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Suanite

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weißer, faseriger Suanit mit schwarzem Ludwigit
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weißer, faseriger Suanit mit schwarzem Ludwigit
Bildbreite: 25 mm; Fundort: Titovskoe Bor-Lagerstätte, Tas-Khayakhtakh Range, Dogdo-Fluss, Saha-Republik, Ferner Osten, Russland
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Collection: Pavel Kartashov
Location: Russland/Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis/Sacha (Sakha, Jakutien, Якутия), Republik/Tas-Khayakhtakh-Gebirge/Titovskoe (Titovskoye) Bor-Lagerstätte
Mineral: Suanite
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weißer, faseriger Suanit mit schwarzem Ludwigit

Bildbreite: 25 mm; Fundort: Titovskoe Bor-Lagerstätte, Tas-Khayakhtakh Range, Dogdo-Fluss, Saha-Republik, Ferner Osten, Russland
Collection: Pavel Kartashov
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2008-04-28
Locality: Titovskoe (Titovskoye) Bor-Lagerstätte / Tas-Khayakhtakh-Gebirge / Sacha (Sakha, Jakutien, Якутия), Republik / Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis / Russland
Suanit
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Suanit
Weißer Suanit-X (ohne Maßstab), FO: Wengquan'gou Bor-Lagerstätte, Fengcheng, Präfektur Dandong, Prov. Liaoning, China. Ex Van den Broucke Sammlung (sh.: https://www.mindat.org/mesg-560223.html).
Copyright: Wikipedia-user: David Hospital; Contribution: oliverOliver
Location: China/Liaoning, Provinz/Dandong, Präfektur/Fengcheng, Kreis/Wengquan'gou Bor-Lagerstätte
Mineral: Suanite
Image: 1703262131
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Suanit

Weißer Suanit-X (ohne Maßstab), FO: Wengquan'gou Bor-Lagerstätte, Fengcheng, Präfektur Dandong, Prov. Liaoning, China. Ex Van den Broucke Sammlung (sh.: https://www.mindat.org/mesg-560223.html).
Copyright: Wikipedia-user: David Hospital
Contribution: oliverOliver 2023-12-22
Locality: Wengquan'gou Bor-Lagerstätte / Fengcheng, Kreis / Dandong, Präfektur / Liaoning, Provinz / China

You find additional specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color weiß
Streak color weiß
Lustre Seidenglanz, Perlglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 5.5
Cleavages vollkommen in eine Richtung parallel zu [010]
Crystal System monoklin, P21/c
Morphology Als Aggregate von schlanken, prismatischen und faserigen Kristallen entlang [010] verlängert.

Chemism

Chemical formula

Mg2B2O5

Chemical composition

Magnesium, Bor, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 150.23067 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 9

Info

Empirical formula:

Mg2B2O5

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Boron

B

14.39

2

22.22

10.8117000

21.6234000
Oxygen

O

53.25

5

55.56

15.9994300

79.9971500
Magnesium

Mg

32.36

2

22.22

24.3050600

48.6101200

Analysis wt%

MgO : 53.66, B2O3 : 46.34 (Ref: berechnet)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

6.BA.05

6: Borate
B: Diborate
A: Insel (Neso)-Diborate mit Doppel-Triangeln B2(O,OH)5;2(2Δ); 2(2Δ) + OH, etc.
05:Suanit-Kurchatovit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

V/H.01-010

V: NITRATE, CARBONATE UND BORATE
H: Gruppenborate
1: Planare Gruppen [B2O5] 4- bis [B2O7] 8-

Classification by Hölzel

6.BA.100

6: Borates
B: Diborates
A: Nesodiborates with double triangles B2(O,OH)5 - 2(2P) - 2(2P)+OH, etc.
1: Suanite-Kurchatovite-Group (homeotypes)

Dana 8th edition

24.04.01.01

24: Borates - Anhydrous
04: Borates - Anhydrous where (A)2 (X2O5)

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

weiß

Streak color

weiß

Change in color

farblos bei durchscheinendem Licht

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

durchscheinend

Lustre

Seidenglanz, Perlglanz

max. Birefringence

0.074
Birefringence chart\! Suanite title=Birefringence chart Suanite

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

1.596

RI value β

1.639

RI value γ / ε

1.670

Ri mean

1.635

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 70° (gemessen)

Orientation

X = b

Dispersion

schwach, r > v

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

14

Space Group

P21/c

Cell parameters a (Å)

12.31

Cell parameters b (Å)

3.120

Cell parameters c (Å)

9.205

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

3.946

Cell parameters c/b

2.950

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

104.33

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volume (ų)

342.538

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.47(20),
2.983(20),
2.823(50),
2.637(10),
2.557(100),
2.010(60),
1.916(30),
1.562(20)
XRD chart Suanite

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

Morphology

Als Aggregate von schlanken, prismatischen und faserigen Kristallen entlang [010] verlängert.

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

5.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

530 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.91 (gemessen)

2.913 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Cleavages

vollkommen in eine Richtung parallel zu [010]

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Nordkorea/Hwanghae-pukto (Nord-Hwanghae), Provinz/Suan-gun/Hol Kol Mine (Holgol; Suan; Namjong)

Preface

Associations

Kotoit, Sakhait, Ludwigit, Szaibélyit, Klinohumit, Forsterit, Apatit, Spinel, Calcit

Name from

Suan in Nordkorea wo das Mineral gefunden wurde.

Author (Name, Year)

Watanabe, 1953

References

Canadian Mineralogist 21 (1983), 705

Mineralogical Journal (Tokyo) 1 (1953), 54

Guo G-C, Cheng W-D, Chen J-T, Zhuang H-H, Huang J-S, Zhang Q-E; Acta Crystallographica C51 (1995) 2469-2471

Other languages

German

Suanit

Spanish

Suanita

English

Suanite

French

Suanite

Russian

Суанит

Simplified Chinese

遂安石

Alternative Name

English

Magnioborite

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Sua

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) mGOpG8ZQeE607sThz7Qsvg
GUID (Global unique identifier) 1BA96398-50C6-4E78-B4EE-C4E1CFB42CBE
Database ID 3684