Key facts
- Mineral.boxbgcolor
- a142d6
- Mineral.boxtextcolor
- fff
- Mineral.name
- Sugilite
- Mineral.category
- Cyclosilicate
- Mineral.image
- Smithsonian Exhibit Stone.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- 16kg Manganoan Sugilite, GIA Laboratory Certified, Smithsonian Exhibition Stone, I.Kurgan Royal Azel, Hall of Gems Smithsonian Museum 1981, Wessels Mine in Northern Cape Province, South Africa
- Mineral.formula
- KNa2(Fe,Mn,Al)2Li3Si12O30
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Sug
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.CM.05
- Mineral.dana
- 63.02.01a.09
- Mineral.system
- Hexagonal
- Mineral.class
- Dihexagonal dipyramidal (6/mmm) H-M symbol: (6/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P6/mcc
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 10, c = 14 [Å]; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- Light brownish-yellow, purple, violet, reddish violet, pale pink, colorless
- Mineral.habit
- Prismatic crystals, typically granular to massive
- Mineral.cleavage
- Poor on {0001}
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Sugilite-40452.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.CM.05
- color
- purple
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Sug
- chemical formula
- K(Na,☐)₂Li₃(Fe,Mn,Al,Zr)₂[Si₁₂O₃₀]
- Commons category
- Sugilite
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.CM.05
- type locality (geology)
- Iwagi islet
- streak color
- white
- crystal system
- hexagonal crystal system
Sources (2)
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Article · Italiano
La sugilite (conosciuta anche come Luvulite o Lavulite) fa parte dei ciclosilicati ed è un minerale relativamente raro e pregiato appartenente al gruppo della milarite. Assume colorazione variabile dal rosa al viola-porpora ed ha una complessa formula chimica: KNa2(Fe, Mn, Al)2Li3Si12O30.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA