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Leucite

Leucite (from the Greek word leukos meaning white) is a rock-forming mineral of the feldspathoid group, silica-undersaturated and composed of potassium and aluminium tectosilicate KAlSi2O6. Crystals have the form of cubic icositetrahedra but, as first observed by Sir David Brewster in 1821, they are not optically isotropic, and are therefore…

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Birefringence
δ = 0.001
Category
Tectosilicate minerals
Cleavage
Poor on {110}
Color
White to grey
Crystal class
Dipyramidal (4/m) (same H-M symbol)
Crystal habit
Commonly as euhedral, pseudocubic crystals; rarely granular, massive

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Leucite

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples33
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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Leucite

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related to References · 10
Leucite → Cambridge University Press, Encyclopædia Britannica, Hugh, In Chisholm, John Flett, Leonard James, Spencer, The, This, Vol
Birefringence · 1
Leucite → δ = 0.001
Category · 1
Leucite → Tectosilicate minerals
Cleavage · 1
Leucite → Poor on {110}
Color · 1
Leucite → White to grey
Crystal class · 1
Leucite → Dipyramidal (4/m) (same H-M symbol)
Crystal habit · 1
Leucite → Commonly as euhedral, pseudocubic crystals; rarely granular, massive
Crystal system · 1
Leucite → Tetragonal
Diaphaneity · 1
Leucite → Transparent to translucent
Formula · 1
Leucite → KAlSi2O6

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crystals mineral optically white feldspathoid tectosilicate tetragonal form isotropic pseudo-cubic character twin-lamellae striations become name group kalsi2o6 system optical commonly

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LeuciteBirefringenceδ = 0.0011.00infobox
LeuciteCategoryTectosilicate minerals1.00infobox
LeuciteCleavagePoor on {110}1.00infobox
LeuciteColorWhite to grey1.00infobox
LeuciteCrystal classDipyramidal (4/m) (same H-M symbol)1.00infobox
LeuciteCrystal habitCommonly as euhedral, pseudocubic crystals; rarely granular, massive1.00infobox
LeuciteCrystal systemTetragonal1.00infobox
LeuciteDiaphaneityTransparent to translucent1.00infobox
LeuciteFormulaKAlSi2O61.00infobox
LeuciteFractureConchoidal1.00infobox
LeuciteGroupFeldspathoid group1.00infobox
LeuciteIMA symbolLct1.00infobox
LeuciteLusterVitreous1.00infobox
LeuciteMohs scale hardness5.5–61.00infobox
LeuciteOptical propertiesUniaxial (+)1.00infobox
LeuciteRefractive indexnω = 1.508 nε = 1.5091.00infobox
LeuciteSpace groupI41/a1.00infobox
LeuciteSpecific gravity2.45–2.501.00infobox
LeuciteStreakWhite1.00infobox
LeuciteStrunz classification9.GB.051.00infobox
LeuciteTenacityBrittle1.00infobox
LeuciteTwinningCommon and repeated on {110} and {101}1.00infobox
LeuciteUnit cella = 13.056, c = 13.751 [Å]; Z = 161.00infobox

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