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Ferrierite-Mg

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Ferrierit-Mg
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Größe: 20 mm; Fundort: Monastir, Cagliari, Sardinien (Sardegna), Italien
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Größe: 20 mm; Fundort: Monastir, Cagliari, Sardinien (Sardegna), Italien
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Ferrierit-Mg
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Ferrierit-Mg mit Heulandit
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Collectors Summary

Color farblos, weiß, rosa, orange, rot
Streak color weiß
Lustre Glasglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 3 - 3.5
Solubility +++ Säuren
Crystal System orthorhombisch, Immm

Chemism

Chemical formula

[Mg2(K,Na)2Ca0.5](Si29Al7)O72·18H2O

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Calcium, Magnesium, Natrium, Silicium, Kalium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 2618.3775995 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 166.5

Info

Empirical formula:

[Mg2(K0.75Na0.25)2Ca0.5](Si29Al7)O72·18H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

1.39

36

21.62

1.0079470

36.2860920
Oxygen

O

54.99

90

54.05

15.9994300

1,439.9487000
Sodium

Na

0.44

0.5

0.30

22.9897702

11.4948851
Magnesium

Mg

1.86

2

1.20

24.3050600

48.6101200
Aluminium

Al

7.21

7

4.20

26.9815382

188.8707674
Silicon

Si

31.11

29

17.42

28.0855300

814.4803700
Potassium

K

2.24

1.5

0.90

39.0983100

58.6474650
Calcium

Ca

0.77

0.5

0.30

40.0784000

20.0392000

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.GD.50

9: Silikate (Germanate)
G: Gerüstsilikate (Tektosilikate) mit zeolithischem H2O; Familie der Zeolithe
D: Ketten von fünfer-Ringen
50:Ferrierit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/J.22-005

VIII: SILIKATE
J: Gerüstsilikate (mit Zeolithen)
22: Zeolith-Gruppe; Faserzeolithe

Classification by Hölzel

9.FM.100

9: SILICATES
F: Tektosilicates
M: Mordenite-Group

Dana 8th edition

77.01.06.06

77: Tektosilicates Tectosilicate Zeolite group
01: Tektosilicates Tectosilicate Zeolite group true zeolites
06: Mordenite and related species

IMA status

anerkannt, Ferrierit-Mg representiert original Ferrierit; umbenannt vom Zeolith-Subkommittee

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Zeolite group  ⇒ FER zeolite structure group  ⇒ Ferrierite series

Optical Properties

Color

farblos, weiß, rosa, orange, rot

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent bis durchscheinend

Lustre

Glasglanz

max. Birefringence

0.004
Birefringence chart\! Ferrierite-Mg title=Birefringence chart Ferrierite-Mg

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

1.479

RI value β

1.480

RI value γ / ε

1.483

Ri mean

1.481

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 50°~

Crystallography

Crystal System

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mmm

Space Group number

71

Space Group

Immm

Cell parameters a (Å)

19.18

Cell parameters b (Å)

14.14

Cell parameters c (Å)

7.50

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.356

Cell parameters c/b

0.530

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

1

Volumne (ų)

2034.039

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

9.47(50),
7.07(40),
3.977(30),
3.943(30),
3.778(60),
3.537(100),
3.480(20),
3.313(30)
XRD chart Ferrierite-Mg

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

Hardness (Mohs)

3 - 3.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

130 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.06 - 2.23 (gemessen) 2.13 (berechnet)

2.137 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Kanada/British Columbia/Kamloops Mining Division/Kamloops Lake

Preface

Name from

Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865-1950), kanadischer Geologe

References

Mineralogical Magazine 50 (1986), 63.

American Mineralogist 71 (1986), 989.

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 178 (1987), 249-256.

American Mineralogist 80 (1995), 930.

Canadian Mineralogist 35 (1997), 1571.

IMA group assignments

Other languages

German

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Spanish

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English

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French

Ferrierite-Mg

Russian

Феррьерит-Mg

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Frr-Mg

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) ImIfl8yWCU6LI15G2YeOpg
GUID (Global unique identifier) 971F6222-96CC-4E09-8B23-5E46D9878EA6
Database ID 1139