Constituent Ca-exchanged beidellite SbCa-1 size-fraction <1 µm | SSHADE

Constituent

Name: Ca-exchanged beidellite SbCa-1 size-fraction <1 µm
IMA name: Beidellite

Class: silicate mineral
Compound type: phyllosilicate
Comments: Beidelite has a typical hydration number of 1 - Chemical composition and molecular mass are per half unit cell

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: homogeneous in multi-phases
Mass fraction: 1.0 $\pm$ 0.05

Chemical composition

Formula: $Ca_{0.25}(Al_{1.91}Mg_{0.03}Fe_{0.09})(Si_{3.43}Al_{0.57})O_{10}(OH)_2$
Chemical formula: (Na,Ca0.5)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2•n(H2O)
Elemental formula: (Ca)0.25-0.15 (Al)2.48-2.5 Mg0.03 Fe0.09 (Si)3.43-4 O12 H2
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Ca$	Calcium	element	0.25 - 0.15	1.0	constituent element	main
	$Al$	Aluminium	element	2.48 - 2.5	1.0	constituent element	main
	$Mg$	Magnesium	element	0.03	1.0	constituent element	main
	$Fe$	Iron	element	0.09	1.0	constituent element	main
	$Si$	Silicon	element	3.43 - 4	1.0	constituent element	main
	$O$	Oxygen	element	12	1.0	constituent element	main
	$H$	Hydrogen	element	2	1.0	constituent element	main

Composition comments: Typical formula: $Na_{0.5}Al_2.(Si_{3.5}Al_{0.5})O_{10}(OH)_2 \bullet (H_2O)$ - Common impurities: Ti, K, Mg, Fe - Intermolecular water was not taken into account in atomic composition calculation

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number
	$(OH)^-$	2

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$O^--H$	1

Oxides composition

Oxides

Formula	$SiO_{2}$	$Al_{2}O_{3}$	$MgO$	$Fe_{2}O_{3}$	$CaO$	$H_{2}O$
Mass fraction (%)	58.31	31.69	1.09	1.08	2.96	4.87

Classifications

Strunz

Class: silicates (09)
Division: phyllosilicate (09.E)
Family: with mica sheets, composed of tetrahedral and octahedral nets (09.EC)
Code: 09.EC.40

Dana

Major class: silicates (VIII)
Class: phyllosilicate sheets of six-membered rings (71)
Type: with 2:1 clays (71.03)
Group: Smectite group (Dioctahedral Smectites) (71.03.01a)
Code: 71.03.01a.01

Phase type: crystalline

Crystallography

Crystal system: monoclinic
Crystal class: prismatic
Crystal class symbol: 2/m (C2h)
Crystal spacegroup: C2/m

Texture: cryptocrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 369.0 $g/mol$
Density: N/A $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Refringence type: biaxial
Refringence sign: negative
Birefringence: 0.030 - 0.032
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$: 1.494 - 1.503
Refraction index $n_{\beta}$: 1.525 - 1.532
Refraction index $n_{\gamma}$: 1.526 - 1.533
Dispersion V: 0
Color: white, gray, reddish white, brownish white, pale yellow
Diaphaneity: translucent to subtranslucent
Luster: N/A