Sanbornite
Phyllosilicate mineral
(repeating unit)H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
c = 13.52 Å; Z = 4
Sanbornite is a rare barium phyllosilicate mineral with formula BaSi2O5. Sanbornite is a colorless to white to pale green, platey orthorhombic mineral with Mohs hardness of 5 and a specific gravity of 3.74.
It was first described from Incline, Mariposa County, California in 1932[4] and named for mineralogist Frank B. Sanborn (1862–1936).
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Footnotes
- ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
- ^ Sanbornite: Sanbornite mineral information and data
- ^ Sanbornite Mineral Data
- ^ Rogers, A.F. (1932) Sanbornite, a new barium silicate mineral from Mariposa County, California. Amer. Mineral., 17, 161–172
References
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