mesolite

minerale del gruppo delle zeoliti

Key facts

Mineral.name: Mesolite
Mineral.category: Tectosilicate minerals
Mineral.group: Zeolite group, natrolite subgroup
Mineral.image: Mesolite from Bombay, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.jpg
Mineral.caption: Mesolite from Bombay collected in the 18th century by Dr John Hunter
Mineral.IMAsymbol: Mes
Mineral.strunz: 9.GA.05
Mineral.system: Orthorhombic
Mineral.class: Pyramidal (mm2) (same H-M symbol)
Mineral.symmetry: Fdd2
Mineral.unit cell: a = 18.4049(8) Å, b = 56.655(6) Å, c = 6.5443(4) Å; Z = 8
Mineral.color: Colorless, white, gray, yellowish brown
Mineral.habit: As elongated prismatic crystals, commonly in hairlike tufts and aggregates of fibers; radiating compact masses; stalactitic; porcelaneous
Mineral.twinning: Characteristically twinned on {010} or {100}
Mineral.cleavage: Perfect on {110} and {10}
Mineral.fracture: Uneven
Mineral.tenacity: Brittle, masses tough
Mineral.mohs: 5

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Image: Mesolite.jpg

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Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated): VIII/F.10
IMA Mineral Symbol: Mes
chemical formula: Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 9.GA.05
Commons category: Mesolite
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 9.GA.05
crystal system: orthorhombic crystal system
streak color: white

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La mesolite è un minerale descritto per la prima volta nel 1816 in base ad un ritrovamento avvenuto sulle isole Ciclopi nei pressi di Catania. Il nome deriva dal termine greco "mesos" che significa "in mezzo" per via della sua composizione chimica intermedia fra quella della natrolite e quella della scolecite.

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