jadarite
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Jadarite is a white, earthy monoclinic silicate mineral, sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide with the chemical formula LiNaSiB3O7(OH). == Discovery and classification ==
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Jadarite
- Mineral.image
- Natural History Center Svilajnac 16.JPG
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Jadarite on display at the Natural History Center in Svilajnac, Serbia
- Mineral.category
- Nesosilicate
- Mineral.formula
- LiNaSiB3O7(OH)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Jad
- Mineral.molweight
- 219.46 g/mol
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.AJ.40
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/n
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 6.816(2), b = 13.789(2) c = 6.758(2) [Å]; β = 111.08(2)°; Z = 4
- Mineral.color
- White
- Mineral.habit
- As microscopic anhedral grains
- Mineral.fracture
- Irregular to conchoidal
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 4 - 5
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- nesosilicates
- Has part
- silicon
- Named after
- Jadar
- Image
- Natural History Center Svilajnac 17.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.AJ.40
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.AJ.40
- time of discovery or invention
- 2006-00-00
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- type locality (geology)
- Jadar
- streak color
- white
- Commons category
- Jadarite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Jad
- chemical formula
- LiNaB₃SiO₇(OH)
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Jadarite is a white, earthy monoclinic silicate mineral, sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide with the chemical formula LiNaSiB3O7(OH). == Discovery and classification ==
Jadarite was discovered in December 2004, in drill core from the Jadar Valley (, Jadar, ) in Serbia, from which it is named. The find was located southwest of the Cer mountain. Findings were originally located in the villages of Jarebice and Slatina and later in Draginac.
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