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Ferro-edenite

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Ferro-Edenit
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Ferro-Edenit
Größe: 0,61 mm; Fundort: Hendersons Quarry, Ngongotaha, Region Bay Of Plenty, North Island, Neuseeland
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato; Contribution: Hg
Collection: Domenico Preite
Location: Neuseeland/North Island/Bay of Plenty, Region/Rotorua/Ngongotaha/Hendersons Quarry
Mineral: Ferro-edenite
Image: 1312884273
Rating: 8.44 (votes: 9)
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Ferro-Edenit

Größe: 0,61 mm; Fundort: Hendersons Quarry, Ngongotaha, Region Bay Of Plenty, North Island, Neuseeland
Collection: Domenico Preite
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Hg 2011-08-09
Locality: Hendersons Quarry / Ngongotaha / Rotorua / Bay of Plenty, Region / North Island / Neuseeland
Ferro-Edenit
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Ferro-Edenit
Größe: 3 mm; Fundort: Hendersons Quarry, Ngongotaha, Region Bay Of Plenty, North Island, Neuseeland
Copyright: Leonardus; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Neuseeland/North Island/Bay of Plenty, Region/Rotorua/Ngongotaha/Hendersons Quarry
Mineral: Ferro-edenite
Image: 1217349425
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Ferro-Edenit

Größe: 3 mm; Fundort: Hendersons Quarry, Ngongotaha, Region Bay Of Plenty, North Island, Neuseeland
Copyright: Leonardus
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2008-07-29
Locality: Hendersons Quarry / Ngongotaha / Rotorua / Bay of Plenty, Region / North Island / Neuseeland
Ferroedenit
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Ferroedenit
Braune am Ende farblose langprismatische Kristalle, BB 2,5 mm. Fundort: Hendersons Quarry, Ngongotaha, Region Bay Of Plenty, North Island, Neuseeland
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: A018637, Donator: Manfred Seitz
Location: Neuseeland/North Island/Bay of Plenty, Region/Rotorua/Ngongotaha/Hendersons Quarry
Mineral: Ferro-edenite
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Ferroedenit (SNr: A018637)

Braune am Ende farblose langprismatische Kristalle, BB 2,5 mm. Fundort: Hendersons Quarry, Ngongotaha, Region Bay Of Plenty, North Island, Neuseeland
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2010-12-12
Locality: Hendersons Quarry / Ngongotaha / Rotorua / Bay of Plenty, Region / North Island / Neuseeland
Ferrroedenit-Hornblende
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Ferrroedenit-Hornblende
Er ist mit 20 cm Höhe wohl der größte Ferroedenit-Zwillingskristall weltweit. Gewicht 4,660 kg Amphibol Gruppe.
Copyright: Heinz Dieter Müller (Dieter1); Contribution: Dieter1
Collection: Dunil Palitha Gunasekera
Location: Sri Lanka/Uva, Provinz
Mineral: Ferro-edenite, Hornblende
Encyclopedia: Sri Lanka
Image: 1204999255
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Ferrroedenit-Hornblende

Er ist mit 20 cm Höhe wohl der größte Ferroedenit-Zwillingskristall weltweit. Gewicht 4,660 kg Amphibol Gruppe.
Collection: Dunil Palitha Gunasekera
Copyright: Heinz Dieter Müller (Dieter1)
Contribution: Dieter1 2008-03-08
Locality: Uva, Provinz / Sri Lanka
Ferroedenit
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Ferroedenit
Braune langprismatische Kristalle mit Hämatit und Sanidin, BB 7 mm. Fundort: Hendersons Quarry, Ngongotaha, Region Bay Of Plenty, North Island, Neuseeland
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: B001015, Donator: Manfred Seitz
Location: Neuseeland/North Island/Bay of Plenty, Region/Rotorua/Ngongotaha/Hendersons Quarry
Mineral: Ferro-edenite
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Ferroedenit (SNr: B001015)

Braune langprismatische Kristalle mit Hämatit und Sanidin, BB 7 mm. Fundort: Hendersons Quarry, Ngongotaha, Region Bay Of Plenty, North Island, Neuseeland
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2010-12-12
Locality: Hendersons Quarry / Ngongotaha / Rotorua / Bay of Plenty, Region / North Island / Neuseeland

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Collectors Summary

Color dunkelgrün, schwarz
Streak color weiß
Lustre Glasglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 5 - 6
Crystal System monoklin, C2/m

Chemism

Chemical formula

NaCa2(Fe2+,Mg)5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2

Chemical composition

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

Unit weight: 952.5298574 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 42

Info

Empirical formula:

NaCa2(Fe0.75Mg0.25)5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

0.21

2

4.76

1.0079470

2.0158940
Oxygen

O

40.31

24

57.14

15.9994300

383.9863200
Sodium

Na

2.41

1

2.38

22.9897702

22.9897702
Magnesium

Mg

3.19

1.25

2.98

24.3050600

30.3813250
Aluminium

Al

2.83

1

2.38

26.9815382

26.9815382
Silicon

Si

20.64

7

16.67

28.0855300

196.5987100
Calcium

Ca

8.42

2

4.76

40.0784000

80.1568000
Iron

Fe

21.99

3.75

8.93

55.8452000

209.4195000

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.DE.15

9: Silikate (Germanate)
D: Ketten- und Bandsilikate (Inosilikate)
E: Ketten- und Bandsilikate mit 2-periodischen Doppelketten, Si4O11; Amphibol-Familie, Klinoamphibole
15:Amphibole: Ca > Na

Lapis Classification

VIII/F.10-100

VIII: SILIKATE
F: Ketten- und Bandsilikate
10: Zweierbänder [Si4O11] 6-; Amphibol-Gruppe; Ca2-Amphibole

Classification by Hölzel

9.DH.220

9: SILICATES
D: Inosilicates; ~[Si2O6]4--...2-Chain
H: Amphiboles; Calcic Amphiboles
2: Edenite-Group

Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals

16.22.04

16: Silicates Containing Aluminum and other Metals
22: Aluminosilicates of Fe, Ca and alkalis

Dana 8th edition

66.01.03a.11

66: Inosilicates Inosilicate Double-Width Unbranched Chains, W=2
01: Inosilicates Inosilicate Double-Width Unbranched Chains, W=2 with P=2 amphibole configuration
03a: Group 2, the calcic amphiboles

IMA status

anerkannt, Neudefinition vom Amphibol-Subkommittee (1978) als Edenit mit Fe2+ Dominanz

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Amphibole supergroup  ⇒ (OH,F,Cl)-dominant amphiboles  ⇒ Calcium amphiboles  ⇒ Edenite (Ed) amphiboles

Optical Properties

Color

dunkelgrün, schwarz

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent bis durchscheinend

Lustre

Glasglanz

max. Birefringence

0.020
Birefringence chart\! Ferro-edenite title=Birefringence chart Ferro-edenite

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

1.710

RI value γ / ε

1.730

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 20°

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

12

Space Group

C2/m

Cell parameters a (Å)

9.984

Cell parameters b (Å)

18.223

Cell parameters c (Å)

5.327

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.548

Cell parameters c/b

0.292

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

105.5

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volume (ų)

933.937

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

8.44(100),
3.320(80),
3.060(100),
2.720(80),
2.600(70),
2.550(80),
2.360(70),
2.180(70)
XRD chart Ferro-edenite

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

Crystals 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

5 - 6

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

530 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.42 (gemessen) 3.52 (berechnet)

3.387 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Kanada/Québec, Provinz/Côte-Nord, Region/Gros-Mécatina/La Tabatière/Baie-des-Moutons Syenitic Complex

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Lalonde & Martin, 1983

References

American Mineralogist 63 (1978), 1023.

Canadian Mineralogist 21 (1983), 81.

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony u.w.), 2 (1995), 247.

Canadian Mineralogist 35 (1997), 219.

American Mineralogist 91 (2006), 871.

IMA group assignments

Other languages

German

Ferro-Edenit

French

Ferro-Edenite

Spanish

Ferro-edenita

English

Ferro-edenite

Russian

Ферроэденит

Japanese

鉄ｴﾃﾞﾝ閃石

Simplified Chinese

铁浅闪石

Alternative Name

Ferro-edenitic-hornblende

English

Ferroedenite

Silicic-ferro-edenite

Simplified Chinese

铁淡闪石

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Fed

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) Jx_o1YcRlECONhpiL0Y6Hg
GUID (Global unique identifier) D5E81F27-1187-4094-8E36-1A622F463A1E
Database ID 1167