kalsilite
Sign in to saveKalsilite (KAlSiO4) is a vitreous white to grey feldspathoidal mineral that is found in some potassium-rich lavas, such as from Chamengo Crater in Uganda. It has a relative hardness of 5.5.
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It sits within the topics Aluminium minerals, Feldspathoid group and Hexagonal minerals.
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Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Kalsilite
- Mineral.image
- Kalsilite.jpg
- Mineral.category
- Tectosilicate minerals
- Mineral.group
- Feldspathoid group
- Mineral.formula
- KAlSiO4
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Kls
- Mineral.system
- Hexagonal
- Mineral.class
- 6 2 2 – Trapezohedral
- Mineral.symmetry
- P6322 (no. 182)
- Mineral.color
- Colorless, white, gray
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 6
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous, greasy
- Mineral.streak
- White
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- Transparent, Translucent
- Mineral.gravity
- 2.59–2.62
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- silicon
- Image
- Kalsilite.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.FA.05
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.FA.05
- chemical formula
- KAlSiO₄
- crystal system
- hexagonal crystal system
- Commons category
- Kalsilite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Kls
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/F.01
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Encyclopedic overview
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Kalsilite (KAlSiO4) is a vitreous white to grey feldspathoidal mineral that is found in some potassium-rich lavas, such as from Chamengo Crater in Uganda. It has a relative hardness of 5.5.
== References == Webmineral.com Handbook of Mineralogy
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