Meteorites Grant IIIB, in the Zuni Mountains, New Mexico, USA; El Sampal IIIA, Argentina: Mount Edith IIIB, western Australia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:
For Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer and physicist.
Name Pronunciation:
Galileiite + Pronunciation
Synonym:
IMA1996-028
Galileiite Crystallography
Axial Ratios:
a:c = 1:2.78104
Cell Dimensions:
a = 14.98, c = 41.66, Z = 35; V = 8,096.06 Den(Calc)= 3.81
Sectile - Curved shavings or scrapings produced by a knife blade, (e.g. graphite).
Habit:
Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes.
Hardness:
4 - Fluorite
Luster:
Waxy
Streak:
white
Optical Properties of Galileiite
Gladstone-Dale:
CI meas= -0.01 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.037 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1929,KPDmeas= 0.188,KC= 0.1861 Ncalc = 1.71 - 1.73
Optical Data:
Uniaxial (+), w=1.72, e=1.75, bire=0.0300.
Calculated Properties of Galileiite
Electron Density:
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.77 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Galileiite =3.91 gm/cc.
Fermion Index:
Fermion Index = 0.0090872505 Boson Index = 0.9909127495
Photoelectric:
PEGalileiite = 13.59 barns/electron U=PEGalileiite x rElectron Density= 51.20 barns/cc.
Radioactivity:
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Galileiite is Not Radioactive
Chemical Formula: 