sinhalite
Sign in to saveSinhalite is a borate mineral with formula MgAl(BO4).
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Within Vinony's link graph, sinhalite is referenced by 9 other articles, and connects out to mineral, ultraviolet radiation and mass density.
Vinony files it under Aluminium minerals, Magnesium minerals and Orthorhombic minerals.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Sinhalite
- Mineral.image
- Sinhalite-656999.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260
- Mineral.formula
- MgAl(BO4)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Shl
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.color
- White, gray, grayish-blue, pale to dark brown, yellow, yellowish-brown, greenish-brown, green, brownish-pink, pale pink
- Mineral.habit
- Grains, rolled pebbles, irregular masses. Rarely euhedral crystals.
- Mineral.cleavage
- None
- Mineral.fracture
- Conchoidal
- Mineral.mohs
- -7
- Mineral.streak
- White
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- Transparent, translucent
- Mineral.gravity
- 3.46 to 3.50
- Mineral.density
- 3.475-3.5
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Biaxial (-)
- Mineral.refractive
- 1.665 to 1.712
- Mineral.birefringence
- 0.036 to 0.042
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Sri Lanka
- Image
- Sinhalite-656999.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 6.AC.05
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 6.AC.05
- chemical formula
- MgAlBO₄
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- Vc/A.05
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- Commons category
- Sinhalite
- type locality (geology)
- Sri Lanka
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Shl
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Encyclopedic overview
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Sinhalite is a borate mineral with formula MgAl(BO4).
Sinhalite was first found in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) in 1952, and was named from Sinhala - the Sanskrit name for Sri Lanka.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “sinhalite” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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