Suzukiite Mineral Data

General Suzukiite Information

Chemical Formula:

BaVO(SiO3)2

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 356.44 gm

Barium 38.53 % Ba 43.02 % BaO

Vanadium 14.29 % V 25.51 % V₂O₅

Silicon 15.76 % Si 33.71 % SiO₂

Oxygen 31.42 % O

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100.00 % 102.24 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

BaV⁵⁺O(SiO₃)₂

Environment:

In massive rhodonite-rhodochrosite ore. Ba analoge of haradaite.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1982

Locality:

Mogurazawa mine, Kiry City, Gumma Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Jan Suzuki (1996-1970), mineralogist and petrologist at Hokkaido University, Sapporo.

Name Pronunciation:

Suzukiite + Pronunciation

Suzukiite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.4645:1:0.3514

Cell Dimensions:

a = 7.089, b = 15.261, c = 5.364, Z = 4; V = 580.31 Den(Calc)= 4.08

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - Pyramidal H-M Symbol (mm2) Space Group: Ama2

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 7.63(1), 3.353(0.6), 3.818(0.6),

Physical Properties of Suzukiite

Cleavage:

{010} Perfect, {100} Distinct, {001} Distinct

Color:

Light green.

Density:

Habit:

Flakes - Flat, thin crystals or aggregates.

Hardness:

4-4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

light green

Optical Properties of Suzukiite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.128 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.145 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1811,KPDmeas= 0.1848,KC= 0.2119
Ncalc = 1.85 - 1.86

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.73, b=1.739, g=1.748, bire=0.0180, 2V(Calc)=88, 2V(Meas)=90.

Pleochroism (x):

pale green.

Pleochroism (y):

green.

Pleochroism (z):

bluish green.

Calculated Properties of Suzukiite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.66 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Suzukiite =4.00 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.07
Boson Index = 0.93

Photoelectric:

PE_Suzukiite= 172.36 barns/electron
U=PE_Suzukiite x rElectron Density= 630.57 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Suzukiite Classification

Dana Class:

65.03.01.02 (65)Inosilicate Single-Width Unbranched Chains, W=1

(65.03)with chains P=4

(65.03.01)Haradaite group

65.03.01.01 Haradaite Sr4V4Si8O28 Ama2 mm2

65.03.01.02 Suzukiite BaVO(SiO3)2 Ama2 mm2

Strunz Class:

09.DH.15 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)

09.D - Inosilicates* Structural terminology according to Liebau (1985)

09.DH -Inosilicates with 4-periodic single chains, Si4O12

09.DH.15 Haradaite Sr4V4Si8O28 Ama2 mm2

09.DH.15 Suzukiite BaVO(SiO3)2 Ama2 mm2

Other Suzukiite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Suzukiite :
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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Suzukiite

BaVO(SiO3)2
Dana No: 65.03.01.02 Strunz No: 09.DH.15
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