دانبوریت
Sign in to saveDanburite is a calcium boron silicate mineral with a chemical formula of CaB2(SiO4)2.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Danburite
- Mineral.image
- Danburite-162634.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Cluster of creamy crystals of danburite
- Mineral.category
- Tectosilicate minerals
- Mineral.formula
- CaB2(SiO4)2
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Dbu
- Mineral.IMAstatus
- Grandfathered (1839)
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.FA.65
- Mineral.dana
- 56.3.1.1
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Rhombic dipyramidal (mmm)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pnam (no. 62)
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 8.038(3), b = 8.752(5) c = 7.73 [Å]; Z = 4
- Mineral.colour
- Colourless, white, gray, brownish white, straw yellow
- Mineral.habit
- Euhedral prismatic crystals; disseminated masses
- Mineral.cleavage
- {001} Poor
- Mineral.fracture
- Subconchoidal to uneven
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- cyclosilicates
- Named after
- Danbury
- Image
- DanburiteMexique.jpg
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Dbu
- Commons category
- Danburite
- chemical formula
- CaB₂Si₂O₈
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.FA.65
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.FA.65
- type locality (geology)
- Danbury
- streak color
- white
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/F.04
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