Sinhalit
Sign in to saveSinhalite is a borate mineral with formula MgAl(BO4).
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Sinhalite
- Mineral.image
- Sinhalite-656999.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260
- Mineral.formula
- MgAl(BO4)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Shl
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.color
- White, gray, grayish-blue, pale to dark brown, yellow, yellowish-brown, greenish-brown, green, brownish-pink, pale pink
- Mineral.habit
- Grains, rolled pebbles, irregular masses. Rarely euhedral crystals.
- Mineral.cleavage
- None
- Mineral.fracture
- Conchoidal
- Mineral.mohs
- -7
- Mineral.streak
- White
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- Transparent, translucent
- Mineral.gravity
- 3.46 to 3.50
- Mineral.density
- 3.475-3.5
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Biaxial (-)
- Mineral.refractive
- 1.665 to 1.712
- Mineral.birefringence
- 0.036 to 0.042
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Sri Lanka
- Image
- Sinhalite-656999.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 6.AC.05
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 6.AC.05
- chemical formula
- MgAlBO₄
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- Vc/A.05
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- Commons category
- Sinhalite
- type locality (geology)
- Sri Lanka
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Shl
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Article · Polski
Sinhalit – minerał, do 1952 uważany za żółtawobrunatną odmianę perydotu (oliwiny). Nazwa pochodzi od miejsca odkrycia – sinhala w sanskrycie oznacza Cejlon.
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