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General Riebeckite Information
Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: [ ]Na2(Fe++3Fe+++2)Si8O22(OH)2
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 935.90 gm
   Sodium     4.91 %  Na    6.62 % Na2O
   Iron      29.84 %  Fe   23.03 % FeO / 17.06 % Fe2O3
   Silicon   24.01 %  Si   51.36 % SiO2
   Hydrogen   0.22 %  H     1.92 % H2O
   Oxygen    41.03 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Na2Fe2+3Fe3+2(Si8O22)(OH)2
Help on Environment: Environment: Magmatic and metamorphic rocks.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1888
Help on Locality: Locality: Socotra island, Indian Ocean, Yemen. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named after the German traveler, Emil Riebeck (1853-1885).
Help on Synonym: Synonym: Crocidolite - asbestos form
  ICSD 38218
  PDF 19-1061
 

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Riebeckite

Comments: Grayish black, coniform, massive crystals of riebeckite.
Location: Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: 8x6 cm.
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Riebeckite Crystallography
Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.5412:1:0.2956
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 9.769, b = 18.048, c = 5.335, Z = 2; beta = 103.6° V = 914.24 Den(Calc)= 3.40
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.72(1), 8.42(1), 3.09(0.8),
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Hawthorne F C , The Canadian Mineralogist , 16 (1978) p.187-194, The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles., VIII. The crystal structure and site chemistry of fluor-riebeckite

 

Physical Properties of Riebeckite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [110] Perfect, [???] Perfect
Help on Color: Color: Blue, Black, Dark green.
Help on Density: Density: 3.4
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Translucent to subtranslucent to opaque
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Brittle - Uneven - Very brittle fracture producing uneven fragments.
Help on Habit: Habit: Fibrous - Crystals made up of fibers.
Help on Habit: Habit: Massive - Fibrous - Distinctly fibrous fine-grained forms.
Help on Habit: Habit: Striated - Parallel lines on crystal surface or cleavage face.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 4 - Fluorite
Help on Luminescence: Luminescence: Non-fluorescent.
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous - Silky
Help on Magnetism: Magnetism: Nonmagnetic
Help on Streak: Streak: greenish brown
 

Optical Properties of Riebeckite

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (-), a=1.68-1.698, b=1.683-1.7, g=1.685-1.706, bire=0.0050-0.0080, 2V(Calc)=62-78, 2V(Meas)=68-85. Dispersion strong, r < v.
Help on Pleochroism (x): Pleochroism (x): greenish blue, deep blue, smoky green, yellow, or indigo blue.
Help on Pleochroism (y): Pleochroism (y): grayish blue, light yellowish green, green, yellow, or deep violet blue.
Help on Pleochroism (z): Pleochroism (z): yellowish brown, deep blue, violet blue, dark smoky green, or black.
 

Calculated Properties of Riebeckite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=3.33 gm/cc
note: rRiebeckite =3.40 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.01773
Boson Index = 0.98227
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PERiebeckite = 9.88 barns/electron
U=PERiebeckite x relectron= 32.88 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Riebeckite is Not Radioactive
 

Riebeckite Classification
Help on Dana Class: Dana Class: 66.1.3c.5 (66)Inosilicate Double-Width Unbranched Chains, W=2
  (66.1)Dana Type
  (66.1.3c)Group 4, the sodic amphiboles
 
66.1.3c.1 Glaucophane []Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.2 Ferroglaucophane []Na2(Fe3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.3 Crossite? Na2(Mg,Fe)3(Al,Fe)2Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.4 Magnesioriebeckite []Na2(Mg3Fe2)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.5 Riebeckite []Na2(Fe3Fe2)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.6 Eckermannite NaNa2(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.7 Ferro-eckermannite NaNa2(Fe4Al)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.8 Magnesio-arfvedsonite NaNa2(Mg4Fe)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.9 Arfvedsonite NaNa2(Fe4Fe)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.9a Fluoro-magnesio-arfvedsonite! NaNa2(Mg,Fe)4Fe[Si8O22](F,OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.9b Potassicarfvedsonite! KNa2Fe4FeSi8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.10 Kozulite NaNa2Mn4(Fe,Al)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.11 Nyboite NaNa2(Mg3Al2)Si7AlO22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.11a Ferronyboite! NaNa2(Fe)3Al2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.11b Ferric-ferronyboite! NaNa2(Fe)3(Fe)2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.11c Fluoronyboite! NaNa2(Al2Mg3)(Si7Al)O22(F,OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.12 Leakeite NaNa2(Mg2Fe2Li)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.12a Ferroleakeite! NaNa2(Fe)3(Fe)2Li(Si8O22)(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.12b Potassicleakeite! KNa2Mg2Fe2LiSi8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.13 Kornite Na(CaNa)Fe4(Al,Fe)Si7AlO22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.14 Ungarettiite NaNa2(Mn2Mn3)Si8O22O2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.15 Fluoro-ferroleakeite NaNa2(Fe2Fe2Li)Si8O22F2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.16 Obertiite! NaNa2(Mg3FeTi)Si8O22(O,F,OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
66.1.3c.17 Dellaventuraite! NaNa2(Mg2,Mn,Li,Ti)Si8O22O2 C 2/m 2/m
Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VIII/F.08-50 VIII - Silicates
  VIII/F - Inosilicates (chain and band) double chains [Si4O11]6-, Alkali-Amphiboles
  VIII/F.08 - Amphibole group, Glaucophane - Riebeckite - Kozulite series
 
VIII/F.08-10 Glaucophane []Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-20 Ferroglaucophane []Na2(Fe3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-30 Crossite? Na2(Mg,Fe)3(Al,Fe)2Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-40 Magnesioriebeckite []Na2(Mg3Fe2)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-50 Riebeckite []Na2(Fe3Fe2)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-56 Fluoronyboite! NaNa2(Al2Mg3)(Si7Al)O22(F,OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-60 Nyboite NaNa2(Mg3Al2)Si7AlO22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-65 Ferronyboite! NaNa2(Fe)3Al2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-67 Ferric-ferronyboite! NaNa2(Fe)3(Fe)2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-70 Eckermannite NaNa2(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-80 Ferro-eckermannite NaNa2(Fe4Al)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-81 Ferripedrizite! NaLi2(Fe2Mg2Li)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-83 Sodic-ferripedrizite! Na(LiNa)(Fe2Mg2Li)Si8O22(OH,F)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-84 Ferroleakeite! NaNa2(Fe)3(Fe)2Li(Si8O22)(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-85 Leakeite NaNa2(Mg2Fe2Li)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-86 Fluoro-ferroleakeite NaNa2(Fe2Fe2Li)Si8O22F2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-87 Kornite Na(CaNa)Fe4(Al,Fe)Si7AlO22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-88 Ungarettiite NaNa2(Mn2Mn3)Si8O22O2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-89 Obertiite! NaNa2(Mg3FeTi)Si8O22(O,F,OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-90 Magnesio-arfvedsonite NaNa2(Mg4Fe)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-92 Fluoro-magnesio-arfvedsonite! NaNa2(Mg,Fe)4Fe[Si8O22](F,OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-95 Sodic-ferri-ferropedrizite! NaLi2(Fe2Fe3)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-100 Arfvedsonite NaNa2(Fe4Fe)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-105 Ferriwhittakerite! Na(NaLi)(Mg2Fe2Li)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-110 Kozulite NaNa2Mn4(Fe,Al)Si8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-112 Potassicleakeite! KNa2Mg2Fe2LiSi8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-125 Dellaventuraite! NaNa2(Mg2,Mn,Li,Ti)Si8O22O2 C 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/F.08-157 Potassicarfvedsonite! KNa2Fe4FeSi8O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m
 

Other Riebeckite Information
Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Heinrich65)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Riebeckite :
1 - Alkali-Nuts(English) 2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais) 3 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 4 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery 5 - Applied Mineralogy 6 -Athena 7 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 8 - EUROmin Project 9 - Glendale Community College 10 -Google Images 11 -Google Scholar 12 -Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 13 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 14 - HyperPhysics 15 -MinDAT 16 -MinMax(Deutsch) 17 -MinMax(English) 18 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 19 - Minerals of Wisconsin 20 -QUT Mineral Atlas 21 - Scandinavian mineral gallery 22 - WWW-MINCRYST 23 -École des Mines de Paris

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[ ]Na2(Fe++3Fe+++2)Si8O22(OH)2
Dana No: 66.1.3c.5 Strunz No: VIII/F.08-50
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