Constituent
- Name
- Natural eudialyte Na4(Ca,Ce,Fe,Mn,Y,La,Sr,K)3ZrSi8O22(OH,Cl)2
- IMA name
- Eudialyte
- Class
- silicate mineral
- Compound type
- cyclosilicate
- Relevance
- main - major
- Arrangement
- single phase
- Mass fraction
- 1.0
- Formula
- Chemical formula
- Na4(Ca,Ce)2(Fe2+,Mn)ZrSi8O22(OH,Cl)2
- Elemental formula
- Na4 (Ca)1-2 (Ce)0-1 (Fe2+)0-1 (Mn2+)0-1 Zr Si8 (O)12-13 (H)1-2 (Cl)0-1
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance
- Composition comments
- Common impurities: Y, K, Al, Ti
- Oxides
-
Formula Mass fraction (%) 12.49 8.48 8.27 1.14 12.42 4.34 48.45 1.36 - Oxides comments
- From
Strunz
- Class
- silicates (09)
- Division
- cyclosilicate (09.C)
- Family
- [Si9O27]18- 9-membered rings (09.CO)
- Code
- 09.CO.10
Dana
- Major class
- silicates (VIII)
- Class
- cyclosilicates (64)
- Type
- Cyclosilicate Rings with Other Anions and Insular Silicate groups with mixed ring types (64.01)
- Group
- Eudialyte group (64.01.01)
- Code
- 64.01.01.01
- Phase type
- crystalline
- Crystal system
- trigonal
- Crystal class
- ditrigonal-scalenohedral
- Crystal class symbol
- -3m (D3d)
- Crystal spacegroup
- R-3m
- Texture
- polycrystalline
- Molar mass
- 992.15
- Density
- 2.74 - 3.1
- Refringence type
- uniaxial
- Refringence sign
- positive
- Birefringence
- 0.003-0.004
- Refraction index
- 1.606-1.61
- Refraction index
- 1.61-1.613
- Color
- Pinkish red, Red, Yellow, Yellowish brown, Violet
- Diaphaneity
- transparent to translucent
- Luster
- vitreous