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General Eakerite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Ca2SnAl2Si6O18(OH)2·2(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 779.38 gm
   Calcium   10.28 %  Ca   14.39 % CaO
   Aluminum   6.92 %  Al   13.08 % Al2O3
   Silicon   21.62 %  Si   46.26 % SiO2
   Tin       15.23 %  Sn   19.34 % SnO2
   Hydrogen   0.78 %  H     6.93 % H2O
   Oxygen    45.16 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ca2SnAl2Si6O18(OH)2·2(H2O)
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1970
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named in honor of Mr. Jack Eaker who was a mining engineer at the Foote lithium Company spodumene mine at King's Mountain, NC.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 12126
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Eakerite

Comments: Transparent, prismatic crystal of eakerite.
Location: Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA. Scale: Not Given.
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Eakerite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =2.0582:1:0.9633
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 15.892, b = 7.721, c = 7.438, Z = 2; beta = 101.32° V = 894.90 Den(Calc)= 2.89
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): 4.812(1), 5.257(0.9), 7.31(0.8),
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Kossiakoff A A , Leavens P B , American Mineralogist , 61 (1976) p.956-962, The crystal structure of eakerite, a calcium-tin silicate

 

Physical Properties of Eakerite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: None
Help on Color: Color: Colorless, White.
Help on Density: Density: 2.93
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Conchoidal - Fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces, (e.g. quartz).
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 5.5 - Knife Blade
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Eakerite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.016 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.003 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2042,KPDmeas= 0.2014,KC= 0.2047
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (+), a=1.584, b=1.586, g=1.6, bire=0.0160, 2V(Calc)=42, 2V(Meas)=35.
 

Calculated Properties of Eakerite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=2.83 gm/cc
note: rEakerite =2.89 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.03576
Boson Index = 0.96424
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEEakerite = 45.15 barns/electron
U=PEEakerite x relectron= 127.90 barns/cc.

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

Eakerite is Not Radioactive

 

Eakerite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 72.1.5.1 (72)Phyllosilicate Two-Dimensional Infinite Sheets with Other Than Six-Membered Rings
  (72.1)with 4-membered rings
  (72.1.5)Dana Group
 
72.1.5.1 Eakerite Ca2SnAl2Si6O18(OH)2·2(H2O) P 21/a 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VIII/G.02-10 VIII - Silicates
  VIII/G - Intermediate between chain- and layered silicates
  VIII/G.02 - Eakerite series
 
VIII/G.02-10 Eakerite Ca2SnAl2Si6O18(OH)2·2(H2O) P 21/a 2/m
 

Other Eakerite 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 Eakerite :
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 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 - WWW-MINCRYST 14 -École des Mines de Paris

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Ca2SnAl2Si6O18(OH)2·2(H2O)
Dana No: 72.1.5.1 Strunz No: VIII/G.02-10
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