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parthéite

Zeolite mineral

Also known as IMA1978-026 · partheite · Partheite

Instance of: mineral species
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1.Stated in The IMA List of Minerals (November 2018)
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Subclass of: zeolites: chains of single connected 4-membered rings (9.GB.)

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Partheite or parthéite is a calcium aluminium silicate and a member of the zeolite group of minerals, a group of silicates with large open channels throughout the crystal structure, which allow passage of liquids and gasses through the mineral. It was first discovered in 1979 in rodingitic dikes in an ophiolite zone of the Taurus Mountains in southwest Turkey. The second discovery occurred in gabbro-pegmatites in the Ural Mountains, Russia. Since its discovery and naming, the chemical formula for partheite has been revised from CaAl2Si2O8·2H2O to include not only water but hydroxyl groups as well. The framework of the mineral is interrupted due to these hydroxyl groups attaching themselves to aluminum centered oxygen tetrahedra. This type of interrupted framework is known in only one other zeolite, the mineral roggianite. As a silicate based mineral with the properties of a zeolite, partheite was first described as zeolite-like in 1984 and listed as a zeolite in 1985. Partheite and lawsonite are polymorphs. Associated minerals include prehnite, thomsonite, augite, chlorite and tremolite.

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Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 9.GB.35
IMA status and/or rank: approved mineral and/or valid name (A) ima number, broad sense: IMA1978-026
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1.Stated in The IMA List of Minerals (February 2013)
2.Stated in La parthéite, CaAl2Si2O8·2H2O, un nouveau silicate naturel d'aluminium et de calcium
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Named after: Erwin Parthé
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1.Stated in La parthéite, CaAl2Si2O8·2H2O, un nouveau silicate naturel d'aluminium et de calcium
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Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 9.GB.35
Crystal system: monoclinic crystal system
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1.Stated in mineralienatlas.de
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Streak color: white
IMA Mineral Symbol: Pth
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1.Stated in IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols
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Formula: Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₅(OH)₂·4H₂O

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6 identifiers linking parthéite across the web's reference databases

Dana 8th edition77.2.4.1
Freebase ID/m/03d6mv7
IMA Number, broad senseIMA1978-026
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)2777329448
Mindat mineral ID3127
Wolfram Language entity codeEntity["Mineral", "Partheite"]

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