Nasinite Mineral Data

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General Nasinite Information

Chemical Formula:

Na2B5O8(OH)·2(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 281.06 gm

Sodium 16.36 % Na 22.05 % Na₂O

Boron 19.23 % B 61.92 % B₂O₃

Hydrogen 1.79 % H 16.02 % H₂O

Oxygen 62.62 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Na₂B₅O₈(OH)·2(H₂O)

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1961

Locality:

Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Synonym:

ICSD 1973

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Nasinite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =1.8376:1:1.7097

Cell Dimensions:

a = 11.998, b = 6.529, c = 11.163, Z = 2; V = 874.45 Den(Calc)= 1.07

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - PyramidalH-M Symbol (mm2) Space Group: P na2₁

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 5.27(1), 5.99(0.95), 2.9(0.7),

Physical Properties of Nasinite

Color:

White.

Optical Properties of Nasinite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI calc= -1.077 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.4766,KC= 0.2295

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.494, b=1.512, g=1.524, bire=0.0300, 2V(Calc)=76, 2V(Meas)=66.8.

Calculated Properties of Nasinite

Electron Density:

r_electron=1.07 gm/cc
note: r_Nasinite=1.07 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.03857
Boson Index = 0.96143

Photoelectric:

PE_Nasinite= 0.52 barns/electron
U=PE_Nasinite x r_electron= 0.55 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Nasinite is Not Radioactive

Nasinite Classification

Dana Class:

26.5.6.1 (26)Hydrated Borates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(26.5)Dana Type

(26.5.6)Dana Group

26.5.6.1 Nasinite Na2B5O8(OH)·2(H2O) P na2₁ mm2

Strunz Class:

V/K.03-10 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates

V/K - Layered borates with complex groups [Bx(O,OH)y]

V/K.03 - Nasinite ? - Tuzlaite series

V/K.03-10 Nasinite Na2B5O8(OH)·2(H2O) P na2₁ mm2

V/K.03-20 Biringuccite Na2B5O8(OH)·(H2O) P 2₁/c 2/m

V/K.03-30 Tuzlaite NaCaB508(0H)2·3(H2O) P 2₁/c 2/m

Other Nasinite Information

References:

PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Nasinite :
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

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Nasinite

Na2B5O8(OH)·2(H2O)
Dana No: 26.5.6.1 Strunz No: V/K.03-10
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