Kushiroite Mineral Data

General Kushiroite Information

Chemical Formula:

CaAl2SiO6

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 218.12 gm

Calcium 18.37 % Ca 25.71 % CaO

Aluminum 24.74 % Al 46.74 % Al₂O₃

Silicon 12.88 % Si 27.55 % SiO₂

Oxygen 44.01 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

CaAl₂SiO₆

Environment:

Pyroxene group

IMA Status:

Proposed IMA 2009

Locality:

CH3 chondrite ALH85085 Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)

Synonym:

IMA2008-059

Kushiroite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =1.1106:1:0.6095

Cell Dimensions:

a = 9.609, b = 8.652, c = 5.274, beta = 106.06° V = 421.35

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/c

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.94(1), 2.478(0.48), 2.863(0.45),2.535(0.38), 2.904(0.36), 1.991(0.35), 1.382(0.32), 2.509(0.28),

Optical Properties of Kushiroite

Optical Data:

Calculated Properties of Kushiroite

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0064723874
Boson Index = 0.9935276126

Photoelectric:

PE_Kushiroite= 3.48 barns/electron
U=PE_Kushiroite x rElectron Density= . barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Kushiroite Classification

Dana Class:

65.00.00.00 (65)Inosilicate Minerals

(65.00)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(65.00.00)Pyroxenes, Clino

65.00.00.00 Ashcroftine-(Ce)* K5Na5(Ce,Ca)12Si28O70(OH)2(CO3)8•8(H2O) I 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m

65.00.00.00 Brokenhillite* (Mn,Fe)32[Si24O60]OH29Cl11 P 6₃mc 6mm

65.00.00.00 Grossmanite CaTiAlSiO6 C 2/m 2/m

65.00.00.00 Hypersthene? (Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 2/m 2/m 2/m

65.00.00.00 IMA2007-015 K(CaNa)(Fe3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m

65.00.00.00 IMA2008-070 NaLi2(Fe2Al2Li)(Si6Al2)O22F2 C 2/m 2/m

65.00.00.00 IMA2009-010 [Ba6(PO4)2(CO3)][Fe7(OH)4Fe2O2(SiO3)8] P1 1

65.00.00.00 IMA2009-012 NaNa2(Mg2Al2Li)Si8O22F2 C 2/m 2/m

65.00.00.00 Kushiroite CaAl2SiO6 C 2/c 2/m

65.00.00.00 Plumalsite* Pb4Al2(SiO3)7(?) Unk Ortho

Strunz Class:

09.DX.00 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)

09.D - Unclassified Strunz Inosilicates

09.DX -Pyroxenes, Clino

09.DX.00 Hypersthene? (Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 2/m 2/m 2/m

09.DX.00 Plumalsite* Pb4Al2(SiO3)7(?) Unk Ortho

09.DX.00 IMA2008-070 NaLi2(Fe2Al2Li)(Si6Al2)O22F2 C 2/m 2/m

09.DX.00 IMA2007-015 K(CaNa)(Fe3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 C 2/m 2/m

09.DX.00 Tanohataite! LiMn2Si3O8(OH) P1 1

09.DX.00 Punkaruaivite! Li{Ti2(OH)2[Si4O11(OH)]}•H2O C 2/c 2/m

09.DX.00 Yegorovite! Na4[Si2O4(OH)2]2•7H2O P 2₁/c 2/m

09.DX.00 Kushiroite CaAl2SiO6 C 2/c 2/m

09.DX.00 Grossmanite CaTiAlSiO6 C 2/m 2/m

09.DX.00 IMA2009-009 KNa2Li(Mg,Fe)2Ti2Si8O24 C 2/m 2/m

09.DX.00 IMA2009-010 [Ba6(PO4)2(CO3)][Fe7(OH)4Fe2O2(SiO3)8] P1 1

09.DX.00 IMA2009-012 NaNa2(Mg2Al2Li)Si8O22F2 C 2/m 2/m

Other Kushiroite Information

See Also:

Links to other databases for Kushiroite :
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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Kushiroite

CaAl2SiO6
Dana No: 65.00.00.00 Strunz No: 09.DX.00
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