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Kaliophilite Mineral Data + |
General Kaliophilite Information |
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| KAlSiO4 | |||
| Molecular Weight = 158.16 gm | |||
| Potassium 24.72 % K 29.78 % K2O | |||
| Aluminum 17.06 % Al 32.23 % Al2O3 | |||
| Silicon 17.76 % Si 37.99 % SiO2 | |||
| Oxygen 40.46 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| KAlSiO4 | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1886 | |||
| Ejecta from Mte. Somma, Vesuvius. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Facellite | |||
| Phacellite | |||
Kaliophilite Image | |||
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Kaliophilite Crystallography |
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| a:c = 1:0.31645 | |||
| a = 26.93, c = 8.522, Z = 54; V = 5,352.36 Den(Calc)= 2.65 | |||
| Hexagonal - TrapezohedralH-M Symbol (6 2 2) Space Group: P 6322 | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 3.09(1), 2.593(0.3), 2.131(0.25), | |||
Physical Properties of Kaliophilite |
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| [0001] Perfect | |||
| Colorless. | |||
| 2.49 - 2.67, Average = 2.58 | |||
| Transparent to translucent | |||
| Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals. | |||
| Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline). | |||
| 5.5-6 - Knife Blade-Orthoclase | |||
| Vitreous - Greasy | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Kaliophilite |
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| CI meas= -0.006 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.021 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1998,KPDmeas= 0.2052,KC= 0.2041 |
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| Uniaxial (-), e=1.527, w=1.532, bire=0.0050. | |||
Calculated Properties of Kaliophilite |
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relectron=2.54 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.00851 Boson Index = 0.99149 |
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PEKaliophilite = 3.65 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 351.79 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Estimated Radioactivity from Kaliophilite |
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Kaliophilite Classification |
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| 76.2.1.5 (76)Tectosilicate Al-Si Framework | |||
| (76.2)Feldspathoids and related species | |||
| (76.2.1)Nepheline group | |||
| VIII/J.02-50 VIII - Silicates | |||
| VIII/J - Tectosilicates (network) without anions unfamiliar to the tetraheders | |||
| VIII/J.02 - Nepheline - Yoshiokaite series | |||
Other Kaliophilite Information |
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| NAME( Ford32) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Ford32) | |||
| Links to other databases for Kaliophilite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Kaliophilite using: Visit our Advertisers for Kaliophilite : Translate Kaliophilite Mineral Data : Ask about Kaliophilite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Kaliophilite Specimen Label here :
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