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Santite Mineral Data + |
General Santite Information |
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| KB5O6(OH)4·2(H2O) | |||
| Molecular Weight = 293.20 gm | |||
| Potassium 13.33 % K 16.06 % K2O | |||
| Boron 18.43 % B 59.36 % B2O3 | |||
| Hydrogen 2.75 % H 24.58 % H2O | |||
| Oxygen 65.48 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| KB5O6(OH)4·2(H2O) | |||
| Approved IMA 1970 | |||
| Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| ICSD 18211 | |||
| PDF 25-624 | |||
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Santite Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =0.9928:1:0.8121 | |||
| a = 11.1, b = 11.18, c = 9.08, Z = 4; V = 1,126.81 Den(Calc)= 1.73 | |||
| Orthorhombic - PyramidalH-M Symbol (mm2) Space Group: Aba2 | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 3.36(1), 3.52(0.85), 5.6(0.7), | |||
Physical Properties of Santite |
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| Colorless. | |||
| 1.735 | |||
| Transparent | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Santite |
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| CI meas= -0.059 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.062 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2576,KPDmeas= 0.2569,KC= 0.2427 |
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| Biaxial (+), a=1.422, b=1.435, g=1.48, bire=0.0580 | |||
Calculated Properties of Santite |
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relectron=1.75 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.03701 Boson Index = 0.96299 |
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PESantite = 1.59 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 194.22 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Estimated Radioactivity from Santite |
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Santite Classification |
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| 26.5.2.1 (26)Hydrated Borates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen | |||
| (26.5)Dana Type | |||
| (26.5.2)Dana Group | |||
| V/H.15-20 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates | |||
| V/H - Group borates. Planary and tetrahedral groups [B3O5]1- to [B6O10]2- | |||
| V/H.15 - Ammonioborite - Sborgite series | |||
Other Santite Information |
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| PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | |||
| Links to other databases for Santite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Santite using: Visit our Advertisers for Santite : Translate Santite Mineral Data : Ask about Santite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Santite Specimen Label here :
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