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Ganophyllite

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Ganophyllit
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Ganophyllit
Ganophyllit neben Quarz, Aggregatgröße: 1,4 mm, Fundort: Grube Molinello, Genova, Ligurien, Italien
Copyright: Enrico Bonacina; Contribution: thdun5
Collection: Domenico Preite
Location: Italien/Ligurien (Liguria), Region/Genua (Genova), Metropolitanstadt/Ne/Val Graveglia/Miniera di Molinello
Mineral: Ganophyllite
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Ganophyllit

Ganophyllit neben Quarz, Aggregatgröße: 1,4 mm, Fundort: Grube Molinello, Genova, Ligurien, Italien
Collection: Domenico Preite
Copyright: Enrico Bonacina
Contribution: thdun5 2010-09-25
Locality: Miniera di Molinello / Val Graveglia / Ne / Genua (Genova), Metropolitanstadt / Ligurien (Liguria), Region / Italien
Ganophyllit
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Ganophyllit
Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: 3M quarry, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, USA
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Hg
Location: USA/Arkansas/Pulaski Co./Sweet Home/Granite-Mountain-Komplex/Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry)
Mineral: Ganophyllite
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Ganophyllit

Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: 3M quarry, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, USA
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Hg 2006-12-12
Locality: Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry) / Granite-Mountain-Komplex / Sweet Home / Pulaski Co. / Arkansas / USA
Ganophyllit
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Ganophyllit
Bildbreite: 6 mm, Fundort: Miniera Valgraveglia (Miniera Gambatesa), Reppia, Val Graveglia, Ne, Genova, Ligurien (Liguria), Italien.
Copyright: Luigi Chiappino; Contribution: thdun5
Location: Italien/Ligurien (Liguria), Region/Genua (Genova), Metropolitanstadt/Ne/Val Graveglia/Reppia/Miniera Valgraveglia (Gambatesa)
Mineral: Ganophyllite
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Ganophyllit

Bildbreite: 6 mm, Fundort: Miniera Valgraveglia (Miniera Gambatesa), Reppia, Val Graveglia, Ne, Genova, Ligurien (Liguria), Italien.
Copyright: Luigi Chiappino
Contribution: thdun5 2010-04-18
Locality: Miniera Valgraveglia (Gambatesa) / Reppia / Val Graveglia / Ne / Genua (Genova), Metropolitanstadt / Ligurien (Liguria), Region / Italien
Ganophyllit mit Willemit und Rhodonit
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Ganophyllit mit Willemit und Rhodonit
Größe: 54x48 mm; Fundort: Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Copyright: Rock Currier; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: USA/New Jersey/Sussex Co./Franklin Mining District/Franklin
Mineral: Ganophyllite
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Ganophyllit mit Willemit und Rhodonit

Größe: 54x48 mm; Fundort: Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Copyright: Rock Currier
Contribution: slugslayer 2010-12-04
Locality: Franklin / Franklin Mining District / Sussex Co. / New Jersey / USA
Ganophyllit
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Ganophyllit
Italien/Ligurien (Liguria), Region/Genua (Genova), Metropolitanstadt/Ne/Val Graveglia/Miniera di Molinello. Bildbreite 1,3 mm
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl; Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Location: Italien/Ligurien (Liguria), Region/Genua (Genova), Metropolitanstadt/Ne/Val Graveglia/Miniera di Molinello
Mineral: Ganophyllite
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Ganophyllit

Italien/Ligurien (Liguria), Region/Genua (Genova), Metropolitanstadt/Ne/Val Graveglia/Miniera di Molinello. Bildbreite 1,3 mm
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl 2020-10-14
Locality: Miniera di Molinello / Val Graveglia / Ne / Genua (Genova), Metropolitanstadt / Ligurien (Liguria), Region / Italien
Ganophyllit
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Ganophyllit
Italien/Ligurien (Liguria), Region/Genua (Genova), Metropolitanstadt/Ne/Val Graveglia/Miniera di Molinello. Bildbreite 1,3 mm
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl; Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Location: Italien/Ligurien (Liguria), Region/Genua (Genova), Metropolitanstadt/Ne/Val Graveglia/Miniera di Molinello
Mineral: Ganophyllite
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Ganophyllit

Italien/Ligurien (Liguria), Region/Genua (Genova), Metropolitanstadt/Ne/Val Graveglia/Miniera di Molinello. Bildbreite 1,3 mm
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl 2020-10-14
Locality: Miniera di Molinello / Val Graveglia / Ne / Genua (Genova), Metropolitanstadt / Ligurien (Liguria), Region / Italien

You find additional Ganophyllite specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color goldbraun
Streak color hellbraun
Hardness (Mohs) 4.25
Solubility +++ HCl
Crystal System monoklin, I2/a

Chemism

Chemical formula

(K,Na)xMn2+6(Si,Al)10O24(OH)4·nH2O {x = 1-2}{n = 7-11}

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Mangan, Natrium, Silicium, Kalium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 944.855827075 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 70.5

Info

Empirical formula:

(K0.75Na0.25)1.5M96(Si0.75Al0.25)10O24(OH)4·9H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

2.35

22

31.21

1.0079470

22.1748340
Oxygen

O

62.65

37

52.48

15.9994300

591.9789100
Sodium

Na

0.91

0.38

0.53

22.9897702

8.6211638
Aluminium

Al

7.14

2.5

3.55

26.9815382

67.4538455
Silicon

Si

22.29

7.5

10.64

28.0855300

210.6414750
Potassium

K

4.66

1.13

1.60

39.0983100

43.9855988

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.EG.30

9: Silikate (Germanate)
E: Schichtsilikate (Phyllosilikate)
G: Doppelnetze mit sechsfach-Ringen
30:Ganophyllit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/H.17-070

VIII: SILIKATE
H: Schichtsilikate
17: Glimmerartige Schicht-silikate mit Baugruppen [Si4O10] 4- und verwandte Strukturen;

Classification by Hölzel

9.EG.200

9: SILICATES
E: Phyllosilicates
G: Hydrated Micas
2: With Mn

Dana 8th edition

74.01.02.01

74: Phyllosilicates Phyllosilicate Modulated Layers
01: Phyllosilicates Phyllosilicate Modulated Layers with joined islands
02: Ganophyllite group

IMA status

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

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

goldbraun

Streak color

hellbraun

max. Birefringence

0.040
Birefringence chart\! Ganophyllite title=Birefringence chart Ganophyllite

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

1.573

RI value β

1.611

RI value γ / ε

1.613

Ri mean

1.599

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 20°~

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

15

Space Group

I2/a

Cell parameters a (Å)

5.550

Cell parameters b (Å)

13.539

Cell parameters c (Å)

25.134

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.41

Cell parameters c/b

1.856

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

93.93

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

3

Volumne (ų)

1884.164

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

12.53(100),
5.116(10),
4.180(10),
3.969(10),
3.463(10),
3.138(20),
2.980(10)
XRD chart Ganophyllite

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)

4.25

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

230 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.76

2.498 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ HCl

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Schweden/Värmland, Provinz/Filipstad, Gemeinde/Persberg/Pajsberg/Harstigen Mine

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Hamberg, 1890

References

American Mineralogist 88 (2003), 1324

Other languages

Spanish

Ganofilita

German

Ganophyllit

English

Ganophyllite

French

Ganophyllite

Russian

Ганофиллит

Simplified Chinese

辉叶石

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Gnp

Locations with GPS information