داتولیت
Datolite is a calcium boron hydroxide nesosilicate, CaBSiO4(OH). It was first observed by Jens Esmark in 1806, and named by him from δατεῖσθαι, "to divide," and λίθος, "stone," in allusion to the granular structure of the massive mineral.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Datolite
- Mineral.category
- Nesosilicate
- Mineral.image
- Datolite-rom25c.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Datolite on sphalerite from San Luis Potosí, Mexico (size: 6.2 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm)
- Mineral.formula
- CaBSiO4(OH)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Dat
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.AJ.20
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/c
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 9.62, b = 7.6 c = 4.84 [Å]; β = 90.15°; Z = 4