Carletonita
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Carletonite is a rare phyllosilicate mineral with formula KNa4Ca4(CO3)4Si8O18(F,OH)·(H2O). Its tetragonal crystals are a translucent blue, white, colorless or pink with a vitreous to dull lustre. It has a density of 2.45 and a hardness of 4–4.5.
Key facts
- Mineral.mohs
- 4 -
- Mineral.lustre
- Vitreous
- Mineral.name
- Carletonite
- Mineral.image
- Carletonite-20263.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 280px
- Mineral.caption
- Carletonite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
- Mineral.category
- Phyllosilicate minerals
- Mineral.formula
- KNa4Ca4(CO3)4Si8O18(F,OH)·(H2O)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Cto
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.EB.20
- Mineral.system
- Tetragonal
- Mineral.class
- Ditetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm) H–M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P4/mbm
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 13.17 Å, c = 16.69 Å; Z = 4
- Mineral.colour
- Colourless, light blue, dark blue, or pink
- Mineral.habit
- Prismatic crystals, massive
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect on {001}, good on {110}
- Mineral.fracture
- Conchoidal
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- phyllosilicates
- Named after
- Carleton University
- Image
- Carletonite-20263.jpg
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- streak color
- white
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.EB.20
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.EB.20
- Commons category
- Carletonite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cto
- chemical formula
- KNa₄Ca₄Si₈O₁₈(CO₃)₄(F,OH)·H₂O
Sources (1)
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Article · Español
La carletonita es un mineral de la clase de los filosilicatos. Descubierto en 1971, fue nombrado así por la Universidad de Carleton, en Ottawa (Canadá), donde fue estudiado por primera vez.
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