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General Calclacite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Ca[Cl2/CH3COO]·10(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 350.18 gm
   Calcium   11.44 %  Ca
   Hydrogen   6.62 %  H
   Carbon     6.86 %  C
   Chlorine  20.25 %  Cl
   Oxygen    54.83 %  O
            ______ 
            100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: CaCl2C2H3O2·10(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: Found in oak museum cases, encrusting Ca-rich specimens
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1945
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 76894
  PDF 12-869
 

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Calclacite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.7587:1:0.497
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 10.41, b = 13.72, c = 6.82, Z = 4; beta = 99.1° V = 961.81 Den(Calc)= 2.42
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/a
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.43(1), 3.24(1), 8.27(1),
 

Physical Properties of Calclacite

Help on Color: Color: White.
 

Optical Properties of Calclacite

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (+), a=1.468, b=1.484, g=1.515, bire=0.0470, 2V(Calc)=74, 2V(Meas)=80.
 

Calculated Properties of Calclacite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=2.56 gm/cc
note: rCalclacite =2.42 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00118
Boson Index = 0.99882
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PECalclacite = 2.78 barns/electron
U=PECalclacite x relectron= 7.11 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Calclacite is Not Radioactive

 

Calclacite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 50.2.4.1 (50)Salts of Organic Acids
  (50.2)(Mellitates, Citrates, Cyanates, and Acetates)
  (50.2.4)Dana Group
 
50.2.4.1 Calclacite Ca[Cl2/CH3COO]·10(H2O) P 21/a 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: IX/A.02-20 IX - Organic compunds
  IX/A - Salts from organic acids. Other organic salts, a.o. mellates and citrates.
  IX/A.02 - Mellite - Abelsonite (?) series
 
IX/A.02-03 Dashkovaite! Mg(HCOO)2·2(H2O) P 21/c 2/m
 
IX/A.02-05 Formicaite! Ca(HCOO)2 P 41212 4 2 2
 
IX/A.02-10 Mellite Al2[C6(COO)6]·16(H2O) P 4122,P 4322 4 2 2
 
IX/A.02-16 Hoganite! Cu(CH3COO)2·H2O C 2/c 2/m
 
IX/A.02-18 Paceite! CaCu(CH3COO)4·6(H2O) I 4/m 4/m
 
IX/A.02-20 Calclacite Ca[Cl2/CH3COO]·10(H2O) P 21/a 2/m
 
IX/A.02-30 Earlandite Ca3(C6H5O7)·4(H2O) Unk Mono
 
IX/A.02-40 Kafehydrocyanite* K4Fe(CN)6·3(H2O) I 41/a 4/m
 
IX/A.02-50 Julienite* Na2Co(SCN)4·8(H2O) P 41/n 4/m
 
IX/A.02-60 Abelsonite NiC31H32N4 P1 or P1 Tri
 

Other Calclacite Information

Help on References: References: PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Calclacite :
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 -École des Mines de Paris

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Ca[Cl2/CH3COO]·10(H2O)
Dana No: 50.2.4.1 Strunz No: IX/A.02-20
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