Mineralienatlas - Fossilienatlas
Colinowensite |
Collectors Summary
Color | dunkelblau, violett |
Streak color | violett |
Lustre | Glasglanz |
Hardness (Mohs) | 4 |
Cleavages | {001} sehr gut |
Solubility | nicht löslich in Säuren mit Ausnahme von Flusssäure |
Crystal System | tetragonal, I41/acd |
Chemism
Chemical formula |
BaCuSi2O6 |
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Chemical composition |
Barium, Kupfer, Silicium, Sauerstoff |
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Strunz 9th edition incl. updates |
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9: Silikate (Germanate) |
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Lapis Classification |
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VIII: SILIKATE |
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IMA status |
anerkannt - Neue Mineralien Feb. 2013; CNMNC Newsletter No. 15 |
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Mineral status |
anerkanntes Mineral |
Optical Properties
Optical Data Luminescence
keine Fluoreszenz |
Crystallography
Crystal Structure 3D
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Physical Properties
4 |
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4.236 (berechnet) |
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4.236 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas ) |
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{001} sehr gut |
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Instability |
nicht löslich in Säuren mit Ausnahme von Flusssäure |
(Co-)Type locality
(Co-)Type locality |
Südafrika/Nordkap (Northern Cape), Provinz/Kalahari Manganese Field/Hotazel/Wessel's Mine (Wessels Mine) |
Type material |
Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria |
Collection number of type material |
HS13.097 |
Preface
Name from |
Colin R. Owen, einem Mineralienhändler aus Somerset West, Südafrika |
Author (Name, Year) |
Branko Rieck (2013) |
References
Rieck, B. (2013) Colinowensite, IMA 2012-060. CNMNC Newsletter No. 15, February 2013, page 6; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 112. Lapis Jg. 41, Nr. 9 Sept. 2016, S. 45 Rieck, B., Pristacz, H., Giester, G. (2015) Colinowensite, BaCuSi2O6, a new mineral from the Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa and new data on wesselsite, SrCuSi4O10. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (7). 1769-1778 doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.7.04 |
Other languages
German |
Colinowensit |
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English |
Colinowensite |
Alternative Name
English |
Chinese purple |
sythetischer Colinowensit |
CNMNC (IMA)-Number
IMA 2012-060 |
CNMNC symbol
Symbol |
Cwn |
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IDs
GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) | 8ILrxRuxXEm2h-m5bLxdaw |
GUID (Global unique identifier) | C5EB82F0-B11B-495C-B687-E9B96CBC5D6B |
Database ID | 7453 |