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Grube Jeremias Glück (Feengrotten), Saalfeld, Thüringen / Stufengröße: 6,5 x 3 cm
Copyright: Hrouda; Contribution: Hrouda
Collection: Museum für Naturkunde Gera
Location: Deutschland/Thüringen/Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Landkreis/Saalfeld/Garnsdorf/Grube Jeremias Glück (Feengrotten)
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Grube Jeremias Glück (Feengrotten), Saalfeld, Thüringen / Stufengröße: 6,5 x 3 cm
Collection: Museum für Naturkunde Gera
Copyright: Hrouda
Contribution: Hrouda 2008-07-07
Locality: Grube Jeremias Glück (Feengrotten) / Garnsdorf / Saalfeld / Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Landkreis / Thüringen / Deutschland
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Größe: 10x06x03cm; Fundort: Rapid Creek, Dawson, Yukon, Kanada
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: Kanada/Yukon-Territorium/Dawson Mining District/Richardson Mountains/Rapid Creek
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Größe: 10x06x03cm; Fundort: Rapid Creek, Dawson, Yukon, Kanada

Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: slugslayer 2006-05-03
Locality: Rapid Creek / Richardson Mountains / Dawson Mining District / Yukon-Territorium / Kanada
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Kristallgröße: 2 mm, Fundort: Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Kanada
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Kristallgröße: 2 mm, Fundort: Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Kanada
Copyright: Jason B. Smith
Contribution: thdun5 2010-06-05
Locality: Rapid Creek / Richardson Mountains / Dawson Mining District / Yukon-Territorium / Kanada
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Grube Jeremias Glück / Garnsdorf / Saalfeld / Thüringen / Deutschland; Bildbreite 8 mm.
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Grube Jeremias Glück / Garnsdorf / Saalfeld / Thüringen / Deutschland; Bildbreite 8 mm.
Collection: Leonardus
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Contribution: Leonardus 2012-11-05
Locality: Grube Jeremias Glück (Feengrotten) / Garnsdorf / Saalfeld / Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Landkreis / Thüringen / Deutschland
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Grube Jeremias Glück / Garnsdorf / Saalfeld / Thüringen / Deutschland; Bildbreite 1.3 cm.
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Grube Jeremias Glück / Garnsdorf / Saalfeld / Thüringen / Deutschland; Bildbreite 1.3 cm.
Collection: Leonardus
Copyright: Leonardus
Contribution: Leonardus 2012-11-05
Locality: Grube Jeremias Glück (Feengrotten) / Garnsdorf / Saalfeld / Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Landkreis / Thüringen / Deutschland
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Grube Jeremias Glück / Garnsdorf / Saalfeld / Thüringen / Deutschland; Bildbreite 4 mm.
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Grube Jeremias Glück / Garnsdorf / Saalfeld / Thüringen / Deutschland; Bildbreite 4 mm.
Collection: Leonardus
Copyright: Leonardus
Contribution: Leonardus 2012-11-05
Locality: Grube Jeremias Glück (Feengrotten) / Garnsdorf / Saalfeld / Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Landkreis / Thüringen / Deutschland

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Collectors Summary

Color farblos, weiß
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 2
Solubility +++ HCl
Crystal System orthorhombisch, Pcnb

Chemism

Chemical formula

Ca2(SO4)(CO3)·4H2O

Chemical composition

Calcium, Kohlenstoff, Sauerstoff, Schwefel, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 308.290386 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 23

Info

Empirical formula:

Ca2(SO4)(CO3)·4H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

2.62

8

34.78

1.0079470

8.0635760
Carbon

C

3.90

1

4.35

12.0107800

12.0107800
Oxygen

O

57.09

11

47.83

15.9994300

175.9937300
Sulfur

S

10.40

1

4.35

32.0655000

32.0655000
Calcium

Ca

26.00

2

8.70

40.0784000

80.1568000

Analysis wt%

CaO : 36.30, SO3 : 26.10, CO2 : 14.00, H2O : 23.60 (Ref: Canadian Mineralogist 86)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

7.DG.20

7: Sulfate (Selenate, Tellurate, Chromate, Molybdate, Wolframate)
D: Sulfate (Selenate, etc.) mit weitere Anionen, mit H2O
G: Mit großen bis mittelgroßen Kationen; mit NO3, CO3, B(OH)4, SiO4 oder IO3
20:Rapidcreekit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VI/C.22-025

VI: SULFATE, CHROMATE, MOLYBDATE UND WOLFRAMATE
C: Wasserhaltige Sulfate, ohne fremde Anionen
22: Sehr große Kationen

Classification by Hölzel

7.DO.220

7: SULFATES CHROMATES MOLYBDATES WOLFRAMATES
D: Sulfates (+Anions +Water)
O: With other complex Anions

Dana 8th edition

32.02.01.01

32: Compound Sulfates
02: Compound Sulfates (hydrous) with simple bi-anionic formula

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

farblos, weiß

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent

max. Birefringence

0.015
Birefringence chart\! Rapidcreekite title=Birefringence chart Rapidcreekite

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

1.516

RI value β

1.518

RI value γ / ε

1.531

Ri mean

1.522

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 45°

Optical Data Luminescence

Color SW-UV (254nm)

  

weiß

SW-UV Intensity

schwach

Afterglow (Persistant Luminescence)

keine Daten

Crystallography

Crystal System

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mmm

Space Group number

60

Space Group

Pcnb

Cell parameters a (Å)

15.49

Cell parameters b (Å)

19.18

Cell parameters c (Å)

6.157

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.808

Cell parameters c/b

0.321

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

8

Volume (ų)

1829.234

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

7.78(100),
4.31(70),
3.88(70),
3.11(80),
2.917(50),
2.797(60),
2.555(50),
1.899(50)
XRD chart Rapidcreekite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

2

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

32 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.21

2.239 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ HCl

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Kanada/Yukon-Territorium/Dawson Mining District/Richardson Mountains/Rapid Creek

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Roberts & Ansell & Jonasson & Grice & Ramik, 1986

References

Canadian Mineralogist 24 (1986), 51

Other languages

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Russian

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CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1984-035

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Rck

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) xn1u00-9SkibmIztmiRAjA
GUID (Global unique identifier) D36E7DC6-BD4F-484A-9B98-8CED9A24408C
Database ID 3217