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criolite

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minerale

Key facts

Mineral.other
Weakly thermoluminescent. Small clear fragments become nearly invisible when placed in water, since its refractive index is close to that of water. May fluoresce intense yellow under SWUV, with yellow phosphorescence, and pale yellow phosphorescence under LWUV. Not radioactive.
Mineral.name
Cryolite
Mineral.category
Halide mineral
Mineral.boxwidth
24
Mineral.image
816- Ivigtut - cryolite.jpg
Mineral.imagesize
260px
Mineral.caption
Cryolite from Ivittuut, Greenland
Mineral.formula
Na3AlF6
Mineral.molweight
209.9 g mol−1
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Crl
Mineral.strunz
3.CB.15
Mineral.dana
11.6.1.1
Mineral.system
Monoclinic
Mineral.class
Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
Mineral.symmetry
P21/n
Mineral.unit cell
a = 7.7564(3) Å, b = 5.5959(2) Å, c = 5.4024(2) Å; β = 90.18°; Z = 2
Mineral.color
Colorless to white, also brownish, reddish and rarely black
Mineral.habit
Usually massive, coarsely granular. The rare crystals are equant and pseudocubic.

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Wikidata facts

Named after
stone
Image
816- Ivigtut - cryolite.jpg
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Commons category
Cryolite
chemical formula
Na₃AlF₆
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
3.CB.15
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
3.CB.15
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
III/B.03
streak color
white
IMA Mineral Symbol
Crl
2022 Harmonized System Code
282630
Sources (3)

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Article · Italiano

La criolite è un minerale, un fluoruro di sodio e alluminio. Il nome deriva dal greco κρύος = freddo e λίθος = pietra Descritta per la prima volta nel 1799 da (1740 - 1801), medico e veterinario danese.

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