Nitratine Mineral Data + 
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- 18.1.1.1 Nitratine NaNO3 R 3c 3 2/m
- V/A.01-10 Nitratine NaNO3 R 3c 3 2/m
- V/A.01-20 Niter KNO3 Pmcn 2/m 2/m 2/m
- V/A.01-25 Gwihabaite! (NH4,K)(NO3) Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
- V/A.01-30 Nitrobarite Ba(NO3)2 P 213 2 3
- V/A.01-35 Chlorartinite! Mg2(CO3)Cl(OH)·3(H2O) R 3c (?) 3m
General Nitratine Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
NaNO3 | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 84.99 gm | ||
| Sodium 27.05 % Na 36.46 % Na2O | |||
| Nitrogen 16.48 % N 63.54 % N2O5 | |||
| Oxygen 56.47 % O | |||
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| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
Na(NO3) | ||
| Environment: |
Residual water-soluble surface deposits in extremely arid deserts. Nitrates occur in clay rich caliche deposits replenished by occasional desert thunderstorms which fix N2 from the air. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 | ||
| Locality: |
Confidence Hills, southern Death Valley. Atacam desert, Chile. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
Named after its composition of containing nitrates. | ||
| Synonym: |
ICSD 15332 | ||
| Nitratite | |||
| Nitronatrite | |||
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| Soda Niter | |||
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Nitratine Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:c = 1:3.31932 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 5.07, c = 16.829, Z = 6; V = 374.63 Den(Calc)= 2.26 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Trigonal - Hexagonal ScalenohedralH-M Symbol (3 2/m) Space Group: R 3c | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 3.03(1), 2.311(0.25), 1.898(0.16), | ||
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Crystal Structure:
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Physical Properties of Nitratine |
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| Cleavage: |
[???] Perfect | ||
| Color: |
Colorless, White, Gray, Yellowish, Brownish. | ||
| Density: |
2.24 - 2.29, Average = 2.26 | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Transparent | ||
| Fracture: |
Sectile - Curved shavings or scrapings produced by a knife blade, (e.g. graphite). | ||
| Habit: |
Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix. | ||
| Habit: |
Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses. | ||
| Hardness: |
1.5-2 - Talc-Gypsum | ||
| Luminescence: |
None. | ||
| Luster: |
Vitreous (Glassy) | ||
| Magnetism: |
Nonmagnetic | ||
| Streak: |
white | ||
Optical Properties of Nitratine |
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| Gladstone-Dale: |
CI meas= 0.093 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.091 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2028,KPDmeas= 0.2023,KC= 0.223 |
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| Optical Data: |
Uniaxial (-), e=1.58-1.587, w=1.33-1.336, bire=0.2500-0.2510. | ||
Calculated Properties of Nitratine |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=2.23 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.16445 Boson Index = 0.83555 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PENitratine = 0.67 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Nitratine is Not Radioactive |
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Nitratine Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
18.1.1.1 (18)Simple Nitrates | ||
| (18.1)where A xNO3 · x(H2O), x can equal zero | |||
| (18.1.1)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
V/A.01-10 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates | ||
| V/A - Nitrates [NO3]1- | |||
| V/A.01 - Nitronatrite - Nitrobarite series | |||
Other Nitratine Information |
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| References: |
NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Nitratine : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery 3 -Athena 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 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 Search for Nitratine using: Visit our Advertisers for Nitratine : Translate Nitratine Mineral Data : Ask about Nitratine here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Nitratine Specimen Label here :
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