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Silicon Mineral Data + |
General Silicon Information |
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| Si | |||
| Molecular Weight = 28.09 gm | |||
| Silicon 100.00 % Si | |||
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| 100.00 % | |||
| Si | |||
| Volcanic exhalations and minor inclusions in gold and other mantle-derived rocks. High purity synthetic material used in semiconductor manufacture. | |||
| Approved IMA 1983 | |||
| Tolbachik, Kamchatka. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| From the Latin, silicis = "flint." | |||
| ICSD 60385 | |||
| PDF 27-1402 | |||
| Silicium | |||
Silicon Image | |||
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Silicon Crystallography |
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| a = 5.431, Z = 8; V = 160.19 Den(Calc)= 2.33 | |||
| Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F d3m | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 3.134(1), 1.917(0.5), 1.644(0.1), | |||
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Physical Properties of Silicon |
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| None | |||
| Iron black, Reddish brown. | |||
| Opaque | |||
| Conchoidal - Fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces, (e.g. quartz). | |||
| Anhedral Grains - Granular minerals without the expression of crystal shapes | |||
| Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes. | |||
| 7 - Quartz | |||
| Metallic | |||
| black | |||
Calculated Properties of Silicon |
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relectron=2.32 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.0467 Boson Index = 0.9533 |
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PESilicon = 3.34 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Silicon is Not Radioactive |
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Silicon Classification |
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| 1.3.7.1 (1)Native Elements | |||
| (1.3)with semi-metallic and non-metallic elements | |||
| (1.3.7)Dana Group | |||
| I/B.05-10 I - Elements | |||
| I/B - Semimetals and nonmetals | |||
| I/B.05 - Silicon series | |||
Other Silicon Information |
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| NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) | |||
| Links to other databases for Silicon : 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery 3 - Athena 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 - Ruff.Info 13 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Silicon using: Visit our Advertisers for Silicon : AA Mineral SpecimensB & L Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Greenside Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club MineralsWeb Fine Minerals The GeoZone Wrights Rock Shop Translate Silicon Mineral Data : Ask about Silicon here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Silicon Specimen Label here :
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