Nasonite

Nasonite, etc.

Långban Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Nasonite

Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

Nasonite

Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

Nasonite, etc.

Långban Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Nasonite

Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

Nasonite

Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

Nasonite, etc.

Långban Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Nasonite

Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

About NasoniteHide

Frank Lewis Nason

Formula:

Pb₆Ca₄(Si₂O₇)₃Cl₂

Colour:

White, rarely yellow or blue-green

Lustre:

Adamantine, Greasy

Hardness:

4

Specific Gravity:

5.42 - 5.55

Crystal System:

Hexagonal

Name:

Named in 1899 by Samuel Lewis Penfield and Charles Hyde Warren in honor of Frank Lewis Nason [May 12, 1856 New London, Wisconsin, USA - September 12, 1928 Glens Falls, New York, USA], American geologist, mining consultant, professor of mathematics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institiute, Troy, New York and geologist of the Geological Survey of New Jersey. A student of the Franklin and Sterling Hill ore bodies. Nason was also a novelist who wrote mining adventure stories.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Parker shaft, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

This page provides mineralogical data about Nasonite.

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Type:

Uniaxial (+)

RI values:

n_ω = 1.913 - 1.945 n_ε = 1.923 - 1.971

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.010

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and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

Very High

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0000251	Nasonite	Giuseppetti G, Rossi G, Tadini C (1971) The crystal structure of nasonite American Mineralogist 56 1174-1179		1971		0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Nasonite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Giuseppetti G' 'Rossi G' 'Tadini C' _journal_name_full 'American Mineralogist' _journal_volume 56 _journal_year 1971 _journal_page_first 1174 _journal_page_last 1179 _publ_section_title ; The crystal structure of nasonite ; _database_code_amcsd 0000251 _chemical_formula_sum 'Pb6 Ca4 Cl2 Si6 O21' _cell_length_a 10.08 _cell_length_b 10.08 _cell_length_c 13.27 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 120 _cell_volume 1167.677 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 5.628 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 63/m' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '-x+y,-x,1/2-z' 'x-y,x,1/2+z' 'y,-x+y,-z' '-y,x-y,z' 'x,y,1/2-z' '-x,-y,1/2+z' 'x-y,x,-z' '-x+y,-x,z' '-y,x-y,1/2-z' 'y,-x+y,1/2+z' '-x,-y,-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv Pb 0.25801 0.26493 0.10862 0.01824 Ca1 0.33333 0.66667 0.99360 0.01241 Ca2 0.33333 0.66667 0.25000 0.01203 Ca3 0.66667 0.33333 0.25000 0.00975 Cl1 0.00000 0.00000 0.25000 0.02710 Cl2 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.02558 Si 0.02590 0.41980 0.36440 0.00659 O1 0.07100 0.32910 0.44440 0.02672 O2 0.85880 0.39490 0.62080 0.01368 O3 0.85450 0.37480 0.37250 0.02166 O4 0.07140 0.38300 0.25000 0.01748

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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Sweden
Värmland County Filipstad Långban Ore District ⓘ Långban Mine	Gatedal (n.d.) +2 other references
ⓘ The Pole dump	Nysten (2003)
Nordmark mining district Jakobsberg ore field ⓘ Jakobsberg Mine	Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data 2018 +1 other reference
UK
England Somerset Mendip Cranmore ⓘ Torr Works Quarry	Turner (2006) +2 other references
USA
California Riverside County Jurupa Valley Crestmore Crestmore quarries Sky Blue Hill ⓘ Commercial Quarry	Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 515. +2 other references
New Jersey Sussex County ⓘ Franklin	Palache (1935) +1 other reference
ⓘ Franklin Mine	Penfield et al. (1899) +2 other references
ⓘ Mill site dump	FOMS Millsite Committee (1986)
ⓘ Parker shaft (TL)	Penfield et al. (1899) +2 other references