Chkalovite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Chkalovite

Images

Photograph of a specimen of chkalovite and sodalite on a microcline matrix, from Tunuliarfik, Ilímaussaq, Greenland

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Composite white-light photograph and UV (shortwave+longwave) UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of chkalovite (green PL) and sodalite (orange PL) on a microcline matrix, from Tunuliarfik, Ilímaussaq, Greenland

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Shortwave and longwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of chkalovite (green) and sodalite (orange) on a microcline matrix, from Tunuliarfik, Ilímaussaq, Greenland

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Properties

Formula	Na₂BeSi₂O₆
Abbreviation	Ckl
IMA Status	Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1938
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Crystal symmetry	Orthorhombic, Point group mm2, Space group Fdd2 (#43)
Tags	Mineral, Silicate

Composition

Element	Atoms
Si	2
O	6
Na	2
Be	1
Total:	11

Reference

Reference	Lines	Spectra	Images
Hamblen 2003	0	0	2