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Physical Properties of Salesite
Cleavage:
{110} Perfect
Color:
Blue green, Dark green.
Density:
4.77
Diaphaneity:
Transparent
Fracture:
Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.
Habit:
Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).
Hardness:
3 - Calcite
Luster:
Vitreous (Glassy)
Streak:
light green
Optical Properties of Salesite
Gladstone-Dale:
CI meas= -0.065 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.032 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1986,KPDmeas= 0.2048,KC= 0.1923 Ncalc = 1.92 - 1.95
Optical Data:
Biaxial (-), a=1.786, b=2.07, g=2.075, bire=0.2890, 2V(Calc)=12, 2V(Meas)=0-5. Dispersion r > v extreme.
Pleochroism (x):
colorless.
Pleochroism (y):
light bluish green.
Pleochroism (z):
bluish green.
Calculated Properties of Salesite
Electron Density:
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.43 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Salesite =4.92 gm/cc.
Fermion Index:
Fermion Index = 0.0001208429 Boson Index = 0.9998791571
Photoelectric:
PESalesite = 197.46 barns/electron U=PESalesite x rElectron Density= 874.70 barns/cc.
Radioactivity:
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Salesite is Not Radioactive
Chemical Formula: 
