.9954400
Aluminium

Al

18.47

2

13.33

26.9815382

53.9630764
Silicon

Si

9.61

1

6.67

28.0855300

28.0855300
Calcium

Ca

27.43

2

13.33

40.0784000

80.1568000

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 20.03, Al2O3 : 34.15, CaO : 37.42, H2O : 6.30 (Ref: Proc.Jap.Akad.81)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.FB.10

9: Silikate (Germanate)
F: Gerüstsilikate (Tektosilikate) ohne zeolithisches H2O
B: Gerüstsilikate (Tektosilicates) mit weiteren [Anionen]
10:Sodalith-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/J.11-060

VIII: SILIKATE
J: Gerüstsilikate (mit Zeolithen)
11: Mit tetraederfremden Anionen; Sodalith-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

9.FF.550

9: SILICATES
F: Tektosilicates
F: Sodalite-Group

Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals

16.09.11

16: Silicates Containing Aluminum and other Metals
09: Aluminosilicates of Ca

Dana 8th edition

76.02.03.06

76: Tektosilicates Tectosilicate Al-Si Framework
02: Tektosilicates Tectosilicate Al-Si Framework Feldspathoids and related species
03: Sodalite group

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

farblos

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent

max. Birefringence

0.000

RI value α / ω / n

1.629

RI value γ / ε

1.629

Ri mean

1.629

2V angle

Uniaxial

Pleochroism

schwach

Crystallography

Crystal System

tetragonal

Cell parameters a (Å)

8.850

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

8.770

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.991

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volume (ų)

686.888

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.607(100),
2.799(80),
2.777(40),
2.547(40),
2.361(20),
2.351(20),
2.085(30),
2.076(20)
XRD chart Kamaishilite

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

Morphology

Körner bis 0.1 mm

Physical Properties

Density (g/cm³)

2.83

2.826 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Japan/Honshū (Honschu), Insel/Tōhoku (Tohoku), Region/Iwate, Präfektur/Kamaishi/Kamaishi Mine

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Uchida & Iiyama, 1981

References

Proceedings of the Japan Academy B57 (1981), 239.

American Mineralogist (1982) 67, 85.

Other languages

Spanish

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French

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English

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German

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Alternative Name

Kamaishilit

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1980-052

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Kam

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) 8iqRCj6Aj0ioUg6R08OXkA
GUID (Global unique identifier) 0A912AF2-803E-488F-A852-0E91D3C39790
Database ID 1865