Spodumene Mineral Data

Spodumene Mineral Data
Search Webmineral :
   
Home Crystal jmol jPOWD Chem X Ray Dana Strunz Properties A to Z Images Share
      News Help About


General Spodumene Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: LiAlSi2O6
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 186.09 gm
   Lithium    3.73 %  Li    8.03 % Li2O
   Aluminum  14.50 %  Al   27.40 % Al2O3
   Silicon   30.18 %  Si   64.58 % SiO2
   Oxygen    51.59 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: LiAl(Si2O6)
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1800
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Spodumene is from the Greek, spodoumenos, "burnt to ash," alluding to the ashy color of early specimens. Kunzite is named after the American gem expert, G. F. Kunz (1856-1932). Hi ddenite is named after the American mi
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Spodumene + Pronunciation Say SPODUMENE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: Hiddenite - emerald green
  ICSD 30521
  Kunzite - pink, violet, purple
  PDF 33-786
  Triphane - colorless, yellow
 

Spodumene Image

Click Here for Larger Spodumene Image in a New Browser Window Images:
Click Here for Larger Spodumene Image

Spodumene

Comments: Stacked crystals of Spodumene (Var. Kunzite).
Location: Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Crystal size 7 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Spodumene Crystallography
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.921(1), 2.793(0.9), 4.205(0.75),
Help on Forms: Forms:

Mouse
Dbl Clk - Start-Stop Rotation
RMB - Cycle Display Modes
Drag1 - Manipulate Crystal
Drag2 - Resize
Keyboard
S - Stereo
I - Indicies
<space> - Start-Stop Rotation
F - Fit to Screen
M - Menu
Help on Above

Forms: ( 1 0 0) ( 1 0 0) ( 1 1 0) ( 0 1 1)

Warning: this large pop-up is very compute intensive and may not work well with some computers.
Click Here for Large Spodumene Structure Window Crystal Structure:

Mouse
drag1 - LMB Manipulate Structure
drag2 - RMB Resize/Rotate
Keyboard
S - Stereo Pair on/off
H - Help Screen
I - Data Info
A - Atoms On/Off
P - Polyhedra On/Off
B - Bonds On/Off
 Help on Above


Cameron M , Sueno S , Prewitt C T , Papike J J , American Mineralogist , 58 (1973) p.594-618, High-temperature crystal chemistry of acmite, diopside, hedenbergite, jadeite,, spodumene, and ureyite, T = 24 C, pyroxene

View Additional jPOWD Structure files for Spodumene
[1] [10] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
 

Physical Properties of Spodumene

Help on Color: Color: Grayish white, Pink, Violet, Emerald green, Yellow.
 

Optical Properties of Spodumene

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.025 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.031 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.209,KPDmeas= 0.2103,KC= 0.2157
Ncalc = 1.67 - 1.69
 

Calculated Properties of Spodumene

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.11 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Spodumene =3.15 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric: PESpodumene = 1.61 barns/electron
U=PESpodumene x rElectron Density= 5.02 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Spodumene is Not Radioactive
 

Spodumene Classification
Help on Dana Class: Dana Class: 65.01.04.01 (65)Inosilicate Single-Width Unbranched Chains, W=1
  (65.01)with chains P=2
  (65.01.04)Li pyroxenes
 
65.01.04.01 Spodumene LiAlSi2O6 C 2/c 2/m
Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class: 09.DA.30 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)
  09.D - Inosilicates* Structural terminology according to Liebau (1985)
  09.DA -Inosilicates with 2-periodic single chains, Si2O6; pyroxene family
 
09.DA.30 Spodumene LiAlSi2O6 C 2/c 2/m
 

Other Spodumene Information
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Spodumene :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
3 - Athena
4 - CalTech Mineral Spectroscopy
5 - EUROmin Project
6 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
7 - GeoScienceWorld
8 - Google Images
9 - Google Scholar
10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
11 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
12 - HyperPhysics
13 - MinDAT
14 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom
15 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
16 - Online Mineral Museum
17 - Philatelic Mineralogy
18 - QUT Mineral Atlas
19 - Ruff.Info
20 - Scandinavian mineral gallery
21 - Tradeshop.com - The Rainbow of Gems
22 - WWW-MINCRYST

Search for Spodumene using:

Google
 
Web webmineral.com
[AOL] [Bing] [Dog Pile] [GeoScienceWorld] [HotBot] [Ixquick] [Lycos] [MAMMA] [Scirus] [Teoma] [WebCrawler] [Wikipedia] [YAHOO]

Visit our Advertisers for Spodumene :

A Bijoux Google Search for Spodumene
Adam's Minerals Google Search for Spodumene
Cape Minerals Google Search for Spodumene
Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Spodumene
Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Spodumene
Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Spodumene
John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Spodumene
McDougall Minerals Google Search for Spodumene
Mineral News Website Link
Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Spodumene
Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Spodumene

Ask about Spodumene here :
Ask-A-Mineralogist from the Mineralogical Society of America
Mindat.org's Discussion Groups
Original Rockhounds Discussion Group
Rockhounds Discussion Group on Yahoo Groups
Mineral Discussion Forum from Fabre Minerals - also available in Espaņol

Print or Cut-and-Paste your Spodumene Specimen Label here :

Spodumene

LiAlSi2O6
Dana No: 65.01.04.01 Strunz No: 09.DA.30
Locality:

 

Notes: