[Content and History] [Recent Issues] [Back Issues] [Subscriptions] [Contacts] See Also: [Diamond Crystals] [Excalibur Minerals] [Hudson Institute] [Minerals on CDROM] Mineral News was founded some twenty years ago and has developed a following of avid mineral collectors seeking timely information about new finds and other items of interest to the collector community. Articles are solicited from collector and scientific authors. General Chantalite InformationCaAl2SiO4(OH)4 |
Molecular Weight = 254.15 gm |
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Calcium 15.77 % Ca 22.06 % CaO |
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Aluminum 21.23 % Al 40.12 % Al2O3 |
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Silicon 11.05 % Si 23.64 % SiO2 |
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Hydrogen 1.59 % H 14.18 % H2O |
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Oxygen 50.36 % O |
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
CaAl2(SiO4)(OH)4 |
Found in rodingitic dikes of the ophiolite zone. |
Approved IMA 1977 |
Doganbaba, Burdur, Taurus Mts., SW Turkey. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
Named for Chantal Sarp (1944-), Swiss wife of its discoverer, Halil Sarp. |
ICSD 100320 |
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| | Chantalite Crystallographya:c = 1:4.70012 |
a = 4.952, c = 23.275, Z = 4; V = 570.76 Den(Calc)= 2.96 |
Tetragonal - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (4/m) Space Group: I 41/a |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.598(1), 4.171(0.7), 3.349(0.6),1.453(0.6), 2.24(0.5), 4.83(0.4), 2.2(0.3), 5.81(0.2), |
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| Physical Properties of ChantaliteColorless, White. |
2.8 - 2.9, Average = 2.84 |
Transparent |
Anhedral Grains - Granular minerals without the expression of crystal shapes |
Vitreous (Glassy) |
white |
| Optical Properties of ChantaliteCI meas= -0.002 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) |
CI calc= 0.035 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2188,KPDmeas= 0.2272,KC= 0.2268 Ncalc = 1.63 - 1.67 Uniaxial (-), e=1.642, w=1.653, bire=0.0110. |
| Calculated Properties of ChantaliteBulk Density (Electron Density)=2.87 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Chantalite =2.85 gm/cc. Fermion Index = 0.0056176302 |
Boson Index = 0.9943823698 PEChantalite = 2.99 barns/electron |
U=PEChantalite x rElectron Density= 8.59 barns/cc. GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Chantalite is Not Radioactive | Chantalite Classification78.01.02.01 (78)Unclassified silicates |
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(78.01)possible nesosilicates |
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(78.01.02)Dana Group |
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09.AG.55 09 - SILICATES (Germanates) |
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09.A - Nesosilicates |
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09.AG -Nesosilicates with additional anions; cations in > [6] ± [6] coordination |
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| Other Chantalite InformationNAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) |
Links to other databases for Chantalite : |
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - Google Images 6 - Google Scholar 7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 9 - MinDAT 10 - MinMax(Deutsch) 11 - MinMax(English) 12 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 - QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - Ruff.Info 15 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Chantalite using: Visit our Advertisers for Chantalite : AA Mineral SpecimensB & L Fine Minerals Crystalarium.com Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions Dakota Matrix Desert Winds Gems and Minerals Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club Wrights Rock Shop Translate Chantalite Mineral Data : Ask about Chantalite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Chantalite Specimen Label here :
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