Kainite Mineral Data, minerology database

Mineral Reference Lookup for Kainite

This reference page contains mineralogic data for Kainite 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 Kainite in the database: Basalt-kainite Kainite

Mineralogical Reference

Kainite

Mineral	Kainite
Chemistry	KMgSO 4 Cl·3H 2 O
Color	Yellow brownishgreyish -Green red violet
Luster	Vitreous
Transparency	Monoclinic
CrystalSystem	Monoclinic
Hardness	3
Streak	white
IMAStatus	Approved - Published prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - Gra
Discovered	1865
CellParameters	a = 19.72b = 16.23c = 9.53 β=94.92°
Ratio	a:b:c = 1.215 : 1 : 0.587
OpticalType	Biaxial (-)
RI	n α =1.494 n β =1.505 n γ =1.516
Birefringence	δ=0.022
SurfaceRelief	Low
TypeLocality	Leopoldshall Stassfurt Stassfurt Deposit Saxony- Anhalt Germany
Strunz	6/D.18-10 6 : SulphatesChromatesMolybdates D : Water-bearing sulphates with unfamiliar anions. cations of medium size 18 : Kainite - Natrochalcite series

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