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General Olekminskite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Sr(Sr,Ca,Ba)(CO3)2
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 285.97 gm
   Barium      4.80 %  Ba    5.36 % BaO
   Strontium  49.02 %  Sr   57.98 % SrO
   Calcium     4.20 %  Ca    5.88 % CaO
   Carbon      8.40 %  C    30.78 % CO2
   Oxygen     33.57 %  O
             ______        ______ 
             100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: SrSr0.6Ca0.3Ba0.1(CO3)2
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1991
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: IMA1989-047
 

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Olekminskite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:0.70207
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 8.66, c = 6.08, Z = 3; V = 394.88 Den(Calc)= 3.61
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Trigonal - TrapezohedralH-M Symbol (3 2) Space Group: P 321
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 3.5(1), 2.03(0.9), 2.49(0.9),
 

Physical Properties of Olekminskite

Help on Color: Color: White, Snow white.
Help on Density: Density: 3.7
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 3 - Calcite
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Olekminskite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.038 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.014 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1658,KPDmeas= 0.1618,KC= 0.1682
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Uniaxial (-), e=1.527, w=1.67, bire=0.1430.
 

Calculated Properties of Olekminskite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=3.34 gm/cc
note: rOlekminskite =3.61 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.04401
Boson Index = 0.95599
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEOlekminskite = 77.38 barns/electron
U=PEOlekminskite x relectron= 258.65 barns/cc.

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

Olekminskite is Not Radioactive

 

Olekminskite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 14.2.2.3 (14)Anhydrous Carbonates
  (14.2)with Compound Formula A+ B++ (CO3)2
  (14.2.2)Dana Group
 
14.2.2.1 Norsethite BaMg(CO3)2 R 32 3 2
 
14.2.2.2 Paralstonite BaCa(CO3)2 P 321 3 2
 
14.2.2.3 Olekminskite Sr(Sr,Ca,Ba)(CO3)2 P 321 3 2
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: V/B.04-65 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates
  V/B - Waterfree carbonates [CO3]2- without unfamiliar anions
  V/B.04 - Aragonite group
 
V/B.04-10 Aragonite CaCO3 Pmcn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
V/B.04-20 Strontianite SrCO3 Pmcn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
V/B.04-30 Witherite BaCO3 Pmcn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
V/B.04-40 Cerussite PbCO3 Pmcn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
V/B.04-50 Alstonite BaCa(CO3)2 P1 or P1 Tri
 
V/B.04-60 Barytocalcite BaCa(CO3)2 P 21 2
 
V/B.04-65 Olekminskite Sr(Sr,Ca,Ba)(CO3)2 P 321 3 2
 
V/B.04-70 Paralstonite BaCa(CO3)2 P 321 3 2
 

Other Olekminskite Information

Help on References: References: PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.78,p451,1993) OPTIC PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.78,p451,1993)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Olekminskite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas 11 - WWW-MINCRYST 12 -École des Mines de Paris

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Olekminskite

Sr(Sr,Ca,Ba)(CO3)2
Dana No: 14.2.2.3 Strunz No: V/B.04-65
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