General Scheuchzerite Information![]() Na(Mn,Mg)9[VSi9O28(OH)](OH)3 |
![]() Molecular Weight = 1,309.36 gm |
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Sodium 1.70 % Na 2.30 % Na2O |
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Calcium 0.09 % Ca 0.13 % CaO |
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Magnesium 1.76 % Mg 2.92 % MgO |
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Manganese 32.69 % Mn 42.20 % MnO |
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Aluminum 0.02 % Al 0.04 % Al2O3 |
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Vanadium 3.70 % V 6.60 % V2O5 |
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Zinc 0.80 % Zn 0.99 % ZnO |
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Silicon 19.48 % Si 41.67 % SiO2 |
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Nickel 0.18 % Ni 0.23 % NiO |
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Arsenic 0.11 % As 0.18 % As2O5 |
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Hydrogen 0.31 % H 2.75 % H2O |
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Oxygen 39.16 % O |
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100.00 % 100.01 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
![]() Na0.97Mn2+7.79Mg0.95Zn0.16Ni0.04Ca0.03Al0.01V5+0.95As0.02Si9.08O32.05H4 |
![]() Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) |
![]() Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
![]() Named for Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733), junior physician of the city of Zürich, curator of the Kunstkammer—a (cabinet of natural history and curiosities), an d he held the chair of physics and mat |
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Scheuchzerite Crystallography![]() By Intensity(I/Io): 2.71(1), 3.09(0.8), 7.91(0.7),8.68(0.5), 2.92(0.4), 3.22(0.4), 3.94(0.3), 4.83(0.3), |
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| Physical Properties of Scheuchzerite![]() Yellow orange. |
| Optical Properties of Scheuchzerite![]() CI meas= 0.011 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) |
CI calc= 0.002 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.214,KPDmeas= 0.2121,KC= 0.2144 Ncalc = 1.74 - 1.75 | Calculated Properties of Scheuchzerite![]() Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.36 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Scheuchzerite =3.47 gm/cc. ![]() Fermion Index = 0.01 |
Boson Index = 0.99 ![]() PEScheuchzerite = 10.44 barns/electron |
U=PEScheuchzerite x rElectron Density= 35.04 barns/cc. ![]() GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Scheuchzerite is Not Radioactive | Scheuchzerite Classification![]() 69.02.02.02 (69)Inosilicate Chains with Side Branches or Loops |
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(69.02)with P>2 |
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(69.02.02)Dana Group |
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![]() 09.DM.35 09 - SILICATES (Germanates) |
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09.D - Inosilicates* Structural terminology according to Liebau (1985) |
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09.DM -Inosilicates with 6-periodic single chains |
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| Other Scheuchzerite Information![]() Links to other databases for Scheuchzerite : |
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