General Diaoyudaoite Information |
Chemical Formula: | NaAl11O17 |
Composition: | Molecular Weight = 591.78 gm |
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Empirical Formula: | NaAl11O17 |
Environment: | Heavy-mineral (S.G. > 2.8) fraction of the surface layer of sea-floor muds at about 1500 m water depth. |
IMA Status: | Approved IMA 1986 |
Locality: | Okinawa Trough, near Diaoyudao Island, a few km northeast of Taiwan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
Name Origin: | Named for the locality. |
Name Pronunciation: | Diaoyudaoite + Pronunciation |
Synonym: | ICSD 63263 |
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Diaoyudaoite Crystallography |
Axial Ratios: | a:c = 1:4.03891 |
Cell Dimensions: | a = 5.602, c = 22.626, Z = 2; V = 614.93 Den(Calc)= 3.20 |
Crystal System: | Hexagonal - Dihexagonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 63/mmc |
X Ray Diffraction: | By Intensity(I/Io):11.2(1), 2.68(0.7), 5.65(0.6), |
Crystal Structure: Keyboard Help on Above
| | Felsche J , Naturwissenschaften , 54 (1967) p.612-613, Zur kristallstruktur von beta-aluminiumoxid, Note: x,y coordinates of O3 altered to produce a more reasonable structure, Locality: synthetic
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Physical Properties of Diaoyudaoite |
Cleavage: | {???} Good |
Color: | Colorless, Light green. |
Density: | 3.3 |
Diaphaneity: | Transparent |
Hardness: | 7.6 |
Luster: | Vitreous (Glassy) |
Streak: | white |
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Optical Properties of Diaoyudaoite |
Gladstone-Dale: | CI meas= 0.007 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.024 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.211,KPDmeas= 0.2046,KC= 0.2061 Ncalc = 1.66 - 1.68 |
Optical Data: | Uniaxial (-), e=1.663, w=1.6876, bire=0.0246. |
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Calculated Properties of Diaoyudaoite |
Electron Density: | Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.23 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Diaoyudaoite =3.30 gm/cc.
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Fermion Index: | Fermion Index = 0.0002206156 Boson Index = 0.9997793844 |
Photoelectric: | PEDiaoyudaoite= 1.52 barns/electron U=PEDiaoyudaoite x Electron Density= 4.93 barns/cc.
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Radioactivity: | GRapi = 0(Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Diaoyudaoite isNot Radioactive |
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Diaoyudaoite Classification |
Dana Class: | 07.11.12.01(07)Multiple Oxides |
| (07.11)as titano-oxides with [4] and [6] substitutions |
| (07.11.12)Dana Group |
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Strunz Class: | 04.CC.4504 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate |
| 04.C - Metal:Oxygen = 2:3, 3:5, and Similar |
| 04.CC -With large and medium-sized cations |
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Other Diaoyudaoite Information |
References: | NAME( AntBidBlaNic3) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.75,p240,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.75,p240,1990) |
See Also: | Links to other databases for Diaoyudaoite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 -GeoScienceWorld 6 -Google Images 7 -Google Scholar 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 9 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 10 -MinDAT 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -Online Mineral Museum 13 -QUT Mineral Atlas 14 -Ruff.Info
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