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Cascandite (Cascandit)

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Cascandit
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Cascandit
Bildbreite: 2,5 mm; Fundort: Seula Mine, Monte Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemont, Italien
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Hg
Location: Italien/Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz/Baveno/Oltrefiume/Monte Camoscio/Montecatini-Steinbruch (Seula Mine)
Mineral: Cascandite
Image: 1413194498
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Cascandit

Bildbreite: 2,5 mm; Fundort: Seula Mine, Monte Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemont, Italien
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Hg 2014-10-13
Locality: Montecatini-Steinbruch (Seula Mine) / Monte Camoscio / Oltrefiume / Baveno / Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz / Piemont (Piemonte), Region / Italien
Cascandit
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Cascandit
Größe: 1,11 mm; Fundort: Seula Mine, Monte Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemont, Italien
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato; Contribution: Hg
Location: Italien/Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz/Baveno/Oltrefiume/Monte Camoscio/Montecatini-Steinbruch (Seula Mine)
Mineral: Cascandite
Image: 1286059911
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Cascandit

Größe: 1,11 mm; Fundort: Seula Mine, Monte Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemont, Italien
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Hg 2010-10-03
Locality: Montecatini-Steinbruch (Seula Mine) / Monte Camoscio / Oltrefiume / Baveno / Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz / Piemont (Piemonte), Region / Italien
Cascandit mit Fluorit
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Cascandit mit Fluorit
Bildbreite: 2,93 mm; Fundort: Seula Mine, Monte Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemont, Italien
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato; Contribution: Hg
Location: Italien/Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz/Baveno/Oltrefiume/Monte Camoscio/Montecatini-Steinbruch (Seula Mine)
Mineral: Cascandite, Fluorite
Image: 1286059982
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Cascandit mit Fluorit

Bildbreite: 2,93 mm; Fundort: Seula Mine, Monte Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemont, Italien
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Hg 2010-10-03
Locality: Montecatini-Steinbruch (Seula Mine) / Monte Camoscio / Oltrefiume / Baveno / Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz / Piemont (Piemonte), Region / Italien
Cascandit
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Cascandit
Größe: 0,18 mm; Fundort: Seula Mine, Monte Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemont, Italien
Copyright: Enrico Bonacina; Contribution: Hg
Location: Italien/Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz/Baveno/Oltrefiume/Monte Camoscio/Montecatini-Steinbruch (Seula Mine)
Mineral: Cascandite
Image: 1321541995
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Cascandit

Größe: 0,18 mm; Fundort: Seula Mine, Monte Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemont, Italien
Copyright: Enrico Bonacina
Contribution: Hg 2011-11-17
Locality: Montecatini-Steinbruch (Seula Mine) / Monte Camoscio / Oltrefiume / Baveno / Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz / Piemont (Piemonte), Region / Italien
Cascandit
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Cascandit
Kristallgröße: 1,2 mm, Fundort: Seula Mine, Monte Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemont, Italien
Copyright: Luigi Chiappino; Contribution: thdun5
Location: Italien/Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz/Baveno/Oltrefiume/Monte Camoscio/Montecatini-Steinbruch (Seula Mine)
Mineral: Cascandite
Image: 1275221372
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Cascandit

Kristallgröße: 1,2 mm, Fundort: Seula Mine, Monte Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemont, Italien
Copyright: Luigi Chiappino
Contribution: thdun5 2010-05-30
Locality: Montecatini-Steinbruch (Seula Mine) / Monte Camoscio / Oltrefiume / Baveno / Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz / Piemont (Piemonte), Region / Italien
Cascandit
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Cascandit
Größe: 3,05 mm; Fundort: Seula Mine, Monte Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemont, Italien
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato; Contribution: Hg
Collection: Domenico Preite
Location: Italien/Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz/Baveno/Oltrefiume/Monte Camoscio/Montecatini-Steinbruch (Seula Mine)
Mineral: Cascandite
Image: 1315907393
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Cascandit

Größe: 3,05 mm; Fundort: Seula Mine, Monte Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemont, Italien
Collection: Domenico Preite
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Hg 2011-09-13
Locality: Montecatini-Steinbruch (Seula Mine) / Monte Camoscio / Oltrefiume / Baveno / Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz / Piemont (Piemonte), Region / Italien

Collectors Summary

Color hellrosa
Streak color weiß
Crystal System triklin, C1

Chemism

Chemical formula

Ca(Sc,Fe2+)Si3O8(OH)

Chemical composition

Calcium, Eisen, Scandium, Silicium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 317.0160401 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 15

Info

Empirical formula:

Ca(Sc0.75Fe0.25)Si3O8(OH)

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

0.32

1

6.67

1.0079470

1.0079470
Oxygen

O

45.42

9

60.00

15.9994300

143.9948700
Silicon

Si

26.58

3

20.00

28.0855300

84.2565900
Calcium

Ca

12.64

1

6.67

40.0784000

40.0784000
Scandium

Sc

10.64

0.75

5.00

44.9559108

33.7169331
Iron

Fe

4.40

0.25

1.67

55.8452000

13.9613000

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 51.83, Sc2O3 : 14.74, FeO : 4.50, MnO : 2.32, CaO : 16.83, H2O : 2.59 (Ref: American Mineralogist 82)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.DG.05

9: Silikate (Germanate)
D: Ketten- und Bandsilikate (Inosilikate)
G: Ketten- und Bandsilikate mit 3-periodischen Einfach- und Mehrfachketten
05:Wollastonit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/F.18-050

VIII: SILIKATE
F: Ketten- und Bandsilikate
18: Dreierketten [Si3O9] 6-

Classification by Hölzel

9.DM.270

9: SILICATES
D: Inosilicates; ~[Si2O6]4--...2-Chain
M: ~[Si3O9]6--...3-Chain, ~[Si6O15]6-
2: Pektolite-Group

Dana 8th edition

65.02.01.06

65: Inosilicate Minerals
02: Inosilicates Inosilicate Single-Width Unbranched Chains, W=1 with chains P=3
01: Wollastonite group

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

hellrosa

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent

RI value α / ω / n

1.663

RI value γ / ε

1.684

2V angle

Biaxial

Crystallography

Crystal System

triklin

Class (H-M)

1

Space Group number

2

Space Group

C1

Cell parameters a (Å)

9.791

Cell parameters b (Å)

10.420

Cell parameters c (Å)

7.076

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.940

Cell parameters c/b

0.679

Cell parameters α

98.92

Cell parameters β

102.63

Cell parameters γ

84.17

Z

4

Volumne (ų)

694.204

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

7.22(20),
6.75(20),
4.46(20),
3.84(20),
3.62(50),
3.10(50),
2.968(50),
2.821(100)
XRD chart Cascandite

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

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Density (g/cm³)

3.01

3.033 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Italien/Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz/Omegna/Cava Diverio

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Mellini & Merlino & Orlandi & Rinaldi, 1982

References

American Mineralogist 67 (1982), 599

Other languages

German

Cascandit

Spanish

Cascandita

English

Cascandite

French

Cascandite

Russian

Каскандит

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1980-011

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Cas

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