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Kilchoanite (Kilchoanit)

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farblose kristalle von Kilchoanit, Birkhin Massiv, Narin-Kunta, Irkutsk, Russland; BB ~ 4,5 cm
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Location: Russland/Sibirien, Föderationskreis/Irkutsk (Irkutskaja), Oblast/Narin-Kunta/Birkhin Gabbromassiv
Mineral: Kilchoanite
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Kilchoanit

farblose kristalle von Kilchoanit, Birkhin Massiv, Narin-Kunta, Irkutsk, Russland; BB 4,5 cm

Copyright: MinTreasure.com (Carsten Slotta)
Contribution: openpit 2020-03-16
Locality: Birkhin Gabbromassiv / Narin-Kunta / Irkutsk (Irkutskaja), Oblast / Sibirien, Föderationskreis / Russland

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Collectors Summary

Crystal System orthorhombisch, I2cm

Chemism

Chemical formula

Ca3Si2O7

Chemical composition

Calcium, Silicium, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 288.40227 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 12

Info

Empirical formula:

Ca3Si2O7

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)

Oxygen

O

38.83

7

58.33

15.9994300

111.9960100

Silicon

Si

19.48

2

16.67

28.0855300

56.1710600

Calcium

Ca

41.69

3

25.00

40.0784000

120.2352000

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 39.83, CaO : 60.88 (Ref: Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 1904-1974 92)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.BJ.44

9: Silikate (Germanate)
B: Gruppensilikate (Sorosilikate)
J: Gruppen(Soro)-Silikate mit Si3O10, Si4O11, etc. Anionen; Kationen in oktahedraler [6] und/oder größerer Koordination
44:Kilchoanit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/C.28-030

VIII: SILIKATE
C: Gruppensilikate
28: [Si3O10] 8--Gruppen

Classification by Hölzel

9.BQ.100

9: SILICATES
B: Sorosilicates
Q: Si3O10 + SiO4-Group

Dana 8th edition

58.03.02.01

58: Sorosilicates Sorosilicate Insular, Mixed, Single, and Larger Tetrahedral Groups
03: Sorosilicates Sorosilicate Insular, Mixed, Single, and Larger Tetrahedral Groups with insular single and triple groups (n=1,3)

IMA status

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

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

max. Birefringence

0.003

Birefringence chart\! Kilchoanite title=Birefringence chart Kilchoanite

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

1.647

RI value γ / ε

1.650

Ri mean

1.648

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 60°

Crystallography

Crystal System

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mm2

Space Group number

46

Space Group

I2cm

Cell parameters a (Å)

11.42

Cell parameters b (Å)

5.09

Cell parameters c (Å)

21.95

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

2.244

Cell parameters c/b

4.312

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volume (ų)

1275.905

Crystal structure

aufgeklärt, siehe dafür Evgeny V. Galuskin, Frank Gfeller, Valentina B. Savelyeva, Thomas Armbruster, Biljana Lazic, Irina O. Galuskina, Daniel M. Többens, Aleksandr E. Zadov, Piotr Dzierzanowski, Nikolai N. Pertsev, Viktor M. Gazeev: Pavlovskyite Ca8(SiO4)2(Si3O10): A new mineral of altered silicate-carbonate xenoliths from the two Russian type localities, Birkhin massif, Baikal Lake area and Upper Chegem caldera, North Caucasus. American Mineralogist 97 (2012) S.503-512.

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.56(70),
3.07(80),
2.89(100),
2.68(90),
2.55(50),
2.487(50),
2.36(70),
1.964(70)

XRD chart Kilchoanite

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

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Density (g/cm³)

1.501 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

UK/Schottland/Highland/Ardnamurchan/Kilchoan

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Agrell & Gay, 1961

References

Nature 189 (1961), 743

Other languages

German

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Spanish

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French

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English

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Russian

Килхоанит

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Ki

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) iWStTllxqkmMaKtOLWRVyA
GUID (Global unique identifier) 4EAD6489-7159-49AA-8C68-AB4E2D6455C8
Database ID 1944