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General Killalaite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: 2Ca3Si2O7·(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 594.82 gm
   Calcium   40.43 %  Ca   56.57 % CaO
   Silicon   18.89 %  Si   40.41 % SiO2
   Hydrogen   0.34 %  H     3.03 % H2O
   Oxygen    40.35 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ca6Si4O14·(H2O)
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1974
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 200124
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Killalaite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.4403:1:0.4405
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 6.807, b = 15.459, c = 6.811, Z = 2; beta = 97.76° V = 710.15 Den(Calc)= 2.78
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.824(1), 3.03(0.8), 2.724(0.6),
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Taylor H F W , Mineralogical Magazine , 41 (1977) p.363-369, The crystal structure of killalaite, Locality: Killala Bay, Ireland

 

Physical Properties of Killalaite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [100] Perfect, [010] Good, [001] Good
Help on Color: Color: Colorless, White.
Help on Density: Density: 2.94
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Killalaite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.019 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.078 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2297,KPDmeas= 0.2172,KC= 0.2131
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (-), a=1.635, g=1.642, bire=0.0070, 2V(Meas)=26.
 

Calculated Properties of Killalaite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=2.95 gm/cc
note: rKillalaite =2.94 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00956
Boson Index = 0.99044
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEKillalaite = 5.67 barns/electron
U=PEKillalaite x relectron= 16.69 barns/cc.

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

Killalaite is Not Radioactive

 

Killalaite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 56.2.9.2 (56)Sorosilicate Si2O7 Groups and O, OH, F. and H2O
  (56.2)with cations in [4] and/or >[4] coordination
  (56.2.9)Tilleyite - Killalaite group
 
56.2.9.1 Tilleyite Ca5Si2O7(CO3)2 P 21/a 2/m
 
56.2.9.2 Killalaite 2Ca3Si2O7·(H2O) P 21/m 2/m
 
56.2.9.3 Foshallasite Ca3Si2O7·3(H2O) Mono
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VIII/C.09-50 VIII - Silicates
  VIII/C - Sorosilicates with [Si2O7]6-, with anions unfamiliar to tetraheders [O,OH,F]
  VIII/C.09 - Tilleyite - Foshallasite series
 
VIII/C.09-20 Tilleyite Ca5Si2O7(CO3)2 P 21/a 2/m
 
VIII/C.09-30 Jaffeite Ca4(Si3O7)(OH)6 P 3 3
 
VIII/C.09-40 Suolunite Ca2Si2O5(OH)2·(H2O) F dd2 mm2
 
VIII/C.09-50 Killalaite 2Ca3Si2O7·(H2O) P 21/m 2/m
 
VIII/C.09-60 Foshallasite Ca3Si2O7·3(H2O) Mono
 

Other Killalaite Information

Help on References: References: 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 Killalaite :
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 - WWW-MINCRYST 14 -École des Mines de Paris

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Killalaite

2Ca3Si2O7·(H2O)
Dana No: 56.2.9.2 Strunz No: VIII/C.09-50
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