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Stock List Crystals & Substrates
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Siderite - Iron Carbonate ( FeCO3 )
Identifikation
Color
Pale yellow to brown
Crystal habit
Tabular crystals
Crystal system
Trigonal - Hexagonal scalenohedral (3 2/m)
Lattice constant
arh = 6.03 Å a`103 °, 05`ahex = 4.72 Åchex = 15.46 Å
Twinning
Lamellar uncommon on {0112}
Cleavage
Perfect on {0111}
Mohs scale hardness
3.75 - 4.25
Diaphaneity
Translucent to subtranslucent
Specific gravity
3.96
Optical properteis
Uniaxial (-)
Refractive index
nಎ = 1.875nԑ = 1.633
Birefringence
δ = 0.242