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Olenite

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Elbait
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Elbait
Mehrfarbiger, langprismatischer Elbaitkristall in Verwachsung mit Olenit (orange Kappe) aus dem Pegmatit von Wolkenburg. Größe etwa 13 mm.
Copyright: Klaus Schäfer; Contribution: Klaus Schäfer
Collection: Klaus Schäfer, Collection number: SyS-Elbait-1-1-1
Location: Deutschland/Sachsen/Zwickau, Landkreis/Limbach-Oberfrohna/Wolkenburg/Pegmatitgang
Mineral: Elbaite, Olenite
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Elbait (SNr: SyS-Elbait-1-1-1)

Mehrfarbiger, langprismatischer Elbaitkristall in Verwachsung mit Olenit (orange Kappe) aus dem Pegmatit von Wolkenburg. Größe etwa 13 mm.
Collection: Klaus Schäfer
Copyright: Klaus Schäfer
Contribution: Klaus Schäfer 2017-11-01
Locality: Pegmatitgang / Wolkenburg / Limbach-Oberfrohna / Zwickau, Landkreis / Sachsen / Deutschland
Olenit
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Olenit
Fundort: Grube Clara, Wolfach, Schwarzwald, Deutschland; Bildbreite: 8 mm
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Hg
Location: Deutschland/Baden-Württemberg/Freiburg, Bezirk/Ortenaukreis/Oberwolfach/Grube Clara
Mineral: Olenite
Image: 1182949409
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Olenit

Fundort: Grube Clara, Wolfach, Schwarzwald, Deutschland; Bildbreite: 8 mm
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Hg 2007-06-27
Locality: Grube Clara / Oberwolfach / Ortenaukreis / Freiburg, Bezirk / Baden-Württemberg / Deutschland
Olenit
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Olenit
Blaue Olenit-Körner (1 mm) mit rosa Elbait in Trilithionit; Stufengröße: 2,3 x 1,4 cm; Fundort: Olenjok, Kola-Halbinsel, Russland;
Copyright: McSchuerf; Contribution: Mineralienatlas
Collection: McSchuerf
Location: Russland/Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis/Murmansk, Oblast/Kola-Halbinsel/Voron'i Tundry/Olenii (Oleny)-Gebiet
Mineral: Olenite
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Olenit

Blaue Olenit-Körner (1 mm) mit rosa Elbait in Trilithionit; Stufengröße: 2,3 x 1,4 cm; Fundort: Olenjok, Kola-Halbinsel, Russland;
Collection: McSchuerf
Copyright: McSchuerf
Contribution: Mineralienatlas 2005-03-12
Locality: Olenii (Oleny)-Gebiet / Voron'i Tundry / Kola-Halbinsel / Murmansk, Oblast / Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis / Russland
Olenit
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Olenit
Olenit auf Albit, Bildbreite: 5 mm, Fundort: Oleny, Voron'i Tundry, Kola-Halbinsel, Murmansk, Russland
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov; Contribution: thdun5
Location: Russland/Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis/Murmansk, Oblast/Kola-Halbinsel/Voron'i Tundry/Olenii (Oleny)-Gebiet
Mineral: Olenite
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Olenit

Olenit auf Albit, Bildbreite: 5 mm, Fundort: Oleny, Voron'i Tundry, Kola-Halbinsel, Murmansk, Russland
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov
Contribution: thdun5 2013-02-14
Locality: Olenii (Oleny)-Gebiet / Voron'i Tundry / Kola-Halbinsel / Murmansk, Oblast / Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis / Russland
Olenit
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Olenit
Curiglia, Val Veddasca, Varese Provinz, Lombardei, Italien, BB 9,0mm
Copyright: Lutz Happich; Contribution: Tutzing
Collection: Lutz Happich
Location: Italien/Lombardei (Lombardia), Region
Mineral: Olenite
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Olenit

Curiglia, Val Veddasca, Varese Provinz, Lombardei, Italien, BB 9,0mm
Collection: Lutz Happich
Copyright: Lutz Happich
Contribution: Tutzing 2017-03-15
Locality: Lombardei (Lombardia), Region / Italien

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Collectors Summary

Color hellrosa, bläulich
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 6
Crystal System trigonal, R3m

Chemism

Chemical formula

NaAl3Al6(BO3)3(Si6O18)(O,OH)4

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Natrium, Silicium, Bor, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 963.762171 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 51

Info

Empirical formula:

NaAl3Al6(BO3)3(Si6O18)(O0.75(OH)0.25)4

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

0.10

1

1.96

1.0079470

1.0079470
Boron

B

3.37

3

5.88

10.8117000

32.4351000
Oxygen

O

51.46

31

60.78

15.9994300

495.9823300
Sodium

Na

2.39

1

1.96

22.9897702

22.9897702
Aluminium

Al

25.20

9

17.65

26.9815382

242.8338438
Silicon

Si

17.48

6

11.76

28.0855300

168.5131800

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 36.86, Al2O3 : 46.43, MnO : 0.49, Na2O : 1.60, B2O3 : 10.90, H2O : 1.36 (Ref: Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 1904-1974 86)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.CK.05

9: Silikate (Germanate)
C: Ringsilikate (Cyclosilikate)
K: ~[Si6O18]12- sechser-Einfachringe, mit inselartig, komplexe [Anionen]
05:

Lapis Classification

VIII/E.19-060

VIII: SILIKATE
E: Ringsilikate
19: Sechserringe [Si6O18] 12-; Turmalin-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

9.CE.250

9: SILICATES
C: Cyclosilicates
E: Tourmaline-Group
2: Alkali Tourmalines with V3 W = (OH)3 F or O3 F or (OH)3 O

Dana 8th edition

61.03d.01.07

61: Cyclosilicates Cyclosilicate Six-Membered Rings
03d: Cyclosilicates Cyclosilicate Six-Membered Rings with borate groups (Lithian Tourmaline Subgroup)
01: Elbaite Subgroup

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Tourmaline supergroup  ⇒ Alkali-Tourmaline group  ⇒ Tourmaline Alkali-subgroup 5

Optical Properties

Color

hellrosa, bläulich

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

durchscheinend

max. Birefringence

0.019
Birefringence chart\! Olenite title=Birefringence chart Olenite

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

1.654

RI value γ / ε

1.635

Ri mean

1.648

2V angle

Uniaxial (-)

Optical Data Luminescence

Luminescence

keine Fluoreszenz bekannt

Crystallography

Crystal System

trigonal

Class (H-M)

3m

Space Group number

160

Space Group

R3m

Cell parameters a (Å)

15.803

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

7.086

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.448

Cell parameters c/b

-

Z

3

Volume (ų)

1532.537

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

6.33(30),
4.18(40),
3.95(70),
3.43(80),
3.394(70),
2.924(30),
2.551(100),
2.021(30)
XRD chart Olenite

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)

6

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

676 (100g)

Density (g/cm³)

3.01

3.133 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Russland/Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis/Murmansk, Oblast/Kola-Halbinsel/Voron'i Tundry/Olenii (Oleny)-Gebiet

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Sokolov & Gorskaya & Gordienko & Petrova & Kretser, 1986

References

Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 115 (1986), 119

IMA group assignments

 
Tourmaline supergroup
 
trigonal
R3m

 
 
Alkali-Tourmaline group
 
 
 

 
 
 
Tourmaline Alkali-subgroup 5
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Fluor-Buergerite
NaFe3+3Al6(BO3)3Si6O21F
trigonal
R3m

 
 
 
 
Olenite
NaAl3Al6(BO3)3(Si6O18)(O,OH)4
trigonal
R3m

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Olenit

Spanish

Olenita

French

Olenite

English

Olenite

Russian

Оленит

Alternative Name

Japanese

オーレン電気石

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1985-006

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Ole

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) zAWSa-3UTUC5pkIwWMX0XQ
GUID (Global unique identifier) 6B9205CC-D4ED-404D-B9A6-423058C5F45D
Database ID 2814