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Stellerite

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Stellerit
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Stellerit (SNr: 4345)

Langtafelige farblose Kristalle, BB = 2,5 mm, Fundort:; Steinbruch Malomvölgy, Csák Hegy, Szob, Pest, Ungarn.
Collection: Manfred Früchtl
Copyright: Manfred Früchtl
Contribution: Manfred Früchtl 2013-08-03
Locality: Köbánya Malomvölgy / Csák Hegy / Szob / Szob, Kreis / Pest, Komitat / Ungarn
Stellerit xx
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Stellerit xx

Größe des Aggregats 4cm; F.O.: Chakan, Pune (Poona), Maharashtra, Dekkan Trap Basalt, Indien
Collection: P. Happel
Copyright: skibbo
Contribution: skibbo 2008-11-27
Locality: Chakan / Pune (Poona), Distrikt / Maharashtra / Indien
Stellerit
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Stellerit

Stellerit-Kugeln bis 3 cm Durchmesser mit Calcit. Fundort: Sokolovsko-Sabajskij bei Rudnyj, Kasachstan
Collection: terra mineralia
Copyright: berthold
Contribution: berthold 2009-01-08
Locality: Rudny / Sokolov-Sarbai / Qostanay oblysy (Qostanai; Kustany) / Kasachstan
Stellerit
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Stellerit

Größe: 1,17 mm; Fundort: Punta de Libezzu, Alghero, Sassari, Provinz, Sardinien (Sardegna), Region, Italien
Collection: Domenico Preite
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Hg 2011-09-07
Locality: Punta de Libezzu / Alghero / Sassari, Provinz / Sardinien (Sardegna), Region / Italien
Stellerit
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Stellerit

Stellerit XX; Fundort: Gibelsbach, Fiesch, Wallis, Schweiz; Bildbreite: 5cm
Collection: guefz
Copyright: guefz
Contribution: guefz 2006-08-11
Locality: Gibelbach (Gibelsbach; Giebelsbach) / Fiesch / Goms, Bezirk / Wallis, Kanton / Schweiz
Stellerit
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Stellerit

Kristallfächer ca. 4 x 8 mm; Fundort: Imilchil, Anti-Atlas, Marokko; Größe: 5,5 x 4,5 x 1,8 cm

Copyright: Torben
Contribution: Torben 2006-01-02
Locality: Imilchil / Imilchil, Cercle / Midelt, Provinz / Drâa-Tafilalet, Region / Marokko

Collectors Summary

Color weiß, rosa, Salmon orange, braun, rot
Streak color weiß
Lustre Glasglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 3.75
Solubility +++ Säuren
Crystal System orthorhombisch, Fmmm
Morphology Fächerförmige Aggregate, auch gedrungene Kristalle

Chemism

Chem­ical formula

Ca4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O

Chem­ical com­po­si­tion

Aluminium, Calcium, Silicium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 2818.9487776 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 196

Info

Empirical formula:

Ca4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

2.00

56

28.57

1.0079470

56.4450320
Oxygen

O

56.76

100

51.02

15.9994300

1,599.9430000
Aluminium

Al

7.66

8

4.08

26.9815382

215.8523056
Silicon

Si

27.90

28

14.29

28.0855300

786.3948400
Calcium

Ca

5.69

4

2.04

40.0784000

160.3136000

Anal­y­sis wt%

SiO2 : 59.10, Al2O3 : 14.62, CaO : 7.96, H2O : 17.98 (Ref: Bulletin de Mineralogie 78)

Strunz 9th edi­tion incl. updates

9.GE.15

9: Silikate (Germanate)
G: Gerüstsilikate (Tektosilikate) mit zeolithischem H2O; Familie der Zeolithe
E: Tafeln mit 4-4-1-1 Struktureinheiten
15:Stellerit-Gruppe

Lapis Clas­sifica­tion

VIII/J.23-050

VIII: SILIKATE
J: Gerüstsilikate (mit Zeolithen)
23: Zeolith-Gruppe; Blätterzeolithe

Clas­sifica­tion by Hölzel

9.FN.100

9: SILICATES
F: Tektosilicates
N: Heulandite-Group

Dana 8th edi­tion

77.01.04.04

77: Tektosilicates Tectosilicate Zeolite group
01: Tektosilicates Tectosilicate Zeolite group true zeolites
04: Heulandite and related species

IMA sta­tus

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Min­eral sta­tus

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Clas­sifica­tion

 Zeolite group  ⇒ STI zeolite structure group

Optical Properties

Color

weiß, rosa, Salmon orange, braun, rot

Streak color

weiß

Diaphane­ity (Trans­parency)

transparent bis durchscheinend

Lus­tre

Glasglanz

max. Birefrin­gence

0.013
Birefringence chart\! Stellerite title=Birefringence chart Stellerite

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

1.484

RI value β

1.494

RI value γ / ε

1.497

Ri mean

1.492

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 45°~

Optical Data Luminescence

Color LW-UV (365nm)

  

gelblich weiß

LW-UV Intensity

schwach

Color SW-UV (254nm)

  

gelblich weiß

SW-UV Intensity

schwach

After­glow (Per­sistant Lumi­nes­cence)

keine Daten

Crystallography

Crystal Sys­tem

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mmm

Space Group number

69

Space Group

Fmmm

Cell param­e­ters a (Å)

13.583

Cell param­e­ters b (Å)

18.237

Cell param­e­ters c (Å)

17.845

Cell param­e­ters a/b or c/a

0.745

Cell param­e­ters c/b

0.979

Cell param­e­ters α

90°

Cell param­e­ters β

90°

Cell param­e­ters γ

90°

Z

2

Volumne (ų)

4420.442

X-Ray Pow­der Diffrac­tion

9.03(100),
4.655(10),
4.057(40),
3.397(10),
3.181(10),
3.028(20),
3.003(10),
2.771(10)
XRD chart Stellerite

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

Morphol­ogy

Fächerförmige Aggregate, auch gedrungene Kristalle

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hard­ness (Mohs)

3.75

VHN (Hard­ness Vick­ers)

160 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.12 - 2.13 / Durchschnittlich = 2.12

2.118 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Insta­bil­ity

+++ Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Russland/Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis/Kamtschatka Oblast/Beringsee/Kommandeurinseln/Mednyi, Insel

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Morozewicz, 1909

References

Canadian Mineralogist 35 (1997), 1571

IMA group assignments

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English

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Russian

Стеллерит

Traditional Chinese

紅輝沸石

Simplified Chinese

红辉沸石

Alternative Name

Traditional Chinese

淡紅沸石

Simplified Chinese

淡红沸石

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Ste

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