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Mineral Data
Mineral Reference Lookup for d

 This reference page contains mineralogic data for d and folklore and metaphysical beliefs. If the mineral is an alternate naming of a more common name, the more common mineral's data is displayed below the list of synonyms.


Minerals matching d in the database: a-Corundum   Aanerödit   Aanerödita   Aanerödite   Aannerödit   Aannerödita   Aannerödite   Acadialit   Acadialita   Acadialite   Acadiolit   Acadiolita   Acadiolite   Acadiolithe   Acantoide   Acerdèse   Acerdèse fibreuse   Acetamide   Achates unguium colore oculus mundi   Achates vix pellucidanebulosacolore griseo mixto   Achiardit   Achiardita   Achiardite   Achrochordit   Achrochordita   Achrochordite   Achtaragdit   Achtaragdita   Achtaragdite   Achtarandit   Achtarandita   Achtarandite   Achtaryndit   Acid plagioclase   Acide arsenieux   Acide arsenieux prismatique   Acide arsenioso   Acide boracique   Acide borique   Acide molybdique   Acide selenieux   Acide tellurique   Acide tungstique   Acido asenioso   Acido borico   Acido vitriolo saturata   Acidum boracisvulgo sal sedativum   Acimite-diopside   Acmite-vandifère   Acrochordit  

Mineralogical Reference

d
Minerala-Corundum
SynonymCorundum

Corundum (synonym)

MineralCorundum
ChemistryAl 2 O 3
ColorColourlessblue red pink Yellow grey
LusterVitreous
CrystalSystemTrigonal
CleavageNone Observed
Hardness9
SpecificGravity4.01 g/ccm
StreakWhite
OccurencesSilica-poor rockssuch as Nephelene-Syenitesalkali igneous undersaturated rockscontact aureoles in altered aluminous shalesaluminous xenoliths in high temperature plutonic and hypabyssal rocksmetamorphosed bauxite depositsand as a detrital material in sediments.
IMAStatusApproved
CellParametersa = 4.751c = 12.97
Ratioa:c = 1 : 2.73
OpticalTypeUniaxial (-)
RIn ω =1.768 - 1.772 n ε =1.760 - 1.76
Birefringenceδ=0.008 - 0.009
SurfaceReliefHigh
SynonymsAlumina Corundum Adamas siderites Ajatit Alumina Ayatit Ayatita Ayatite Corindon Corindone Corinendum Corinindum Corivendum Corivindum Corrindon Corundit Corundita Corundite Corundum; Corundum-alpha Corundumit Corundumita Co
Strunz4/C.04-10 4 : Oxides & Hydroxides C : Oxides with metal : oxygen = 2:3 (M2O3 and related compounds) 04 : Hematite group
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