Shlykovite Mineral Data

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General Shlykovite Information

Chemical Formula:

KCa[Si4O9(OH)]•3H2O

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 743.59 gm

Potassium 5.26 % K

Calcium 5.39 % Ca

Silicon 60.43 % Si

Hydrogen 0.95 % H

Oxygen 27.97 % O

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

KCa4(Si₄)O₉(OH)•3(H₂O)

Environment:

Phyllosilicate representing a new structural typ

IMA Status:

Proposed IMA 2009

Locality:

Tsentral’nyi mine, Khibiny alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)

Synonym:

IMA2008-062

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Shlykovite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.9275:1:3.8179

Cell Dimensions:

a = 6.4897, b = 6.9969, c = 26.714, beta = 94.597° V = 1,209.12

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 2₁/c

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 13.33(1), 2.912(0.9), 6.67(0.76),2.945(0.62), 3.068(0.57), 6.47(0.55), 3.042(0.45), 3.469(0.45),

Physical Properties of Shlykovite

Color:

Grayish white, Beige.

Calculated Properties of Shlykovite

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.02
Boson Index = 0.98

Photoelectric:

PE_Shlykovite= 3.28 barns/electron
U=PE_Shlykovite x r_electron= . barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 76.31 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Concentration of Shlykovite per GRapi unit = 1.31 (%)

Estimated Radioactivity from Shlykovite - barely detectable

Shlykovite Classification

Dana Class:

71.00.00.00 (71)Phyllosilicate Minerals

(71.00)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(71.00.00)Phyllosilicates

71.00.00.00 Bariumbannisterite* (K,H3O)(Ba,Ca)(Mn,Fe,Mg)21(Si,Al)32O80(O,OH)16•4-12(H2O) Mono

71.00.00.00 Ekmanite? (Fe,Mg,Mn,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2•2(H2O) Unk Ortho

71.00.00.00 Griffithite* 4(Mg,Fe,Ca)O.(Al,Fe)2O3.5SiO2•7(H2O) Mono

71.00.00.00 Orlovite KLi2TiSi4O11F C 2 2

71.00.00.00 Shlykovite KCa[Si4O9(OH)]•3H2O P 2₁/c 2/m

71.00.00.00 Spodiophyllite? (Na,K)4(Mg,Fe)3(Fe,Al)2(Si8O24) Mono

71.00.00.00 Voloshinite Rb(LiAl1.5[]0.5)(Al0.5Si3.5)O10F2 C 2/c 2/m

Strunz Class:

09.BX.00 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)

09.B - Unclassified Strunz Phyllosilicates

09.BX -Phyllosilicates

09.BX.00 Spodiophyllite? (Na,K)4(Mg,Fe)3(Fe,Al)2(Si8O24) Mono

09.BX.00 Pimelite? Ni3Si4O10(OH)2•4(H2O) Unk. Hex

09.BX.00 Zinalsite Zn2AlSi2O5(OH)4•2(H2O)(?) Mono

09.BX.00 Voloshinite Rb(LiAl1.5[]0.5)(Al0.5Si3.5)O10F2 C 2/c 2/m

09.BX.00 Shlykovite KCa[Si4O9(OH)]•3H2O P 2₁/c 2/m

09.BX.00 Orlovite KLi2TiSi4O11F C 2 2

09.BX.00 IMA2009-011 Ba3Na(Fe,Mn)8Ti4(Si2O7)4O4(OH,F)7 C1 1

Other Shlykovite Information

See Also:

Links to other databases for Shlykovite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - MinDAT
7 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
8 - Online Mineral Museum
9 - QUT Mineral Atlas
10 - Ruff.Info

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Shlykovite

KCa[Si4O9(OH)]•3H2O
Dana No: 71.00.00.00 Strunz No: 09.BX.00
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