水砷硼鈣石
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Cahnite (Cahnit in German, Cahnita in Spanish, Канит in Russian) is a brittle white or colorless mineral that has perfect cleavage and is usually transparent. It usually forms tetragonal-shaped crystals and it has a hardness of 3 mohs. Cahnite was discovered in the year 1921. It was named Cahnite to honor Lazard Cahn (1865–1940), who was a mineral collector and dealer. It is usually found in the Franklin Mine, in Franklin, New Jersey, but has also been found in Japan as well as in the Vallerano quarries in Rome, Italy. The geological environment that it occurs in is in pegmatites cutting a cha
Key facts
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous
- Mineral.name
- Cahnite
- Mineral.image
- Cahnite-Rhodonite-245680.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Cahnite on rhodonite
- Mineral.category
- Borate minerals
- Mineral.formula
- Ca2B[AsO4](OH)4
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Cah
- Mineral.strunz
- 6.AC.70
- Mineral.system
- Tetragonal
- Mineral.class
- Disphenoidal () (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- I
- Mineral.color
- Colorless to white
- Mineral.cleavage
- PerfectOn {110}
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 3
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- Transparent
- Mineral.density
- 3.156 g/cm3
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Cahnite-Rhodonite-245680.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 6.AC.70
- Commons category
- Cahnite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 6.AC.70
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cah
- chemical formula
- Ca₂[B(OH)₄](AsO₄)
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- Vc/A.06
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