Strontiojaoquinite

Formula: Sr2Ba2(Na,Fe)2Ti2Si8O24(O,OH)2.H2O

Origin of name: from strontium and joaquinite

 

Crystal system: monoclinic

Crystal class: 2

Twinning: 

Unit cell: a = 10.52 Å, b = 9.76 Å, c = 11.87 Å, b = 109.3°

 

Colour: green to yellow-green, yellow-brown

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Habit: crystals pseudo-orthorhombic, bipyramidal, zoned with joaquinite cores

Hardness: 5.5

Specific gravity: 3.68

Cleavage: 1; {001} good

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Comments: dimorphous with strontio-orthojoaquinite

 

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