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General Stokesite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

CaSnSi3O9•2(H2O)

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 423.07 gm

Calcium 9.47 % Ca 13.25 % CaO

Silicon 19.92 % Si 42.61 % SiO2

Tin 28.06 % Sn 31.84 % SnO

Hydrogen 0.95 % H 8.52 % H2O

Oxygen 41.60 % O

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100.00 % 96.22 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

CaSnSi3O9•2(H2O)

Help on Environment: Environment:

On axinite (Roscommon Cliff, England); in miarolitic cavities in a quartz-albite pegmatite (Vezna, Czech Republic).

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1899

Help on Locality: Locality:

Roscommon Cliff, St. Just, Cornwall, England. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

Named for Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903), professor of Mathematics, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Stokesite + Pronunciation Say STOKESITE

Help on Synonym: Synonym:

ICSD 34348

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Click Here for Larger Stokesite Image Stokesite Comments: Thick, tabular crystals of stokesite, perched atop a 2 cm sphere of feldspar crystals. Location: Corrego do Urucum, near Galilea, Minas Gerais, Brazil.Scale: 3.3 x 2.5 x 2 cm. © Rob Lavinsky

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Click Here for Larger Stokesite Image Stokesite Stannomicrolite Comments: Stokesite "ball" composed of lath-like tan or clear crystals with several micro crystals of yellow stannomicrolite. Location: Urucum mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.Scale: 1.2 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Stokesite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =1.2411:1:0.4504

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

a = 14.41, b = 11.61, c = 5.23, Z = 4; V = 874.98 Den(Calc)= 3.21

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pnna

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 2.89(1), 3.99(1), 7.25(0.8),

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| | Vorma A , Mineralogical Magazine , 33 (1963) p.615-617, Crystal structure of stokesite, CaSnSi3O9*2H2O | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Physical Properties of Stokesite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage:

{???} Good, {???} Good

Help on Color: Color:

Colorless.

Help on Density: Density:

3.2

Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity:

Transparent to translucent

Help on Habit: Habit:

Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses.

Help on Hardness: Hardness:

6 - Orthoclase

Help on Luster: Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Help on Streak: Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Stokesite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.009 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.006 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1912,KPDmeas= 0.1918,KC= 0.19
Ncalc = 1.61

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), a=1.609, b=1.613, g=1.619, bire=0.0100, 2V(Calc)=80, 2V(Meas)=69.5.

Calculated Properties of Stokesite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.10 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Stokesite =3.21 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.05
Boson Index = 0.95

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEStokesite = 82.15 barns/electron
U=PEStokesite x rElectron Density= 254.32 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

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

Stokesite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

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

(65.05)with chains P=6

(65.05.01)Dana Group

65.05.01.01 Stokesite CaSnSi3O9•2(H2O) Pnna 2/m 2/m 2/m

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

09.DM.05 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)

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

09.DM -Inosilicates with 6-periodic single chains

09.DM.05 Stokesite CaSnSi3O9•2(H2O) Pnna 2/m 2/m 2/m

Other Stokesite Information

Help on References: References:

NAME( Ford32) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Ford32)

Help on See Also: See Also:

Links to other databases for Stokesite :
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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Stokesite

CaSnSi3O9•2(H2O)
Dana No: 65.05.01.01 Strunz No: 09.DM.05
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