Painite Mineral Data + 
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- 7.5.2.1 Painite CaZrB[Al9O18] P 63/m 6/m
- V/G.05-10 Fluoborite Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3 P 63/m 6/m
- V/G.05-20 Karlite! (Mg,Al)6(BO3)3(OH,Cl)4 P 212121 2 2 2
- V/G.05-30 Jeremejevite Al6B5O15(F,OH)3 P 63/m 6/m
- V/G.05-40 Painite CaZrB[Al9O18] P 63/m 6/m
General Painite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
CaZrB[Al9O18] | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 586.42 gm | ||
| Sodium 0.74 % Na 1.00 % Na2O | |||
| Calcium 5.26 % Ca 7.36 % CaO | |||
| Zirconium 0.62 % Zr 0.84 % ZrO2 | |||
| Titanium 1.55 % Ti 2.59 % TiO2 | |||
| Aluminum 40.49 % Al 76.50 % Al2O3 | |||
| Chromium 0.27 % Cr 0.35 % CrO | |||
| Boron 1.95 % B 6.29 % B2O3 | |||
| Oxygen 49.11 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 94.94 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
Ca0.77Na0.19Al8.8Ti0.19Cr0.03Zr0.04B1.06O18 | ||
| Environment: |
Recovered from gem concentrates. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1957 | ||
| Locality: |
Ohngaing, Mogok district, Sagaing, Myanmar. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
Named for A. C. D. Pain (-1971), British gem collector who first noticed the mineral. | ||
| Synonym: |
ICSD 12136 | ||
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Painite Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:c = 1:0.97019 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 8.724, c = 8.464, Z = 2; V = 557.88 Den(Calc)= 3.49 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Hexagonal - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m) Space Group: P 63/m | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.52(1), 5.76(1), 3.7(0.8), | ||
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Crystal Structure:
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Physical Properties of Painite |
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| Color: |
Brownish, Brownish red, Orange red, Red. | ||
| Density: |
4 - 4.03, Average = 4.01 | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Transparent | ||
| Habit: |
Hexagonal - Six-sided crystal shape in cross-section or habit. | ||
| Habit: |
Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline). | ||
| Hardness: |
8 - Topaz | ||
| Luster: |
Vitreous (Glassy) | ||
| Streak: |
white | ||
Optical Properties of Painite |
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| Dichroism (e): |
ruby red. | ||
| Dichroism (w): |
pale brownish orange. | ||
| Gladstone-Dale: |
CI meas= 0.011 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.138 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2297,KPDmeas= 0.1997,KC= 0.2019 |
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| Optical Data: |
Uniaxial (-), e=1.787-1.789, w=1.815-1.816, bire=0.0270-0.0280. | ||
Calculated Properties of Painite |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=3.94 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.00715 Boson Index = 0.99285 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEPainite = 3.02 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Painite is Not Radioactive |
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Painite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
7.5.2.1 (7)Multiple Oxides | ||
| (7.5)where A B X2 | |||
| (7.5.2)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
V/G.05-40 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates | ||
| V/G - "Insel" borates [BO3]3- "inseln" | |||
| V/G.05 - Fluoborite - Painite series | |||
Other Painite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8, AmMin, v 89, p 610) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Painite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - CalTech Mineral Spectroscopy 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 Painite using: Visit our Advertisers for Painite : Translate Painite Mineral Data : Ask about Painite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Painite Specimen Label here :
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