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Spurrite (Spurrit)

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Spurrit
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Spurrit
Fundort: Fuka Mine, Bitchu-cho, Takahashi, Okayama Präfektur, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan; Größe: 50x25x50 mm
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: Japan/Honshu/Chugoku, Region/Okayama, Präfektur/Takahashi/Bitchu (Bicchu)/Fuka Mine
Mineral: Spurrite
Image: 1229108071
Rating: 8.5 (votes: 2)
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Spurrit

Fundort: Fuka Mine, Bitchu-cho, Takahashi, Okayama Präfektur, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan; Größe: 50x25x50 mm
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov
Contribution: slugslayer 2008-12-12
Locality: Fuka Mine / Bitchu (Bicchu) / Takahashi / Okayama, Präfektur / Chugoku, Region / Honshu / Japan
Spurrit
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Spurrit
Größe: 60x38 mm; Fundort: Negra Mine, Maconi, Municipio de Cadereyta, Queretaro, Mexiko
Copyright: John Sobolewski; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: Mexiko/Queretaro/Cadereyta, Municipio/Maconi/Negra Mine
Mineral: Spurrite
Image: 1276440947
Rating: 6 (votes: 1)
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Spurrit

Größe: 60x38 mm; Fundort: Negra Mine, Maconi, Municipio de Cadereyta, Queretaro, Mexiko
Copyright: John Sobolewski
Contribution: slugslayer 2010-06-13
Locality: Negra Mine / Maconi / Cadereyta, Municipio / Queretaro / Mexiko
Spurrit
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Spurrit
FO: South Sisters Peak, Luna, New Mexico, USA; Größe: 45x37 mm
Copyright: rtbstone; Contribution: rtbstone
Collection: rtbstone
Location: USA/New Mexico/Luna Co./Tres Hermanas District/South Sisters Peak
Mineral: Spurrite
Image: 1203860331
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Spurrit

FO: South Sisters Peak, Luna, New Mexico, USA; Größe: 45x37 mm
Collection: rtbstone
Copyright: rtbstone
Contribution: rtbstone 2008-02-24
Locality: South Sisters Peak / Tres Hermanas District / Luna Co. / New Mexico / USA
Spurrit (weiße Rissfüllung)
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Spurrit (weiße Rissfüllung)
Japan/Honshu/Chugoku, Region/Okayama, Präfektur/Takahashi/Bitchu (Bicchu)/Fuka Mine. Bildbreite 1,3 mm
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl; Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Location: Japan/Honshu/Chugoku, Region/Okayama, Präfektur/Takahashi/Bitchu (Bicchu)/Fuka Mine
Mineral: Spurrite
Image: 1568629229
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Spurrit (weiße Rissfüllung)

Japan/Honshu/Chugoku, Region/Okayama, Präfektur/Takahashi/Bitchu (Bicchu)/Fuka Mine. Bildbreite 1,3 mm
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl 2019-09-16
Locality: Fuka Mine / Bitchu (Bicchu) / Takahashi / Okayama, Präfektur / Chugoku, Region / Honshu / Japan
Spurrit (violett) und Hillebrandit (grau-weiß)
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Spurrit (violett) und Hillebrandit (grau-weiß)
⚒ Fuka, Bitchu, Takahashi, Okayama, Präfektur, Chugoku, Honshu, JP. BB=5cm.
Copyright: Doc Diether; Contribution: Doc Diether
Collection: Doc Diether
Location: Japan/Honshu/Chugoku, Region/Okayama, Präfektur/Takahashi/Bitchu (Bicchu)/Fuka Mine
Mineral: Hillebrandite, Spurrite
Image: 1676486645
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Spurrit (violett) und Hillebrandit (grau-weiß)

⚒ Fuka, Bitchu, Takahashi, Okayama, Präfektur, Chugoku, Honshu, JP. BB=5cm.
Collection: Doc Diether
Copyright: Doc Diether
Contribution: Doc Diether 2023-02-15
Locality: Fuka Mine / Bitchu (Bicchu) / Takahashi / Okayama, Präfektur / Chugoku, Region / Honshu / Japan

You find additional Spurrit specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color grau, grauweiß, lilagrau
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 5
Solubility +++ Säuren, Feuchte!: Aufbewahren in einem geschlossenen Behälter
Crystal System monoklin, P21/a

Chemism

Chemical formula

Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3)

Chemical composition

Calcium, Silicium, Kohlenstoff, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 444.56757 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 19

Info

Empirical formula:

Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3)

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Carbon

C

2.70

1

5.26

12.0107800

12.0107800
Oxygen

O

39.59

11

57.89

15.9994300

175.9937300
Silicon

Si

12.63

2

10.53

28.0855300

56.1710600
Calcium

Ca

45.08

5

26.32

40.0784000

200.3920000

Analysis wt%

CaO : 63.07, CO2 : 9.90, SiO2 : 27.03 (Ref: berechnet)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.AH.15

9: Silikate (Germanate)
A: Inselsilikate (Nesosilikate)
H: Insel(Neso)silikate mit CO3, SO4, PO4, etc.
15:

Lapis Classification

VIII/B.22-050

VIII: SILIKATE
B: Inselsilikate mit tetraederfremden Anionen
22: Kationen mit Koordinationszahlen zwischen [8] und [12]

Classification by Hölzel

9.AJ.530

9: SILICATES
A: Nesosilicates
J: Nesosilicates with other complex Anions
5: C large

Dana 8th edition

53.01.01.01

53: Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and Other Anions of Complex Cations
01: Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and Other Anions of Complex Cations with (CO3)

IMA status

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

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

grau, grauweiß, lilagrau

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent bis durchscheinend

max. Birefringence

0.039
Birefringence chart\! Spurrite title=Birefringence chart Spurrite

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

1.640

RI value β

1.674

RI value γ / ε

1.679

Ri mean

1.664

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 40°

Optical Data Luminescence

Luminescence

fluoreszierend

Color LW-UV (365nm)

  

weiß

Color SW-UV (254nm)

  

weiß

Afterglow (Persistant Luminescence)

keine Daten

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

14

Space Group

P21/a

Cell parameters a (Å)

10.467

Cell parameters b (Å)

6.705

Cell parameters c (Å)

14.138

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.561

Cell parameters c/b

2.109

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

101.12

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volumne (ų)

973.594

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.81(30),
3.019(60),
2.701(100),
2.663(50),
2.635(70),
2.609(30),
2.170(40),
1.901(30)
XRD chart Spurrite

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

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

390 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3

3.033 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ Säuren, Feuchte!: Aufbewahren in einem geschlossenen Behälter

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Mexiko/Durango/Cuencamé, Municipio/Velardeña/Terneras Mine

Preface

Occurrences

Metamorph (metasomatisch) in Kalk- und Dolomit-Skarnen.

Associations

Åkermanit, Larnit, Merwinit.

Author (Name, Year)

Wright, 1908

References

  • Canadian Mineralogist 43 (2005), 1489
  • DEER, HOWIE, ZUSSMAN (1986), Rock Forming Minerals: Disilicates and Ring Silicates, Longman Scientific, 322

Other languages

German

Spurrit

Spanish

Spurrita

French

Spurrite

English

Spurrite

Russian

Сперрит

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Spu

Rock part of

Locations with GPS information