Key facts
- Mineral.boxbgcolor
- 926339
- Mineral.name
- Thorite
- Mineral.boxtextcolor
- fff
- Mineral.image
- Thorite-288916.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Thorite crystal from the Kemp uranium mine in Ontario (size: 2.2 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm)
- Mineral.category
- Silicate mineral
- Mineral.formula
- (Th,U)SiO4
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Thr
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.AD.30
- Mineral.system
- Tetragonal
- Mineral.class
- Ditetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- I41/amd
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 7.13, c = 6.32 [Å]; Z = 4
- Mineral.color
- Yellow-orange, brownish yellow, brownish black, black, green
- Mineral.habit
- In square prisms, or pseudo-octahedral crystals; also massive
- Mineral.cleavage
- Distinct on {110}
- Mineral.fracture
- Conchoidal
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- cyclosilicates
- Named after
- thorium
- Image
- Thorite-288916.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.AD.30
- Commons category
- Thorite
- chemical formula
- ThSiO₄
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.AD.30
- crystal system
- tetragonal crystal system
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Thr
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/A.07
Sources (1)
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Article · Italiano
La thorite è un raro nesosilicato del torio che cristallizza in strutture tetragonali.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
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