Goosecreekite Mineral Data

Goosecreekite Mineral Data
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General Goosecreekite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: CaAl2Si6O16•5(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 608.62 gm
   Calcium    6.59 %  Ca    9.21 % CaO
   Aluminum   8.87 %  Al   16.75 % Al2O3
   Silicon   27.69 %  Si   59.23 % SiO2
   Hydrogen   1.66 %  H    14.80 % H2O
   Oxygen    55.20 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: CaAl2Si6O16•5(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: A late-stage mineral in vugs and fractures in a Triassic diabase.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1980
Help on Locality: Locality: In the Goose Creek quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for the locality.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Goosecreekite + Pronunciation Say GOOSECREEKITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 202114
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Goosecreekite

Comments: Large cluster of many rosettes of white goosecreekite.
Location: Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India. Scale: 15x14x7 cm.
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Goosecreekite Crystallography
Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.4243:1:0.4182
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 7.401, b = 17.439, c = 7.293, Z = 2; beta = 105.44° V = 907.31 Den(Calc)= 2.23
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - SphenoidalH-M Symbol (2) Space Group: P 21
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 4.53(1), 5.59(0.5), 7.19(0.5),
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Rouse R C , Peacor D R , American Mineralogist , 71 (1986) p.1494-1501, Crystal structure of the zeolite mineral goosecreekite, CaAl2Si6O16.5H2O

 

Physical Properties of Goosecreekite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: {010} Perfect
Help on Color: Color: Colorless, White.
Help on Density: Density: 2.21
Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity: Transparent
Help on Habit: Habit: Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.
Help on Habit: Habit: Euhedral Crystals - Occurs as well-formed crystals showing good external form.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Goosecreekite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.009 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.018 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2235,KPDmeas= 0.2255,KC= 0.2276
Ncalc = 1.5 - 1.51
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (-), a=1.495, b=1.498, g=1.502, bire=0.0070
 

Calculated Properties of Goosecreekite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.24 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Goosecreekite =2.21 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric: PEGoosecreekite = 2.15 barns/electron
U=PEGoosecreekite x rElectron Density= 4.82 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Goosecreekite is Not Radioactive
 

Goosecreekite Classification
Help on Dana Class: Dana Class: 77.01.07.03 (77)Tectosilicate Zeolite group
  (77.01)true zeolites
  (77.01.07)Brewsterite and related species
 
77.01.07.01 Brewsterite-Sr (Sr,Ba)Al4Si12O32•10(H2O) P 21/m 2/m
 
77.01.07.01a Brewsterite-Ba! (Ba,Sr)Al2Si6O16•5(H2O) P 21/m,P 21 Mono
 
77.01.07.02 Yugawaralite CaAl2Si6O16•4(H2O) Pc m
 
77.01.07.03 Goosecreekite CaAl2Si6O16•5(H2O) P 21 2
 
77.01.07.04 Roggianite Ca2[Be(OH)2Al2Si4O13]•<2•5(H2O) I 4/mcm 4/m 2/m 2/m
Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class: 09.GB.25 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)
  09.G - Tektosilicates with Zeolitic H2O
  09.GB -Chains of single connected 4-membered rings
 
09.GB.25 Goosecreekite CaAl2Si6O16•5(H2O) P 21 2
 

Other Goosecreekite Information
Help on References: References: NAME( AntBidBlaNic2) 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 Goosecreekite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
3 - Athena
4 - EUROmin Project
5 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - MinMax(Deutsch)
12 - MinMax(English)
13 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
14 - QUT Mineral Atlas
15 - Ruff.Info
16 - WWW-MINCRYST
17 - Zeolite Database by Bruno Herreros

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Goosecreekite

CaAl2Si6O16•5(H2O)
Dana No: 77.01.07.03 Strunz No: 09.GB.25
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