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Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) (Apophyllit-(KOH))

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Phillipsit-K
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Phillipsit-K
Prismatische farblose Kristalle umgeben von tafeligen farblosen Apophyllit-(KOH), BB = 3,8 mm, Fundort: Steinberg, Mühldorf (bei Feldbach), Feldbach-Bezirk, Steiermark, Österreich.
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: A025905, Donator: Jürgen Wachsmuth
Location: Österreich/Steiermark/Südoststeiermark, Bezirk/Mühldorf/Steinberg
Mineral: Hydroxyapophyllite-(K), Phillipsite-K
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Rating: 8.5 (votes: 2)
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Phillipsit-K (SNr: A025905)

Prismatische farblose Kristalle umgeben von tafeligen farblosen Apophyllit-(KOH), BB = 3,8 mm, Fundort: Steinberg, Mühldorf (bei Feldbach), Feldbach-Bezirk, Steiermark, Österreich.

Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2012-08-28
Locality: Steinberg / Mühldorf / Südoststeiermark, Bezirk / Steiermark / Österreich
Hydroxyapophyllit-(K), Prehnit
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Hydroxyapophyllit-(K), Prehnit
Größe: 33x25x13 mm; Fundort: Bull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA
Copyright: Jewels-Fine-Minerals; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: USA/Virginia/Loudoun Co./Conklin/Bull Run Quarry
Mineral: Hydroxyapophyllite-(K), Prehnite
Image: 1547028143
Rating: 9 (votes: 1)
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Hydroxyapophyllit-(K), Prehnit

Größe: 33x25x13 mm; Fundort: Bull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA

Copyright: Jewels-Fine-Minerals
Contribution: slugslayer 2019-01-09
Locality: Bull Run Quarry / Conklin / Loudoun Co. / Virginia / USA
Hydroxyapophyllit-(K), Prehnit
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Hydroxyapophyllit-(K), Prehnit
BB: ca. 45 mm; weisser Hydroxyapophyllit-(K) mit grünlichem Prehnit; FO: New Goose Creek Quarry; Loudon Co, Virginia, USA
Copyright: Harald Biecker; Contribution: Harald Biecker
Collection: Harald Biecker
Location: USA/Virginia/Loudoun Co./Leesburg/New Goose Creek Quarry
Mineral: Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)
Image: 1609612442
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Hydroxyapophyllit-(K), Prehnit

BB: ca. 45 mm; weisser Hydroxyapophyllit-(K) mit grünlichem Prehnit; FO: New Goose Creek Quarry; Loudon Co, Virginia, USA

Collection: Harald Biecker
Copyright: Harald Biecker
Contribution: Harald Biecker 2021-01-02
Locality: New Goose Creek Quarry / Leesburg / Loudoun Co. / Virginia / USA
Mesolith, Apophyllit-(KOH)
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Mesolith, Apophyllit-(KOH)
Größe: 11 x 10 cm; Fundort: Pashan, Distrikt Pune, Maharashtra, Indien
Copyright: Rock Currier; Contribution: slugslayer
Collection: National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution)
Location: Indien/Maharashtra/Pune (Poona), Distrikt/Pashan-Hügel (Pashan Hills)
Mineral: Hydroxyapophyllite-(K), Mesolite
Image: 1322115131
Rating: 8.25 (votes: 4)
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Mesolith, Apophyllit-(KOH)

Größe: 11 x 10 cm; Fundort: Pashan, Distrikt Pune, Maharashtra, Indien

Collection: National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution)
Copyright: Rock Currier
Contribution: slugslayer 2011-11-24
Locality: Pashan-Hügel (Pashan Hills) / Pune (Poona), Distrikt / Maharashtra / Indien
Hydroxyapophyllit
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Hydroxyapophyllit
Kristalle bis 23 mm; begl. von Gyrolith; Fundort: Kandivli-Damupada Quarry, Mumbai (Bombay), Indien
Copyright: Collector; Contribution: Mineralienatlas
Location: Indien/Maharashtra/Mumbai (Bombay), Distrikt/Mumbai (Bombay), Stadt/Kandivli-Damupada
Mineral: Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)
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Hydroxyapophyllit

Kristalle bis 23 mm; begl. von Gyrolith; Fundort: Kandivli-Damupada Quarry, Mumbai (Bombay), Indien

Copyright: Collector
Contribution: Mineralienatlas 2005-03-02
Locality: Kandivli-Damupada / Mumbai (Bombay), Stadt / Mumbai (Bombay), Distrikt / Maharashtra / Indien
Apophyllit-(KOH)
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Apophyllit-(KOH)
Größe: 12,0 x 7,0 cm; Fundort: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari-Manganfeld, Provinz Nordkap, Südafrika
Copyright: Onlineminerals.com; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: Südafrika/Nordkap (Northern Cape), Provinz/Kalahari Manganese Field/Kuruman/N'Chwaning Mines (NChwaning Mines)
Mineral: Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)
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Apophyllit-(KOH)

Größe: 12,0 x 7,0 cm; Fundort: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari-Manganfeld, Provinz Nordkap, Südafrika

Copyright: Onlineminerals.com
Contribution: slugslayer 2009-11-28
Locality: N'Chwaning Mines (NChwaning Mines) / Kuruman / Kalahari Manganese Field / Nordkap (Northern Cape), Provinz / Südafrika

You find additional specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color weiß, rosa, hellgrün, gelb, violett, farblos
Streak color weiß
Lustre Glasglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 4.75
Solubility +++ Säuren, Ultraschallbad!
Crystal System tetragonal, P4/mnc
Morphology Tafelige bis säulige, idiomorphe Kristalle; manchmal gestreift. Multiple Zwillinge.

Chemism

Chemical formula

KCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O

Chemical composition

Calcium, Silicium, Fluor, Kalium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 905.7124755625 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 58.75

Info

Empirical formula:

KCa4Si8O20((OH)0.75F0.25)·8H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)

Hydrogen

H

1.86

16.75

28.51

1.0079470

16.8831123

Oxygen

O

50.79

28.75

48.94

15.9994300

459.9836125

Fluorine

F

0.52

0.25

0.43

18.9984033

4.7496008

Silicon

Si

24.81

8

13.62

28.0855300

224.6842400

Potassium

K

4.32

1

1.70

39.0983100

39.0983100

Calcium

Ca

17.70

4

6.81

40.0784000

160.3136000

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 52.59, CaO : 25.44, K2O : 5.00, H2O : 16.89 (Ref: American Mineralogist 78)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.EA.15

9: Silikate (Germanate)
E: Schichtsilikate (Phyllosilikate)
A: Einfache Tetraedernetze mit 4-, 5-, (6-), und 8 beteiligten Ringen
15:

Lapis Classification

VIII/H.01-030

VIII: SILIKATE
H: Schichtsilikate
1: tetragonale oder pseudotetragonale Schichtstrukturen [Si4O10] 4- u.a.

Classification by Hölzel

9.EA.110

9: SILICATES
E: Phyllosilicates
A: tetragonal & pseudotetragonal Phyllosilicates
1: Apophyllite-Group

Dana 8th edition

72.03.01.02

72: Phyllosilicates Phyllosilicate Two-Dimensional Infinite Sheets with Other Than Six-Membered Rings
03: Phyllosilicates Phyllosilicate Two-Dimensional Infinite Sheets with Other Than Six-Membered Rings with 3-, 4-, or 5-membered rings and 8-membered rings
01: Apophyllite group (4- & 8-membered rings)

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

Apophyllit-Gruppe

Optical Properties

Color

weiß, rosa, hellgrün, gelb, violett, farblos

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent bis durchscheinend, auch opak

Lustre

Glasglanz

max. Birefringence

0.001

Birefringence chart\! Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) title=Birefringence chart Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

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

1.543

RI value γ / ε

1.542

Ri mean

1.543

2V angle

Uniaxial (+)

Optical Data Luminescence

Color SW-UV (254nm)

 

weiß

SW-UV Intensity

schwach

Color SW-UV Afterglow (254nm)

 

weiß

SW-UV Afterglow Intensity

schwach

Crystallography

Crystal System

tetragonal

Class (H-M)

4/mmm

Space Group number

128

Space Group

P4/mnc

Cell parameters a (Å)

8.978

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

15.83

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.763

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volume (ų)

1275.969

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

7.90(10),
7.82(10),
4.554(20),
3.965(100),
3.580(10),
2.990(70),
2.494(20),
1.588(30)

XRD chart Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

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

Morphology

Tafelige bis säulige, idiomorphe Kristalle; manchmal gestreift. Multiple Zwillinge.

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

4.75

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

340 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.3 - 2.4 / Durchschnittlich = 2.34

2.357 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ Säuren, Ultraschallbad!

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/North Carolina/Ashe Co./Ore Knob/Ore Knob Mine

Preface

Occurrences

Basalt-Geoden und Drusen

Associations

Zeolithe, Fluorapophyllit, Datolith, Pektolith, Gyrolith, Calcit

Rareness

Lokal häufig

Author (Name, Year)

Dunn & Rouse & Norberg, 1978

Additional Information

Bildet eine Serie mit Fluorapophyllit

References

American Mineralogist 63 (1978), 196

IMA group assignments

Other languages

German

Hydroxyapophyllit-(K)

Spanish

Hydroxyapophyllita-(K)

English

Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

Russian

Гидроксиапофиллит

old name

German

Apophyllit-(KOH)

Spanish

Apophyllita-(KOH)

English

Apophyllite-(KOH)

Spanish

Hidroxiapofilita

German

Hydroxyapophyllit

English

Hydroxyapophyllite

Alternative Name

Spanish

Hydroxyapophyllita

French

Hydroxyapophyllite

Russian

Апофиллит-(KOH)

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Hapo-K

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) ll7P5yKi3Eej2aa4CuG3zg
GUID (Global unique identifier) E7CF5E96-A222-47DC-A3D9-A6B80AE1B7CE
Database ID 1678