Input interpretation
aksaite (mineral) | teepleite (mineral)
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General properties
| aksaite | teepleite formula | MgB_6O_7(OH)_6·2(H_2O) | Na_2B(OH)_4Cl discovery year | 1962 | 1938
Basic properties
| aksaite | teepleite density | 1.99 g/cm^3 | 2.076 g/cm^3 transparency | transparent | transparent birefringence | 0.054 | 0.016 luster | | vitreous | greasy | dull Mohs hardness | 2.5 | 3.25 tenacity | | brittle streak | white | white magnetism | nonmagnetic | nonmagnetic color | colorless | gray | light gray | colorless | white fracture | | brittle | uneven molar mass | 339.2 g/mol | 160.3 g/mol
Units
Mineral identifiers
| aksaite | teepleite Strunz ID | V/H.17-30 | V/G.08-20 Dana ID | 26.6.4.1 | 25.1.4.1 ICSD number | ICSD15212 | ICSD32518
Crystallographic properties
| aksaite | teepleite crystal system | orthorhombic | tetragonal crystal class | 2/m2/m2/m | 4/m2/m2/m unit cell volume | 2285 Å^3 (cubic ångströms) | 255.6 Å^3 (cubic ångströms) d-spacing | 6.4 Å (ångströms) | 4.72 Å (ångströms) | 6.1 Å (ångströms) | 2.697 Å (ångströms) | 2.015 Å (ångströms) | 2.9 Å (ångströms) intensity | 100% | 50% | 50% | 100% | 90% | 80% molecules per unit cell | 8 molecules per cell | 2 molecules per cell 2V angle | 79 π/180 radians≈79° (degrees) | refractive indices | 1.472 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.503 | 0 dispersion | none | unit cell lengths | 12.54 Å (ångströms) | 24.35 Å (ångströms) | 7.484 Å (ångströms) | 7.26 Å (ångströms) | 7.26 Å (ångströms) | 4.85 Å (ångströms) unit cell angles | 90° (degrees) | 90° (degrees) | 90° (degrees) | 90° (degrees) | 90° (degrees) | 90° (degrees)
Wikipedia summary
Aksaite
Aksaite (Mg·2H_2O) is a mineral found in Kazakhstan.