Input interpretation
zircosulfate (mineral) | carraraite (mineral)
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General properties
| zircosulfate | carraraite alternate names | zircosulphate | (none) formula | Zr(SO_4)_2·4(H_2O) | Ca_3Ge(OH)_6(SO_4)(CO_3)·12H_2O
Basic properties
| zircosulfate | carraraite density | 2.84 g/cm^3 | 1.98 g/cm^3 transparency | transparent | translucent | transparent birefringence | 0.054 | 0.03 luster | dull | vitreous Mohs hardness | 2.75 | streak | white | white magnetism | nonmagnetic | nonmagnetic color | colorless | white | milky white molar mass | 355.4 g/mol | 670.8 g/mol
Units
Mineral identifiers
| zircosulfate | carraraite Strunz ID | VI/C.09-10 | VI/D.13-35 Dana ID | 29.9.2.1 | 32.4.4.5 IMA number | | IMA1998-002
Crystallographic properties
| zircosulfate | carraraite crystal system | orthorhombic | hexagonal crystal class | 2/m2/m2/m | unit cell volume | 1666 Å^3 (cubic ångströms) | 1125 Å^3 (cubic ångströms) d-spacing | 4.33 Å (ångströms) | 2.98 Å (ångströms) | 2.33 Å (ångströms) | 9.57 Å (ångströms) | 3.83 Å (ångströms) | 5.53 Å (ångströms) | 2.74 Å (ångströms) | 3.56 Å (ångströms) | 2.38 Å (ångströms) | 2.53 Å (ångströms) | 3.44 Å (ångströms) | 3.2 Å (ångströms) intensity | 100% | 90% | 60% | 100% | 80% | 80% | 60% | 60% | 50% | 50% | 50% | 40% molecules per unit cell | 8 molecules per cell | 2 molecules per cell 2V angle | 161 π/360 radians≈161/2° (degrees) | refractive indices | 1.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.479 | 0 | 0 dispersion | r < v | strong | unit cell lengths | 25.92 Å (ångströms) | 11.62 Å (ångströms) | 5.532 Å (ångströms) | 11.06 Å (ångströms) | 11.06 Å (ångströms) | 10.63 Å (ångströms) unit cell angles | 90° (degrees) | 90° (degrees) | 90° (degrees) | 90° (degrees) | 90° (degrees) | 120° (degrees)