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General Shuiskite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Ca2(Mg,Al)(Cr,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2•(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 506.85 gm
   Calcium    15.81 %  Ca   22.13 % CaO
   Magnesium   2.88 %  Mg    4.77 % MgO
   Aluminum    6.92 %  Al   13.08 % Al2O3
   Chromium   13.34 %  Cr   17.44 % CrO
   Iron        1.10 %  Fe    1.42 % FeO
   Silicon    14.96 %  Si   32.01 % SiO2
   Hydrogen    0.80 %  H     7.11 % H2O
   Oxygen     44.19 %  O
             ______        ______ 
             100.00 %       97.95 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ca2Mg0.6Al0.3Fe2+0.1Cr1.3Al0.7Si2.7Al0.3O11(OH)2�(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: On the walls of fractures in chromitite.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1926
Help on Locality: Locality: From the Sarany deposit, Bisersk, in the Gorozavod district, Northern Ural Mountains, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for V. P. Shuisk, petrologist of the Ural Scientific Center, Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Russia.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Shuiskite + Pronunciation Say SHUISKITE
 

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  Shuiskite

Comments: Acicular shuiskite microcrystal sprays with epidote and prehnite.
Location: Quincy Mine, Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Shuiskite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =1.5226:1:3.3219
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 8.897, b = 5.843, c = 19.41, Z = 4; beta = 98° V = 999.21 Den(Calc)= 3.37
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: A2/m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 1.487(1), 1.593(1), 2.9(0.9),
 

Physical Properties of Shuiskite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: {001} Perfect
Help on Color: Color: Dark brown.
Help on Density: Density: 3.24
Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity: Semitransparent
Help on Habit: Habit: Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.
Help on Habit: Habit: Fibrous - Crystals made up of fibers.
Help on Habit: Habit: Radial - Crystals radiate from a center without producing stellar forms (e.g. stibnite)
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 6 - Orthoclase
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: light greenish brown
 

Optical Properties of Shuiskite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.102 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.06 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2243,KPDmeas= 0.2333,KC= 0.2117
Ncalc = 1.69 - 1.71
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (-), a=1.725-1.733, b=1.762-1.772, g=1.769-1.775, bire=0.0420-0.0440, 2V(Calc)=30-46, 2V(Meas)=40-50.
Help on Pleochroism (x): Pleochroism (x): blue violet.
Help on Pleochroism (y): Pleochroism (y): yellowish green.
Help on Pleochroism (z): Pleochroism (z): dark violet.
 

Calculated Properties of Shuiskite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.35 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Shuiskite =3.37 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.02
Boson Index = 0.98
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric: PEShuiskite = 6.05 barns/electron
U=PEShuiskite x rElectron Density= 20.25 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Shuiskite is Not Radioactive
 

Shuiskite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 58.02.02.09 (58)Sorosilicate Insular, Mixed, Single, and Larger Tetrahedral Groups
  (58.02)with cations in [6] and higher coordination; single and double groups (n=1,2)
  (58.02.02)Pumpellyite group
 
58.02.02.01 Julgoldite-(Fe++) Ca2Fe(Fe,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2•(H2O) C 2/m 2/m
 
58.02.02.02 Julgoldite-(Fe+++) Ca2Fe(Fe,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(O,OH)2•(H2O) A2/m 2/m
 
58.02.02.03 Okhotskite-(Mg)* Ca3(Mg,Mn)(Mn,Al,Fe)(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2•(H2O) Mono
 
58.02.02.04 Okhotskite-(Mn++) Ca2(Mn,Mg)(Mn,Al,Fe)Si3O10(OH)4 A2/m 2/m
 
58.02.02.05 Pumpellyite-(Fe++) Ca2Fe(Al,Fe)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2•(H2O) A2/m 2/m
 
58.02.02.06 Pumpellyite-(Fe+++) Ca2FeAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH,O)2•(H2O) A2/m 2/m
 
58.02.02.07 Pumpellyite-(Mg) Ca2MgAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2•(H2O) A2/m 2/m
 
58.02.02.08 Pumpellyite-(Mn++) Ca2(Mn,Mg)(Al,Mn,Fe)2(SiO4)(Si2O7(OH)2•(H2O) A2/m 2/m
 
58.02.02.09 Shuiskite Ca2(Mg,Al)(Cr,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2•(H2O) A2/m 2/m
 
58.02.02.10 Poppiite! Ca2(V,Fe,Mg)(V,Al)2(Si,Al)3(O,OH)14 C 2/m 2/m
 
58.02.02.11 Pumpellyite-(Al)! Ca2(Al,Fe,Mg)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH,O)2•H2O A2/m 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: 09.BG.20 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)
  09.B - Sorosilicates
  09.BG -Sorosilicates with mixed SiO4 and Si2O7 groups;
 
09.BG.20 Julgoldite-(Fe++) Ca2Fe(Fe,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2•(H2O) C 2/m 2/m
 
09.BG.20 Julgoldite-(Fe+++) Ca2Fe(Fe,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(O,OH)2•(H2O) A2/m 2/m
 
09.BG.20 Pumpellyite-(Fe++) Ca2Fe(Al,Fe)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2•(H2O) A2/m 2/m
 
09.BG.20 Okhotskite-(Mg)* Ca3(Mg,Mn)(Mn,Al,Fe)(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2•(H2O) Mono
 
09.BG.20 Okhotskite-(Mn++) Ca2(Mn,Mg)(Mn,Al,Fe)Si3O10(OH)4 A2/m 2/m
 
09.BG.20 Pumpellyite-(Fe+++) Ca2FeAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH,O)2•(H2O) A2/m 2/m
 
09.BG.20 Pumpellyite-(Mg) Ca2MgAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2•(H2O) A2/m 2/m
 
09.BG.20 Pumpellyite-(Mn++) Ca2(Mn,Mg)(Al,Mn,Fe)2(SiO4)(Si2O7(OH)2•(H2O) A2/m 2/m
 
09.BG.20 Shuiskite Ca2(Mg,Al)(Cr,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2•(H2O) A2/m 2/m
 
09.BG.20 Pumpellyite-(Al)! Ca2(Al,Fe,Mg)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH,O)2•H2O A2/m 2/m
 
09.BG.20 Poppiite! Ca2(V,Fe,Mg)(V,Al)2(Si,Al)3(O,OH)14 C 2/m 2/m
 

Other Shuiskite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( AntBidBlaNic2) PHYS. PROP.(AntBidBlaNic2) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic2)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Shuiskite :
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

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Shuiskite

Ca2(Mg,Al)(Cr,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2•(H2O)
Dana No: 58.02.02.09 Strunz No: 09.BG.20
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