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Kalistrontite (Kalistrontit)

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Kalkberg bei Lüneburg/Niedersachsen; Bildbreite ca.2,5 mm
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Kalkberg bei Lüneburg/Niedersachsen; Bildbreite ca.2,5 mm

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Locality: Kalkberg (Gipsbrüche) / Lüneburg / Lüneburg, Landkreis / Niedersachsen / Deutschland
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Bildbreite ca.4mm, alter Fund vom Kalkberg, Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, DE
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Location: Deutschland/Niedersachsen/Lüneburg, Landkreis/Lüneburg/Kalkberg (Gipsbrüche)
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Kalistrontit

Bildbreite ca.4mm, alter Fund vom Kalkberg, Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, DE

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Locality: Kalkberg (Gipsbrüche) / Lüneburg / Lüneburg, Landkreis / Niedersachsen / Deutschland
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Bildbreite ca.2mm, alter Fund vom Kalkberg, Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, DE
Copyright: harzer; Contribution: harzer
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Location: Deutschland/Niedersachsen/Lüneburg, Landkreis/Lüneburg/Kalkberg (Gipsbrüche)
Mineral: Kalistrontite
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Kalistrontit

Bildbreite ca.2mm, alter Fund vom Kalkberg, Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, DE

Collection: harzer
Copyright: harzer
Contribution: harzer 2021-08-17
Locality: Kalkberg (Gipsbrüche) / Lüneburg / Lüneburg, Landkreis / Niedersachsen / Deutschland

Collectors Summary

Color farblos
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 2
Solubility +++ warme HCl, - H2O
Crystal System trigonal, R3m

Chemism

Chemical formula

K2Sr(SO4)2

Chemical composition

Strontium, Kalium, Sauerstoff, Schwefel

Unit weight: 357.94406 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 13

Info

Empirical formula:

K2Sr(SO4)2

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)

Oxygen

O

35.76

8

61.54

15.9994300

127.9954400

Sulfur

S

17.92

2

15.38

32.0655000

64.1310000

Potassium

K

21.85

2

15.38

39.0983100

78.1966200

Strontium

Sr

24.48

1

7.69

87.6210000

87.6210000

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

7.AD.40

7: Sulfate (Selenate, Tellurate, Chromate, Molybdate, Wolframate)
A: Sulfate (Selenate, etc.) ohne weitere Anionen, ohne H2O
D: Mit ausschließlich großen Kationen
40:Palmierit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VI/A.08-020

VI: SULFATE, CHROMATE, MOLYBDATE UND WOLFRAMATE
A: Wasserfreie Sulfate [SO4] 2-, ohne fremde Anionen
8: Sehr große Kationen

Classification by Hölzel

7.AC.600

7: SULFATES CHROMATES MOLYBDATES WOLFRAMATES
A: Sulfates (-Anions -Water)
C: Sulfates, C large

Dana 8th edition

28.04.03.02

28: Sulfate Minerals
04: Anhydrous Acid and Sulfates with miscellaneous formulae

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

Palmierite supergroup  ⇒ Palmierite group

Optical Properties

Color

farblos

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent

max. Birefringence

0.020

Birefringence chart\! Kalistrontite title=Birefringence chart Kalistrontite

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

1.569

RI value γ / ε

1.549

Ri mean

1.562

2V angle

Uniaxial (-)

Crystallography

Crystal System

trigonal

Class (H-M)

3m

Space Group number

166

Space Group

R3m

Cell parameters a (Å)

5.46

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

20.7

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

3.791

Cell parameters c/b

-

Z

3

Volume (ų)

534.424

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.12(100),
2.73(80),
2.06(60),
2.05(50),
1.904(90),
1.236(80),
1.109(60),
1.041(70)

XRD chart Kalistrontite

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

Crystals 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

2

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

32 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.2

3.336 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ warme HCl, - H2O

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Voronova, 1962

References

Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 91 (1962), 712

IMA group assignments

Other languages

Spanish

Calistrontita

German

Kalistrontit

French

Kalistrontite

English

Kalistrontite

Russian

Калистронцит

Simplified Chinese

钾锶矾

Alternative Name

Spanish

Kalistrontita

Simplified Chinese

硫锶钾石

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Kst

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) bil-t6dzOEyNai3FBikEMA
GUID (Global unique identifier) B77E296E-73A7-4C38-8D6A-2DC506290430
Database ID 1848