Antarcticite

Antarcticite
Mineralogical name	Antarcticite
Chemical name	Calciumchloride hexahydrate
Trivial name
Chemical formula	CaCl2•6H2O
Other forms
Crystal system	trigonal
Crystal structure
Deliquescence humidity 20°C	30,8
Solubility (g/l) at 20°C
Density (g/cm³)	1,68 g/cm³
Molar volume	128,0 cm3/mol
Molar weight	219,08 g/mol
Transparency	transparent
Cleavage	perfect
Crystal habit
Twinning
Phase transition
Chemical behavior
Comments
Crystal Optics
Refractive Indices	no =1,417 ne = 1,393
Birefringence	Δ= 0,024
Optical Orientation
Pleochroism
Dispersion
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