| Chloraluminite Mineral Data |
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- 9.3.3.1 Chloraluminite AlCl3·6(H2O) R 3c 3 2/m
- 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
General Chloraluminite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
AlCl3·6(H2O) | ||
| 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 | |||
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| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
AlCl3·6(H2O) | ||
| Environment: |
Volcanic fumaroles. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1874 | ||
| Locality: |
Vesuvius, Italy. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Synonym: |
ICSD 22071 | ||
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Chloraluminite Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:c = 1:1.00667 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 11.831, c = 11.91, Z = 6; V = 1,443.73 Den(Calc)= 1.67 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Trigonal - Hexagonal ScalenohedralH-M Symbol (3 2/m) Space Group: R 3c | ||
Physical Properties of Chloraluminite |
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| Color: |
Colorless, White, Yellowish white. | ||
| Density: |
1.67 | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Transparent | ||
| Luster: |
Vitreous (Glassy) | ||
| Streak: |
white | ||
Optical Properties of Chloraluminite |
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| 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 |
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| Optical Data: |
Uniaxial (-), e=1.507, w=1.56, bire=0.0530. | ||
Calculated Properties of Chloraluminite |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=1.72 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.00019 Boson Index = 0.99981 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEChloraluminite = 3.21 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Chloraluminite is Not Radioactive |
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Chloraluminite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
9.3.3.1 (9)Anhydrous and Hydrated Halides | ||
| (9.3)Dana Type | |||
| (9.3.3)Dana Group | |||
| 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 | |||
Other Chloraluminite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( Ford32) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | ||
| 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 Search for Chloraluminite using: Visit our Advertisers for Chloraluminite : Translate Chloraluminite Mineral Data : Ask about Chloraluminite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Chloraluminite Specimen Label here :
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