Carletonit
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Carletonite is a rare phyllosilicate mineral with formula KNa4Ca4(CO3)4Si8O18(F,OH)·(H2O). Its tetragonal crystals are a translucent blue, white, colorless or pink with a vitreous to dull lustre. It has a density of 2.45 and a hardness of 4–4.5.
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It sits within the topics Minerals in space group 127, Phyllosilicates and Tetragonal minerals.
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Key facts
- Mineral.mohs
- 4 -
- Mineral.lustre
- Vitreous
- Mineral.name
- Carletonite
- Mineral.image
- Carletonite-20263.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 280px
- Mineral.caption
- Carletonite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
- Mineral.category
- Phyllosilicate minerals
- Mineral.formula
- KNa4Ca4(CO3)4Si8O18(F,OH)·(H2O)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Cto
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.EB.20
- Mineral.system
- Tetragonal
- Mineral.class
- Ditetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm) H–M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P4/mbm
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 13.17 Å, c = 16.69 Å; Z = 4
- Mineral.colour
- Colourless, light blue, dark blue, or pink
- Mineral.habit
- Prismatic crystals, massive
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect on {001}, good on {110}
- Mineral.fracture
- Conchoidal
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- phyllosilicates
- Named after
- Carleton University
- Image
- Carletonite-20263.jpg
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- streak color
- white
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.EB.20
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.EB.20
- Commons category
- Carletonite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cto
- chemical formula
- KNa₄Ca₄Si₈O₁₈(CO₃)₄(F,OH)·H₂O
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