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Sugilite (Sugilit)

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Sugilith auf Baryt
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Sugilith auf Baryt
Größe: 24x21x12 mm; Fundort: Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, Südafrika
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Südafrika/Nordkap (Northern Cape), Provinz/Kalahari Manganese Field/Hotazel/Wessel's Mine (Wessels Mine)
Mineral: Sugilite
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Sugilith auf Baryt

Größe: 24x21x12 mm; Fundort: Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, Südafrika
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2009-05-24
Locality: Wessel's Mine (Wessels Mine) / Hotazel / Kalahari Manganese Field / Nordkap (Northern Cape), Provinz / Südafrika
Sugilith
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Sugilith
Größe: 53x39x27 mm; Fundort: Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganfelder, Provinz Nordkap, Südafrika
Copyright: Dan Weinrich; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Südafrika/Nordkap (Northern Cape), Provinz/Kalahari Manganese Field/Hotazel/Wessel's Mine (Wessels Mine)
Mineral: Sugilite
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Sugilith

Größe: 53x39x27 mm; Fundort: Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganfelder, Provinz Nordkap, Südafrika
Copyright: Dan Weinrich
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2011-07-28
Locality: Wessel's Mine (Wessels Mine) / Hotazel / Kalahari Manganese Field / Nordkap (Northern Cape), Provinz / Südafrika
Sugilith in Matrix
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Sugilith in Matrix
Fundort: Wessels Mine , Hotazel, Kalahari Manganerzfeld, Südafrika; Größe: Bildbreite ca. 4 mm
Copyright: Torben; Contribution: Torben
Location: Südafrika/Nordkap (Northern Cape), Provinz/Kalahari Manganese Field/Hotazel/Wessel's Mine (Wessels Mine)
Mineral: Sugilite
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Sugilith in Matrix

Fundort: Wessels Mine , Hotazel, Kalahari Manganerzfeld, Südafrika; Größe: Bildbreite ca. 4 mm

Copyright: Torben
Contribution: Torben 2006-09-27
Locality: Wessel's Mine (Wessels Mine) / Hotazel / Kalahari Manganese Field / Nordkap (Northern Cape), Provinz / Südafrika
Sugilith
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Sugilith
FO: Wessels Mine, Kuruman, Kap-Provinz, REpublik Südafrika; blockige, violette Kristalle; BB: 17,5 mm
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: B000937, Donator: Melanie Albert
Location: Südafrika/Nordkap (Northern Cape), Provinz/Kalahari Manganese Field/Hotazel/Wessel's Mine (Wessels Mine)
Mineral: Sugilite
Image: 1215872155
Rating: 6.67 (votes: 3)
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Sugilith (SNr: B000937)

FO: Wessels Mine, Kuruman, Kap-Provinz, REpublik Südafrika; blockige, violette Kristalle; BB: 17,5 mm
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2008-07-12
Locality: Wessel's Mine (Wessels Mine) / Hotazel / Kalahari Manganese Field / Nordkap (Northern Cape), Provinz / Südafrika
Sugilith auf Pektolith
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Sugilith auf Pektolith
Kristallgröße: 10 mm; Fundort: Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, Südafrika
Copyright: Jasun McAvoy; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Südafrika/Nordkap (Northern Cape), Provinz/Kalahari Manganese Field/Hotazel/Wessel's Mine (Wessels Mine)
Mineral: Sugilite
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Sugilith auf Pektolith

Kristallgröße: 10 mm; Fundort: Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, Südafrika
Copyright: Jasun McAvoy
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2009-05-24
Locality: Wessel's Mine (Wessels Mine) / Hotazel / Kalahari Manganese Field / Nordkap (Northern Cape), Provinz / Südafrika

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Collectors Summary

Color bräunlichgelb, violett, rötlich violet
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 6.2 (6 - 6.5)
Crystal System hexagonal, P6/mmc

Additional information / Summary

Chemism

Chemical formula

KNa2(Fe2+,Mn2+,Al)2Li3Si12O30

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Eisen, Lithium, Mangan, Natrium, Silicium, Kalium, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 1028.28408798 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 50

Info

Empirical formula:

KNa2(Fe0.6Mn0.3Al0.1)2Li3Si12O30

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Lithium

Li

2.03

3

6.00

6.9412000

20.8236000
Oxygen

O

46.68

30

60.00

15.9994300

479.9829000
Sodium

Na

4.47

2

4.00

22.9897702

45.9795404
Aluminium

Al

0.52

0.2

0.40

26.9815382

5.3963076
Silicon

Si

32.78

12

24.00

28.0855300

337.0263600
Potassium

K

3.80

1

2.00

39.0983100

39.0983100
Manganese

Mn

3.21

0.6

1.20

54.9380499

32.9628299
Iron

Fe

6.52

1.2

2.40

55.8452000

67.0142400

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 71.38, TiO2 : 0.51, Al2O3 : 2.97, Fe2O3 : 12.76, Li2O : 3.14, Na2O : 4.37, K2O : 3.76, H2O : 0.93 (Ref: Min.J.Jap.76)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.CM.05

9: Silikate (Germanate)
C: Ringsilikate (Cyclosilikate)
M: ~[Si6O18]12- sechser-Doppelringe
05:Milarit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/E.22-110

VIII: SILIKATE
E: Ringsilikate
22: Doppelte Sechserringe [Si12O30] 12-; Milarit/Osumilith-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

9.CF.200

9: SILICATES
C: Cyclosilicates
F: ~[Si12O30]12--Rings Milarite-Group

Dana 8th edition

63.02.01a.09

63: Cyclosilicates Cyclosilicate Condensed Rings
02: Cyclosilicates Cyclosilicate Condensed Rings 6-membered rings
01a: Milarite - Osumilite group (Milarite - Osumilite subgroup)

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Osumilite Group

Optical Properties

Color

bräunlichgelb, violett, rötlich violet

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent bis durchscheinend

max. Birefringence

0.003
Birefringence chart\! Sugilite title=Birefringence chart Sugilite

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

1.610

RI value γ / ε

1.607

Ri mean

1.609

2V angle

Uniaxial (-)

Crystallography

Crystal System

hexagonal

Class (H-M)

6/mmm

Space Group number

192

Space Group

P6/mmc

Cell parameters a (Å)

9.986

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

13.936

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.396

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

120°

Z

2

Volume (ų)

1203.516

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

6.98(1), 4.32(10), 4.06(6), 3.68(1), 3.50(2), 3.19(8), 2.876(5), 2.499(2)
XRD chart Sugilite

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)

6.2 (6 - 6.5)

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

850 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.74

2.837 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Japan/Shikoku (Schikoku), Insel/Ehime, Präfektur/Inland-See/Ochi-gun/Iwagi, Insel

Preface

Name from

dem japanischen Geologen Ken-ichi Sugi (1901-1948), er entdeckte das Mineral im Jahr 1944

Author (Name, Year)

Murakami et al., 1976

References

S. Weiß: Edle Steine für Schmuck und mehr, Folge 19: Sugilith. Lapis Jhrg. 34, Nr. 4 (2009) S.8.

Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte (1990), 443

Mineralogical Magazine 58 (1994), 671

Mineralogical Journal (Tokyo) 8 (1976), 110

American Mineralogist 73 (1988), 595

IMA group assignments

 
Osumilite Group
 
 
 

 
 
Agakhanovite-(Y)
YCaKBe3Si12O30·H2O
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Almarudite
(K,Na)(Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg)2(Be,Al)3[Si12O30]
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Aluminosugilite
KNa2Al2Li3Si12O30
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Armenite
BaCa2Al6Si9O30·2 H2O
orthorhombisch
Pnc2

 
 
Berezanskite
KLi3Ti2[Si12O30]
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Brannockite
KSn2Li3Si12O30
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Darapiosite
KNa2Li(Mn,Zn)2ZrSi12O30
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Dusmatovite
K(K,Na)2(Zn,Li)3(Mn2+,Mn3+,Y,Zr)2[Si12O30]
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Eifelite
KNa3Mg4Si12O30
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Friedrichbeckeite
K(☐Na)Mg2(Be2Mg)Si12O30
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Klöchite
KNaFe2Zn3[Si12O30]
hexagonal
P63/mmc

 
 
Laurentthomasite
Mg2K(Be2Al)Si12O30
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Merrihueite
(K,Na)2(Fe2+,Mg)5Si12O30
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Milarite
KCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Osumilite
(K,Na)(Fe2+,Mg)2(Al,Fe3+)3(Si,Al)12O30
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Osumilite-(Mg)
KMg2Al3(Al2Si10)O30
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Poudretteite
KNa2B3Si12O30
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Roedderite
KNaMg2(Mg3Si12)O30
hexagonal
P62c

 
 
Shibkovite
K<3(Ca,Mn,Na)2Zn3[Si12O30]
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Sogdianite
(K,Na)2(Li,Fe3+,Al)3ZrSi12O30
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Sugilite
KNa2(Fe2+,Mn2+,Al)2Li3Si12O30
hexagonal
P6/mmc

 
 
Trattnerite
(Fe,Mg)2(Mg,Fe)3(Si12O30)
hexagonal
P6/mcc

 
 
Yagiite
NaMg2(AlMg2Si12)O30
hexagonal
P6/mcc

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Alternative Name

German

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CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1974-060

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Sug

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IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) hhgsXXg_LU26V8Nq64cNYw
GUID (Global unique identifier) 5D2C1886-3F78-4D2D-BA57-C36AEB870D63
Database ID 3689