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Raite (Rait)

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Rait
Bildbreite: 3 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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Rait

Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebéc, Kanada
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Hg 2006-12-08
Locality: Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry; Uni-Mix Quarry; Desourdy Quarry) / Mont Saint-Hilaire / La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM / Montérégie, Region / Québec / Kanada
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Rait xx
Pegmatit "Jubileynaja",Mt.Karnasurt,Chibiny/Kola, Rußland; Bildbreite 3 cm
Copyright: Haubi; Contribution: Haubi
Collection: Haubi
Location: Russland/Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis/Murmansk, Oblast/Kola-Halbinsel/Lovozero/Karnasurt, Berg/Jubiläumspegmatit (Yubileinaya; Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja)
Mineral: Raite
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Rait xx

Pegmatit "Jubileynaja",Mt.Karnasurt,Chibiny/Kola, Rußland; Bildbreite 3 cm
Collection: Haubi
Copyright: Haubi
Contribution: Haubi 2013-06-19
Locality: Jubiläumspegmatit (Yubileinaya; Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja) / Karnasurt, Berg / Lovozero / Kola-Halbinsel / Murmansk, Oblast / Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis / Russland

Collectors Summary

Color Gold- bronzefarben, braun
Lustre Matt bis Glasglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 3
Solubility ++ HCl, HNO3, - H2O
Crystal System monoklin, C2/m
Morphology Radialstrahlige bis nadelige Kristalle bis 2 mm Länge und 0,02 - 0,04 mm Durchmesser

Chemism

Chemical formula

Na3Mn32+Ti0.254+[OH|Si4O10]2·10H2O

Chemical composition

Mangan, Natrium, Silicium, Titan, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 1004.5910693 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 68.25

Info

Empirical formula:

Na3Mn3Ti0.25[OHSi4O10]2·10H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

2.21

22

32.23

1.0079470

22.1748340
Oxygen

O

50.96

32

46.89

15.9994300

511.9817600
Sodium

Na

6.87

3

4.40

22.9897702

68.9693106
Silicon

Si

22.37

8

11.72

28.0855300

224.6842400
Titanium

Ti

1.19

0.25

0.37

47.8671000

11.9667750
Manganese

Mn

16.41

3

4.40

54.9380499

164.8141497

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 46.20, TiO2 : 3.11, Nb2O5 : 0.44, Fe2O3 : 1.86, MnO : 15.00, CaO : 1.24, Na2O : 11.24, H2O : 19.37, CO2 : 0.40 (Ref: Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 1904-1974 73)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.EE.55

9: Silikate (Germanate)
E: Schichtsilikate (Phyllosilikate)
E: Einfache tetrahedrale Netze aus sechsfach-Ringen, verbunden über octahedrale Netze oder Bänder
55:Rait-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/F.24-030

VIII: SILIKATE
F: Ketten- und Bandsilikate
24: Viererketten [Si4O12] 8-

Classification by Hölzel

9.EG.300

9: SILICATES
E: Phyllosilicates
G: Hydrated Micas
3: With Ti,Zr,Nb,Ta

Dana 8th edition

78.05.08.01

78: Unclassified Silicate Minerals
05: Unclassified silicates possible phyllosilicates

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

Gold- bronzefarben, braun

Lustre

Matt bis Glasglanz

max. Birefringence

0.010
Birefringence chart\! Raite title=Birefringence chart Raite

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

1.540

RI value β

1.542

RI value γ / ε

1.550

Ri mean

1.544

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 53°

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

12

Space Group

C2/m

Cell parameters a (Å)

15.1

Cell parameters b (Å)

17.6

Cell parameters c (Å)

5.29

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.858

Cell parameters c/b

0.301

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

100.5

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volumne (ų)

1382.329

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

11.4(100),
4.5(80),
2.939(100),
2.650(100),
2.482(60),
1.640(60),
1.575(60),
1.514(60)
XRD chart Raite

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

Morphology

Radialstrahlige bis nadelige Kristalle bis 2 mm Länge und 0,02 - 0,04 mm Durchmesser

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

3

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

83 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.39 (gemessen) 2.32 (kalkuliert )

2.413 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

++ HCl, HNO3, - H2O

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Russland/Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis/Murmansk, Oblast/Kola-Halbinsel/Lovozero/Karnasurt, Berg/Jubiläumspegmatit (Yubileinaya; Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja)

Preface

Occurrences

Aus Alkalipegmatiten des Lovozero-Massivs, Kola Halbinsel, Russland

Associations

Ägirin, Mountainit, Zorit, Natrolith

Rareness

selten

Author (Name, Year)

Mer'kov & Bussen & Goyko & Kul'chitskaya & Men'shikov & Nedorezova, 19

Additional Information

Farblich schöne Aggregate paragenetisch mit Zorit xx und Ägirin xx aus dem Jubiläumspegmatit, Lovozero. Ausgezeichnete Funde 1994 - 1995

References

Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 102 (1973), 54

Other languages

German

Rait

English

Raite

French

Raite

Spanish

Raíta

Russian

Раит

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1972-010

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Rai

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