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Ginorite

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Ginorit

Weiße Ginorit-xx (ohne Maßstab) auf etwas dunklerer Matrix; FO: Death Valley, Inyo County, California, USA.

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Locality: Death Valley / Death Valley National Park / Inyo Co. / Kalifornien (California) / USA

Collectors Summary

Color weiß
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 3.5
Solubility +++ Säuren
Crystal System monoklin, P21/a

Chemism

Chemical formula

Ca2B14O23·8H2O

Chemical composition

Calcium, Bor, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 743.630082 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 63

Info

Empirical formula:

Ca2B14O23·8H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)

Hydrogen

H

2.17

16

25.40

1.0079470

16.1271520

Boron

B

20.35

14

22.22

10.8117000

151.3638000

Oxygen

O

66.70

31

49.21

15.9994300

495.9823300

Calcium

Ca

10.78

2

3.17

40.0784000

80.1568000

Analysis wt%

B2O3 : 63.64, CaO : 16.03, H2O : 20.16 (Ref: Mineralogical Magazine 52)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

6.FC.15

6: Borate
F: Hexaborate
C: Schicht(Phyllo)-Hexaborate
15:Ginorit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

V/K.07-010

V: NITRATE, CARBONATE UND BORATE
K: Schichtborate mit komplexen Baugruppen [Bx(O,OH)y]

Classification by Hölzel

6.FC.300

6: Borates
F: Hexaborates
C: Phyllohexaborates
3: Ginorite-Group - 6(3P+3T)+6(3P+3T)+2P (branched units, isotypes)

Dana 8th edition

26.06.07.01

26: Hydrated Borates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
06: Hydrated Borates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

weiß

Streak color

weiß

max. Birefringence

0.060

Birefringence chart\! Ginorite title=Birefringence chart Ginorite

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

1.517

RI value β

1.524

RI value γ / ε

1.577

Ri mean

1.539

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 42°

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

14

Space Group

P21/a

Cell parameters a (Å)

12.74

Cell parameters b (Å)

14.36

Cell parameters c (Å)

12.82

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.887

Cell parameters c/b

0.893

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

100.77

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volume (ų)

2304.06

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

7.18(100),
5.36(80),
4.68(20),
4.08(20),
3.90(30),
3.57(50),
3.28(50),
3.12(30)

XRD chart Ginorite

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

Crystals 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

3.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

130 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.08 (gemessen)

2.144 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ Säuren

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

D'Achiardi, 1934

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 5 (2003), 247

Other languages

German

Ginorit

Spanish

Ginorita

English

Ginorite

French

Ginorite

Russian

Джинорит

Traditional Chinese

水硼鈣石

Simplified Chinese

水硼钙石

Alternative Name

German

Cryptomorphit

Spanish

Cryptomorphita

English

Cryptomorphite

Cryptomorphite (of Chase)

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Gnr

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) w871_Nw-cUGdwqme7XLh4A
GUID (Global unique identifier) FCF5CEC3-3EDC-4171-9DC2-A99EED72E1E0
Database ID 1384