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Sonolite Mineral Data + |
General Sonolite Information |
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| Mn9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2 | |||
| Molecular Weight = 897.79 gm | |||
| Manganese 55.07 % Mn 71.11 % MnO | |||
| Silicon 12.51 % Si 26.77 % SiO2 | |||
| Hydrogen 0.17 % H 1.50 % H2O | |||
| Oxygen 31.19 % O | |||
| Fluorine 1.06 % F 1.06 % F | |||
| - % F -0.45 % -O=F2 | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Mn2+9(SiO4)4(OH)1.5F0.5 | |||
| Approved IMA 1963 | |||
| Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| ICSD 75545 | |||
| PDF 22-725 | |||
Sonolite Image | |||
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Sonolite Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =2.1844:1:2.9364 | |||
| a = 10.66, b = 4.88, c = 14.33, Z = 2; beta = 100.566° V = 732.82 Den(Calc)= 4.07 | |||
| Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/a | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 1.743(1), 2.869(1), 2.651(0.7), | |||
Physical Properties of Sonolite |
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| [???] Indistinct | |||
| Dark brown, Dark reddish brown, Pink brown, Reddish orange. | |||
| 3.82 | |||
| Transparent to Translucent | |||
| 5.5 - Knife Blade | |||
| Vitreous (Glassy) | |||
Optical Properties of Sonolite |
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| CI meas= -0.01 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.052 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1908,KPDmeas= 0.2033,KC= 0.2014 |
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| Biaxial (-), a=1.765, b=1.778, g=1.787, bire=0.0220, 2V(Calc)=78, 2V(Meas)=75.5-82. | |||
Calculated Properties of Sonolite |
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relectron=3.63 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.00599 Boson Index = 0.99401 |
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PESonolite = 14.79 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Sonolite is Not Radioactive |
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Sonolite Classification |
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| 52.3.2d.3 (52)Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O | |||
| (52.3)with cations in [6] coordination only | |||
| (52.3.2d)Humite group (Clinohumite series) | |||
| VIII/B.04-110 VIII - Silicates | |||
| VIII/B - Nesosubsilicates, with anions unfamiliar to tetraheders, cations of octahedral and tetrahedral orientation [4/6] | |||
| VIII/B.04 - Humite group | |||
Other Sonolite Information |
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| PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | |||
| Links to other databases for Sonolite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Franklin Minerals(Dunn) 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 8 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 9 -MinDAT 10 -MinMax(Deutsch) 11 -MinMax(English) 12 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 -QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - WWW-MINCRYST 15 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Sonolite using: Visit our Advertisers for Sonolite : Translate Sonolite Mineral Data : Ask about Sonolite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Sonolite Specimen Label here :
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