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Strontianite Mineral Data + |
General Strontianite Information |
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| SrCO3 | |||
| Molecular Weight = 147.63 gm | |||
| Strontium 59.35 % Sr 70.19 % SrO | |||
| Carbon 8.14 % C 29.81 % CO2 | |||
| Oxygen 32.51 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Sr(CO3) | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1791 | |||
| Strontian (Scotland). Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named after its containing the element Strontium. | |||
| ICSD 202793 | |||
| PDF 5-418 | |||
Strontianite Image | |||
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Strontianite Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =0.6069:1:0.7165 | |||
| a = 5.107, b = 8.414, c = 6.029, Z = 4; V = 259.07 Den(Calc)= 3.78 | |||
| Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pmcn | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 3.535(1), 3.45(0.7), 2.053(0.5), | |||
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Physical Properties of Strontianite |
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| [110] Good | |||
| Colorless, Greenish, Gray, Gray white, Yellowish. | |||
| 3.78 | |||
| Transparent to translucent | |||
| Brittle - Conchoidal - Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments. | |||
| Columnar - Forms columns | |||
| Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock. | |||
| Pseudo Hexagonal - Crystals show a hexagonal outline. | |||
| 3.5 - Copper Penny | |||
| None. | |||
| Vitreous (Glassy) | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Strontianite |
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| CI meas= 0.009 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.009 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1632,KPDmeas= 0.1632,KC= 0.1647 |
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| Biaxial (-), a=1.516-1.52, b=1.664-1.667, g=1.666-1.668, bire=0.1480-0.1500, 2V(Calc)=12-8, 2V(Meas)=7. Dispersion weak, r < v. | |||
| colorless. | |||
| colorless. | |||
| colorless. | |||
Calculated Properties of Strontianite |
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relectron=3.48 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.04259 Boson Index = 0.95741 |
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PEStrontianite = 68.16 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Strontianite is Not Radioactive |
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Strontianite Classification |
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| 14.1.3.3 (14)Anhydrous Carbonates | |||
| (14.1)with Simple Formula A+ CO3 | |||
| (14.1.3)Aragonite Group (Orthorhombic: Pmcn) | |||
| V/B.04-20 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates | |||
| V/B - Waterfree carbonates [CO3]2- without unfamiliar anions | |||
| V/B.04 - Aragonite group | |||
Other Strontianite Information |
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| NAME( Duda&Rejl90) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Heinrich65) | |||
| Links to other databases for Strontianite : 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 - Franklin Minerals(Dunn) 10 -Google Images 11 -Google Scholar 12 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 13 - HyperPhysics 14 -MinDAT 15 -MinMax(Deutsch) 16 -MinMax(English) 17 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 18 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 19 - Minerals of Wisconsin 20 -NSDL Reciprocal Net (JAVA) 21 -QUT Mineral Atlas 22 -University of Colorado - Mineral Structure Data 23 - WWW-MINCRYST 24 -theimage 25 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Strontianite using: Visit our Advertisers for Strontianite : Translate Strontianite Mineral Data : Ask about Strontianite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Strontianite Specimen Label here :
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