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| | last = D'Andraba | authorlink=José Bonifácio de Andrada| journal = Journal de chimie et de physique | volume = 51| date = 1800 (] an VIII}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url = http://books.google.de/books?id=2RtaAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PT137 | title = Exotic mineralogy: Or, Coloured figures of foreign minerals: As a supplement to British mineralogy | author1 = Sowerby | first1 = James | year = 1811}}</ref> | | last = D'Andraba | authorlink=José Bonifácio de Andrada| journal = Journal de chimie et de physique | volume = 51| date = 1800 (] an VIII}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url = http://books.google.de/books?id=2RtaAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PT137 | title = Exotic mineralogy: Or, Coloured figures of foreign minerals: As a supplement to British mineralogy | author1 = Sowerby | first1 = James | year = 1811}}</ref> | ||
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| Petalite | |
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 Petalite from Minas Gerais State, Brazil (size: 3x4 cm) | |
| General | |
| Category | Phyllosilicate |
| Formula (repeating unit) | LiAlSi4O10 |
| Strunz classification | 09.EF.05 |
| Crystal system | Monoclinic |
| Space group | Monoclinic prismatic H-M symbol: (2/m) Space group: P 2/a |
| Unit cell | a = 11.737 Å, b = 5.171 Å, c = 7.63 Å; β = 112.54°; Z = 2 |
| Identification | |
| Color | Colorless, grey, yellow, pink, to white |
| Crystal habit | Tabular prismatic crystals and columnar masses |
| Twinning | Common on {001}, lamellar |
| Cleavage | Perfect on {001}, poor on {201} with 38.5° angle between the two |
| Fracture | Subconchoidal |
| Tenacity | Brittle |
| Mohs scale hardness | 6 - 6.5 |
| Luster | Vitreous, pearly on cleavages |
| Streak | Colorless |
| Diaphaneity | Transparent to translucent |
| Specific gravity | 2.4 |
| Optical properties | Biaxial (+) |
| Refractive index | nα=1.504, nβ=1.510, nγ=1.516 |
| Birefringence | δ = 0.012 |
| 2V angle | 82 – 84° measured |
| Melting point | 1350 °C |
| Fusibility | 5 |
| Solubility | Insoluble |
| References | |
Petalite, also known as castorite, is a lithium aluminium phyllosilicate mineral LiAlSi4O10, crystallizing in the monoclinic system. Petalite is a member of the feldspathoid group. It occurs as colourless, grey, yellow, yellow grey, to white tabular crystals and columnar masses. Occurs in lithium-bearing pegmatites with spodumene, lepidolite, and tourmaline. Petalite is an important ore of lithium, and is converted to spodumene and quartz by heating to ~500 °C and under 3 kbar of pressure in the presence of a dense hydrous alkali borosilicate fluid with a minor carbonate component. The colorless varieties are often used as gemstones.
Discovery and occurrence
Discovered in 1800, by Brazilian naturalist Jose Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva. Type locality: Utö Island, Haninge, Stockholm, Sweden. The name is derived from the Greek word petalon, which means leaf.
Economic deposits of petalite are found near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; Aracuai, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Karibib, Namibia; Manitoba, Canada; and Bikita, Zimbabwe.
The first important economic application for petalite was as a raw material for the glass-ceramic cooking ware CorningWare. It has been used as a raw material for ceramic glazes.
References
- "Petalite". Digital Fire. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- Handbook of Mineralogy
- Webmineral
- ^ Mindat
- *Hurlbut, Cornelius S. and Klein, Cornelis, 1985, Manual of Mineralogy, Wiley, 20th ed., pp. 459-460 ISBN 0-471-80580-7
- Framework silicates: silica minerals, feldspathoids and the zeolites (2. ed.). London: Geological Soc. 2004. p. 296. ISBN 1-86239-144-0.
{{cite book}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - D'Andraba (1800 (Messidor an VIII). "Des caractères et des propriétés de plusieurs nouveaux minérauxde Suède et de Norwège , avec quelques observations chimiques faites sur ces substances". Journal de chimie et de physique. 51: 239.
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