User:Chris857/Kulanite

Kulanite
Kulanite
General
Category	Phosphate mineral
Strunz classification	8.BH.20
Dana classification	41.9.1.1
Crystal system	Monoclinic
Space group	Space group: 21/m; Point group: 2/m
Unit cell	a = 9.014(1); b = 12.074(1); c = 4.926(1); β = 100.48(1)°; Z = 2
Identification
Color	Green to blue
Cleavage	Fair to good on {010} and {100}
Mohs scale hardness	4
Luster	Adamantine, vitreous
Streak	Greenish white
Diaphaneity	Transparent to translucent
Optical properties	Biaxial (+)
Refractive index	nα = 1.703; nβ = 1.705; nγ = 1.723
Birefringence	δ = 0.020
2V angle	32° (measured)
Dispersion	r > v
References

This is the sandbox of Chris857. A sandbox is a subpage of a template or article used to test a change to the main article or template before deploying said changes. Once you have finished with the test, please erase the contents of this page leaving this box ({{Sandbox notice}}) in place. (diff)

Description edit

Occurrence edit

Kulanite is known from Austria, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, and the United States.^[1]

History edit

Alan Kulan and Gunar Penikis, residents of Ross River, Yukon, collected a number of mineral specimens from the Rapid Creek area in 1974. They sent these to the Royal Ontario Museum's Department of Geology, and among them was discovered a new mineral. The mineral was named kulanite in honor of Kulan; the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names approved the mineral and its name.^[3]

The type material is held at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.^[2]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Kulanite". Mindat. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Anthony, John W.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Bladh, Kenneth W.; Nichols, Monte C. (eds.). "Collinsite" (PDF). Handbook of Mineralogy. Chantilly, VA: Mineralogical Society of America.
^ ^a ^b Mandarino & Sturman 1976, p. 127.

Bibliography

Mandarino, J. A.; Sturman, B. D. (1976). "Kulanite, a new barium iron aluminum phosphate from the Yukon Territory, Canada". Canadian Mineralogist. 14 (2): 127–131. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

External links edit

Media related to kulanite at Wikimedia Commons

[mindat-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Kulanite". Mindat. Retrieved October 5, 2012.

[handbook-2] Anthony, John W.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Bladh, Kenneth W.; Nichols, Monte C. (eds.). "Collinsite" (PDF). Handbook of Mineralogy. Chantilly, VA: Mineralogical Society of America.

[FOOTNOTEMandarinoSturman1976127-3] Mandarino & Sturman 1976, p. 127.

[1]

[2]

[3]