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Lime Mineral Data |
General Lime Information |
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CaO | |
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Molecular Weight = 56.08 gm | |
Calcium 71.47 % Ca 100.00 % CaO | ||
Oxygen 28.53 % O | ||
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | ||
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CaO | |
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Thermally metamorphosed calcareous ejecta. | |
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Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1935 | |
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Vesuvius, Campania, Italy Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |
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Named from the Old English, quicklime. | |
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Calcium Oxide | |
Chaux | ||
ICSD 75785 | ||
PDF 37-1497 | ||
Lime Crystallography |
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a = 4.797, Z = 4; V = 110.38 Den(Calc)= 3.37 | |
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Isometric - Hexoctahedral H-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F m3m | |
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By Intensity(I/Io): 2.405(1), 1.701(0.45), 2.778(0.34), | |
Physical Properties of Lime |
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White. | |
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3.345 | |
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3.5 - Copper Penny | |
Optical Properties of Lime |
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CI meas= -0.193 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.184 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2487,KPDmeas= 0.2505,KC= 0.21 Ncalc = 1.7 - 1.71 |
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Isotropic, n=1.838. | |
Calculated Properties of Lime |
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Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.37 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Lime =3.37 gm/cc. |
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Fermion Index = 0.001101781 Boson Index = 0.998898219 |
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PELime = 8.75 barns/electron U=PELime x rElectron Density= 29.44 barns/cc. |
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GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Lime is Not Radioactive |
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Lime Classification |
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04.02.01.05 (04)Simple Oxides | |
(04.02)with a cation charge of 2+ (A++ O) | ||
(04.02.01)Periclase group (Isometric, Fm3m) | ||
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04.AB.25 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate | |
04.A - Metal:Oxygen = 2.1 and 1:1 | ||
04.AB -M:O = 1:1 (and up to 1:1.25); with small to medium-sized cations only | ||
Other Lime Information |
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NAME( AntBidBlaNic3) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | |
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Links to other databases for Lime : 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - GeoScienceWorld 4 - Google Images 5 - Google Scholar 6 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 - MinDAT 9 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 - Online Mineral Museum 11 - QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - Ruff.Info 13 - University of Colorado - Mineral Structure Data 14 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Lime using: Visit our Advertisers for Lime : Ask about Lime here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Lime Specimen Label here :
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