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Meliphanite

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Meliphanit
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Meliphanit
Alpe Rosso Halde bei Orcesco Val Vigezzo Bb 2 mm
Copyright: Kainosit; Contribution: Kainosit
Collection: Kainosit
Location: Italien/Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz/Druogno/Orcesco/Alpe Rosso
Mineral: Meliphanite
Image: 1480928425
Rating: 7 (votes: 1)
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Meliphanit

Alpe Rosso Halde bei Orcesco Val Vigezzo Bb 2 mm
Collection: Kainosit
Copyright: Kainosit
Contribution: Kainosit 2016-12-05
Locality: Alpe Rosso / Orcesco / Druogno / Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz / Piemont (Piemonte), Region / Italien
Meliphanit
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Meliphanit
Größe: 40x40x15 mm; Fundort: Sakhariok-Massiv, Keivy, Kola, Murmansk, Russland
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Russland/Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis/Murmansk, Oblast/Kola-Halbinsel/Keivy-Massiv/Sakhariok-Massiv
Mineral: Meliphanite
Image: 1244326383
Rating: 5.5 (votes: 2)
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Meliphanit

Größe: 40x40x15 mm; Fundort: Sakhariok-Massiv, Keivy, Kola, Murmansk, Russland
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2009-06-06
Locality: Sakhariok-Massiv / Keivy-Massiv / Kola-Halbinsel / Murmansk, Oblast / Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis / Russland
Meliphanit
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Meliphanit
FO:Alpe Rosso Halde bei Orcesco Val Vigezzo BB 1,8 mm
Copyright: pikosteine; Contribution: pikosteine
Collection: Anatas, Donator: ex Hans Röhrnbauer
Location: Italien/Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz/Druogno/Orcesco/Alpe Rosso
Mineral: Meliphanite
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Meliphanit

FO:Alpe Rosso Halde bei Orcesco Val Vigezzo BB 1,8 mm
Collection: Anatas
Copyright: pikosteine
Contribution: pikosteine 2009-02-17
Locality: Alpe Rosso / Orcesco / Druogno / Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz / Piemont (Piemonte), Region / Italien
Meliphanit (gelb) mit Fluorit
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Meliphanit (gelb) mit Fluorit
Größe des Aggregates: 8x8 mm; Fundort: Ermakovskoe Be-Lagerstätte, Buryatien, Russland
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Russland/Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis/Burjatien (Buryatia), Republik/Ulan-Ude/Ermakovskoe (Yermakovskoe, Jermakovskoe), Be-Lagerstätte
Mineral: Meliphanite
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Meliphanit (gelb) mit Fluorit

Größe des Aggregates: 8x8 mm; Fundort: Ermakovskoe Be-Lagerstätte, Buryatien, Russland
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2009-06-07
Locality: Ermakovskoe (Yermakovskoe, Jermakovskoe), Be-Lagerstätte / Ulan-Ude / Burjatien (Buryatia), Republik / Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis / Russland
Meliphanit
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Meliphanit
Größe: 5,5 x 3,7 x 2,1 cm, Fundort: Vevja, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norwegen
Copyright: Dan Weinrich; Contribution: thdun5
Location: Norwegen/Vestfold, Provinz/Larvik, Kommune/Tvedalen/Vevja Steinbruch
Mineral: Meliphanite
Image: 1274650772
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Meliphanit

Größe: 5,5 x 3,7 x 2,1 cm, Fundort: Vevja, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norwegen
Copyright: Dan Weinrich
Contribution: thdun5 2010-05-23
Locality: Vevja Steinbruch / Tvedalen / Larvik, Kommune / Vestfold, Provinz / Norwegen

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Collectors Summary

Color farblos, gelb, gelblichrot, rot, selten farblos
Streak color weiß
Lustre Glasglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 5.25
Solubility +++ HF, - Säuren
Crystal System tetragonal, I4

Chemism

Chemical formula

Ca4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)4

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Beryllium, Calcium, Natrium, Silicium, Fluor, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 985.97124775 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 48

Info

Empirical formula:

Ca4(Na0.75Ca0.25)4Be4AlSi7O24(F0.75O0.25)4

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Beryllium

Be

3.66

4

8.33

9.0121823

36.0487292
Oxygen

O

40.57

25

52.08

15.9994300

399.9857500
Fluorine

F

5.78

3

6.25

18.9984033

56.9952098
Sodium

Na

7.00

3

6.25

22.9897702

68.9693106
Aluminium

Al

2.74

1

2.08

26.9815382

26.9815382
Silicon

Si

19.94

7

14.58

28.0855300

196.5987100
Calcium

Ca

20.32

5

10.42

40.0784000

200.3920000

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 43.60, Al2O3 : 4.61, BeO : 9.80, CaO : 29.56, Na2O : 7.98, F : 5.43 (Ref: Hintze, Handbuch der Mineralogie, 1904-1974)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.DP.05

9: Silikate (Germanate)
D: Ketten- und Bandsilikate (Inosilikate)
P: Übergangsstrukturen: Ketten- und Bandsilikate - Schichtsilikat
05:

Lapis Classification

VIII/C.02-070

VIII: SILIKATE
C: Gruppensilikate
2: Gruppensilikate [Si2O7] 6-, ohne tetraederfremde Anionen; Melilith-Gruppe mit Anhang

Classification by Hölzel

9.BB.200

9: SILICATES
B: Sorosilicates
B: Melilite-Group

Dana 8th edition

55.04.02.05

55: Sorosilicate Minerals
04: Sorosilicates Sorosilicate Si2O7 Groups, Generally with No Additional Anions with cations in [8] and lower coordination
02: Fresnoite group

IMA status

vererbt (vor IMA 1959)

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

farblos, gelb, gelblichrot, rot, selten farblos

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent, durchscheinend

Lustre

Glasglanz

max. Birefringence

0.019
Birefringence chart\! Meliphanite title=Birefringence chart Meliphanite

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

1.612

RI value γ / ε

1.593

Ri mean

1.606

2V angle

Uniaxial (-)

Pleochroism

ausgeprägt in dunkel gefärbten Proben

Optical Data Luminescence

Color LW-UV (365nm)

  

violettrosa

Color SW-UV (254nm)

  

violettrosa

MW-UV Other Colors

    

violettrosa, lilarosa

SW-UV Other Colors

    

violettrosa, lilarosa

Most Common Activator

Eu2+

Other Activators

Ce3+

Afterglow (Persistant Luminescence)

keine Daten

Crystallography

Crystal System

tetragonal

Class (H-M)

4

Space Group number

82

Space Group

I4

Cell parameters a (Å)

10.526

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

9.887

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.939

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volume (ų)

1095.447

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

5.25

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

470 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.01 (gemessen) 3.024 (berechnet)

2.989 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ HF, - Säuren

Chemical Properties and Tests

stark piezoelektrisch

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Norwegen/Vestfold, Provinz/Larvik, Kommune/Stavern (Fredriksvärn)

Preface

Occurrences

In Augitsyenit (Stavern (Fredriksvärn))

Associations

Natrolith, Glimmer, Fluorit

Name from

aus dem griechischen für "honiggelb", eine Anspielung auf das Aussehen

References

Journal für Praktische Chemie 55 (1852), 449

Canadian Mineralogist 40 (2002), 971

Other languages

Norwegian (Bokmål)

Melinofan

German

Meliphanit

Spanish

Meliphanita

English

Meliphanite

French

Meliphanite

Russian

Мелифанит

Alternative Name

German

Melinophan

Melinophane

German

Meliphan

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Mph

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) 2RKL2hROV0yeb7Z0ag4L_Q
GUID (Global unique identifier) DA8B12D9-4E14-4C57-9E6F-B6746A0E0BFD
Database ID 2457