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General Calcioburbankite Information
Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 597.04 gm
   Sodium           11.55 %  Na   15.57 % Na2O
   Strontium         4.40 %  Sr    5.21 % SrO
   Calcium          12.08 %  Ca   16.91 % CaO
   La,Ce,Pr,Nd,Sm,  21.71 %  RE   25.32 % REE2O3
   Carbon           10.06 %  C    36.86 % CO2
   Oxygen           40.20 %  O
                   ______        ______ 
                   100.00 %       99.87 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Na3Ca1.8REE0.9Sr0.3(CO3)5
Help on Environment: Environment: In a vent associated with ancylite-Ce and a vug inside a marble zenolith associated the carbonatite assemblage at Mont Saint-Hilaire.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1995
Help on Locality: Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: For its relationship as the calcium-dominant analog of burbankite.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: IMA1993-001
 

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Calcioburbankite   Aegirine

Comments: Tan crystal spray of calcioburbankite on dark green aegirine.
Location: Mont Saint Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Calcioburbankite Crystallography
Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:0.60476
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 10.447, c = 6.318, Z = 2; V = 597.16 Den(Calc)= 3.32
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Hexagonal - Dihexagonal PyramidalH-M Symbol (6mm) Space Group: P 63mc
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.601(1), 2.13(0.6), 3.01(0.5),
 

Physical Properties of Calcioburbankite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [100] Imperfect
Help on Color: Color: Deep orange, Silky white, Pink. light.
Help on Density: Density: 3.45
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Translucent
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Brittle - Conchoidal - Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments.
Help on Habit: Habit: Crystalline - Coarse - Occurs as well-formed coarse sized crystals.
Help on Habit: Habit: Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 3-4 - Calcite-Fluorite
Help on Luminescence: Luminescence: Non-fluorescent.
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Calcioburbankite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.001 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.04 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1908,KPDmeas= 0.1836,KC= 0.1834
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Uniaxial (-), e=1.631, w=1.636, bire=0.0050.
 

Calculated Properties of Calcioburbankite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=3.30 gm/cc
note: rCalcioburbankite =3.45 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.04493
Boson Index = 0.95507
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PECalcioburbankite = 135.40 barns/electron
U=PECalcioburbankite x relectron= 446.43 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

GRapi = 22,208.10 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Calcioburbankite is Radioactive as defined in 49 CFR 173.403. Greater than 70 Bq / gram.

Estimated Radioactivity from Calcioburbankite - weak
Specimen
Size
Weight/Volume
(Sphere) *		 Calculated
Activity
Bequerols
(Bq)		 Calculated
Activity
Curies (Ci)		 Estimated
Activity
GR(api)		 Estimated
Exposure
(mRem**)/hr
If Held in Hand
For One Hour
1000 gm / 8.21 cm 487,982 1.32E-05 22,208.10 7.30
100 gm / 3.81 cm 48,798 1.32E-06 2,220.81 0.73
10 gm / 1.77 cm 4,880 1.32E-07 222.08 0.07
1 gm / 8.21 mm 488 1.32E-08 22.21 0.01
0.1 gm / 3.81 mm 49 1.32E-09 2.22 0.00
0.01 gm / 1.77 mm 5 1.32E-10 0.22 0.00
0.001 gm / 0.82 mm 0 1.32E-11 0.02 0.00

Weight of pure Calcioburbankite in grams (gm) and Calculated Diameter of a Sphere with a Density of 3.45 gm/cc.*
Goverment Estimate of Average Annual Exposure ( 360 mRem) **
Note: 10 microsieverts/hr = 1 mRem/hr **
Max Permissable Adult Dose 50,000 mRem/yr (hands), 15,000 mRem/yr (eyes)
Lethal Dose LD(50) Exposure 400,000 to 500,000 mRem
Estimated Thorium Activity ( 1.09 % Th) From Sum REE Elements (21.71 % REE)
 

Calcioburbankite Classification
Help on Dana Class: Dana Class: 14.4.4.3 (14)Anhydrous Carbonates
  (14.4)with Compound Formula A+2 B++2 (CO3)4
  (14.4.4)Burbankite Group (Hexagonal)
 
14.4.4.1 Burbankite (Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5 P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
14.4.4.2 Khanneshite (NaCa)3(Ba,Sr,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5 P 63mc 6mm
 
14.4.4.3 Calcioburbankite Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5 P 63mc 6mm
Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class: V/B.05-98 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates
  V/B - Waterfree carbonates [CO3]2- without unfamiliar anions
  V/B.05 - Eitelie - Shortite - Carbocernaite series
 
V/B.05-10 Eitelite Na2Mg(CO3)2 R 3 3
 
V/B.05-20 Nyerereite Na2Ca(CO3)2 C mc21 mm2
 
V/B.05-30 Natrofairchildite Na2Ca(CO3)2 P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
V/B.05-40 Gregoryite (Na2,K2,Ca)CO3 P 63mc 6mm
 
V/B.05-50 Fairchildite K2Ca(CO3)2 P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
V/B.05-55 Zemkorite (Na,K)2Ca(CO3)2 P 63/mmc, P 63mc, P 62c- Hex
 
V/B.05-60 Butschliite K2Ca(CO3)2 R 3m 3 2/m
 
V/B.05-70 Shortite Na2Ca2(CO3)3 Amm2 mm2
 
V/B.05-80 Sahamalite-(Ce) (Mg,Fe)Ce2(CO3)4 P 21/a 2/m
 
V/B.05-90 Remondite-(Ce) Na3(Ce,La,Ca,Na,Sr)3(CO3)5 P 21 2
 
V/B.05-92 Remondite-(La)! Na3(La,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5 P 21 2
 
V/B.05-95 Petersenite-(Ce) (Na,Ca)4(Ce,La,Nd)2(CO3)5 P 21 2
 
V/B.05-98 Calcioburbankite Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5 P 63mc 6mm
 
V/B.05-100 Burbankite (Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5 P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
V/B.05-110 Khanneshite (NaCa)3(Ba,Sr,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5 P 63mc 6mm
 
V/B.05-120 Carbocernaite (Ca,Na)(Sr,Ce,Ba)(CO3)2 P mc21 mm2
 

Other Calcioburbankite Information
Help on References: References: NAME( MinRec) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min v 81, p 1013, AmMin v 88, p 934) OPTIC PROP.(MinRec)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Calcioburbankite :
1 - Alkali-Nuts(English) 2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais) 3 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 4 -Athena 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas

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Calcioburbankite

Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5
Dana No: 14.4.4.3 Strunz No: V/B.05-98
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