General Liberite Information![]() Li2BeSiO4 |
![]() Molecular Weight = 114.98 gm |
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Lithium 12.07 % Li 25.99 % Li2O |
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Beryllium 7.84 % Be 21.75 % BeO |
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Silicon 24.43 % Si 52.26 % SiO2 |
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Oxygen 55.66 % O |
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
![]() Li2Be(SiO4) |
![]() In veins cutting a lepidolite-Fluorite-magnetite "ribbon rock" in tactite. |
![]() Approved IMA 1964 |
![]() Hsianghua Ridge, Linwu Co., Hunan Province, China. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
![]() Presumably for LIthium and BERyllium in the composition. |
![]() Liberite |
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| | Liberite Crystallography![]() a:b:c =1.2355:1:0.9514 |
![]() a = 6.111, b = 4.946, c = 4.706, Z = 2; beta = 90.33° V = 142.24 Den(Calc)= 2.68 |
![]() Monoclinic - DomaticH-M Symbol (m) Space Group: Pn |
![]() By Intensity(I/Io): 3.84(1), 3.72(1), 3.41(0.4),2.596(0.8), 2.471(0.6), 2.349(0.8), 2.273(0.6), |
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| Physical Properties of Liberite![]() {010} Perfect, {100} Distinct, {001} Distinct |
![]() Brown, Light yellow. |
![]() 2.688 |
![]() Transparent to Translucent |
![]() Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals. |
![]() Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters. |
![]() 7 - Quartz |
![]() Vitreous - Greasy |
| Optical Properties of Liberite![]() CI meas= 0.025 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) |
CI calc= 0.022 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2355,KPDmeas= 0.2348,KC= 0.2407 Ncalc = 1.65 ![]() Biaxial (-), a=1.622, b=1.6332, g=1.638, bire=0.0160, 2V(Calc)=66, 2V(Meas)=66.3. |
| Calculated Properties of Liberite![]() Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.61 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Liberite =2.68 gm/cc. ![]() Fermion Index = 0.09 |
Boson Index = 0.91 ![]() PELiberite = 1.09 barns/electron |
U=PELiberite x rElectron Density= 2.86 barns/cc. ![]() GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Liberite is Not Radioactive | Liberite Classification![]() 51.01.02.01 (51)Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups Only |
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(51.01)with cations in [4] coordination |
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(51.01.02)Dana Group |
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![]() 09.AA.10 09 - SILICATES (Germanates) |
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09.A - Nesosilicates |
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09.AA -Nesosilicates without additional anions; |
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| Other Liberite Information![]() NAME( AntBidBlaNic2) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic2) |
![]() Links to other databases for Liberite : |
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - GeoScienceWorld 6 - Google Images 7 - Google Scholar 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 10 - MinDAT 11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 - Online Mineral Museum 13 - QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - Ruff.Info 15 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Liberite using: Visit our Advertisers for Liberite : A Bijoux Google Search for LiberiteAdam's Minerals Google Search for Liberite Cape Minerals Google Search for Liberite Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Liberite Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Liberite Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Liberite John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Liberite McDougall Minerals Google Search for Liberite Mineral News Website Link Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Liberite Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Liberite Ask about Liberite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Liberite Specimen Label here :
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