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General Kilchoanite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Ca3Si2O7
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 288.40 gm
   Calcium  41.69 %  Ca   58.33 % CaO
   Silicon  19.48 %  Si   41.67 % SiO2
   Oxygen   38.83 %  O
           ______        ______ 
           100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ca3(Si2O7)
Help on Environment: Environment: Retrograde replacement of rankinite.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1961
Help on Locality: Locality: Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan, Scotland. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for the locality.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 63499
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Kilchoanite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =2.2436:1:4.3123
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 11.42, b = 5.09, c = 21.95, Z = 8; V = 1,275.91 Den(Calc)= 3.00
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Orthorhombic - PyramidalH-M Symbol (mm2) Space Group: I2cm
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.89(1), 2.68(0.95), 3.07(0.9),
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Kimata M , Mineralogical Magazine , 53 (1989) p.625-631, The crystal structure of manganoan kilchoanite, Ca2.33Mn0.67Si2O7:, a site preference rule for the substitution of Mn for Ca

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Physical Properties of Kilchoanite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: None
Help on Color: Color: Colorless.
Help on Density: Density: 2.99
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Kilchoanite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.037 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.034 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2162,KPDmeas= 0.2169,KC= 0.2092
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (+), a=1.647, b=1.649, g=1.65, bire=0.0030, 2V(Calc)=70, 2V(Meas)=60. Dispersion r > v.
Help on Pleochroism (x): Pleochroism (x): anomalous.
Help on Pleochroism (y): Pleochroism (y): anomalous.
Help on Pleochroism (z): Pleochroism (z): anomalous.
 

Calculated Properties of Kilchoanite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=3.00 gm/cc
note: rKilchoanite =3.00 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00984
Boson Index = 0.99016
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEKilchoanite = 5.85 barns/electron
U=PEKilchoanite x relectron= 17.53 barns/cc.

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

Kilchoanite is Not Radioactive

 

Kilchoanite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 58.3.2.1 (58)Sorosilicate Insular, Mixed, Single, and Larger Tetrahedral Groups
  (58.3)with insular single and triple groups (n=1,3)
  (58.3.2)Dana Group
 
58.3.2.1 Kilchoanite Ca3Si2O7 I2cm mm2
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VIII/C.03-20 VIII - Silicates
  VIII/C - Sorosilicates, with [Si2O7]6-, without anions unfamiliar to tetraheders
  VIII/C.03 - Rankinite - Cebollite series
 
VIII/C.03-10 Rankinite Ca3Si2O7 P 21/a 2/m
 
VIII/C.03-20 Kilchoanite Ca3Si2O7 I2cm mm2
 
VIII/C.03-30 Cebollite Ca5Al2(SiO4)3(OH)4 Unk Ortho
 
VIII/C.03-58 Manganokukisvumite! Na6MnTi4Si8O28·4(H2O) Pccn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 

Other Kilchoanite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Kilchoanite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 8 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 9 -MinDAT 10 -MinMax(Deutsch) 11 -MinMax(English) 12 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 -QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - WWW-MINCRYST 15 -École des Mines de Paris

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Kilchoanite

Ca3Si2O7
Dana No: 58.3.2.1 Strunz No: VIII/C.03-20
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