Niigataite Mineral Data

Niigataite Mineral Data

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General Niigataite Information

Chemical Formula:

CaSrAl3(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 499.69 gm

Strontium 12.63 % Sr 14.93 % SrO

Calcium 10.27 % Ca 14.36 % CaO

Aluminum 13.39 % Al 25.30 % Al₂O₃

Iron 5.03 % Fe 6.47 % FeO

Silicon 16.86 % Si 36.07 % SiO₂

Hydrogen 0.20 % H 1.80 % H₂O

Oxygen 41.62 % O

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100.00 % 98.94 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Ca_1.28Sr_0.72Al_2.48Fe²⁺_0.45(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)O(OH)

Environment:

Occurs interstitally with chlorite and diaspore in a boulder of prehenite. (epidote group; structure)

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Itoigawa-Ohmi district, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the locality.

Synonym:

Clinozoisite-Sr

IMA2001-055

Niigataite Image

Images:

Niigataite

Comments: Boulder consisting of prehenite, diaspore, chlorite and niigataite. The pale lavender is prehenite/diaspore and the very pale green is chlorite/niigataite..
Location: Itoigawa, river Kazuo, Niigata prefecture, Japan. Scale: Specimen size 19cm x 16 cm.
© American Mineralogist

Images:

Niigataite

Comments: Backscatter electronic image of niigataite (bright) which is partially replacing a chlorite (med gray) grain in a diaspore (dark gray, rod-shaped) and prehenite (light gray) matrix.
Location: Itoigawa, river Kazuo, Niigata prefecture, Japan. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© American Mineralogist

Niigataite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =1.5909:1:1.8273

Cell Dimensions:

a = 8.89, b = 5.5878, c = 10.211, Z = 2; beta = 115.12° V = 459.26 Den(Calc)= 3.61

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 2₁/m

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.9(1)(113), 2.79(0.48)(020,211), 2.7(0.26)(013,300),3.22(0.25)(201), 2.6(0.24)(311), 2.11(0.24)(221,223), 5.05(0.23)(102),

Physical Properties of Niigataite

Cleavage:

Perfect

Color:

Pale greenish gray.

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Fracture:

Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.

Habit:

Subhedral Crystals - Occurs as crystals which tend to exhibit a recognizable crystal shape.

Hardness:

5-5.5 - Apatite-Knife Blade

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Niigataite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI calc= 0.022 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1932,KC= 0.1975

Optical Data:

Biaxial (?), a=1.67, g=1.725, bire=0.0550

Calculated Properties of Niigataite

Electron Density:

r_electron=3.52 gm/cc
note: r_Niigataite=3.61 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.01811
Boson Index = 0.98189

Photoelectric:

PE_Niigataite= 17.51 barns/electron
U=PE_Niigataite x r_electron= 61.70 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Niigataite is Not Radioactive

Niigataite Classification

Dana Class:

58.2.1a.17 (58)Sorosilicate Insular, Mixed, Single, and Larger Tetrahedral Groups

(58.2)with cations in [6] and higher coordination; single and double groups (n=1,2)

(58.2.1a)Epidote group (Epidote subgroup)

58.2.1a.1 Allanite-(Ce) (Ce,Ca,Y)2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.2 Allanite-(La)! Ca(REE,Ca)Al2(Fe,Fe)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.3 Allanite-(Y) (Y,Ce,Ca)2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.4 Clinozoisite Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)=Ca2AlAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.5 Dissakisite-(Ce) Ca(Ce,REE)(Mg,Fe)(Al,Fe)2Si3O12(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.6 Dollaseite-(Ce) CaCeMg2AlSi3O11(OH,F)2 P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.7 Epidote Ca2(Fe,Al)3(SiO4)3(OH)=Ca2(Fe,Al)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.8 Hancockite (Ca,Pb,Sr)2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.9 Khristovite-(Ce) (Ca,REE)(Ce,REE)(Mg,Fe,Cr,Ti,V,Al)MnAl(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)(F,O) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.10 Mukhinite Ca2Al2V(SiO4)3(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.11 Piemontite Ca2(Al,Mn,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)=Ca2(Mn,Fe)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.12 Strontiopiemontite (Ca,Mn)(Sr,Ca)Mn(Al,Mn,Fe)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.13 Androsite-(La)! (Mn,Ca)(La,Ce,Ca,Nd)AlMnMn(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.14 Ferriallanite-(Ce)! CaCe(Fe,Fe,Al)3[SiO4][Si2O7]O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.15 Tweddillite! CaSr(Mn,Fe)2Al[Si3O12](OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.16 Gatelite-(Ce)! (Ca,Ce,La,Nd)4(Al,Mg,Fe)4[Si2O7][SiO4]3(O,F,OH)3 P 2₁/a 2/m

58.2.1a.17 Niigataite ! CaSrAl3(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.18 Vastmanlandite-(Ce)! Ce3CaMg2Al2Si5O19(OH)2F P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.19 IMA2002-049! (Mn,Ca)(Ce,REE)AlMnMn(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.20 Dissakisite-(La)! (Ca,Fe,Th)(REE,Ca)(Al,Cr,Ti)2(Mg,Fe,Al)Si3O12(OH,F)withLa>Ce P 2₁/m 2/m

58.2.1a.22 IMA2004-015! (Mn,Ca)(REE)VAlMn(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

VIII/C.23-43 VIII - Silicates

VIII/C - Sorosilicates, mixed structure with [SiO4]2- "inseln" and [Si2O7]6- groups

VIII/C.23 - Epidote group

VIII/C.23-10 Clinozoisite Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)=Ca2AlAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-20 Epidote Ca2(Fe,Al)3(SiO4)3(OH)=Ca2(Fe,Al)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-30 Piemontite Ca2(Al,Mn,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)=Ca2(Mn,Fe)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-40 Strontiopiemontite (Ca,Mn)(Sr,Ca)Mn(Al,Mn,Fe)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-43 Niigataite CaSrAl3(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-45 Tweddillite! CaSr(Mn,Fe)2Al[Si3O12](OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-50 Mukhinite Ca2Al2V(SiO4)3(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-52 Androsite-(La)! (Mn,Ca)(La,Ce,Ca,Nd)AlMnMn(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-55 Dollaseite-(Ce) CaCeMg2AlSi3O11(OH,F)2 P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-58 Dissakisite-(Ce) Ca(Ce,REE)(Mg,Fe)(Al,Fe)2Si3O12(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-60 Allanite-(Y) (Y,Ce,Ca)2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-65 Allanite-(La)! Ca(REE,Ca)Al2(Fe,Fe)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-80 Allanite-(Ce) (Ce,Ca,Y)2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-85a Ferriallanite-(Ce)! CaCe(Fe,Fe,Al)3[SiO4][Si2O7]O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-85 Khristovite-(Ce) (Ca,REE)(Ce,REE)(Mg,Fe,Cr,Ti,V,Al)MnAl(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)(F,O) P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-87 Gatelite-(Ce)! (Ca,Ce,La,Nd)4(Al,Mg,Fe)4[Si2O7][SiO4]3(O,F,OH)3 P 2₁/a 2/m

VIII/C.23-90 Hancockite (Ca,Pb,Sr)2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

VIII/C.23-100 Zoisite Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)=Ca2AlAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) Pnmc 2/m 2/m 2/m

Other Niigataite Information

References:

NAME( AmMin, v 89, p 469) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, v 89, p 469) OPTIC PROP.(AmMin, v 89, p 469)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Niigataite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -MinDAT 6 -MinMax(Deutsch) 7 -MinMax(English) 8 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 9 -QUT Mineral Atlas

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Niigataite

CaSrAl3(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Dana No: 58.2.1a.17 Strunz No: VIII/C.23-43
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