Wollastonite
Properties
| Formula | CaSiO3 |
| Abbreviation | Wo |
| Variant | beta |
| Classifications | Wollastonite (group), Pyroxenoid |
| Luminescence emitters | Cr, Fe, Mn, Unspecified |
| Spectra | Luminescence (1), SXES (1) Reflectance (1) |
| IMA Status | Approved (IMA 1962 s.p.) |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Related materials | Breyite, Pseudowollastonite |
| Crystal symmetry | Monoclinic, Point group 2/m, Space group C2/c (#15), Triclinic, Point group 1, Space group P1 (#2) |
| Tags | Mineral, Silicate, Silicate |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| Ca | 1 |
| Si | 1 |
| O | 3 |
| Total: | 5 |
References
| Reference | Lines | Spectra | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakhtin & Moroshkin 1986 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| CSIRO SXES database | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gaft et al. 2005 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Geake et al. 1971 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hamblen 2003 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Karakus & Moore 1988 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mariano 1978 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CSIRO CL spectra 2016 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Pejcic et al. 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 |