Chloraluminite Mineral Data

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General Chloraluminite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: AlCl3·6(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 241.43 gm
   Aluminum  11.18 %  Al   21.12 % Al2O3
   Hydrogen   5.01 %  H    44.77 % H2O
   Chlorine  44.05 %  Cl   44.05 % Cl
               -   %  Cl   -9.94 % -O=Cl2
   Oxygen    39.76 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: AlCl3·6(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: Volcanic fumaroles.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1874
Help on Locality: Locality: Vesuvius, Italy. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 22071
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Chloraluminite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:1.00667
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 11.831, c = 11.91, Z = 6; V = 1,443.73 Den(Calc)= 1.67
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Trigonal - Hexagonal ScalenohedralH-M Symbol (3 2/m) Space Group: R 3c
 

Physical Properties of Chloraluminite

Help on Color: Color: Colorless, White, Yellowish white.
Help on Density: Density: 1.67
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Chloraluminite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.047 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.047 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.3195,KPDmeas= 0.3195,KC= 0.3351
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Uniaxial (-), e=1.507, w=1.56, bire=0.0530.
 

Calculated Properties of Chloraluminite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=1.72 gm/cc
note: rChloraluminite =1.67 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00019
Boson Index = 0.99981
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEChloraluminite = 3.21 barns/electron
U=PEChloraluminite x relectron= 5.50 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Chloraluminite is Not Radioactive

 

Chloraluminite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 9.3.3.1 (9)Anhydrous and Hydrated Halides
  (9.3)Dana Type
  (9.3.3)Dana Group
 
9.3.3.1 Chloraluminite AlCl3·6(H2O) R 3c 3 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: III/A.13-20 III - Halogenides
  III/A - Simple Halogenides, with water Metal : Halogen = 1 : 1 to 1 : 3
  III/A.13 - Cadwaladerite - Hydromolysite series
 
III/A.13-05 Lesukite! Al2(OH)5Cl·2(H2O) I m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
III/A.13-10 Cadwaladerite Al(OH)2Cl·4(H2O) None
 
III/A.13-20 Chloraluminite AlCl3·6(H2O) R 3c 3 2/m
 
III/A.13-30 Hydromolysite? FeCl3·6(H2O) C 2/m 2/m
 

Other Chloraluminite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Ford32) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Chloraluminite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas 11 - WWW-MINCRYST 12 -École des Mines de Paris

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Chloraluminite

AlCl3·6(H2O)
Dana No: 9.3.3.1 Strunz No: III/A.13-20
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