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Margarite

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Margarit
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Margarit
Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: Grube Gabe Gottes, Ste Marie-aux-Mines, Elsass, Frankreich
Copyright: Richard De Nul; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Frankreich/Grand Est, Region/Haut-Rhin, Département/Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Arrondissement/Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch)/Neuenberg/Gang St.Jakob/Grube Gabe Gottes (inkl. Giftgrube)
Mineral: Margarite
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Margarit

Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: Grube Gabe Gottes, Ste Marie-aux-Mines, Elsass, Frankreich
Copyright: Richard De Nul
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2010-12-31
Locality: Grube Gabe Gottes (inkl. Giftgrube) / Gang St.Jakob / Neuenberg / Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch) / Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Arrondissement / Haut-Rhin, Département / Grand Est, Region / Frankreich
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Fo.: Grünig Quarzit-Bruch, St. Jakob, Pfitschtal, Südtirol, Italien, farblose-weiße, blättrige XX BB 9,0mm
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: B002245, Donator: Manfred Seitz
Location: Italien/Trentino-Südtirol (Trentino-Alto Adige)/Südtirol (Bozen), Provinz/Wipptal, Bezirk/Pfitsch (Pfitschtal)/St. Jakob-Stein/Quarzitbruch Grünig
Mineral: Margarite
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Margarit (SNr: B002245)

Fo.: Grünig Quarzit-Bruch, St. Jakob, Pfitschtal, Südtirol, Italien, farblose-weiße, blättrige XX BB 9,0mm
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2010-01-20
Locality: Quarzitbruch Grünig / St. Jakob-Stein / Pfitsch (Pfitschtal) / Wipptal, Bezirk / Südtirol (Bozen), Provinz / Trentino-Südtirol (Trentino-Alto Adige) / Italien
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Fo.: Grünig Quarzit-Bruch St. Jakob, Pfitschtal, Südtirol, Italien, farbose, blättrige XX, BB 5,3mm mit Quarz, Siderit, Turmalin
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: A005523, Donator: Manfred Früchtl
Location: Italien/Trentino-Südtirol (Trentino-Alto Adige)/Südtirol (Bozen), Provinz/Wipptal, Bezirk/Pfitsch (Pfitschtal)/St. Jakob-Stein/Quarzitbruch Grünig
Mineral: Margarite
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Margarit (SNr: A005523)

Fo.: Grünig Quarzit-Bruch St. Jakob, Pfitschtal, Südtirol, Italien, farbose, blättrige XX, BB 5,3mm mit Quarz, Siderit, Turmalin
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2010-01-20
Locality: Quarzitbruch Grünig / St. Jakob-Stein / Pfitsch (Pfitschtal) / Wipptal, Bezirk / Südtirol (Bozen), Provinz / Trentino-Südtirol (Trentino-Alto Adige) / Italien
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Margarit
Fundort: Old Mine Park; Trumbull; Fairfield Co; Connecticut; USA. BB = 20 mm
Copyright: prospector56; Contribution: prospector56
Collection: prospector56, Collection number: J7A11
Location: USA/Connecticut/Fairfield County/Trumbull/Old Mine Park
Mineral: Margarite
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Margarit (SNr: J7A11)

Fundort: Old Mine Park; Trumbull; Fairfield Co; Connecticut; USA. BB = 20 mm
Collection: prospector56
Copyright: prospector56
Contribution: prospector56 2024-05-22
Locality: Old Mine Park / Trumbull / Fairfield County / Connecticut / USA
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55x22 mm, FO Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brasilien
Copyright: Embarak; Contribution: Embarak
Collection: Embarak
Location: Brasilien/Südosten (Região Sudeste)/Minas Gerais/Itinga/Taquaral
Mineral: Margarite
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Margarit

55x22 mm, FO Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brasilien
Collection: Embarak
Copyright: Embarak
Contribution: Embarak 2009-08-01
Locality: Taquaral / Itinga / Minas Gerais / Südosten (Região Sudeste) / Brasilien

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Collectors Summary

Color weiß, grau, blassrosa grau, gelblich grau
Streak color weiß
Lustre auf Spaltflächen Perlmuttglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 4
Solubility ++ H2SO4, + HF, +- kochende konz. HCl
Crystal System monoklin, Cc

Additional information / Summary

Chemism

Chemical formula

CaAl2(Al2Si2)O10(OH)2

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Calcium, Silicium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 398.1846668 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 21

Info

Empirical formula:

CaAl2(Al2Si2)O10(OH)2

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

0.51

2

9.52

1.0079470

2.0158940
Oxygen

O

48.22

12

57.14

15.9994300

191.9931600
Aluminium

Al

27.10

4

19.05

26.9815382

107.9261528
Silicon

Si

14.11

2

9.52

28.0855300

56.1710600
Calcium

Ca

10.07

1

4.76

40.0784000

40.0784000

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 30.84, Al2O3 : 50.76, CaO : 10.52, Na2O : 1.68, H2O : 4.97 (Ref: Chemie der Erde 35)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.EC.30

9: Silikate (Germanate)
E: Schichtsilikate (Phyllosilikate)
C: Schichtsilikate (Phyllosilikate) mit Glimmer Tafeln, zusammengesetzt aus tetrahedralen oder octahedralen Netzen
30:Margarit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/H.12-040

VIII: SILIKATE
H: Schichtsilikate
12: Glimmerartige Schicht-silikate mit Baugruppen [Si4O10] 4- und verwandte Strukturen; Glimmer-Gruppe; Sprödglimmer (Margarit-Reihe)

Classification by Hölzel

9.EE.200

9: SILICATES
E: Phyllosilicates
E: ~[(OH)2|Al2Si2O10] Margarite-Group

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Mica group  ⇒ Brittle micas

Optical Properties

Color

weiß, grau, blassrosa grau, gelblich grau

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

durchscheinend bis teilweise durchscheinend

Lustre

auf Spaltflächen Perlmuttglanz

max. Birefringence

0.012
Birefringence chart\! Margarite title=Birefringence chart Margarite

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

1.634

RI value β

1.644

RI value γ / ε

1.646

Ri mean

1.641

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 46°

Optical Data Luminescence

Luminescence

keine Fluoreszenz bekannt

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

m

Space Group number

9

Space Group

Cc

Cell parameters a (Å)

5.106

Cell parameters b (Å)

8.837

Cell parameters c (Å)

19.166

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.578

Cell parameters c/b

2.169

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

95.50

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volume (ų)

860.822

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.180(100),
3.123(10),
2.517(20),
2.508(20),
2.407(10),
1.908(30),
1.903(20),
1.466(20)
XRD chart Margarite

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)

4

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

190 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.99 - 3.08 / Durchschnittlich = 3.03

3.072 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

++ H2SO4, + HF, +- kochende konz. HCl

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Österreich/Tirol/Schwaz, Bezirk/Finkenberg/Zamser Grund/Schlegeisgrund (Schlegeisspeicher)/Großer Greiner

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Fuchs, 1823

References

Canadian Mineralogist 36 (1998), 905

IMA group assignments

Other languages

German

Margarit

Spanish

Margarita

English

Margarite

French

Margarite

Russian

Маргарит

Simplified Chinese

珍珠云母

Traditional Chinese

珍珠雲母

Alternative Name

Calcium Mica

Clingmanite

German

Corundellit

Spanish

Corundellita

Corundellite

German

Emerylit

Spanish

Emerylita

Emerylite

German

Emeryllit

Spanish

Emeryllita

Emeryllite

Kalkglimmer

German

Koundellit

Perlglimmer

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Mrg

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) Y86HqXDegUyp_obJHnEdtg
GUID (Global unique identifier) A987CE63-DE70-4C81-A9FE-86C91E711DB6
Database ID 2389