Balavinskite Mineral Data

Balavinskite Mineral Data

General Balavinskite Information

Chemical Formula:

Sr2B6O11·4(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 488.15 gm

Strontium 35.90 % Sr 42.45 % SrO

Boron 13.29 % B 42.78 % B₂O₃

Hydrogen 1.65 % H 14.76 % H₂O

Oxygen 49.16 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Sr₂B₆O₁₁·4(H₂O)

Environment:

Inadequately described mineral.

IMA Status:

Discredited IMA 1971

Locality:

Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

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Balavinskite Crystallography

Crystal System:

MonoclinicSpace Group: Mono ?

Physical Properties of Balavinskite

Color:

White.

Streak:

white

Calculated Properties of Balavinskite

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.0518
Boson Index = 0.9482

Photoelectric:

PE_Balavinskite= 39.75 barns/electron
U=PE_Balavinskite x r_electron= . barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Balavinskite is Not Radioactive

Balavinskite Classification

Dana Class:

13.0.0.0 (13)Carbonate Minerals

(13.0)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(Borate, Hydrated)

Strunz Class:

V/K.06-30 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates

V/K - Layered borates with complex groups [Bx(O,OH)y]

V/K.06 - Nobleite - Balavinskite series

V/K.06-10 Nobleite CaB6O9(OH)2·3(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

V/K.06-20 Tunellite SrB6O9(OH)2·3(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

V/K.06-30 Balavinskite Sr2B6O11·4(H2O) Mono ? Mono

Other Balavinskite Information

References:

PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Balavinskite :
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Balavinskite

Sr2B6O11·4(H2O)
Dana No: Unknown Strunz No: V/K.06-30
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