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General Levyne-Na Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: (Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si4O12·6(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 1,540.68 gm
   Potassium   0.96 %  K     1.16 % K2O
   Sodium      5.73 %  Na    7.72 % Na2O
   Calcium     2.32 %  Ca    3.24 % CaO
   Magnesium   0.13 %  Mg    0.21 % MgO
   Aluminum   11.09 %  Al   20.95 % Al2O3
   Silicon    21.35 %  Si   45.67 % SiO2
   Hydrogen    2.36 %  H    21.05 % H2O
   Oxygen     56.08 %  O
             ______        ______ 
             100.00 %       99.99 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Na3.84K0.38Ca0.89Mg0.08Al6.33Si11.71O36·18(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: Alteration of basaltic rocks.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added)
Help on Locality: Locality: Chojabaru, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for Armand Levy (1794-1841), French mineralogist and crystallographer, Paris University, France. The Na-dominant member of the levyne series.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: Echellite
  Levynite
 

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Levyne-Na Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:1.69536
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 13.38, c = 22.684, Z = 3; V = 3,516.92 Den(Calc)= 2.18
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Trigonal - Hexagonal ScalenohedralH-M Symbol (3 2/m) Space Group: R 3m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 4.1(1), 2.815(0.8), 8.19(0.65),
 

Physical Properties of Levyne-Na

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [1011] Perfect
Help on Color: Color: White, Grayish white, Reddish white, Yellowish white, Gray.
Help on Density: Density: 2.09 - 2.16, Average = 2.12
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent to Translucent
Help on Habit: Habit: Fibrous - Crystals made up of fibers.
Help on Habit: Habit: Radial - Crystals radiate from a center without producing stellar forms (e.g. stibnite)
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 4-4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Magnetism: Magnetism: Nonmagnetic
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Levyne-Na

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.001 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.026 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.228,KPDmeas= 0.2339,KC= 0.2341
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Uniaxial (-), e=1.487-1.502, w=1.489-1.51, bire=0.0020-0.0080.
 

Calculated Properties of Levyne-Na

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=2.16 gm/cc
note: rLevyne-Na =2.13 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.0104
Boson Index = 0.9896
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PELevyne-Na = 1.66 barns/electron
U=PELevyne-Na x relectron= 3.58 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

GRapi = 14.12 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Estimated Radioactivity from Levyne-Na - barely detectable

 

Levyne-Na Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 77.1.2.8a (77)Tectosilicate Zeolite group
  (77.1)true zeolites
  (77.1.2)Chabazite and related species
 
77.1.2.1 Chabazite-Ca (Ca0.5,Na,K)4[Al4Si8O24]·12H2O P1 1
 
77.1.2.1a Chabazite-Na! (Na2,K2,Ca,Mg)[Al2Si4O12]·6(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m
 
77.1.2.1b Chabazite-K! (K2,Ca,Na2,Mg)[Al2Si4O12]·6(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m
 
77.1.2.1c Chabazite-Sr! (Sr,Ca,K2,Na2)[Al2Si4O12]·6(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m
 
77.1.2.2 Herschelite? (Na,Ca,K)AlSi2O6·3(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m
 
77.1.2.3 Willhendersonite KCaAl3Si3O12·5(H2O) P1 1
 
77.1.2.4 Offretite (K2,Ca,Mg)2.5Al5Si13O36·15(H2O) P 6m2 6 m2
 
77.1.2.5 Erionite-Na (Na2,K2,Ca)2[Al4Si14O36]·15(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
77.1.2.5a Erionite-K! (K2,Ca,Na2)2[Al4Si14O36]·15(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
77.1.2.5b Erionite-Ca! (Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al4Si14O36]·15(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
77.1.2.6 Gmelinite-Na (Na2,Ca)Al2Si4O12·6(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
77.1.2.6a Gmelinite-Ca! (Ca,Na2)Al2Si4O12·6(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
77.1.2.6b Gmelinite-K! (K,Na,Ca)6(Al7Si17O48)·22(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
77.1.2.7 Faujasite-Na (Na2,Ca,Mg)3.5[Al7Si17O48]·32(H2O) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
77.1.2.7a Faujasite-Ca! (Ca,Na2,Mg)3.5[Al7Si17O48]·32(H2O) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
77.1.2.7b Faujasite-Mg! (Mg,Na2,Ca)3.5[Al7Si17O48]·32(H2O) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
77.1.2.8 Levyne-Ca (Ca,Na2,K2)Al2Si4O12·6(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m
 
77.1.2.8a Levyne-Na ! (Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si4O12·6(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m
 
77.1.2.9 Tschortnerite! Ca4(Ca,Sr,K,Ba)3Cu3(OH)8[Si12Al12O48]·x(H2O),x>=20 F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VIII/J.26-58 VIII - Silicates
  VIII/J - Tectosilicates (network), with zeolite-structure, Bladed Zeolites
  VIII/J.26 - Zeolite group, Willhendersonite - Chabazite - Perialite series
 
VIII/J.26-10 Willhendersonite KCaAl3Si3O12·5(H2O) P1 1
 
VIII/J.26-20 Chabazite-Na! (Na2,K2,Ca,Mg)[Al2Si4O12]·6(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m
 
VIII/J.26-25 Chabazite-K! (K2,Ca,Na2,Mg)[Al2Si4O12]·6(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m
 
VIII/J.26-30 Chabazite-Ca (Ca0.5,Na,K)4[Al4Si8O24]·12H2O P1 1
 
VIII/J.26-35 Chabazite-Sr! (Sr,Ca,K2,Na2)[Al2Si4O12]·6(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m
 
VIII/J.26-40 Tschernichite (Ca,Na)(Si6Al2)O16·4-8(H2O) P 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/J.26-50 Gmelinite-Na (Na2,Ca)Al2Si4O12·6(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/J.26-52 Gmelinite-K! (K,Na,Ca)6(Al7Si17O48)·22(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/J.26-54 Gmelinite-Ca! (Ca,Na2)Al2Si4O12·6(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/J.26-58 Levyne-Na (Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si4O12·6(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m
 
VIII/J.26-60 Levyne-Ca (Ca,Na2,K2)Al2Si4O12·6(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m
 
VIII/J.26-70 Offretite (K2,Ca,Mg)2.5Al5Si13O36·15(H2O) P 6m2 6 m2
 
VIII/J.26-80 Mazzite K2CaMg2(Al,Si)36O72·28(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/J.26-90 Erionite-Na (Na2,K2,Ca)2[Al4Si14O36]·15(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/J.26-92 Erionite-K! (K2,Ca,Na2)2[Al4Si14O36]·15(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/J.26-94 Erionite-Ca! (Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al4Si14O36]·15(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
VIII/J.26-95 Bellbergite (K,Ba,Sr)2Sr2Ca2(Ca,Na)4Al18Si18O72·30(H2O) P 63/mmc, P 62c-, P 63mc Hex
 
VIII/J.26-100 Perlialite K8Tl4Al12Si24O72·20(H2O) P 6/mmm 6/m 2/m 2/m
 

Other Levyne-Na Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(CanMin, v 35, p 1586) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Levyne-Na :
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Levyne-Na

(Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si4O12·6(H2O)
Dana No: 77.1.2.8a Strunz No: VIII/J.26-58
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