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General Painite Information

Chemical Formula:

CaZrB[Al9O18]

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 586.42 gm

Sodium 0.74 % Na 1.00 % Na₂O

Calcium 5.26 % Ca 7.36 % CaO

Zirconium 0.62 % Zr 0.84 % ZrO₂

Titanium 1.55 % Ti 2.59 % TiO₂

Aluminum 40.49 % Al 76.50 % Al₂O₃

Chromium 0.27 % Cr 0.35 % CrO

Boron 1.95 % B 6.29 % B₂O₃

Oxygen 49.11 % O

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100.00 % 94.94 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Ca_0.77Na_0.19Al_8.8Ti_0.19Cr_0.03Zr_0.04B_1.06O₁₈

Environment:

Recovered from gem concentrates.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1957

Locality:

Ohngaing, Mogok district, Sagaing, Myanmar. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for A. C. D. Pain (-1971), British gem collector who first noticed the mineral.

Synonym:

ICSD 12136

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Painite

Comments: Painite #12, is an orange-brown, 0.156 gram, transparent, uniaxial, gemmy crystal with one perfect termination.
Location: Ongaing village, Mogok region, Myanmar. Scale: Not Given.
© S Naung II

Painite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.97019

Cell Dimensions:

a = 8.724, c = 8.464, Z = 2; V = 557.88 Den(Calc)= 3.49

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m) Space Group: P 6₃/m

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.52(1), 5.76(1), 3.7(0.8),

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Moore P B , Araki T , American Mineralogist , 61 (1976) p.88-94, Painite, CaZrB[Al9O18]: Its crystal structure and relation to jeremejevite,, B5[X3Al6(OH)3O15], and fluoborite, B3[Mg9(F,OH)9O9]

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Physical Properties of Painite

Color:

Brownish, Brownish red, Orange red, Red.

Density:

4 - 4.03, Average = 4.01

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Habit:

Hexagonal - Six-sided crystal shape in cross-section or habit.

Habit:

Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Hardness:

8 - Topaz

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Painite

Dichroism (e):

ruby red.

Dichroism (w):

pale brownish orange.

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.011 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.138 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2297,KPDmeas= 0.1997,KC= 0.2019

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (-), e=1.787-1.789, w=1.815-1.816, bire=0.0270-0.0280.

Calculated Properties of Painite

Electron Density:

r_electron=3.94 gm/cc
note: r_Painite=4.02 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00715
Boson Index = 0.99285

Photoelectric:

PE_Painite= 3.02 barns/electron
U=PE_Painite x r_electron= 11.89 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Painite is Not Radioactive

Painite Classification

Dana Class:

7.5.2.1 (7)Multiple Oxides

(7.5)where A B X2

(7.5.2)Dana Group

7.5.2.1 Painite CaZrB[Al9O18] P 6₃/m 6/m

Strunz Class:

V/G.05-40 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates

V/G - "Insel" borates [BO3]3- "inseln"

V/G.05 - Fluoborite - Painite series

V/G.05-10 Fluoborite Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3 P 6₃/m 6/m

V/G.05-20 Karlite! (Mg,Al)6(BO3)3(OH,Cl)4 P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

V/G.05-30 Jeremejevite Al6B5O15(F,OH)3 P 6₃/m 6/m

V/G.05-40 Painite CaZrB[Al9O18] P 6₃/m 6/m

Other Painite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8, AmMin, v 89, p 610) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Painite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - CalTech Mineral Spectroscopy
4 - EUROmin Project
5 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
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 - Ruff.Info
16 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Painite

CaZrB[Al9O18]
Dana No: 7.5.2.1 Strunz No: V/G.05-40
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