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Sarabauite Mineral Data + |
General Sarabauite Information |
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| CaSb10O10S6 | |||
| Molecular Weight = 1,609.97 gm | |||
| Calcium 2.49 % Ca | |||
| Antimony 75.62 % Sb | |||
| Sulfur 11.95 % S | |||
| Oxygen 9.94 % O | |||
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| 100.00 % | |||
| CaSb10O10S6 | |||
| Approved IMA 1978 | |||
| Sarabau mine, Sarawak.Borneo. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named for the locality. | |||
| ICSD 30553 | |||
| PDF 29-293 | |||
Sarabauite Image | |||
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Sarabauite Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =4.487:1:2.9837 | |||
| a = 25.37, b = 5.654, c = 16.87, Z = 4; beta = 117.58° V = 2,144.89 Den(Calc)= 4.99 | |||
| Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/c | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 3.215(1), 2.817(0.88), 3.466(0.78), | |||
Physical Properties of Sarabauite |
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| None | |||
| Carmine red, Red. | |||
| 4.8 | |||
| 4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite | |||
| Resinous | |||
| orange | |||
Optical Properties of Sarabauite |
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| Biaxial (-), 2V(Meas)=near 90. | |||
| NCalc= 1.04 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.0073) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1 NCalc= 1.04 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.0073) where Ncalc=Dmeas*KC+1 |
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| reddish yellow. | |||
| brownish red. | |||
Calculated Properties of Sarabauite |
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relectron=4.38 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.00097 Boson Index = 0.99903 |
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PESarabauite = 254.62 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Sarabauite is Not Radioactive |
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Sarabauite Classification |
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| 2.13.2.1 (2)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides | |||
| (2.13)(Oxysulfides) | |||
| (2.13.2)Dana Group | |||
| II/F.11-20 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts | |||
| II/F - Sulfides with nonmetallic properties, Oxisulfides | |||
| II/F.11 - Kermesite - Cetineite series | |||
Other Sarabauite Information |
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| NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8) | |||
| Links to other databases for Sarabauite : 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 - WWW-MINCRYST 13 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Sarabauite using: Visit our Advertisers for Sarabauite : Translate Sarabauite Mineral Data : Ask about Sarabauite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Sarabauite Specimen Label here :
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