Kassite Mineral Data

General Kassite Information

Chemical Formula:

CaTi2O4(OH)2

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 235.09 gm

Calcium 16.54 % Ca 23.14 % CaO

Magnesium 0.31 % Mg 0.51 % MgO

Titanium 38.90 % Ti 64.90 % TiO₂

Vanadium 0.22 % V 0.39 % V₂O₅

Chromium 1.55 % Cr 2.02 % CrO

Iron 0.24 % Fe 0.31 % FeO

Hydrogen 1.01 % H 9.00 % H₂O

Oxygen 41.24 % O

______ ______

100.00 % 100.27 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Ca_0.97Ti_1.91Cr_0.07Mg_0.03Fe²⁺_0.01V⁵⁺_0.01O_3.87(OH)_2.03ï¿½0.16(H₂O)

Environment:

Miarolytic cavities of alkalic pegmatites. Replaces ilmenite. Polymorph of cafetite.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1965

Locality:

Aftikanda massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Kicolai Grigorevich Kassin (1885-1949), Russian Geologist and academician, discoverer of the Afrikanda massif on the Kola Peninsula.

Name Pronunciation:

Kassite

Kassite Image

Images:

Kassite

Comments: SEM images of kassite, a) brownish- pink rosette on feldspar surface and b) yellow spherules on pectolite crystal. (AmMin, v71:1045).
Location: Diamond Jo quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA. Scale: Scale Bars 0.1 mm.
© American Mineralogist

Kassite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.5865:1:1.0618

Cell Dimensions:

a = 5.273, b = 8.99, c = 9.546, Z = 4; beta = 90.47° V = 452.51 Den(Calc)= 3.45

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 2₁/a

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.3(1)(112,), 3.273(0.97)(022), 1.762(0.41)(134,204), 2.282(0.37)(132), 4.763(0.26)(002), 1.516(0.24)(330), 2.603(0.23)(130), 2.316(0.19)(202), 1.776(0.18)(204

Physical Properties of Kassite

Cleavage:

{010} Perfect, {101} Indistinct

Color:

Brown red, Colorless, Light yellow.

Density:

3.42

Fracture:

Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.

Habit:

Pseudo Hexagonal - Crystals show a hexagonal outline.

Habit:

Rosette - Bundled tabular aggregates resembling rose flower petals.

Hardness:

5 - Apatite

Luster:

Adamantine

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Kassite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.06 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.069 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.3179,KPDmeas= 0.3207,KC= 0.3413
Ncalc = 2.17 - 2.18

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.95, b=2.13, g=2.21, bire=0.2600, 2V(Calc)=62, 2V(Meas)=58. Dispersion very strong, r > v.

Calculated Properties of Kassite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.34 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Kassite =3.42 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.05
Boson Index = 0.95

Photoelectric:

PE_Kassite= 8.91 barns/electron
U=PE_Kassite x rElectron Density= 29.76 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Kassite is Not Radioactive

Kassite Classification

Dana Class:

08.03.09.01 (08)Multiple Oxides with Nb, Ta, and Ti

(08.03)where A (B2O6)

(08.03.09)Dana Group

08.03.09.01 Kassite CaTi2O4(OH)2 P 2₁/a 2/m

Strunz Class:

04.DH.10 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.D - Metal:Oxygen = 1:2 and similar

04.DH -With large (ï¿½ medium-sized) cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra

04.DH.10 Kassite CaTi2O4(OH)2 P 2₁/a 2/m

04.DH.10 Lucasite-(Ce) CeTi2(O,OH)6 I2/a 2/m

Other Kassite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8, AmMin 90:771) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Kassite :
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 Kassite using:

[AOL] [Bing] [Dog Pile] [GeoScienceWorld] [HotBot] [Ixquick] [Lycos] [MAMMA] [Scirus] [Teoma] [WebCrawler] [Wikipedia] [YAHOO]

Visit our Advertisers for Kassite :

Ask about Kassite here :
Ask-A-Mineralogist from the Mineralogical Society of America
Mindat.org's Discussion Groups
Original Rockhounds Discussion Group
Rockhounds Discussion Group on Yahoo Groups
Mineral Discussion Forum from Fabre Minerals - also available in Español

Print or Cut-and-Paste your Kassite Specimen Label here :

Kassite

CaTi2O4(OH)2
Dana No: 08.03.09.01 Strunz No: 04.DH.10
Locality:

Notes:

Dakota Matrix
Excalibur Minerals
Exceptional Minerals
Hudson Insitute
John Betts Fine Minerals
Mc Dougall Minerals
Mineral News
Rock and Mineral Shows
Weinrich Minerals, Inc.