Kalsilite is a silicate mineral with the formula KAlSiO4, crystallizing in the hexagonal system. It has a calculated density of 2.595 g/cm3.
Photos
Krzątała, Arkadiusz and Krüger, Biljana and Galuskina, Irina and Vapnik, Yevgeny and Galuskin, Evgeny · CC BY 4.0 · CommonsKrzątała, Arkadiusz and Krüger, Biljana and Galuskina, Irina and Vapnik, Yevgeny and Galuskin, Evgeny · CC BY 4.0 · CommonsJuroszek, Rafał, Biljana Krüger, Yevgeny Vapnik, and Evgeny Galuskin · CC BY 4.0 · CommonsDavid Hospital · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Crystallography
Crystal system
hexagonal crystal systemWikidata (CC0)
Space group
P 3 1 c
Cell (Å, °)
a = 5.1665, b = 5.1665, c = 8.7248; α = 90, β = 90, γ = 120
Cell volume
201.687 ų, Z = 2
Axial ratios
1.0000:1:1.6887calculated from COD 9014830
Source structure
COD 9014830 (American Mineralogist, 2010) — 1 of 16 structures
Powder X-ray diffraction (calculated)
d (Å)
3.124
2.583
3.981
2.223
1.491
1.577
I/I₀
100
72.1
56
25.1
22.8
19.1
xrd-v1: CuKa1 1.5406A, 2theta 5-90, top10, Imax=100, no DW/PO. Computed from COD 9014830; idealized occupancies, no preferred orientation.
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