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Inderborite Mineral Data + |
General Inderborite Information |
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| CaMg[B3O3(OH)5]2·6(H2O) | |||
| Molecular Weight = 503.40 gm | |||
| Calcium 7.96 % Ca 11.14 % CaO | |||
| Magnesium 4.83 % Mg 8.01 % MgO | |||
| Boron 12.88 % B 41.49 % B2O3 | |||
| Hydrogen 4.40 % H 39.37 % H2O | |||
| Oxygen 69.92 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| CaMgB6O6(OH)10·6(H2O) | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1941 | |||
| Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| ICSD 79155 | |||
| PDF 47-1835 | |||
Inderborite Image | |||
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Inderborite Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =2.5616:1:1.638 | |||
| a = 19.11, b = 7.46, c = 12.22, Z = 4; beta = 90.8° V = 1,741.92 Den(Calc)= 1.92 | |||
| Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: A2/a | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 3.35(1), 3.07(0.8), 3.26(0.8), | |||
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Physical Properties of Inderborite |
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| [100] Good | |||
| Colorless, White. | |||
| 2.004 | |||
| Transparent | |||
| Conchoidal - Fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces, (e.g. quartz). | |||
| 3.5 - Copper Penny | |||
| Vitreous (Glassy) | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Inderborite |
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| CI meas= 0.034 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.008 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2646,KPDmeas= 0.2535,KC= 0.2624 |
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| Biaxial (-), a=1.482, b=1.512, g=1.53, bire=0.0480, 2V(Calc)=74, 2V(Meas)=77. | |||
Calculated Properties of Inderborite |
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relectron=1.98 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.03091 Boson Index = 0.96909 |
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PEInderborite = 1.33 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Inderborite is Not Radioactive |
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Inderborite Classification |
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| 26.3.1.2 (26)Hydrated Borates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen | |||
| (26.3)Dana Type | |||
| (26.3.1)Dana Group | |||
| V/H.06-30 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates | |||
| V/H - Group borates. Planary and tetrahedral groups [B3O5]1- to [B6O10]2- | |||
| V/H.06 - Kurnakovite - Solongoite series | |||
Other Inderborite Information |
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| PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | |||
| Links to other databases for Inderborite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - WWW-MINCRYST 13 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Inderborite using: Visit our Advertisers for Inderborite : Translate Inderborite Mineral Data : Ask about Inderborite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Inderborite Specimen Label here :
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