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Hilairite (Hilairit)

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Hilairit
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Hilairit
Bildbreite: 4 mm; Fundort Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebéc, Kanada
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Hg
Location: Kanada/Québec/Montérégie, Region/La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM/Mont Saint-Hilaire/Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry; Uni-Mix Quarry; Desourdy Quarry)
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Hilairit

Bildbreite: 4 mm; Fundort Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebéc, Kanada
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Hg 2006-12-07
Locality: Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry; Uni-Mix Quarry; Desourdy Quarry) / Mont Saint-Hilaire / La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM / Montérégie, Region / Québec / Kanada
Hilairit mit Labuntsovit-Mn
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Hilairit mit Labuntsovit-Mn
Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Region Montérégie, Québec, Kanada
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Hg
Location: Kanada/Québec/Montérégie, Region/La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM/Mont Saint-Hilaire/Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry; Uni-Mix Quarry; Desourdy Quarry)
Mineral: Hilairite
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Hilairit mit Labuntsovit-Mn

Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Region Montérégie, Québec, Kanada
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Hg 2014-10-31
Locality: Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry; Uni-Mix Quarry; Desourdy Quarry) / Mont Saint-Hilaire / La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM / Montérégie, Region / Québec / Kanada

You find additional Hilairit specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color hellbraun
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 4.25
Solubility ++ verdünnte HCl, - verdünnte H2SO4
Crystal System trigonal, R32

Chemism

Chemical formula

Na2ZrSi3O9·3H2O

Chemical composition

Natrium, Silicium, Zirconium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 419.5011724 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 24

Info

Empirical formula:

Na2ZrSi3O9·3H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

1.44

6

25.00

1.0079470

6.0476820
Oxygen

O

45.77

12

50.00

15.9994300

191.9931600
Sodium

Na

10.96

2

8.33

22.9897702

45.9795404
Silicon

Si

20.08

3

12.50

28.0855300

84.2565900
Zirconium

Zr

21.75

1

4.17

91.2242000

91.2242000

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 42.08, ZrO2 : 29.72, Na2O : 13.43, K2O : 0.52, H2O : 13.54 (Ref: Canadian Mineralogist 74)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.DM.10

9: Silikate (Germanate)
D: Ketten- und Bandsilikate (Inosilikate)
M: Ketten- und Bandsilikate mit 6-periodischen Einfachketten
10:Hilairit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/F.29-010

VIII: SILIKATE
F: Ketten- und Bandsilikate
29: Sechserketten [Si6O18] 12- und Sechserbänder [Si12O30] 12-

Classification by Hölzel

9.CA.200

9: SILICATES
C: Cyclosilicates
A: ~[Si3O9]6--Rings
2: Trigonal, with Ti,Zr,Sn Hilairite-Group

Dana 8th edition

59.02.03.01

59: Cyclosilicate Minerals
02: Cyclosilicates Cyclosilicate Three-Membered Rings hydrated
03: Hilairite group

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

hellbraun

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent

max. Birefringence

0.013
Birefringence chart\! Hilairite title=Birefringence chart Hilairite

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

1.609

RI value γ / ε

1.596

Ri mean

1.605

2V angle

Uniaxial (-)

Optical Data Luminescence

Color LW-UV (365nm)

  

gelblich weiß

Color SW-UV (254nm)

  

gelblich weiß

LW-UV Other Colors

  

gelblich grün

Afterglow (Persistant Luminescence)

keine Daten

Crystallography

Crystal System

trigonal

Class (H-M)

32

Space Group number

155

Space Group

R32

Cell parameters a (Å)

10.556

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

15.851

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.502

Cell parameters c/b

-

Z

6

Volumne (ų)

1529.629

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

6.00(60),
5.28(100),
3.168(50),
3.046(40),
2.994(30),
2.639(30),
2.027(30),
1.759(40)
XRD chart Hilairite

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)

2.72

2.732 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

++ verdünnte HCl, - verdünnte H2SO4

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Kanada/Québec/Montérégie, Region/La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM/Mont Saint-Hilaire

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Chao & Watkinson & Chen, 1974

References

Canadian Mineralogist 12 (1974), 237

Other languages

German

Hilairit

Spanish

Hilairita

French

Hilairite

English

Hilairite

Russian

Илерит

Traditional Chinese

三水鈉鋯石

Simplified Chinese

三水钠锆石

Alternative Name

Hilairite-(Ba)

Hilairite-(Ca)

Hilairite-(Pb)

Hilairite-(Rb)

Hilairite-(Sr)

Ilerite

Traditional Chinese

水矽鈉鋯石

Simplified Chinese

水硅钠锆石

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1972-019

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Hlr

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