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Saliotite (Saliotit)

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Collectors Summary

Color farblos, perlweiß
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 2.00 - 3.00
Cleavages vollkommen {001}
Fracture nicht unterscheidbar von den zugehörigen Schichtsilikaten
Crystal System monoklin, C2/m

Chemism

Chemical formula

Na0.5Li0.5Al3[(OH)5|AlSi3O10]

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Lithium, Natrium, Silicium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 452.1794129 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 28

Info

Empirical formula:

Na0.5Li0.5Al3[(OH)5AlSi3O10]

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

1.11

5

17.86

1.0079470

5.0397350
Lithium

Li

0.77

0.5

1.79

6.9412000

3.4706000
Oxygen

O

53.07

15

53.57

15.9994300

239.9914500
Sodium

Na

2.54

0.5

1.79

22.9897702

11.4948851
Aluminium

Al

23.87

4

14.29

26.9815382

107.9261528
Silicon

Si

18.63

3

10.71

28.0855300

84.2565900

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.EC.60

9: Silikate (Germanate)
E: Schichtsilikate (Phyllosilikate)
C: Schichtsilikate (Phyllosilikate) mit Glimmer Tafeln, zusammengesetzt aus tetrahedralen oder octahedralen Netzen
60:Corrensit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/H.18-007

VIII: SILIKATE
H: Schichtsilikate
18: Tonminerale, regulär geschichtet; Montmorillonit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

9.EH.150

9: SILICATES
E: Phyllosilicates
H: Interstratificated Micas
1: Monoclinic Rectorite-Group

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

farblos, perlweiß

Streak color

weiß

max. Birefringence

0.008
Birefringence chart\! Saliotite title=Birefringence chart Saliotite

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

1.584

RI value β

1.588

RI value γ / ε

1.592

Ri mean

1.588

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 40°

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

12

Space Group

C2/m

Cell parameters a (Å)

5.158

Cell parameters b (Å)

8.914

Cell parameters c (Å)

23.83

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.579

Cell parameters c/b

2.673

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

94.23

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volumne (ų)

1092.681

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

11.9(70),
4.75(50),
4.456(90),
4.325(90),
2.547(100),
2.476(70),
1.623(50),
1.486(90)
XRD chart Saliotite

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

Crystals 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

2.00 - 3.00

Density (g/cm³)

2.75 (berechnet)

2.749 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Cleavages

vollkommen {001}

Fracture

nicht unterscheidbar von den zugehörigen Schichtsilikaten

Tenacity

schwach

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Spanien/Andalusien (Andalucía)/Almería, Provinz/Sierra Alhamilla/Turrillas

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Goffé & Baronnet, 1994

References

European Journal of Mineralogy 6 (1994), 897

Other languages

German

Saliotit

Spanish

Saliotita

French

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English

Saliotite

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1990-018

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Sal