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{{Infobox_Salt
|Footnote            = <ref>http://webmineral.com/data/Aphthitalite.shtml  viewed on 29/07/2010</ref><ref>http://www.mindat.org/min-280.html  viewed on 29/07/2010</ref>
|photo                =  [[File:Aphthitalit-19082010-klein.jpg|300px]]
|mineralogical_Name  = Aphthitalite
|chemical_Name        = Potassium sodium sulphate
|Trivial_Name        = Glaserite, Vesuvian Salt
|chemical_Formula      = K<sub>3</sub>Na(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub><br>Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>•3K<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>
|Hydratforms          =
|Crystal_System      = trigonal
|Crystal_Structure    =
|Deliqueszenzhumidity =
|Solubility          =
|Density              = 1.35 g/cm<sup>3</sup>
|MolVolume            = 246.2 cm<sup>3</sup>/mol
|Molweight            = 332.41 g/mol
|Transparency        = transparent to opaque
|Cleavage            = imperfect to fair
|Crystal_Habit        =
|Twinning            =
|Refractive_Indices  = n<sub>o</sub> = 1.491<br> n<sub>e</sub> = 1.499
|Birefringence        = Δ = 0.008
|optical_Orientation  = positive
|Pleochroism          =
|Dispersion          =
|Phase_Transition    =
|chemBehavior        =
|Comments            =
|Literature =  <bib id="JCPDS:1991"/><bib id="Dana:1951"/>
}}
 
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Aphthitalite[1][2]
Aphthitalit-19082010-klein.jpg
Mineralogical name Aphthitalite
Chemical name Potassium sodium sulphate
Trivial name Glaserite, Vesuvian Salt
Chemical formula K3Na(SO4)2
Na2SO4•3K2SO4
Other forms
Crystal system trigonal
Crystal structure
Deliquescence humidity 20°C
Solubility (g/l) at 20°C
Density (g/cm³) 1.35 g/cm3
Molar volume 246.2 cm3/mol
Molar weight 332.41 g/mol
Transparency transparent to opaque
Cleavage imperfect to fair
Crystal habit
Twinning
Phase transition
Chemical behavior
Comments
Crystal Optics
Refractive Indices no = 1.491
ne = 1.499
Birefringence Δ = 0.008
Optical Orientation positive
Pleochroism
Dispersion
Used Literature
[JCPDS:1991]Title: JCPDS Powder Diffraction File 2 (PDF-2)
Link to Google Scholar
[Dana:1951]Title: Dana's System of Mineralogy
Author: Dana J.D.
Link to Google Scholar


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Literature[edit]

[Dana:1951]Dana E.S. (eds.) Dana J.D. (1951): Dana's System of Mineralogy, 7, Wiley & SonsLink to Google Scholar
[JCPDS:1991] (1991): JCPDS Powder Diffraction File 2 (PDF-2).Link to Google Scholar