Indialite Mineral Data (original) (raw)

General Indialite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

Mg2Al4Si5O18

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 584.95 gm

Magnesium 8.31 % Mg 13.78 % MgO

Aluminum 18.45 % Al 34.86 % Al2O3

Silicon 24.01 % Si 51.36 % SiO2

Oxygen 49.23 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

Mg2Al4Si5O18

Help on Environment: Environment:

Formed by fusion and recrystallization of sedimentary rocks as a result of the burning of underlying coal seams. High temperature polymorph of cordierite.

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1954

Help on Locality: Locality:

Bokaro coal seam, southwest of Hazaribagh, Bihar, India. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

Named for the locality

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Indialite + Pronunciation Say INDIALITE

Help on Synonym: Synonym:

ICSD 200127

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Indialite Image

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Click Here for Larger Indialite Image Indialite Comments: SEM images of indialite clusters. (AmMin, 89:3). Location: Somma-Vesuvius volcano in unusual pyrometamorphic ejecta.Scale: Scale bar 100 µ-m. © American Mineralogist

Indialite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.95301

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

a = 9.812, c = 9.351, Z = 2; V = 779.66 Den(Calc)= 2.49

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Dihexagonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 6/mcc

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 8.48(1), 3.037(0.55), 4.096(0.55),

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| | Balassone G , Franco E , Mattia C A , Puliti R , American Mineralogist , 89 (2004) p.1-6, Indialite in xenolithic rocks from Somma-Vesuvius volcano (Southern Italy):, Crystal chemistry and petrogenetic features View Additional jPOWD Structure files for Indialite [1] [2] | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Physical Properties of Indialite

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None

Help on Color: Color:

Colorless, Pale mauve.

Help on Density: Density:

2.51

Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity:

Transparent

Help on Fracture: Fracture:

Conchoidal - Fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces, (e.g. quartz).

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Hexagonal - Six-sided crystal shape in cross-section or habit.

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Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Help on Hardness: Hardness:

7-7.5 - Quartz-Garnet

Help on Luster: Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Help on Streak: Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Indialite

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none.

Help on Dichroism (w): Dichroism (w):

none.

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.033 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.042 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2152,KPDmeas= 0.2134,KC= 0.2065
Ncalc = 1.51 - 1.52

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data:

Uniaxial (-), e=1.532-1.535, w=1.537-1.539, bire=0.0040-0.0050.

Calculated Properties of Indialite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.49 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Indialite =2.51 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEIndialite = 1.65 barns/electron
U=PEIndialite x rElectron Density= 4.10 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

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

Indialite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

61.01.01.03 (61)Cyclosilicate Six-Membered Rings

(61.01)with [Si6O18] rings; possible (OH) and Al substitution

(61.01.01)Beryl group

61.01.01.01 Beryl Be3Al2Si6O18 P 6/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

61.01.01.02 Bazzite Be3(Sc,Al)2Si6O18 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

61.01.01.03 Indialite Mg2Al4Si5O18 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

61.01.01.04 Stoppaniite! (Fe,Al,Mg)4(Na,[])2[Be6Si12O36]•2(H2O) P 6/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

61.01.01.05 Pezzottaite! Cs(Be2Li)Al2Si6O18 R 3c 3m

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

09.CJ.05 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)

09.C - Cyclosilicates

09.CJ -[Si6O18]12- 6-membered single rings (sechser-Einfachringe),

09.CJ.05 Beryl Be3Al2Si6O18 P 6/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

09.CJ.05 Bazzite Be3(Sc,Al)2Si6O18 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

09.CJ.05 Indialite Mg2Al4Si5O18 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

09.CJ.05 Stoppaniite! (Fe,Al,Mg)4(Na,[])2[Be6Si12O36]•2(H2O) P 6/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

09.CJ.05 Pezzottaite! Cs(Be2Li)Al2Si6O18 R 3c 3m

Other Indialite Information

Help on References: References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic2) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic2)

Help on See Also: See Also:

Links to other databases for Indialite :
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
15 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Indialite

Mg2Al4Si5O18
Dana No: 61.01.01.03 Strunz No: 09.CJ.05
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