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Sonolite (Sonolit)

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Sonolit
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin, New Jersey, USA. BB: 2,4mm; Ex. R. Feigl Sammlung
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Sonolit

Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin, New Jersey, USA. BB: 2,4mm; Ex. R. Feigl Sammlung
Copyright: Mabu
Contribution: Mabu 2019-02-02
Locality: Sterling Mine / Sterling Hill / Ogdensburg / Franklin Mining District / Sussex County / New Jersey / USA

Collectors Summary

Color dunkelbraun, dunkel rötlichbraun, rosa braun, rötlich orange
Hardness (Mohs) 5.5
Solubility +++ HCl
Crystal System monoklin, P21/a

Chemism

Chemical formula

Mn9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2

Chemical composition

Mangan, Silicium, Fluor, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 897.785716225 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 32.5

Info

Empirical formula:

Mn9(SiO4)4((OH)0.75F0.25)2

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

0.17

1.5

4.62

1.0079470

1.5119205
Oxygen

O

31.19

17.5

53.85

15.9994300

279.9900250
Fluorine

F

1.06

0.5

1.54

18.9984033

9.4992016
Silicon

Si

12.51

4

12.31

28.0855300

112.3421200
Manganese

Mn

55.07

9

27.69

54.9380499

494.4424491

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 27.60, MgO : 6.60, ZnO : 3.10, MnO : 60.40, F : 1.00, H2O : 1.60 (Ref: American Mineralogist 85)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.AF.55

9: Silikate (Germanate)
A: Inselsilikate (Nesosilikate)
F: Insel(Neso)silikate mit zusätzlichem Anionen; Kationen in [4], [5] und/oder nur [6] Koordination
55:Klinohumit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/B.04-110

VIII: SILIKATE
B: Inselsilikate mit tetraederfremden Anionen
4: Kationen in tetraedrischer oder oktaedrischer Koordination [4/6]; Humit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

9.AI.380

9: SILICATES
A: Nesosilicates
I: Nesosilicates with OH
3: Chondrodite-Group

Dana 8th edition

52.03.02d.03

52: Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O
03: Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O with cations in [6] coordination only
02d: Humite group (Clinohumite series)

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

dunkelbraun, dunkel rötlichbraun, rosa braun, rötlich orange

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent bis durchscheinend

max. Birefringence

0.026
Birefringence chart\! Sonolite title=Birefringence chart Sonolite

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

1.764

RI value β

1.779

RI value γ / ε

1.790

Ri mean

1.778

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 79°~

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

14

Space Group

P21/a

Cell parameters a (Å)

10.669

Cell parameters b (Å)

4.872

Cell parameters c (Å)

14.287

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

2.190

Cell parameters c/b

2.932

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

100.30

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volume (ų)

730.662

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.616(40),
2.869(100),
2.699(50),
2.651(70),
2.608(70),
2.504(40),
2.458(50),
1.743(100)
XRD chart Sonolite

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

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

5.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

530 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.82

4.08 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ HCl

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Japan/Honshū (Honschu), Insel/Kinki (Kansai), Region/Kyoto (Kyōto), Präfektur/Sohraku-gun/Sono Mine

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Yoshinaga, 1963

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 2 (1995), 743

Other languages

Spanish

Sonolita

French

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English

Sonolite

German

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Russian

Сонолит

Alternative Name

Sonolit

Japanese

園石

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Snl

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) lC_umOgQfEmz16Cop9grCQ
GUID (Global unique identifier) 98EE2F94-10E8-497C-B3D7-A0A8A7D82B09
Database ID 3571