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General Nordenskioldine Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: CaSnB2O6
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 276.40 gm
   Calcium  14.50 %  Ca   20.29 % CaO
   Tin      42.95 %  Sn   54.52 % SnO2
   Boron     7.82 %  B    25.19 % B2O3
   Oxygen   34.73 %  O
           ______        ______ 
           100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: CaSnB2O6
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1887
Help on Locality: Locality: Aro, Langesundsfjord, Norway. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for Nils A. E. Nordenskiöld (1832-1901), Swedish mineralogist and Arctic explorer.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: Nordenskioeldine
 

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Nordenskioldine   Magnetite

Comments: Colorless to white bladed crystals of nordenski?ldine with black magnetite.
Location: P?hla-Tellerh?user Gallery, P?hla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Nordenskioldine Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:3.28044
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 4.853, c = 15.92, Z = 3; V = 324.71 Den(Calc)= 4.24
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Trigonal - RhombohedralH-M Symbol ( 3) Space Group: R 3
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 1.804(1), 2.892(1), 3.707(0.6),
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Effenberger H , Zemann J , Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte , 1986 (1986) p.111-114, The detailed crystal structure of nordenskioeldine, CaSn(BO3)2, Locality: Stiepelman mine, SW Africa

 

Physical Properties of Nordenskioldine

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [0001] Perfect, [1011] Indistinct
Help on Color: Color: Colorless, Yellow.
Help on Density: Density: 4.2
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent
Help on Habit: Habit: Tabular - Form dimensions are thin in one direction.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 5.5-6 - Knife Blade-Orthoclase
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous - Pearly
 

Optical Properties of Nordenskioldine

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.02 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.029 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1696,KPDmeas= 0.1712,KC= 0.1747
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Uniaxial (-), e=1.66, w=1.778, bire=0.1180.
 

Calculated Properties of Nordenskioldine

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=3.89 gm/cc
note: rNordenskioldine =4.20 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.0873
Boson Index = 0.9127
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PENordenskioldine = 129.70 barns/electron
U=PENordenskioldine x relectron= 504.53 barns/cc.

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

Nordenskioldine is Not Radioactive

 

Nordenskioldine Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 24.3.3.1 (24)Borates - Anhydrous
  (24.3)where (A)m (B)n [XO3]p
  (24.3.3)Dana Group
 
24.3.3.1 Nordenskioldine CaSnB2O6 R 3 3
 
24.3.3.2 Tusionite MnSn(BO3)2 R 3 3
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: V/G.02-10 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates
  V/G - "Insel" borates [BO3]3- "inseln"
  V/G.02 - Nordenskiöldine - Tusionite series
 
V/G.02-10 Nordenskioldine CaSnB2O6 R 3 3
 
V/G.02-20 Tusionite MnSn(BO3)2 R 3 3
 

Other Nordenskioldine Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) 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 Nordenskioldine :
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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Nordenskioldine

CaSnB2O6
Dana No: 24.3.3.1 Strunz No: V/G.02-10
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