Input interpretation
uvite (mineral)
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General properties
formula | (Ca, Na)(Mg, Fe^(2+))_3Al_5Mg(BO_3)_3Si_6O_18(OH, F)_4 discovery year | 1929
Basic properties
density | 3.15 g/cm^3 transparency | translucent | opaque birefringence | 0.0235 luster | vitreous | resinous Mohs hardness | 7.5 tenacity | brittle streak | light brown magnetism | nonmagnetic color | yellowish brown | brown | blackish brown | bluish black fracture | subconchoidal molar mass | 970.2 g/mol (grams per mole)
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Mineral identifiers
Strunz ID | VIII/E.19-90 Dana ID | 61.3b.1.3 ICSD number | ICSD74189
Crystallographic properties
crystal system | trigonal crystal class | 3m unit cell volume | 1598 Å^3 (cubic ångströms) d-spacing | 2.965 Å (ångströms) | 2.577 Å (ångströms) | 2.043 Å (ångströms) intensity | 100% | 90% | 80% molecules per unit cell | 3 molecules per cell refractive indices | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.65 | 0 unit cell lengths | 15.97 Å (ångströms) | 7.231 Å (ångströms) | 7.231 Å (ångströms) unit cell angles | 90° (degrees) | 90° (degrees) | 120° (degrees)