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Kalinite (Kalinit)

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Kalinit
Silver Peak Range,Silver Peak District,Esmeralda County/Nevada USA; Größe 23 x 14 mm
Copyright: Haubi; Contribution: Haubi
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Location: USA/Nevada/Esmeralda Co./Silver Peak District
Mineral: Kalinite
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Kalinit

Silver Peak Range,Silver Peak District,Esmeralda County/Nevada USA; Größe 23 x 14 mm
Collection: Haubi
Copyright: Haubi
Contribution: Haubi 2017-09-26
Locality: Silver Peak District / Esmeralda Co. / Nevada / USA
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Kalinit
San Cataldo, Sizilien, Italien. Bildbreite 0,7 mm
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl; Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Location: Italien/Sizilien (Sicilia), Region/Caltanissetta, Provinz/San Cataldo
Mineral: Kalinite
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Kalinit

San Cataldo, Sizilien, Italien. Bildbreite 0,7 mm
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl 2019-06-16
Locality: San Cataldo / Caltanissetta, Provinz / Sizilien (Sicilia), Region / Italien

You find additional Kalinit specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color farblos, weiß
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 2.25
Solubility +++ H2O
Crystal System monoklin, C2/c

Chemism

Chemical formula

KAl(SO4)2·11 H2O

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Kalium, Sauerstoff, Schwefel, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 456.3748522 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 45

Info

Empirical formula:

KAl(SO4)2·11H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

4.86

22

48.89

1.0079470

22.1748340
Oxygen

O

66.61

19

42.22

15.9994300

303.9891700
Aluminium

Al

5.91

1

2.22

26.9815382

26.9815382
Sulfur

S

14.05

2

4.44

32.0655000

64.1310000
Potassium

K

8.57

1

2.22

39.0983100

39.0983100

Analysis wt%

K2O : 10.32, Al2O3 : 11.17, SO3 : 35.09, H2O : 43.42 (Ref: berechnet)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

7.CC.15

7: Sulfate (Selenate, Tellurate, Chromate, Molybdate, Wolframate)
C: Sulfate (Selenate, etc.) ohne weitere Anionen, mit H2O
C: Mit mittelgroßen und großen [Kationen]
15:Mendozit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VI/C.13-020

VI: SULFATE, CHROMATE, MOLYBDATE UND WOLFRAMATE
C: Wasserhaltige Sulfate, ohne fremde Anionen
13: Mittelgroße und sehr große Kationen

Classification by Hölzel

7.CD.285

7: SULFATES CHROMATES MOLYBDATES WOLFRAMATES
C: Sulfates (-Anions +Water)
D: Sulfates, C medium + large
2: Halotrichite-Group

IMA status

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

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

farblos, weiß

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent

max. Birefringence

0.028
Birefringence chart\! Kalinite title=Birefringence chart Kalinite

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

1.430

RI value β

1.452

RI value γ / ε

1.458

Ri mean

1.447

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 52°

Optical Data Luminescence

Luminescence

phosphoreszierend fluoreszierend

Color LW-UV (365nm)

  

weiß

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

15

Space Group

C2/c

Cell parameters a (Å)

19.91

Cell parameters b (Å)

9.27

Cell parameters c (Å)

8.304

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

2.148

Cell parameters c/b

0.896

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

98.78

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volumne (ų)

1514.674

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

9.55(60),
4.83(100),
4.32(100),
4.11(100),
3.48(100),
3.32(60),
2.670(60)
XRD chart Kalinite

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

Crystals 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

2.25

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

42 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

1.76

2.001 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ H2O

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Dana, 1868

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 5 (2003), 344

Other languages

Spanish

Calinita

German

Kalinit

French

Kalinite

English

Kalinite

Russian

Калинит

Alternative Name

German

Alumotrichit

Spanish

Alumotrichita

Alumotrichite

German

Kalinischer Alumsulphat

Spanish

Kalinita

Potash Alum

Potassalumite

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Kli

Locations with GPS information