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Gilalite Mineral Data |
General Gilalite Information |
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Cu5Si6O17•7(H2O) | ||
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Molecular Weight = 884.34 gm | ||
Copper 35.93 % Cu 44.97 % CuO | |||
Silicon 19.06 % Si 40.77 % SiO2 | |||
Hydrogen 1.60 % H 14.26 % H2O | |||
Oxygen 43.42 % O | |||
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
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Cu5Si6O17•7(H2O) | ||
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Garnet-diopside tactite zone. | ||
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Approved IMA 1979 | ||
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Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
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Named for its locality. | ||
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Gilalite Crystallography |
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a:b:c =0.6983:1:0.471 | ||
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a = 13.38, b = 19.16, c = 9.026, Z = 4; beta = 90° V = 2,313.91 Den(Calc)= 2.54 | ||
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Monoclinic Space Group: Unk | ||
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By Intensity(I/Io): 13.49(1), 7.786(0.5), 10.97(0.5), | ||
Physical Properties of Gilalite |
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Blue green, Green. | ||
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2.82 | ||
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Translucent | ||
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Fibrous - Crystals made up of fibers. | ||
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Radial - Crystals radiate from a center without producing stellar forms (e.g. stibnite) | ||
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Spherical - Spherical, rounded aggregates. | ||
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2 - Gypsum | ||
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light green | ||
Optical Properties of Gilalite |
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CI meas= -0.031 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.145 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2402,KPDmeas= 0.2163,KC= 0.2097 Ncalc = 1.53 - 1.59 |
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Biaxial (-), a=1.56, b=1.635, g=1.635, bire=0.0750 | ||
Calculated Properties of Gilalite |
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Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.77 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Gilalite =2.82 gm/cc. |
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Fermion Index = 0.0091096061 Boson Index = 0.9908903939 |
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PEGilalite = 16.17 barns/electron U=PEGilalite x rElectron Density= 44.86 barns/cc. |
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GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Gilalite is Not Radioactive |
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Gilalite Classification |
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78.04.04.01 (78)Unclassified silicates | ||
(78.04)possible inosilicates | |||
(78.04.04)Dana Group | |||
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09.HE.05 09 - SILICATES (Germanates) | ||
09.H - Unclassified Silicates | |||
09.HE -With Cu, Zn | |||
Other Gilalite Information |
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NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | ||
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Links to other databases for Gilalite : 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - GeoScienceWorld 6 - Glendale Community College 7 - Google Images 8 - Google Scholar 9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 11 - MinDAT 12 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 - Online Mineral Museum 14 - QUT Mineral Atlas 15 - Ruff.Info Search for Gilalite using: Visit our Advertisers for Gilalite : Ask about Gilalite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Gilalite Specimen Label here :
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