General Kamaishilite Information![]() Ca2Al2SiO6(OH)2 |
![]() Molecular Weight = 292.22 gm |
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Calcium 27.43 % Ca 38.38 % CaO |
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Aluminum 18.47 % Al 34.89 % Al2O3 |
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Silicon 9.61 % Si 20.56 % SiO2 |
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Hydrogen 0.69 % H 6.17 % H2O |
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Oxygen 43.80 % O |
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
![]() Ca2Al2SiO6(OH)2 |
![]() Vesuvianite skarn. Dimorphous with bicchulite. |
![]() Approved IMA 1981 |
![]() Kamaishi mine, Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
![]() Named for the locality. |
![]() Kamaishilite + Pronunciation |
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Kamaishilite Crystallography![]() a:c = 1:0.99096 |
![]() a = 8.85, c = 8.77, Z = 4; V = 686.89 Den(Calc)= 2.83 |
![]() TetragonalSpace Group: I-lattice |
![]() By Intensity(I/Io): 3.607(1), 2.799(0.85), 2.777(0.4), |
| Physical Properties of Kamaishilite![]() None |
![]() Colorless. |
![]() 2.83 |
![]() Transparent |
![]() Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes. |
![]() Vitreous (Glassy) |
![]() white |
| Optical Properties of Kamaishilite![]() CI meas= -0.026 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) |
CI calc= -0.026 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2223,KPDmeas= 0.2223,KC= 0.2166 Ncalc = 1.61 ![]() Uniaxial (-), e=1.629, w=1.629, bire=0.0000. |
| Calculated Properties of Kamaishilite![]() Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.83 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Kamaishilite =2.83 gm/cc. ![]() Fermion Index = 0.0050700347 |
Boson Index = 0.9949299653 ![]() PEKamaishilite = 4.28 barns/electron |
U=PEKamaishilite x rElectron Density= 12.10 barns/cc. ![]() GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Kamaishilite is Not Radioactive | Kamaishilite Classification![]() 76.02.03.06 (76)Tectosilicate Al-Si Framework |
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(76.02)Feldspathoids and related species |
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(76.02.03)Sodalite group |
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![]() 09.FB.10 09 - SILICATES (Germanates) |
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09.F - Tektosilicates without Zeolitic H2O |
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09.FB -Tektosilicates with additional anions |
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| Other Kamaishilite Information![]() NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8) |
![]() Links to other databases for Kamaishilite : |
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - GeoScienceWorld 6 - Google Images 7 - Google Scholar 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 10 - MinDAT 11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 - Online Mineral Museum 13 - QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - Ruff.Info Search for Kamaishilite using: Visit our Advertisers for Kamaishilite : A Bijoux Google Search for KamaishiliteAdam's Minerals Google Search for Kamaishilite Cape Minerals Google Search for Kamaishilite Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Kamaishilite Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Kamaishilite Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Kamaishilite John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Kamaishilite McDougall Minerals Google Search for Kamaishilite Mineral News Website Link Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Kamaishilite Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Kamaishilite Ask about Kamaishilite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Kamaishilite Specimen Label here :
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