Aiolosite Mineral Data

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General Aiolosite Information

Chemical Formula:

Na4Bi(SO4)3Cl

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 624.58 gm

Sodium 14.72 % Na 19.85 % Na₂O

Bismuth 33.46 % Bi 37.30 % Bi₂O₃

Sulfur 15.40 % S 38.46 % SO₃

Chlorine 5.68 % Cl 5.68 % Cl

- % Cl -1.28 % -O=Cl₂

Oxygen 30.74 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Na₄Bi(SO₄)₃Cl

Environment:

Cesanite group

IMA Status:

Proposed IMA 2008 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

La Fossa crater, Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named after the locality.

Synonym:

IMA2008-015

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Aiolosite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.71473

Cell Dimensions:

a = 9.626, c = 6.88, Z = 2; V = 552.09 Den(Calc)= 3.76

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m) Space Group: P 6₃/m

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.853(1), 2.775(0.85), 3.432(0.45),1.965(0.35), 2.306(0.25), 1.716(0.2), 4.787(0.2), 2.189(0.15),

Optical Properties of Aiolosite

Optical Data:

NCalc= 1.68 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.1808) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1

Calculated Properties of Aiolosite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.47 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Aiolosite =3.76 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0013030303
Boson Index = 0.9986969697

Photoelectric:

PE_Aiolosite= 585.52 barns/electron
U=PE_Aiolosite x rElectron Density=2,030.30 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Aiolosite is Not Radioactive

Aiolosite Classification

Dana Class:

30.03.03.02 (30)Anhydrous Sulfates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(30.03)with miscellaneous formulae

(30.03.03)Dana Group

30.03.03.01 Cesanite Na7Ca3(SO4)6(OH)•0.8(H2O) P 6 6

30.03.03.02 Aiolosite! Na4Bi(SO4)3Cl P 6₃/m 6/m

Strunz Class:

07.XX.00 07 - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES)

07.X - Unclassified Strunz SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES)

07.XX -Unknown

07.XX.00 Blakeite Fe2(TeO3)3 Cubic ? Cubic

07.XX.00 Aiolosite! Na4Bi(SO4)3Cl P 6₃/m 6/m

07.XX.00 Steverustite Pb5(OH)5[Cu(SO3S--)3](H2O)1.67 P 2₁/n 2/m

07.XX.00 Adranosite (NH4)4NaAl2(SO4)4Cl(OH)2 I 4₁/acd 4mm

07.XX.00 Grandviewite! Cu3Al9(SO4)2(OH)29 P 2, Pm or P 2/m Mono

07.XX.00 IMA2009-008 Y2[(UO2)8O6(SO4)4(OH)2]•26H2O P1 1

Other Aiolosite Information

See Also:

Links to other databases for Aiolosite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - Google Images
4 - Google Scholar
5 - MinDAT
6 - MinMax(Deutsch)
7 - MinMax(English)
8 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
9 - QUT Mineral Atlas
10 - Ruff.Info

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Aiolosite

Na4Bi(SO4)3Cl
Dana No: 30.03.03.02 Strunz No: 07.XX.00
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