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Bazzite Mineral Data + |
General Bazzite Information |
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| Be3(Sc,Al)2Si6O18 | |||
| Molecular Weight = 564.46 gm | |||
| Scandium 11.95 % Sc 18.32 % Sc2O3 | |||
| Beryllium 4.79 % Be 13.29 % BeO | |||
| Aluminum 2.39 % Al 4.52 % Al2O3 | |||
| Silicon 29.85 % Si 63.87 % SiO2 | |||
| Oxygen 51.02 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Be3Sc1.5Al0.5Si6O18 | |||
| Pegmatites and alpine-vein rocks. | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1915 | |||
| Lake Maggiore, Italy. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named after the Italian engineer, A. E. Bazzi. | |||
| ICSD 90829 | |||
| PDF 20-165 | |||
Bazzite Image | |||
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Bazzite Crystallography |
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| a:c = 1:0.9626 | |||
| a = 9.521, c = 9.165, Z = 2; V = 719.50 Den(Calc)= 2.61 | |||
| Hexagonal - Dihexagonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 6/mcc | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 2.94(1), 3.29(1), 1.65(0.8), | |||
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Physical Properties of Bazzite |
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| [0001] Indistinct | |||
| Azure blue, Dark blue. | |||
| 2.8 | |||
| Translucent to subtranslucent | |||
| Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals. | |||
| Crystalline - Fine - Occurs as well-formed fine sized crystals. | |||
| Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline). | |||
| 6.5 - Pyrite | |||
| Non-fluorescent. | |||
| Vitreous (Glassy) | |||
| pale bluish white | |||
Optical Properties of Bazzite |
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| pale greenish yellow. | |||
| azure blue. | |||
| CI meas= 0.006 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.066 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2358,KPDmeas= 0.2198,KC= 0.2212 |
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| Uniaxial (-), e=1.605, w=1.626, bire=0.0210. | |||
Calculated Properties of Bazzite |
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relectron=2.76 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.06208 Boson Index = 0.93792 |
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PEBazzite = 2.93 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Bazzite is Not Radioactive |
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Bazzite Classification |
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| 61.1.1.2 (61)Cyclosilicate Six-Membered Rings | |||
| (61.1)with [Si6O18] rings; possible (OH) and Al substitution | |||
| (61.1.1)Beryl group | |||
| VIII/E.12-20 VIII - Silicates | |||
| VIII/E - Cyklosilicates, six rings [Si6O18]12- | |||
| VIII/E.12 - Beryl series | |||
Other Bazzite Information |
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| NAME( Duda&Rejl90) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Ford32) | |||
| Links to other databases for Bazzite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 12 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 -QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - WWW-MINCRYST 15 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Bazzite using: Visit our Advertisers for Bazzite : Translate Bazzite Mineral Data : Ask about Bazzite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Bazzite Specimen Label here :
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