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Alstonite (Alstonit)

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Alstonit
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Alstonit
Sechseckige bipyramidale farblose Kristalle auf Calcit , BB = 5,4 mm; Fundort: Dolyhir Quarry, Wethel, Old Radnor, Powys (Radnorshire), Wales, UK.
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: A032562, Donator: Neil Hubbard
Location: UK/Wales/Powys (Radnorshire)/Old Radnor/Wethel/Dolyhir Quarry
Mineral: Alstonite
Image: 1425326407
Rating: 9 (votes: 1)
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Alstonit (SNr: A032562)

Sechseckige bipyramidale farblose Kristalle auf Calcit , BB = 5,4 mm; Fundort: Dolyhir Quarry, Wethel, Old Radnor, Powys (Radnorshire), Wales, UK.
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2015-03-02
Locality: Dolyhir Quarry / Wethel / Old Radnor / Powys (Radnorshire) / Wales / UK
Alstonit xx
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Alstonit xx
Kristalle bis 3 mm; Fundort: Fallowfields Mine, Hexham, Northumberland, England, UK
Copyright: Peter Haas; Contribution: Mineralienatlas
Location: UK/England/Northumberland Co./Tyne Valley/Acomb/Fallowfield Mine
Mineral: Alstonite
Image: 1111085519
Rating: 7.67 (votes: 3)
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Alstonit xx

Kristalle bis 3 mm; Fundort: Fallowfields Mine, Hexham, Northumberland, England, UK
Copyright: Peter Haas
Contribution: Mineralienatlas 2005-03-17
Locality: Fallowfield Mine / Acomb / Tyne Valley / Northumberland Co. / England / UK
Alstonit
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Alstonit
Bildbreite: 3 mm, Fundort: Brownley Hill Mine, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, Cumbria, England, UK.
Copyright: Richard De Nul; Contribution: thdun5
Location: UK/England/Cumbria Co./Eden, District/Alston Moor, Parish/Nent Valley/Nenthead/Brownley Hill Mine
Mineral: Alstonite
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Alstonit

Bildbreite: 3 mm, Fundort: Brownley Hill Mine, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, Cumbria, England, UK.
Copyright: Richard De Nul
Contribution: thdun5 2010-04-16
Locality: Brownley Hill Mine / Nenthead / Nent Valley / Alston Moor, Parish / Eden, District / Cumbria Co. / England / UK
Alstonit
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Alstonit
Skalenoedrische farblose Kristalle, mehrfach Doppelender, Bildbreite: 12,9 mm, Fundort: Brownley Hill Mine, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, Cumbria, England, UK.
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: A011621, Donator: Manfred Seitz
Location: UK/England/Cumbria Co./Eden, District/Alston Moor, Parish/Nent Valley/Nenthead/Brownley Hill Mine
Mineral: Alstonite
Image: 1359660839
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Alstonit (SNr: A011621)

Skalenoedrische farblose Kristalle, mehrfach Doppelender, Bildbreite: 12,9 mm, Fundort: Brownley Hill Mine, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, Cumbria, England, UK.
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2013-01-31
Locality: Brownley Hill Mine / Nenthead / Nent Valley / Alston Moor, Parish / Eden, District / Cumbria Co. / England / UK
Alstonit
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Alstonit
Alstonit-Kristalle. Fundort: Fallowfield mine, Acomb, Northumberland, England. Bildhöhe: 1,3 mm.
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl; Contribution: raritätenjäger
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Location: UK/England/Northumberland Co./Tyne Valley/Acomb/Fallowfield Mine
Mineral: Alstonite
Image: 1402910816
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Alstonit

Alstonit-Kristalle. Fundort: Fallowfield mine, Acomb, Northumberland, England. Bildhöhe: 1,3 mm.
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Contribution: raritätenjäger 2014-06-16
Locality: Fallowfield Mine / Acomb / Tyne Valley / Northumberland Co. / England / UK
Alstonit xx auf Fluorit und Calcit
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Alstonit xx auf Fluorit und Calcit
Bildbreite 15mm; Fundort: Minerva Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Copyright: Alan Goldstein; Contribution: Mineralienatlas
Location: USA/Illinois/Hardin Co./Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District/Cave-in-Rock Sub-District/Cave-in-Rock/Minerva No. 1 Mine (Ozark Mahoning No.1)
Mineral: Alstonite
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Alstonit xx auf Fluorit und Calcit

Bildbreite 15mm; Fundort: Minerva Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Copyright: Alan Goldstein
Contribution: Mineralienatlas 2005-01-31
Locality: Minerva No. 1 Mine (Ozark Mahoning No.1) / Cave-in-Rock / Cave-in-Rock Sub-District / Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District / Hardin Co. / Illinois / USA

You find additional Alstonit specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color farblos, weiß, gräulich, cremfarben, rosa, usw.
Streak color weiß
Lustre Glasglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 4.00 - 4.50
Solubility +++ verdünnte Säuren
Crystal System trigonal, P31m

Chemism

Chemical formula

BaCa(CO3)2

Chemical composition

Barium, Calcium, Kohlenstoff, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 297.42424 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 10

Info

Empirical formula:

BaCa(CO3)2

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Carbon

C

8.08

2

20.00

12.0107800

24.0215600
Oxygen

O

32.28

6

60.00

15.9994300

95.9965800
Calcium

Ca

13.48

1

10.00

40.0784000

40.0784000
Barium

Ba

46.17

1

10.00

137.3277000

137.3277000

Analysis wt%

CaO : 17.60, SrO : 4.25, BaO : 48.54, CO2 : 29.41 (Ref: Dana, 7th ed. 2)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

5.AB.35

5: Carbonate (Carbonate, Nitrate)
A: Carbonate ohne weitere Anionen, ohne H2O
B: Alkali-Erden- (und andere M2*) Carbonate
35:Alstonit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

V/B.04-050

V: NITRATE, CARBONATE UND BORATE
B: Wasserfreie Carbonate [CO3] 2-, ohne fremde Anionen
4: Aragonit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

5.AC.255

5: CARBONATES NITRATES ARSENITES SULFITES SELENITES TELLURITES IODATES
A: Carbonates (-Anions -Water)
C: Carbonates: orthorhombic or monoclinic
2: Double Carbonates

Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals

11.05.04

11: Carbonates
05: Carbonates of Sr and Ba

Dana 8th edition

14.02.05.01

14: Anhydrous Carbonates
02: Anhydrous Carbonates with Compound Formula A+ B++ (CO3)2

IMA status

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

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

farblos, weiß, gräulich, cremfarben, rosa, usw.

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent, durchscheinend

Lustre

Glasglanz

max. Birefringence

0.146
Birefringence chart\! Alstonite title=Birefringence chart Alstonite

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

1.526

RI value β

1.671

RI value γ / ε

1.672

Ri mean

1.623

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 6° (gemessen) 9.5 (berechnet)

Orientation

X = c, Y = a, Z = b

Dispersion

Schwach, r > v

Optical Data Luminescence

Color LW-UV (365nm)

  

orangegelb

LW-UV Intensity

schwach

Color SW-UV (254nm)

  

gelblich weiß

SW-UV Intensity

schwach

LW-UV Other Colors

        

gelblich weiß, blassgelb, gelb, gelblich

SW-UV Other Colors

    

blassgelb, gelblich

Afterglow (Persistant Luminescence)

keine Daten

Crystallography

Crystal System

trigonal

Space Group

P31m

Cell parameters a (Å)

17.4360(6)

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

6.1295(2)

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.352

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

12

Volumne (ų)

1613.799

Kristall structure

Luca Bindi; Andrew C. Roberts; Cristian Biagioni: The crystal structure of alstonite, BaCa(CO3)2: an extraordinary example of ‘hidden’ complex twinning in large single crystals. Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 84, Nr. 5 (2020) S. 699-704.

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.55(100),
3.06(10),
2.835(10),
2.507(30),
2.050(20),
1.941(20),
1.846(10),
1.589(10)
XRD chart Alstonite

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

Crystals 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

4.00 - 4.50

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

230 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.707 (gemessen)

3.672 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ verdünnte Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

UK/England/Cumbria Co./Eden, District/Alston Moor, Parish/Nent Valley/Nenthead/Brownley Hill Mine

UK/England/Northumberland Co./Tyne Valley/Acomb/Fallowfield Mine

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Breithaupt, 1841

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 5 (2003), 8

Other languages

German

Alstonit

Spanish

Alstonita

English

Alstonite

French

Alstonite

Russian

Альстонит

Alternative Name

German

Bariumaragonit

Barytocalcite (of Johnston)

Bicalcareocarbonate of Barytes

Bicalcareocarbonate of Barytes

Bromlit

Spanish

Bromlita

English

Bromlite

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Asn

Locations with GPS information