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Leifite

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Leifit
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Leifit
Bildbreite: 8 mm; Fundort Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebéc, Kanada
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Hg
Location: Kanada/Québec, Provinz/Montérégie, Region/La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM/Mont Saint-Hilaire/Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry; Uni-Mix Quarry; Desourdy Quarry)
Mineral: Leifite
Image: 1165498794
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Leifit

Bildbreite: 8 mm; Fundort Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebéc, Kanada
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Hg 2006-12-07
Locality: Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry; Uni-Mix Quarry; Desourdy Quarry) / Mont Saint-Hilaire / La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM / Montérégie, Region / Québec, Provinz / Kanada
Leifit
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Leifit
Größe: 2,9 x 1 x 0,8 cm, Fundort: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Kanada
Copyright: Michael Roarke; Contribution: thdun5
Location: Kanada/Québec, Provinz/Montérégie, Region/La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM/Mont Saint-Hilaire
Mineral: Leifite
Image: 1295886258
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Leifit

Größe: 2,9 x 1 x 0,8 cm, Fundort: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Kanada
Copyright: Michael Roarke
Contribution: thdun5 2011-01-24
Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire / La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM / Montérégie, Region / Québec, Provinz / Kanada
Leifit
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Leifit
Fundort Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebéc, Kanada
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Hg
Location: Kanada/Québec, Provinz/Montérégie, Region/La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM/Mont Saint-Hilaire/Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry; Uni-Mix Quarry; Desourdy Quarry)
Mineral: Leifite
Image: 1165498764
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Leifit

Fundort Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebéc, Kanada
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Hg 2006-12-07
Locality: Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry; Uni-Mix Quarry; Desourdy Quarry) / Mont Saint-Hilaire / La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM / Montérégie, Region / Québec, Provinz / Kanada
Leifit
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Leifit
Größe: 2.5 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm; Fundort: Mt St Hilaire, Quebec, Kanada
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: Mineralienatlas
Location: Kanada/Québec, Provinz/Montérégie, Region/La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM/Mont Saint-Hilaire
Mineral: Leifite
Image: 1108575902
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Leifit

Größe: 2.5 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm; Fundort: Mt St Hilaire, Quebec, Kanada
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: Mineralienatlas 2005-02-16
Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire / La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM / Montérégie, Region / Québec, Provinz / Kanada
Catapleiit (gelb) und Leifit
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Catapleiit (gelb) und Leifit
Größe: 76x63 mm, Fundort: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Kanada
Copyright: Rock Currier; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Kanada/Québec, Provinz/Montérégie, Region/La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM/Mont Saint-Hilaire/Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry; Uni-Mix Quarry; Desourdy Quarry)
Mineral: Catapleiite, Leifite
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Catapleiit (gelb) und Leifit

Größe: 76x63 mm, Fundort: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Kanada
Copyright: Rock Currier
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2010-07-24
Locality: Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry; Uni-Mix Quarry; Desourdy Quarry) / Mont Saint-Hilaire / La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM / Montérégie, Region / Québec, Provinz / Kanada

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Collectors Summary

Color farblos, weiß
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 6
Solubility - HCl
Crystal System trigonal, P3m1

Chemism

Chemical formula

Na7Be2(Si15Al3)O39(F,OH)2

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Beryllium, Natrium, Silicium, Fluor, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 1342.159383975 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 68.5

Info

Empirical formula:

Na7Be2(Si15Al3)O39(F0.75(OH)0.25)2

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

0.04

0.5

0.73

1.0079470

0.5039735
Beryllium

Be

1.34

2

2.92

9.0121823

18.0243646
Oxygen

O

47.09

39.5

57.66

15.9994300

631.9774850
Fluorine

F

2.12

1.5

2.19

18.9984033

28.4976049
Sodium

Na

11.99

7

10.22

22.9897702

160.9283914
Aluminium

Al

6.03

3

4.38

26.9815382

80.9446146
Silicon

Si

31.39

15

21.90

28.0855300

421.2829500

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 69.96, Al2O3 : 8.50, BeO : 3.72, Na2O : 14.75, K2O : 0.51, Rb2O : 0.42, F : 2.93 (Ref: Canadian Mineralogist 2002)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.EH.25

9: Silikate (Germanate)
E: Schichtsilikate (Phyllosilikate)
H: Übergangsstrukturen zwischen Schichtsilikaten und anderen Silikaten
25:Leifit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/J.10-010

VIII: SILIKATE
J: Gerüstsilikate (mit Zeolithen)
10: Mit tetraederfremden Anionen

Classification by Hölzel

9.FJ.320

9: SILICATES
F: Tektosilicates
J: Singly connected 4-Ring Chains

Dana 8th edition

78.07.10.01

78: Unclassified Silicate Minerals
07: Unclassified silicates wholly unclassified silicates

IMA status

Neudefinition von der CNMNC anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

farblos, weiß

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent

max. Birefringence

0.004
Birefringence chart\! Leifite title=Birefringence chart Leifite

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

1.516

RI value γ / ε

1.520

Ri mean

1.517

2V angle

Uniaxial (+)

Optical Data Luminescence

Color LW-UV (365nm)

  

orangegelb

LW-UV Intensity

schwach

Color SW-UV (254nm)

  

grün

SW-UV Other Colors

          

weiß, blassrosa weiß, violettrosa, rosa, lilarosa

Afterglow (Persistant Luminescence)

keine Daten

Crystallography

Crystal System

trigonal

Class (H-M)

3m

Space Group number

164

Space Group

P3m1

Cell parameters a (Å)

14.352

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

4.852

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.338

Cell parameters c/b

-

Z

1

Volume (ų)

865.518

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.69(70),
4.52(70),
4.14(70),
3.38(100),
3.15(100),
3.11(70),
2.46(90),
2.39(70)
XRD chart Leifite

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)

2.57

2.575 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

- HCl

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Grönland/Qaasuitsup Kommunia/Narsaarsuk (Narssârssuk)/Narssârssuk-Pegmatit

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Bøggild, 1915

References

Canadian Mineralogist 40 (2002), 183

Other languages

German

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Spanish

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French

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English

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Russian

Лейфит

Traditional Chinese

白針柱石

Simplified Chinese

白针柱石

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Lf

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) _vw76prurkq5u_0vjW6zig
GUID (Global unique identifier) EA3BFCFE-EE9A-4AAE-B9BB-FD2F8D6EB38A
Database ID 2170