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[[Category:Nesquehonite]][[Category:Carbonate]][[Category:Salt]][[Category:InProgress]] | ==Literature== | ||
[[Category:Nesquehonite]][[Category:Carbonate]][[Category:Salt]][[Category:InProgress]][[Category:List]] |
Latest revision as of 17:35, 15 February 2015
Nesquehonite[1][2] | |
Mineralogical name | |
Chemical name | Magnesium carbonate trihydrate |
Trivial name | |
Chemical formula | MgCO3•3H2O |
Other forms | |
Crystal system | monoclinic |
Crystal structure | |
Deliquescence humidity 20°C | |
Solubility (g/l) at 20°C | 1.79 g/l (16°C) |
Density (g/cm³) | 1.83-1.85 g/cm³ |
Molar volume | |
Molar weight | 138.37 g/mol |
Transparency | transparent to translucent |
Cleavage | perfect to good |
Crystal habit | |
Twinning | |
Phase transition | |
Chemical behavior | |
Comments | hardly soluble in water pH about 10 |
Crystal Optics | |
Refractive Indices | nx = 1.417 ny = 1.503 nz = 1.527 |
Birefringence | Δ = 0.110 |
Optical Orientation | negative |
Pleochroism | |
Dispersion | |
Used Literature | |
back to Carbonate
Weblinks[edit]
- ↑ http://webmineral.com/data/Nesquehonite.shtml viewed on 09/06/2011
- ↑ http://www.mindat.org/min-2885.html viewed on 09/06/2011