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- 56.2.11.1 Nasonite Pb6Ca4Si6O21Cl2 P 63/m 6/m
- VIII/C.19-10 Nasonite Pb6Ca4Si6O21Cl2 P 63/m 6/m
- VIII/C.19-20 Molybdophyllite Pb9Mg9Si9O24(OH)24 P 6322 6 2 2
General Nasonite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
Pb6Ca4Si6O21Cl2 | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 1,983.71 gm | ||
| Calcium 8.89 % Ca 12.44 % CaO | |||
| Silicon 7.93 % Si 16.96 % SiO2 | |||
| Lead 62.67 % Pb 67.51 % PbO | |||
| Chlorine 3.57 % Cl 3.57 % Cl | |||
| - % Cl -0.81 % -O=Cl2 | |||
| Oxygen 16.94 % O | |||
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| 100.00 % 99.68 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
Pb6Ca4.4Si5.6O21Cl2 | ||
| Environment: |
Metamorphosed Mn-Zn deposit. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1899 | ||
| Locality: |
Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersy, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
Named for Frank Lewis Nason (1856-1928), American geologist, Geological Survey of New Jersey. | ||
| Synonym: |
ICSD 34848 | ||
| PDF 14-328 | |||
Nasonite Image | |||
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Nasonite Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:c = 1:1.31646 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 10.08, c = 13.27, Z = 2; V = 1,167.68 Den(Calc)= 5.64 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Hexagonal - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m) Space Group: P 63/m | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 1.81(1), 3.27(1), 3.16(0.9), | ||
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Crystal Structure:
Mouse |
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Physical Properties of Nasonite |
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| Cleavage: |
[0001] Good, [h00] Indistinct | ||
| Color: |
White. | ||
| Density: |
5.42 - 5.5, Average = 5.46 | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Transparent to translucent | ||
| Habit: |
Cleaveable - Easily cleaved into fragments. | ||
| Habit: |
Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock. | ||
| Hardness: |
4 - Fluorite | ||
| Luminescence: |
Non-fluorescent. | ||
| Luster: |
Vitreous - Adamantine | ||
| Magnetism: |
Nonmagnetic | ||
| Streak: |
white | ||
Optical Properties of Nasonite |
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| Gladstone-Dale: |
CI meas= -0.057 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.024 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1663,KPDmeas= 0.1718,KC= 0.1625 |
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| Optical Data: |
Uniaxial (+), w=1.913-1.945, e=1.923-1.971, bire=0.0100-0.0260. | ||
Calculated Properties of Nasonite |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=4.89 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.1424 Boson Index = 0.8576 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PENasonite =1,110.90 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Nasonite is Not Radioactive |
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Nasonite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
56.2.11.1 (56)Sorosilicate Si2O7 Groups and O, OH, F. and H2O | ||
| (56.2)with cations in [4] and/or >[4] coordination | |||
| (56.2.11)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
VIII/C.19-10 VIII - Silicates | ||
| VIII/C - Sorosilicates with [Si2O7]6-, with anions unfamiliar to tetraheders [O,OH,F] | |||
| VIII/C.19 - Nasonite - Molybdophyllite series | |||
Other Nasonite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( Ford32) PHYS. PROP.(AntBidBlaNic2) OPTIC PROP.(Ford32) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Nasonite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Franklin Minerals(Dunn) 5 - Franklin Minerals(Palache) 6 -Google Images 7 -Google Scholar 8 -Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 9 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 10 -MinDAT 11 -MinMax(Deutsch) 12 -MinMax(English) 13 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 14 -QUT Mineral Atlas 15 - WWW-MINCRYST 16 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Nasonite using: Visit our Advertisers for Nasonite : Translate Nasonite Mineral Data : Ask about Nasonite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Nasonite Specimen Label here :
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