Input interpretation
jadeite (mineral)
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General properties
alternate names | jadeita | yunnan jade | yu-stone | chloromelanite | jade formula | Na(Al, Fe^(3+))Si_2O_6 discovery year | 1863
Basic properties
density | 3.3 g/cm^3 transparency | translucent | subtranslucent birefringence | 0.0165 luster | vitreous | glassy Mohs hardness | 6.5 streak | white magnetism | nonmagnetic color | green | white | pale bluish gray | grayish green | pale purple fracture | tough molar mass | 205 g/mol (grams per mole)
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Mineral identifiers
Strunz ID | VIII/F.01-130 Dana ID | 65.1.3c.1 ICSD number | ICSD10232
Crystallographic properties
crystal system | monoclinic crystal class | 2/m unit cell volume | 401.2 Å^3 (cubic ångströms) d-spacing | 2.83 Å (ångströms) | 2.42 Å (ångströms) | 2.92 Å (ångströms) intensity | 100% | 90% | 80% molecules per unit cell | 4 molecules per cell 2V angle | 37 π/90 radians≈74° (degrees) refractive indices | 1.664 | 1.669 | 1.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 dispersion | r < v unit cell lengths | 9.418 Å (ångströms) | 8.562 Å (ångströms) | 5.219 Å (ångströms) unit cell angles | 90° (degrees) | 107.6° (degrees) | 90° (degrees)