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Veatchite Mineral Data + |
General Veatchite Information |
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| Sr2B11O16(OH)5·(H2O) | |||
| Molecular Weight = 653.19 gm | |||
| Strontium 26.83 % Sr 31.73 % SrO | |||
| Boron 18.20 % B 58.62 % B2O3 | |||
| Hydrogen 1.08 % H 9.65 % H2O | |||
| Oxygen 53.89 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Sr2B11O16(OH)5·(H2O) | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1938 | |||
| Sterling Borax mine, Tick Canyon, 3. miles NNE of Lang, Los Angeles Co., California. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| ICSD 16921 | |||
| PDF 12-712 | |||
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Veatchite Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =1.7725:1:0.5653 | |||
| a = 20.81, b = 11.74, c = 6.637, Z = 4; beta = 92.2° V = 1,620.29 Den(Calc)= 2.68 | |||
| Monoclinic - DomaticH-M Symbol (m) Space Group: Aa | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 3.34(1), 10.5(1), 2.61(0.7), | |||
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Physical Properties of Veatchite |
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| [010] Perfect, [001] Indistinct | |||
| Colorless, Pearl white. | |||
| 2.62 | |||
| Transparent | |||
| 2 - Gypsum | |||
| Vitreous - Pearly | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Veatchite |
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| CI meas= -0.071 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.047 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2144,KPDmeas= 0.2193,KC= 0.2049 |
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| Biaxial (+), a=1.551, b=1.553, g=1.62, bire=0.0690, 2V(Calc)=22, 2V(Meas)=37. | |||
Calculated Properties of Veatchite |
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relectron=2.58 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.05526 Boson Index = 0.94474 |
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PEVeatchite = 29.71 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Veatchite is Not Radioactive |
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Veatchite Classification |
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| 26.5.9.1 (26)Hydrated Borates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen | |||
| (26.5)Dana Type | |||
| (26.5.9)Dana Group | |||
| V/K.05-30 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates | |||
| V/K - Layered borates with complex groups [Bx(O,OH)y] | |||
| V/K.05 - Volkovskite - Veatchite-A series | |||
Other Veatchite Information |
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| NAME( MinRec) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | |||
| Links to other databases for Veatchite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 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 - WWW-MINCRYST 13 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Veatchite using: Visit our Advertisers for Veatchite : Translate Veatchite Mineral Data : Ask about Veatchite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Veatchite Specimen Label here :
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