ABSTRACT
METAMORPHIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO ELECTRICAL
PHENOMENA IN THE EARTH’S CRUST
By
Daniel S. Helman
August 2013
Metamorphism generates electrical and magnetic phenomena, and is influenced by
these forces. Information fundamental to their combined study is presented, including
examples from microtectonics, crystal physics, geophysics, seismology, mineralogy and
materials science. Applications for earthquake prediction, planetary science research,
alternative energy and science education are included. Work on reported seismic electric
signals is analyzed and summarized. Ten hypotheses related to earthquake mechanisms
and prediction are presented, as well as seventeen recommendations for further study.
Eight microtectonic deformation mechanisms are explored. Two hundred seventeen
descriptions of minerals exhibiting ferroelectricity, pyroelectricity or piezoelectricity are
presented, with quantitative data where known. Fifty-three of these are centrosymmetric,
and explanations are given for their apparent violations of crystal theory. A
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comprehensive list of thirty-two mechanisms that generate telluric currents is also
presented, as are some novel or inexpensive experimental techniques in crystal physics.
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METAMORPHIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO ELECTRICAL
PHENOMENA IN THE EARTH’S CRUST
A THESIS
Presented to the Department of Geological Sciences
California State University, Long Beach
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Master of Science in Geology
Committee Members:
Roswitha Grannell, Ph.D. (Chair)
Jack Green, Ph.D. (Thesis Director)
Ewa Burchard, M.S.
Andreas Bill, Ph.D.
College Designee:
Robert D. Francis, Ph.D.
By Daniel S. Helman
B.A., 1994, University of California, Los Angeles
August 2013
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE,
HAVE APPROVED THIS THESIS
METAMORPHIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO ELECTRICAL
PHENOMENA IN THE EARTH’S CRUST
By
Daniel S. Helman
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Roswitha Grannell, Ph.D. (Chair) Geological Sciences
Jack Green, Ph.D. (Thesis Director) Geological Sciences
Ewa Burchard, M.S. Geological Sciences
Andreas Bill, Ph.D. Physics and Astronomy
ACCEPTED AND APPROVED ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY
Robert D. Francis, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Geological Sciences
California State University, Long Beach
August 2013
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you to the Department of Geological Sciences at CSULB, and to Dr. Jack
Green in particular, for his humor and gentle manner. It is not every day that a student
gets to work with someone who was affiliated with the early space missions and worked
with the Apollo 17 moon rocks, and, five decades later, is still publishing on lunar
science—much to my delight!
I would like to thank my parents from the bottom of my heart, for their financial,
emotional, and intellectual support, and acts unparalleled in common experience. They
bought me the computer on which this thesis was composed, paid my rent, bought me
food and gasoline, and gave me my car, a bike and clothes. Theirs is the credit from the
mundane to the beautiful. This work is dedicated to Sandy and Jerry Helman.
Several people and organizations donated or lent tourmaline samples for me to
examine and to use for experiments. Bill Larson of The Collector Fine Jewelry in San
Diego donated wonderful elbaite and dravite samples from the Pala Mine. The sample in
Figure 9 on page 74 is one of these. The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum and Panny
Savoie donated some beautiful schorl samples. The largest specimen, a cluster, has now
been passed along to the Geology Department at CSULB. The Australian Museum and
Ross Pogson lent me one of the samples used by Dr. Kate Hawkins for her tourmaline
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research. The Geology Department at CSULB also lent me an elbaite sample. Thank
you also to Rosemary Tozer of the Gemological Institute of America for helping me try
to track down other samples used by Dr. Hawkins. Thank you Dr. Hawkins for your
supportive correspondences, as well. In addition, Tom Sperlazzo and Brad Green
provided electronic test equipment at a discount, because they believed in this project.
The staff of CAMCOR at the University of Oregon and Matthew Sullivan of UC Irvine's
LEXI microscopy laboratory were also very generous with their time.
My department at CSULB was outstanding. Dr. Stan Finney, with his love of
teaching, was the department chair when I arrived, and Dr. Dan Francis has brought a
wonderful sense of humor to that office now. The departmental office itself is run by
Margaret Costello, who smiles like no other, and Diane Stein was a warm, welcoming
and intuitive friend there, a magnet for conversation and sanity. Thanks to the entire
department, Dr. Roswitha Grannell, Dr. Nate Onderdonk, Dr. Rick Behl, Dr. Lora
Stevens-Landon, Bruce Perry, Dr. Greg Holk, Dr. Tom Kelty, Dr. Matt Becker, Carla
Weaver, John Francis, and, especially, for the students who made the place warm, silly,
and safe, people like Becca Lanners, Jeannette Harlowe, Logan Chinn, Emily
Daubenmire, Christine Brown, Ewa Burchard, Dale Peterson, Ziad Sedki, Greg De
Hoogh, Sara Afshar, Charles Fair, Andrew Wang, Denitsa Toneva, Ricky Lee, Rane
Anderson, Eric Arney, Luke Schafer, Tiffany Searle, Michael Cannon, Jackie Chavez,
Kristina Hill, Kassa Tesfalidet, Tiffany Mahan, Gaby Valenzuela, Alejandro Tiburcio and
many others. You really have made my life amazing with your contributions to it.
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Thanks as well to Dr. Elena Miranda and the students at CSUN, who welcomed Christine
and me into her microtectonics class with joy and a warm spirit of curiosity.
The lion's share of editing and feedback for this thesis was splendidly and generously
undertaken by Dr. Roswitha Grannell. She cares so much about the profession and the
culture here, and it shows. A sheynem dank. Dr. Andreas Bill was able to fit in my work
along with his other duties in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and never once
complained. He is a theorist using quantum mechanics to characterize materials, and I
will always be grateful for his insights and welcoming invitation to share his world, one
of beauty. Ewa Burchard gave me feedback and responses like a friend, because she is
one. I will miss her as she leaves Long Beach for a training spot at the American
Museum in New York. Of course, Dr. Jack Green takes the cake, as there are none like
him, so warm, witty, generous, theatrical, brilliant, hard-working and fun.
I would also like to highlight the community at CSULB, all of the students, faculty
and staff, for making such a varied and open place, and for making me feel welcome
enough to do creative work. While I typed this thesis at my "desk" outside, near the
entrance to administration building, Brotman Hall, I was met with such kindness and
humanity! Thanks especially to Irma Macias, Corion Lucas, John Nguyen, Linda
Williams, Bruce Vancil, Mekonnen Garedow, Cecilia Fidora, Dr. Hillary Onyenche, Dr.
Pete Perbix, Dr. Dave Sanfilippo, Valerie Iapello, Rachel Ang, and the members working
at the various offices in Brotman Hall, who went out of their way to say hello and spread
some joy each day. This kind of love is priceless. Dr. F. King Alexander, the former
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President of the University, Dr. Don Para, the Provost, now interim President, and Dr.
Cecile Lindsay, the Dean of Graduate Students all had a hand in sharing the joys of
fellowship with me as I typed away. No other graduate student at CSULB has enjoyed
such a warm welcome and collaborative spirit from the people whose work makes the
university run.
Thanks are due especially to Dr. Jeff Klaus, the Dean of Students, who cared for my
spirit from the time I met him in the Office of Student Life and Development, as we
worked together to set up a university-wide graduate student association, along with
Michael Jackson and many others in that office. Thank you for your efforts and fuel for
my dreams. A special thanks also goes to the staff of the CSULB University Library, for
working closely with me as I borrowed several volumes from the Landolt-Börnstein New
Series. These books came from as far away as Europe, and were worth thousands of
dollars each. Please accept my gratitude also for wonderfully good cheer as I checked
out and returned many hundreds of books that were used while I was a student and a
teaching assistant here at CSULB. I hope the CSULB Foundation Center will call me
and ask for a donation, since science without conscience is a thing to be avoided.
Thank you, as well, to my neighbors in Rose Park in Long Beach, and to my daughter
Ali and her mom Carol in Rhode Island, and to all those who cared and believed in me.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.......................................................................................... iii
LIST OF TABLES........................................................................................................ xv
LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................... xix
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS....................................................................................... xxi
LIST OF NOMENCLATURE......................................................................................xxxiii
CHAPTER
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 1
2. TELLURIC CURRENTS .................................................................................. 6
Introduction................................................................................................. 6
Self Potential and GIC, Two Common Causes of Earth
Electricity............................................................................ 7
Producing Electricity ...................................................................... 8
Causes: Telluric Currents........................................................................... 9
Space Phenomena ........................................................................... 13
Cosmic-particle flux............................................................ 13
Geomagnetically-induced currents, GIC ............................ 14
Planetary magnetic-field plasma......................................... 15
Atmospheric Phenomena ................................................................ 16
Traveling ionospheric disturbances, TID............................ 16
Lightning strikes ................................................................. 18
Lightning-strike induction .................................................. 19
Whistler induction............................................................... 20
Whistler plasma .................................................................. 20
Volcanic lightning strikes ................................................... 21
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Storm charging.................................................................... 22
Oceanic Phenomena........................................................................ 23
Electrochemical effects in the ocean................................... 23
Ocean transport induction ................................................... 23
Oceanic charging ................................................................ 24
Metabolic electrochemistry in the ocean ............................ 24
Surface Phenomena......................................................................... 25
Artificial signals.................................................................. 25
Metabolic electrochemistry in soil...................................... 25
Exo-electron emission......................................................... 26
Groundwater Phenomena................................................................ 27
Electrochemical effects in groundwater.............................. 27
The electrokinetic effect ..................................................... 27
Seismic-dynamo induction.................................................. 28
Radioactive ionization ........................................................ 29
Other Terrestrial Phenomena .......................................................... 29
Volcanic electromagnetic signals ....................................... 29
Seismic electromagnetic signals ......................................... 30
Seismic electric signals ....................................................... 30
Fractoemission .................................................................... 31
Defect charging................................................................... 31
The piezoelectric effect....................................................... 32
The thermoelectric effect .................................................... 34
The pyroelectric effect ........................................................ 35
Magma electrochemistry..................................................... 35
Radioactive emission .......................................................... 36
Deep Terrestrial Phenomena........................................................... 36
Geomagnetic jerk ................................................................ 36
Monitoring Telluric Currents...................................................................... 37
3. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY OVERVIEW ............................................................. 40
Definition of a Crystal ................................................................................ 40
Crystal Systems........................................................................................... 43
Thermodynamics......................................................................................... 44
Phase Transitions ........................................................................................ 46
Using Mathematics to Describe Crystal Properties .................................... 48
Elastic Moduli............................................................................................. 49
Voigt Notation for Other Crystal Coefficients............................................ 50
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Crystal Properties Across a Range of Temperatures and Pressures ........... 52
Electrical and Magnetic Properties ............................................................. 54
Conductivity and Dielectricity........................................................ 54
Piezoelectricity, Piezomagnetism and Their Converse Effects ...... 55
Electrostriction and Magnetostriction............................................. 56
Pyroelectricity, the Seebeck Effect and Thermoelectricity............. 56
Ferroelectricity, Antiferroelectricity and Paraelectricity ................ 57
Ferromagnetism, Ferrimagnetism, Paramagnetism and
Diamagnetism ..................................................................... 58
The Piezooptic, Rotooptic, Electrooptic and Magnetooptic
Effects, plus Electrogyration and Magnetogyration ........... 58
Computer Modeling .................................................................................... 60
4. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS......................................................................... 62
Sample Preparation ..................................................................................... 62
Making Aligned Cuts...................................................................... 62
Sample Lapping .............................................................................. 68
Sample Polishing ............................................................................ 72
Confirming Alignment.................................................................... 73
Determining Error........................................................................... 75
Sample Identification .................................................................................. 76
Temperature and Pressure Techniques ....................................................... 77
Elastic Data ................................................................................................. 80
Electrical and Magnetic Data...................................................................... 80
Simulating Metamorphic Reactions............................................................ 83
5. FERROELECTRIC, PYROELECTRIC, PIEZOELECTRIC AND
SELECTED THERMOELECTRIC, DIELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC
DATA FROM THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE .................................... 85
Introduction................................................................................................. 85
Lists of Minerals ......................................................................................... 86
Centrosymmetric Minerals Exhibiting Symmetry-Based Electricity ......... 91
Aminoffite....................................................................................... 93
Analcime, Gismondine-Ca, Gmelinite-Na, Thomsonite-Ca and
Thornasite ........................................................................... 93
Arsenogoyazite ............................................................................... 94
Artinite ............................................................................................ 94
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Bavenite .......................................................................................... 94
Benstonite ....................................................................................... 95
Beryl................................................................................................ 95
Breithauptite.................................................................................... 95
Brucite............................................................................................. 95
Bultfonteinite .................................................................................. 96
Coquimbite...................................................................................... 96
Crandallite....................................................................................... 96
Creedite ........................................................................................... 97
Dawsonite ....................................................................................... 97
Dioptase .......................................................................................... 97
Elpidite............................................................................................ 97
Eosphorite ....................................................................................... 98
Epistolite ......................................................................................... 98
Finnemanite..................................................................................... 98
Goyazite .......................................................................................... 99
Harmotome ..................................................................................... 99
Heulandite-Ca ................................................................................. 99
Innelite ............................................................................................ 99
Jeremejevite .................................................................................... 100
Kaliborite ........................................................................................ 100
Marialite.......................................................................................... 100
Meionite .......................................................................................... 100
Melanovanadite............................................................................... 101
Mimetite.......................................................................................... 101
Murmanite....................................................................................... 101
Muthmannite ................................................................................... 101
Nickeline ......................................................................................... 102
Nitrobarite ....................................................................................... 102
Parkerite .......................................................................................... 102
Pinnoite ........................................................................................... 103
Plumbojarosite ................................................................................ 103
Pyrochroite...................................................................................... 103
Pyromorphite................................................................................... 104
Quenselite ....................................................................................... 104
Sal Ammoniac................................................................................. 104
Sarcolite .......................................................................................... 104
Seligmannite ................................................................................... 105
Syngenite......................................................................................... 105
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Thaumasite...................................................................................... 105
Topaz............................................................................................... 106
Tyrolite............................................................................................ 106
Ussingite ......................................................................................... 106
Vermiculite ..................................................................................... 106
Wulfenite......................................................................................... 106
Explanations for the Apparent Violations of Piezoelectric Theory ............ 107
Mineral Data ............................................................................................... 109
Electrical and Magnetic Mineral Data in Metamorphic Settings.... 112
Bulk Rock Electrical Phenomena ............................................................... 120
Water............................................................................................... 123
Piezoelectric Effect in Rock............................................................ 125
Temperature and Pressure Effects .................................................. 125
Bulk Rock Magnetic Phenomena................................................................ 127
6. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM WITHIN METAMORPHIC
REACTIONS AND DEFORMATION MECHANISMS........................... 129
Introduction................................................................................................. 129
Chemical Reactions in Metamorphism....................................................... 129
Deformation Mechanisms........................................................................... 131
Brittle Fracturing............................................................................. 132
Dissolution-Precipitation ................................................................ 132
Crystal Plastic Deformation............................................................ 133
Twinning and Kinking .................................................................... 134
Recovery ......................................................................................... 134
Dynamic Recrystallization.............................................................. 135
Diffusion Creep............................................................................... 135
Granular Flow ................................................................................. 136
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Associated with Deformation
Mechanisms .................................................................................... 136
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Brittle Fracture
Mechanisms ........................................................................ 136
Electric ................................................................................ 136
Magnetic ............................................................................. 140
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Dissolution-Precipitation
Mechanisms ........................................................................ 140
Electric ................................................................................ 140
Magnetic ............................................................................. 141
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Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Crystal Plastic
Deformation Mechanisms................................................... 142
Electric ................................................................................ 142
Magnetic ............................................................................. 143
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Pressure Twinning and
Kinking Mechanisms .......................................................... 144
Electric ................................................................................ 144
Magnetic ............................................................................. 145
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Recovery Mechanisms.... 146
Electric ................................................................................ 146
Magnetic ............................................................................. 146
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Dynamic Recrystal-
lization Mechanisms ........................................................... 146
Electric ................................................................................ 146
Magnetic ............................................................................. 147
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Diffusion Creep
Mechanisms ........................................................................ 147
Electric ................................................................................ 147
Magnetic ............................................................................. 148
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Granular Flow
Mechanisms ........................................................................ 148
Electric ................................................................................ 148
Magnetic ............................................................................. 148
7. SEISMIC ELECTRIC SIGNAL (SES) RESEARCH ....................................... 149
Introduction................................................................................................. 149
Varotsos-Alexopoulos-Nomicos (VAN) Method ....................................... 149
Criticism of the VAN Method ........................................................ 154
Time Series Analysis of Presumed SES ......................................... 155
Mechanisms Causing SES .............................................................. 161
Solid state and pressure....................................................... 162
Solid state and temperature................................................. 162
Groundwater ....................................................................... 163
Ore bodies ........................................................................... 163
Data Relating to the Mechanisms of SES Generation .................... 163
Transmission of SES....................................................................... 166
Mechanisms Acting in Concert....................................................... 166
Short-Duration SES during an Earthquake ..................................... 167
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Other Ongoing Research............................................................................. 167
8. DISCUSSION AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER WORK..................... 169
Introduction................................................................................................. 169
Earthquake Prediction................................................................................. 169
Selectivity Mapping for SES and Testing the Groundwater
Hypotheses for SES ............................................................ 171
Geomagnetic and Telluric Data ...................................................... 172
Earthquake Prevention .................................................................... 173
Electricity and Magnetism as Hypothetical Causes for Seismic
Events.................................................................................. 174
Mineral Lattices or Fluid Path Geometry as Hypothetical Causes
of Groundwater Fluctuations associated with
Earthquakes......................................................................... 175
Electricity, Magnetism and Volatiles as Hypothetical Causes for
Seismic Events .................................................................... 176
Planetary Science Research ........................................................................ 178
Dielectric Strengths of Minerals ..................................................... 179
Mantle Anisotropy .......................................................................... 181
Metamorphic Models ...................................................................... 181
Heat Environment ........................................................................... 182
Online Model of the Electrical Fields of the Earth ......................... 183
Generalization to Other Planets ...................................................... 183
Application to Astrobiology ........................................................... 184
Energy Dependence and Climate Change................................................... 184
Science Education....................................................................................... 185
Summary ..................................................................................................... 187
APPENDICES .............................................................................................................. 191
A. LIST OF MINERALS EXHIBIING SYMMETRY-BASED ELECTRICAL
PROPERTIES, PLUS SOME MINERALS WITH THERMO-
ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES ............................................ 192
B. ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC MINERAL DATA ................................... 292
C. MINERALS ARRANGED BY MINERAL GROUP AND CHEMISTRY ..... 316
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D. MINERALS ARRANGED BY SYMMETRY................................................. 372
E. MINERALS ARRANGED BY PETROLOGIC SETTING ............................. 379
F. LIST AND SOURCES OF SUPPLIES FOR PREPARING SAMPLES .......... 385
G. SOURCES OF MINERAL DATA FOR THE TABLES ................................. 389
REFERENCES ............................................................................................................. 399
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LIST OF TABLES
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1. Electricity-Generation Models........................................................................... 9
2. Causes and Periods of Earth Electricity............................................................. 10
3. Magnitude, Duration and Transmission Frequency of Earth Electricity,
Arranged by Magnitude .............................................................................. 12
4. List of Minerals Exhibiting Symmetry-Based Electrical Properties, plus
Some Minerals with Thermoelectric or Magnetic Properties .................... 193
5. List of Supplies for Preparing Samples and Retail Contact Information........... 386
6. Retail Contact Information for Supplies Listed in Table 5................................ 388
7. Ferroelectric, Antiferroelectric and Paraelectric Minerals................................. 88
8. Pyroelectric Minerals ......................................................................................... 89
9. Piezoelectric Minerals........................................................................................ 90
10. Crystal Symmetry Notation Key...................................................................... 91
11. References for Crystal Structure Data in the List of Minerals in Table 4,
Page 193...................................................................................................... 390
12. Ferroelectric Mineral Groups, with All Ferroelectric, Antiferroelectric or
Paraelectric Minerals in Bold Type ............................................................ 317
13. Pyroelectric Mineral Groups, with All Pyroelectric Minerals in Bold Type... 320
14. Piezoelectric Mineral Groups, with All Piezoelectric Minerals in Bold Type 328
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15. References for Ferroelectric, Antiferroelectric and Paraelectric Minerals
included in Table 7, Page 88 and Table 12, Page 317 ................................ 393
16. References for Pyroelectric Minerals Included in Table 8, Page 89 and
Table 13, Page 320...................................................................................... 394
17. References for Piezoelectric Minerals Included in Table 9, Page 90 and
Table 14, Page 328...................................................................................... 395
18. The 10th Edition Nickel-Strunz Classification of Minerals, with
All Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric or Piezoelectric Minerals in Bold Type
and Thermoelectric Minerals in Italic......................................................... 332
19. Minerals Exhibiting Ferro-, Pyro- or Piezoelectricity Arranged by Crystal
System, Crystal Class and Overall Symmetry ............................................ 373
20. Centrosymmetric Minerals That Exhibit Symmetry-Based Electricity ........... 92
21. Explanations for Pyro- and Piezoelectricity in Centrosymmetric Minerals .... 110
22. Spontaneous Polarization (q) Data, Ferroelectric Minerals............................. 293
23. Electrocaloric Effect, Ferroelectric Minerals................................................... 294
24. Other Electrical Data, Ferroelectric Minerals.................................................. 294
25. Pyroelectric Polarization (p) Data for Minerals............................................... 295
26. Thermoelectric Potential (t) Data for Minerals................................................ 296
27. References for Ferroelectric Data (from Minerals) Included in Tables 22
through 24, Pages 293 through 294 ............................................................ 396
28. References for Pyroelectric Data (from Minerals) Included in Table 25,
Page 295...................................................................................................... 396
29. References for Thermoelectric Data (from Minerals) Included in Table 26,
Page 296...................................................................................................... 397
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30. Piezoelectric (Electric Charge) Strain Rates (d) for Minerals ......................... 297
31. Piezoelectric (Electric Charge) Stress Rates (e) for Minerals ......................... 300
32. Piezoelectric (Electric Field) Strain Rates (g) for Minerals............................. 301
33. Piezoelectric (Electric Field) Stress Rates (h) for Minerals............................. 302
34. Electromechanical Coupling Factors (k) for Minerals..................................... 303
35. Ferroelectric Piezoelectric Strain and Stress Rates for Minerals..................... 304
36. Piezoelectric Rates (d, e, and k) During Temperature Variation for
Minerals ...................................................................................................... 305
37. References for Piezoelectric Data (from Minerals) Included in Tables 30
through 36, Pages 297 through 305 ............................................................ 397
38. Relative Dielectric Strength (K) of Minerals ................................................... 306
39. Relative Dielectric Strength (K) of Minerals During Temperature
Variation ..................................................................................................... 311
40. References for Dielectric Data (from Minerals) Included in Table 38, Page
306 and Table 39, Page 311........................................................................ 398
41. Magnetic Susceptibility (χ) Data for Minerals ................................................ 312
42. Spontaneous Magnetization (M0) Data for Minerals ....................................... 313
43. Saturation Magnetization Data for Ferromagnetic Minerals ........................... 314
44. Magnetostriction Data for Minerals................................................................. 315
45. Minerals Listed by Petrologic Setting.............................................................. 380
46. Constructing the Circles in Figures 15 through 25, Pages 113 through 119 ... 119
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47. Mineral Data, with Measurement Temperatures, in Figures 15 through 25,
Pages 113 through 119................................................................................ 120
48. Electric and Magnetic Influences on Chemical Reactions .............................. 132
49. Deformation Mechanisms and Associated Electric and Magnetic
Phenomena Summarized............................................................................. 137
50. Data on Deformation Mechanisms and Associated Electric and Magnetic
Phenomena.................................................................................................. 138
51. Important Results, Hypotheses and Recommendations for Further Study ...... 188
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1. Heckmann diagram showing couplings among mechanical, electrical and
thermal effects............................................................................................. 42
2. Sample box with digital angle gauge ................................................................. 64
3. Sample box with oriented sample ...................................................................... 65
4. Sample ready to be encased in wax ................................................................... 66
5. Cut sample ......................................................................................................... 67
6. Home-made mini saw blade from brass............................................................. 69
7. Home-made brass saw blade with slurry ........................................................... 70
8. Steel plate for lapping and polishing by hand.................................................... 71
9. Crystal lattice orientation with EBSD................................................................ 74
10. Geometric (vector) relationship between the true and observed magnitudes
in a misoriented crystal plate ...................................................................... 76
11. Copper sample holder for heating at ambient pressure.................................... 78
12. Sample heating with a heat gun ....................................................................... 79
13. Sample holder for electrical measurements under applied pressure................ 81
14. Plungers for sample holders of various sizes................................................... 82
15. Electricity and magnetism in metamorphic and hydrothermal ore minerals ... 113
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16. Electricity and magnetism in secondary ore minerals ..................................... 114
17. Electricity and magnetism in primary minerals from metamorphism of
mafic rock ................................................................................................... 115
18. Electricity and magnetism in secondary minerals from metamorphism of
mafic rock ................................................................................................... 115
19. Electricity and magnetism in primary minerals from high-grade
metamorphism of silica-rich rock ............................................................... 116
20. Electricity and magnetism in minerals from contact or low-grade
metamorphism of silica-rich rock ............................................................... 116
21. Electricity and magnetism in secondary minerals from metamorphism of
silica-rich rock ............................................................................................ 117
22. Electricity and magnetism in secondary minerals from metamorphism of
alkalic, silica-poor rock............................................................................... 117
23. Electricity and magnetism in minerals from regional metamorphism of
carbonate-rich rock ..................................................................................... 118
24. Electricity and magnetism in skarn minerals and minerals from contact
metamorphism of carbonate-rich rock ........................................................ 118
25. Electricity and magnetism in metasomatic minerals ....................................... 119
26. Record of electric field variations before and after the magnitude 4.8
earthquake of February 9, 1982 in the North Aegean................................. 150
27. Selectivities of three SES stations, Greece ...................................................... 153
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
± Plus or Minus
≈ Approximately Equal to
< Less Than
≤ Less Than or Equal to
> Greater Than
≥ Greater Than or Equal to
! Factorial
∝ Is Proportional to
∞ Infinity
° Degrees
°C Degrees Celsius
ºF Degrees Fahrenheit
⊥ Perpendicular
1 The x Axis in Voigt Notation
1 A 360° Rotational Symmetry Axis
1 A 360° Rotoinversion
2 The y Axis in Voigt Notation
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2 A Two-Fold Rotational Symmetry Axis
3 The z Axis in Voigt Notation
3 A Three-Fold Rotational Symmetry Axis
3 A Three-Fold Rotoinversion
4 The yz Plane in Voigt Notation
4 A Four-Fold Rotational Symmetry Axis
4 A Four-Fold Rotoinversion
5 The xz Plane in Voigt Notation
6 The xy Plane in Voigt Notation
6 A Six-Fold Rotational Symmetry Axis
6 A Six-Fold Rotoinversion
-1
Divided by the Quantity
-2
Divided by the Square of the Quantity
-3
Divided by the Cube of the Quantity
-x
Divided by the Quantity Raised to X
2+
With a Positive Charge of Two
3+
With a Positive Charge of Three
. . Nickel-Strunz Category
[ ] Coordinated with Other Atoms by the Number
[ ] Crystallographic Plane
[] Lattice-Site Void
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∆ Change in
∂ Partial Derivative
η Strain
θ Angle Variable
κ1 Variance in Natural Time Analysis
µX Chemical Potential Energy of Phase X
Π (v) Power Spectrum
Π(v)ideal Ideal Power Spectrum
π Ratio of Circumference to Diameter of a Circle
ρ Electrical Resistivity
∑ Sum of
σ Stress
Φ Number of Phases
χ Magnetic Susceptibility
χi Natural Time Coefficient of the i-th event
Ω Ohm
A Ampere
a Variation Indicator Variable
a Primary Crystallographic Direction
Ab Albite
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AC Alternating Current
ACWI Advisory Committee on Water Information, USGS
AT Shear Vibration Mode Thickness A
B Magnetic Field Tensor
b y Intercept
b Secondary Crystallographic Direction
BLG Bulging Recrystallization
C Coulomb
c Tertiary Crystallographic Direction
c (ij) Stiffness
c0 (ij) Original Stiffness Value for Calculations
cS (ij) Adiabatic Stiffness
cT (ij) Isothermal Stiffness
Ccmm Crystallographic Space Group with an Additional Lattice
Point on the c Axis, plus Three Mirror Planes, and
Translation Along the c Plane at the Primary Symmetry
Axis
Cmcm Crystallographic Space Group with an Additional Lattice
Point on the c Axis, plus Three Mirror Planes, and
Translation Along the c Plane at the Secondary Symmetry
Axis
CSAMT Controlled Source Audio Magnetotelluric Survey
D Critical Exponent
D’’ Highly Conductive Region of the Earth’s Deep Mantle
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d Day
d (ij) Piezoelectric (Electric Charge) Strain Rate
DC Direct Current
DD Dilatency Diffusion Model
DFA Detrended Fluctuation Analysis
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
E- East Longitude [prefix]
E Electric Field Tensor
e- Electron
e The Euler Number, Approximately 2.71828
e (ij) Piezoelectric (Electric Charge) Stress Rate
EBSD Electron Backscatter Diffraction
ECLAT European Cluster Assimilation Technology, Department of
Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester
EDS Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy
ELF Extremely Low Frequency Radio Signal
EM Electromagnetic
EURISGIC European Risk from Geomagnetically Induced Currents,
Seventh Framework Programme (F7), European Union
eV Electron Volt
f Frequency
FEG Field Emission Gun
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FIB Focused Ion Beam
G- Giga- [prefix]
g Gram
g (ij) Piezoelectric (Electric Field) Strain Rate
GBM Grain Boundary Migration
GIC Geomagnetically Induced Current
GVEF Gradual Variation in the Electric Field of the Earth
H Magnetic Field Strength, Divided by Vacuum Permability
h (ij) Piezoelectric (Electric Field) Stress Rate
HAARP High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
hr Hour
Hz Hertz
i Index Number
i Square Root of Negative One
IGRAC International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre,
UNESCO
IMA International Mineralogical Association
IRIS Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
ISTP SB RAS Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Russian Academy of
Sciences, Siberian Branch
IUGS International Union of Geological Sciences
j Index Number
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K Degrees Kelvin
K (i) Relative Dielectric Strength
k- Kilo- [prefix]
k Constant Number
k (ij) Electromechanical Coupling Factor
k (p) Poled Electromechanical Coupling Factor
k (t) Thickness Compressional Coupling Factor
L Length
LBD Landolt-Börnstein Database
ln Natural Logarithm
log Logarithm Base 10
M- Mega- [prefix]
M Metal
M0 Spontaneous Magnetization
ML Local Earthquake Magnitude on the Richter Scale
MS Saturation Magnetization
M Magnetization Tensor
m- Milli- [prefix]
m Meter
m Slope
mo Observed Magnitude
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mt True Magnitude
m Mirror Plane
MAD Mean Angular Deviation
MICRESS Microstructure Evolution Simulation Software
min Minute
MMSP Mesoscale Microstructure Simulation Project
N- North Latitude [prefix]
N Newtons
Nf Number of Degrees of Freedom
Nv Number of Independent Variables
NX Number of Particles of Phase X
n- Nano- [prefix]
n Number of Events
nc Number of Controlling Conditions in a System
nm Number of Moles of a Gas
nv Number of Variables in a System
NIED National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster
Prevention, Japan
OH Hydroxide
Or Orthoclase
P Pressure
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PT Transition Pressure
p- Pico- [prefix]
p Electric Polarization
p Pyroelectric Polarization Rate
p Electric Polarization Tensor
pi Fractional Quantity of Energy of the i-th Event
Pa Pascal
P Primitive Lattice Type
Pbma Crystallographic Space Group with a Primitive Unit Cell,
plus Three Mirror Planes, Translation Along the b Plane at
the Primary Axis and Along the a Plane at the Tertiary
Symmetry Axis
Pc (ij) Pressure Stiffness Slope
PcS (ij) Adiabatic Pressure Stiffness Slope
PcT (ij) Isothermal Pressure Stiffness Slope
PeakE Peak Value Across a Range of Electric Field Strengths
PeakP Peak Value Across a Range of Pressures
PeakT Peak Value Across a Range of Temperatures
PFM Phase Field Model
PGE Platinum Group Elements
pH Power of Hydrogen Concentration
Pmnm Crystallographic Space Group with a Primitive Unit Cell,
plus Three Mirror Planes, with an Additional Translation
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Half-way Along the Diagonal of the Face Perpendicular to
the Secondary Symmetry Axis
Pnmm Crystallographic Space Group with a Primitive Unit Cell,
plus Three Mirror Planes, with an Additional Translation
Half-way Along the Diagonal of the Face Perpendicular to
the Primary Symmetry Axis
ppm Parts per Million
Qi Quantity of Energy Released in the i-th Event
Qtot Total Energy Released
q Spontaneous Polarization
Qz Quartz
R Ideal Gas Constant
R3c Crystallography Space Group with a Rhombohedral Unit
Cell, a Three-Fold Symmetry Axis with a Rotoinversion at
the Primary Symmetry Axis, and a Mirror Plane plus
Translation along the c Plane at the Secondary Symmetry
Axis
R3m Crystallography Space Group with a Rhombohedral Unit
Cell, a Three-Fold Symmetry Axis with a Rotoinversion at
the Primary Symmetry Axis, and a Mirror Plane at the
Secondary Symmetry Axis
REE Rare Earth Elements
RPM Rotations per Minute
RRUFF The Name of a Scientist’s Cat
RT Ambient Room Temperature
S Siemens
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Sn Entropy in Natural Time Analysis
S Entropy
s Segment Size
s (ij) Compliance
SGR Subgrain Rotation
SEM Scanning Electron Microscope
SES Seismic Electric Signal
SI International System of Units
SP Self Potential
T Tesla
T Temperature
t Seebeck Coefficient
Tc (ij) Temperature Stiffness Slope
Tc(n) (ij) Polynomial Temperature Stiffness Factor
TM Transition Metal
T-P-X Temperature-Pressure-Chemistry
U Internal Energy
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization
U.S. United States
USGS United States Geological Survey
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V Volt
V Volume
v Angle
VAN Varotsos-Alexopoulos-Nomicos
Var(x) Variation Measure Function
VLF Very Low Frequency Radio Signal
X Chemical Composition Variable
x Number Variable
Xl Crystal
XRD X-Ray Diffraction
y Number Variable
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LIST OF NOMENCLATURE
α-particle A helium nucleus formed through radioactive decay
a Axis The primary crystallographic axis of a crystal (and that is
not the axis of six-, four-, or three-fold rotation for
hexagonal, tetragonal and trigonal crystals, respectively)
Acicular Needle-like in form
Activation Energy The energy required to initiate a process
Acute Angle An angle measuring less than 90°
Adiabatic A system at constant entropy
Adsorb To attach to a surface
Aesthenosphere The part of a planetary body immediately below its
lithosphere, and that is subject to ductile deformation
Albite The sodium-rich member of the plagioclase mineral group
Albitite A rock composed primarily of albite, generally formed in a
dike
Albitization The transformation of plagioclase minerals within a rock to
albite
Alkali A substance containing either alkali metal or alkali earth
elements
Alkali Earth An element from the second group on the periodic table,
namely beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium
or radium
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Alkali Metal An element from the first group on the periodic table,
namely lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium or
francium
Alloy A solid solution of two or more metals
Alluvium A deposit of unconsolidated sediment that has been
transported by water, not of marine origin
Alpine A hydrothermal classification, describing processes
typically affecting subducted ophiolite rock, at high
pressure and a range of low to high temperature
Alteration A chemical change to a rock or mineral
Alumina Al2O3 (corundum) used as an abrasive
Aluminous Rock A rock that contains minerals with high aluminum content
Amphibole A common silicate mineral group, typically rich in iron and
magnesium, with aluminum sometimes substituting for the
silicon atom
Amphibolite A metamorphic rock composed mainly of minerals from
the amphibole group, especially hornblende or actinolite.
Amygdaloid A feature found in extrusive igneus rocks in which vesicles
have been filled with a secondary mineral
Andesite An extrusive igneus rock with intermediate chemical
composition (in terms of silica, iron, magnesium, calcium
and sodium content); the extrusive equivalent of diorite
Angle Gauge A device for measuring angles
Anion A negatively charged ion
Anisotropic A material with properties that vary by direction
Annealing A process of heating and cooling a metal, to remove
internal stress and increase ductility
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Anoxic Without oxygen
Antiferroelectric An electrical phenomenon found in a ferroelectric material
whose switchable sublattice orientations are orthogonal,
and whose electrical response is asymmetrical, expressing
more electricity under one orientation than another
Antimonide A chemical substance containing the negative ion of
antimony, valence three minus, as a major constituent
Antimonite A chemical substance containing the positive ion of
antimony, valence three plus, as a major constituent
Arsenide A chemical substance containing the negative ion of
arsenic, valence three minus, as a major constituent
Arsenite A chemical substance containing the positive ion of
arsenic, valence three plus, as a major constituent
Arsenate A chemical substance containing an ion of arsenic and four
oxygen atoms, with valence three minus, as a major
constituent
Ash A combustion product, with particle size < 4mm
Astrobiology The study of life in the cosmos, especially related to its
origin, distribution and evolution
AT Cut A quartz plate cut with its thickness proportional to a
frequency (1.661 MHz-mm), so that the overtones
produced during vibrations are whole number odd
multiples of the fundamental frequency of vibration
Augite A common rock-forming mineral of the pyroxene group
Authigenic A substance or thing generated in situ
Avogadro’s Number A number that defines one mole of a substance,
approximately 6.022 x 1023 particles
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b Axis The secondary crystallographic axis of a crystal (and that is
not the axis of six-, four-, or three-fold rotation for
hexagonal, tetragonal and trigonal crystals, respectively)
b Plane A plane perpendicular to the b axis
Banded Iron Formation A typically Precambrian rock composed of alternating
layers of iron oxides (often magnetite or hematite) and
shale or chert
Bar A pressure unit equal to 100,000 pascals, and
approximately equal to the atmospheric pressure of Earth at
the equator
Basalt A common extrusive igneous rock, rich in iron and
magnesium minerals and calcium-rich plagioclase, and
poor in silica
Base Metal A metal that oxidizes or corrodes easily, such as iron,
nickel, lead, zinc or copper
Bedded Deposit A formation that contains secondary minerals along the
bedding of sedimentary rock
Benioff-Gutenberg A region of the upper mantle between the lithosphere and
Low Velocity Zone aesthenosphere that is characterized by low seismic shear
wave velocities
Biogenic A process involving the metabolism of living organisms or
a material created by such a process
Birefringent A material with two different (orthogonal) refractive
indices that refract electromagnetic radiation in different
frequencies depending on orientation
Bismuthide A chemical substance containing the negative ion of
bismuth, valence three minus, as a major constituent
Bismuthite A chemical substance containing the positive ion of
bismuth, valence three plus, as a major constituent
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Bitumen A semi-solid or highly viscous liquid form of petroleum,
synonymous with asphalt
Bolide Any large crater-forming meteorite whose chemical
composition is unknown
Boltzmann Constant A physical constant that relates the energy of an ideal gas
to temperature
Bond Energy The energy in chemical bonds, formed by the interactions
of electrical charges or electrons
Boro- A chemical substance containing boron
Boson A fundamental class of particles distinguished from
fermions (the other fundamental class) as follows: there is
no limit to the number of bosons that can occupy the same
quantum state simultaneously, whereas fermions are
limited to a single particle per quantum state at any one
time
Botryoidal A mineral form that has a globular aspect; named for a
"bunch of grapes" from the Greek
Brazil Twin A quartz twin along the plane [1120] with the left- and
right-handed structures combined (penetrating) in a single
crystal
Breccia A sedimentary rock composed of broken fragments of other
rock in a fine-grained matrix
Brittle Fracturing Brittle deformation (fracturing) at low temperature or high
strain rate
Bulging Recrystallization A dynamic recrystallization process in which one grain
bulges into a neighboring grain, thereby capturing material
and reducing the overall dislocation density of the
aggregate
c Axis The axis of six-, four-, or three-fold rotation for hexagonal,
tetragonal and trigonal crystals, respectively
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c Plane A plane perpendicular to the c axis
Calcareous A rock or substance containing a significant amount of
calcium carbonate
Calcitic A rock that contains a significant amount of the mineral
calcite
Caliper A device to measure the thickness of a material to a
specified precision
Capillarity The ability to use surface tension to create fluid flow, based
on very small channel size
Carbide A chemical substance containing carbon and another, less
electronegative element
Carbon Tape Sticky tape made from the element carbon and available
commercially for electron microscope work
Carbonate A chemical substance containing an ion of carbon and three
oxygen atoms, with valence two minus, as a major
constituent
Carbonatite An intrusive or extrusive igneous rock composed of more
than 50% carbonate minerals
Cartesian Coordinate Three-dimensional data graphic representation with
System orthogonal axes and a sign convention that follows the
right-hand rule
Cation A positively-charged ion
Cavitation The formation and subsequent collapse of small cavities in
a substance
Centrosymmetric A crystal lattice whose inverse lattice is identical
Charge (1) A powdered sample, enclosed for heating at high or low
pressures; (2) an electric charge
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Charge Carrier The local host of an electrical charge, such as an ion,
electron, or crystal lattice vacancy
Charge Dislocation The displacement of an electrical charge carrier
Charge Transmission The transmission of electrical charge through direct contact
Charge-Vacancy Coupling A process involving the interaction of charged particles and
charged structural vacancies in a material
Chemical Potential Potential energy from chemical bonds that can be released
during a chemical reaction
Chiral A substance that is characterized by left-handed and right-
handed forms
Chlorite A chemical substance containing an ion of chlorine and two
oxygen atoms, with valence one minus, as a major
constituent
Chondrite A class of stony (non-metallic) meteorites that have not
undergone melting or chemical differentiation
Chromate A chemical substance containing an ion of chromium and
four oxygen atoms, with valence two minus, as a major
constituent
Clastic A previously fractured material, from the Greek verb “to
cleave”
Coal A carbon-rich sedimentary or metamorphic rock formed
from plant matter
Coble Creep A deformation mechanism in which lattice vacancies
diffuse along grain boundaries
Coercive Field The strength of the electric field needed to reverse the
polarity of a ferroelectric material
Colloid A particle fine enough to remain indefinitely suspended in
water
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Complexing Agent A chemical compound (usually organic) that attaches to a
metal ion with two or more separate coodinating bonds
Compliance (1) The capacity of an elastic material to allow
deformation; (2) the elastic modulus that one may use to
convert stress data into strain data
Compression Elastic or permanent deformation from being pressed
together
Concretion A typically spherical or ovoid mass in sedimentary rock
formed by the precipitation of chemical cement
Conductance The ability of a material to conduct electricity, measured in
units of S, which is the inverse of resistance, that is, Ω-1
Conductivity The ability of a material to conduct electricity over a
distance, measured in units of S m-1, for example, and
which is the inverse of resistivity
Contact Metamorphism A metamorphic process in which an igneous intrusion alters
the surrounding rock mainly by heat
Converse Piezoelectric The ability of a material to deform when subjected to an
Effect electric field because of the field’s effect on the crystal
lattice
Converse Piezomagnetic The ability of a material to deform when subjected to a
Effect magnetic field because of the field’s effect on the crystal
lattice
Country Rock A rock native to a region, as, for example, the basement
rock underlying newer sedimentary rock may be termed the
country rock
Critical Exponent An exponent in an empirical power law whose value
determines the criticality of the system
Cross-Polarized Light Light transmitted through two polarizing plates at 90º
angles to each other, generally with another medium (e.g. a
crystal) between the two plates that may cause diffraction
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Crystal A solid material whose atomic arrangement repeats with a
definite period
Crystal Class Any of 32 distinct groups of crystals organized by the
symmetries of the placement of atoms in their unit cells
Crystal Face A flat surface on a crystal, created by natural crystal growth
Crystal Lattice The arrangement of atoms in a crystal
Crystal Plastic A deformation mechanism that occurs through the
Deformation movement of lattice defects within crystals
Cubic Crystal System A category of crystals in which the walls of the unit cell are
perpendicular, and of equal length
Curie Transition A phase transition in which a material changes from a
permanent magnetic state, whether ferro-, ferri- or
antiferromagnetic, to an induced (paramagnetic) magnetic
state
Cyanoacrylate A glue, also known as Super Glue®
Cyclosilicate A silicate mineral whose framework is composed of rings
of silicate tetrahedra
Cyclotron Frequency The frequency of vibration of a charged particle moving
perpendicular to a magnetic field
d-Orbital An electron orbital characteristic of transition metals,
containing ten electrons when full
Dauphiné Twin A quartz twin rotated by 60º about the c axis
Decibel In electrical applications, a logarithmic (base 10) unit of
change in power or intensity determined by comparison
with a given or reference value
Defect Charging The electrical charging of defects in a crystal lattice
Deformation A change in shape
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Deformation Band A region in a crystal with a high concentration of lattice
dislocations that have migrated there during recovery, an
early stage of annealing processes
Deformation Mechanism A distinct process whereby rocks, metals or other materials
accomodate strain
Deformation Twinning A deformation mechanism in which the stress is
accomodated as the growth of (often microscopic) crystal
twins
Degrees of Freedom The difference between the number of variables in a system
and number of constraints upon them
Denominator The number written below the line, for a fraction
Dependent Variable A property which depends upon another property
Depleted Soil A soil lacking in one or more of the following: major
minerals (nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium), trace
minerals, organic matter, neutral or close to neutral pH, and
a range of microorganisms
Derivative A measure of the rate of change of a variable
Detrital Mineral A mineral that remains after other rock constituents have
been weathered and transported away
Deuteric A mineral that has been formed by alteration of original
material during a late stage of igneous processes
Deviatoric A process causing (or tendng to cause) a displacement
Devitrification A process in which an amorphous (glass) phase is replaced
by crystalline material
Diabase An intrusive igneous rock akin to basalt, forming dikes or
sills
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Diagenesis A process of alteration to sediment or sedimentary rock at
temperatures and pressures lower than those required for
metamorphism or melting
Diamagnetic A material that dampens a magnetic field
Diborate A chemical substance containing an ion with two boron
atoms as a major constituent
Dichromate A chemical substance containing an ion with two
chromium and seven oxygen atoms, with valence two
minus, as a major constituent
Dielectric An electrical insulator that can be polarized to store electric
charge
Dielectric Permittivity The ability of a substance to store electrical energy
supplied by an externally applied electric field
Differential Equation An equation with derivatives as some of its terms
Diffusion Creep A deformation mechanism that accomodates strain at high
temperatures by the random migration of lattice vacancies
either along grain boundaries (Coble Creep) or within
crystals (Nabarro-Herring Creep)
Dike An igneous intrusion that forms a vertical or nearly vertical
sheet
Dilatency Diffusion A model for earthquakes nucleation, characterized by
Model microcracking during a dilatency phase, and the migration
of water and ions during a diffusion phase, with both
processes acting together to overcome rock strength
Dimer A structure formed of two chemical units
Diopside A common mineral of the pyroxene group
Dislocation Climb The migration (caused via movement of vacancies) of a
glide plane to another part of a crystal lattice during crystal
plastic deformation
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Dislocation Creep The combination of dislocation glide and dislocation climb
active at the same time
Dislocation Glide The motion of defects along a slip plane over time, causing
deformation to a crystal's shape
Dislocation Loop A combination of line defects forming a circle or loop in a
crystal lattice
Dissolution-Precipitation A deformation mechanism occuring by pressure solution at
grain boundaries, with the material precipitating elsewhere
within the system
Diurnal An event that occurs daily
Dodecaborate A chemical substance containing an ion with twelve boron
atoms as a major constituent
Dolostone A sedimentary rock with a high (> 50%) concentration of
the mineral dolomite
Dopant A trace impurity added to a chemical substance to alter its
electrical properties
Druse A coating of usually small crystals that has grown on a rock
surface
Ductile Deformation without fracture
Dunite An ultramafic igneous rock, composed primarily of olivine
Dynamic Recrystallization A deformation mechanism in which the shapes, sizes and
orientations of crystals and grain boundaries are altered to
minimize defects and dislocations
Eclogite A dense metamorphic rock resulting from high-pressure
processes acting on mafic igneous parent rock
Edge Dislocation A line defect formed at the edge of an extra half-lattice
plane within a crystal lattice
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Efflorescence A crystalline deposit that results from the dehydration of an
earlier hydrated crystal
Ejecta The debris or particles that are expelled during a volcanic
or impact process
Elastic An interaction with no permanent deformation or loss of
energy
Elastic Moduli The stiffness (c) and compliance (s) coefficients
Electric Dipole A configuration of a material in which a pair of electric
charges are separated by a small distance
Electric Dipole Moment A measure of the polarization of a system of charges or
polar molecules, measured in Coulomb meters, for example
Electrical Impedence A measure of the total opposition to alternating electric
current flow in a material, with resistance, inductance and
capacitance making contributions
Electrical Polarization The development of electrical charge in a material or on a
surface
Electrocaloric Effect A change in temperature due to the application of an
external electric field
Electrochemical Effect An electric current caused by the motion of the ions in an
ion-rich fluid
Electrogyration An applied electric field that changes the direction of
photons being transmitted in a medium
Electrokinetic Effect Electrostatic charging of a porous rock as a fluid carrying
ions moves through it
Electrolyte A chemical compound that contributes dissolved ions when
added to a solvent
Electromagnetic Force A force caused by interactions of electric charge or
magnetic polarization
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Electromagnetic Induction A process whereby a change in a magnetic field induces an
electric current in a nearby conducting material, or a
change in an electrical field induces a change in a nearby
magnetic field, without relying on any physical contact of
the materials involved
Electromagnetic Radiation A form of energy characterized by frequency and
wavelength, and carried by photons, which, in turn, mediate
the electromagnetic force
Electromechanical A calculated generalization of the piezoelectric stress and
Coupling Factor strain rates into a single coefficient
Electromigration A process in which an applied electric field recrystallizes a
material and thereby produces desirable properties, useful
in metals or thin film fabrication
Electron Backscatter A technique which uses a phosphor screen to detect the
Diffraction scattering interference of electrons from the bottom of a
sample in a scanning electron microscope
Electron Volt The amount of energy needed to move one electron across
an electrical potential of one volt
Electronegativity A measure of the ability of atoms, ions or other groups of
elements to attract and retain electrons
Electrooptic Effect An applied electric field that changes the frequency of
photons being transmitted in a medium
Electroremediation The application of an electric potential to the ground to
attract metal (contaminant) ions in a well for removal.
Electrostatic Induction A process whereby the presence of an electrical charge
induces an equal and opposite charge to appear in a nearby
material, to maintain the electrical neutrality of a system
Electrostriction A process whereby materials constrict under an electric
field, caused by surface charging
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Empirical Data or a law based on observation only, without any
theoretical support
Enantiomorphic A substance characterized by left-handed and right-handed
forms
Energy Dispersive X-Ray A system that uses X-rays generated in an electron
Spectroscopy microscope to identify materials, based on characteristic
inner-shell electron energies
Enriched Zone A region of an ore or mineral deposit that is enriched in
metals or minerals of interest
Entropy A measure of the disorder of a system
Epithermal A hydrothermal category characterized by low temperature
(25 to 300ºC) and low pressure
Euclidean Space A real coordinate space without curvature
Euler Angles Three rotations that are used to describe the orientation of a
solid in Euclidean space
Evaporite A sedimentary mineral formed by evaporation and
crystallization
Exo-Electron Emission The release of low-energy electrons from a material during
stress relaxation, or the addition of heat or photons, after an
initial priming
Exsolution A process whereby a mineral in solid solution becomes
unstable, and two separate mineral phases form, typically in
lamellae
Extensive Parameter A parameter that does not depend on the amount of
material present (in a thermodynamic system)
Extremely Low Frequency A radio signal with a frequency from ten hertz to three
Radio Signal thousand hertz (10 Hz to 3 kHz)
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Extrusive A mode of igneous rock formation in which magma
reaches the surface, flowing out as lava or explosive forms,
whether subaerial or submarine
Facies A suite of rock types formed under specific conditions; for
metamorphic facies, these are defined by the minerals that
develop at different pressures and temperatures; for
sedimentary facies, these are defined by rock features
derived from the original depositional environments
Factorial The multiplication of a number with all of the natural
numbers that are less than that number
Feldspar A group of common rock-forming minerals that contain
potassium, sodium or calcium in an aluminous silicate
framework
Feldspathoid A group of minerals similar to feldspars, but with a lower
silica content and different lattice symmetry
Felsic A rock that is rich in feldspar and quartz; the "fel-" refers to
feldspar, and the "-si-" to silicate
Fenite A type of alkalic syenite that is formed by metasomatism
Ferrimagnetic A material that displays a spontaneous (permanent)
magnetic field based on its magnetic domain orientation
Ferroan A compound or material containing iron
Ferroelectric A material that can generate of an electric response under
pressure, a response whose sign is switchable with an
external electric field, which reorients two competing
magnetic domain orientations
Ferromagnetic A material that displays a spontaneous (switchable)
magnetic field based on its magnetic domain orientation
Ferrous A substance containing iron in a two plus valence state
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Finite Element Modeling A mathematical process that breaks a partial differential
problem into related discrete functions that are solvable
First Order Phase A description of a transition process in which both forms
Transition coexist for part of the transition
Flux The change in magnitude or direction of a field
Foliation A layered form in metamorphic rock due to a preferred
orientation of minerals
Four-Fold Symmetry The quality that allows a shape to be rotated equally four
times in 360º, whose form with each rotation is the same as
the original form
Fourier Transform A mathematical procedure that creates a new function
showing how values in the original repeat with a definite
period
Fractoemission The emission of electrons in a fracture as electrons are
distributed unevenly during fracture processes
Fractoluminescence A process of electromagnetic emission in the visible light
frequency range caused by the fracture of material and the
subsequent release of electronic bond energy
Fracture-charging The build-up of electrical charge in a fracture as electrons
are distributed unevenly during fracture processes
Fumarole A landform feature (e.g. a fissure) on the surface of a planet
where volcanic gases are emitted
Fundamental Frequency A pitch upon which the overtones are built in harmony
Gabbro An intrusive igneous rock rich in iron- and magnesium-
bearing minerals and lacking quartz, chemically equivalent
to basalt
Gangue A mass of unwanted material surrounding or closely mixed
with ore minerals
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Gauge Boson An elementary particle that mediates one of the
fundamental forces of nature
Geomagnetic Field Earth’s magnetic field
Geomagnetic Jerk Short-term changes to the second derivative of the
geomagnetic field
Geomagnetically Induced Earth electric currents caused by solar wind or space
Current weather, whose impact in the ionosphere creates changes
in the geomagnetic field, which, in turn, cause electrical
induction in the ground
Germanate A mineral that contains the germanium tetrahedron,
[GeO4]4—, as a primary constituent of the crystal lattice, or
a rock composed of a high percentage of germanate
minerals
Glaucophane A common rock-forming mineral of the amphibole group
Gneiss A common metamorphic rock with alternating dark and
light bands, formed at high temperatures and pressures
Grain Boundary Migration A dynamic recrystallization process in which grain shapes
become interlocked (like a puzzle) from motion of the grain
boundaries
Granitic A rock with a chemical composition similar to granite
Granular Flow A deformation mechanism in a fine-grained aggregate
wherein the grains slide past one another to accomodate
strain and develop a lattice-preferred orientation
Gravity Wave Wave transmission of energy at a fluid interface or within a
fluid where gravity and buoyancy act to oppose the
displacement
Greenstone A sequence of volcanic rock with a green aspect, for
example, altered basalts
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Greisen An alteration product of granitic rock, formed by contact
with late stage gas- and water-rich fluids during granite
emplacement
Greywacke A sedimentary rock composed of poorly sorted angular
sand grains in a clay matrix, formed by turbidity currents
Groundmass The small-grained portion of an igneous rock that supports
the larger crystals
Geothermometer Minerals or structures whose properties indicate the
temperature of rock formation or deformation
Guano The excrement waste of bats, birds and seals
Gutenberg-Richter Law An expression for the relationship between the magnitudes
and number of earthquakes in a region, with frequency
decreasing exponentially as magnitude increases
Halide A mineral with fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine anions
as a major constituent
Hardpan A dense waterproof layer of some soil horizons below the
upper topsoil layer, typically calcareous
Harzburgite An ultramafic igneous rock containing mostly olivine and
pyroxene
Heat Gun A tool that looks and works like a hair-dryer, sold for
heating old paint to make it easier to strip
Heckmann Diagram A schematic diagram showing how mechanical and other
physical effects are coupled together
Heptaborate A chemical substance containing an ion with seven boron
atoms as a major constituent
Hexaborate A chemical substance containing an ion with six boron
atoms as a major constituent
Hexagonal A form exhibiting six-fold symmetry
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Hexagonal Crystal System A category of crystals in which the unit cell displays six-
fold symmetry and is prismatic along the c axis
High-Frequency Electric or magnetic or electromagnetic phenomena of
Electromagnetic Effects microwave or higher frequencies that can influence the
orientation or energy state of materials
High-Grade Metamorphism A metamorphic process occurring at about 800ºC or higher
and at pressures found at 10 km depth or deeper
Hornblende A common rock-forming mineral series of the amphibole
group
Humus A stable mass of organic material in soil
Hydrostatic Pressure Pressure that is equal in all directions
Hydrothermal A geologic process involving the circulation of heated
water
Hydroxide A chemical substance containing an ion with one oxygen
and one hydrogen atom, with valence one negative, as a
major constituent
Hydroxy- A term denoting the presence of a hydroxide ion
Hypabyssal A rock that is formed at medium to shallow depths in the
Earth's crust
Hysteresis Loop A trace of the electric field caused by the interaction of an
externally applied field and a ferroelectric material, that
shows different paths depending on whether the external
field is increasing or decreasing
Ideal Gas A gas in which the molecules are perfectly elastic in their
collisions
Impingement Microcrack A discontinuity (plus some dilation) at the grain contact,
radiating in from the edge of the contact
Inclusion A substance trapped inside a mineral during formation
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Independent Variable A property that does not depend on another property, used
in equations
Index A unique number with which to identify a variable, and
also a synonym for “subscript”
Infrared Electromagnetic radiation whose wavelength is longer than
that of visible light, but shorter than microwaves or radio
waves
Ino- A crystal lattice in a framework structure composed of
chains of the form that follows this prefix
Inosilicate A silicate mineral whose framework is composed of chains
of silicate tetrahedra
Intensive Parameter A parameter that depends on the amount of material present
(in a thermodynamic system)
Intergranular Fracture A discontinuity (plus some dilation) between grains
Intermediate Igneous Rock An igneous rock whose chemistry lies between felsic and
mafic compositions
Internal Energy The ability of a system to do work
Internal Wave A wave that propagates through a medium but does not
reach the surface or its other boundaries
Interstitial An extra site within a crystal lattice
Intrinsic A property that affects the thermodynamics of a reaction,
and that doesn't increase by adding more material to the
system, as, for example, adding more material does not
necessarily change a system's temperature, thus,
temperature is intrinsic
Intrusive An igneous rock or process that was formed or occurs
within the Earth
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Inverse Lattice A mathematical model created by reflecting the coordinates
of a crystal lattice through a point, creating a set of inverse
coordinates
Iodate A chemical substance containing an ion with iodine and
three oxygen atoms, with valence one minus, as a major
constituent
Ion An atom with electrical charge from either extra or fewer
electrons compared to the number of protons in its nucleus
Ionosphere The part of the Earth’s atmosphere from about 85 to 600
km, consisting of charged particles
Ironstone A sedimentary rock with iron-rich minerals as a major
constituent, and typically considered distinct from the rock
of banded iron formations
Isothermal A process conducted at constant temperature
Isotropic A substance that is characterized by equal properties in all
directions
Jahn-Teller Effect A process whereby molecules become distorted so as to not
maintain two or more electron configurations with
equivalent energies
Jig A holder used during drilling or sawing
Kaolinitization A hydrothermal alteration process whereby feldspars and
other clay minerals change to kaolinite
Kelvin A scale for measuring temperature based on absolute zero,
sharing the size of the degree with the Celsius scale
Kerf The thickness of a saw blade
Kikuchi Lines Bands of electrons diffracted by the crystal lattice planes of
a sample during electron microscopy
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Kimberlite An ultramafic igneous rock that typically forms pipes,
dikes and sills, and that may contains mantle xenoliths and
minerals
Kinetics The rate at which chemical reactions occur
Kinking A deformation mechanism in which stress causes kinks to
develop in a crystal grain
Laccolith A dome-shaped sheet intrusion of igneous rock, formed by
emplacement between layers of sedimentary rock
Lacustrine Pertaining to lakes
Lamella A plate-like structure occurring in a mineral
Lapping The process of making the thickness uniform for a cut
crystal plate
Lateritic A soil rich in iron and aluminum hydroxides, typically
formed by long-term chemical weathering in wet, hot
tropical regions
Lattice The orderly arrangement of atoms in a crystal
Lattice Defect A flaw in the arrangement of atoms that make up a crystal
Lattice-Preferred The shared alignment of crystallographic axes in an
Orientation aggregate of crystals
Leucite A rock-forming mineral of the feldspathoid group
Leucosome The light-colored part of a migmatite, which itself is a
mixture of high-grade metamorphic and igneous rock types,
formed by partial melting
Lignite The lowest-ranked grade of coal
Limestone A sedimentary rock composed primarily of calcite
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Line Defect A defect in a crystal lattice occuring as a line (rather than as
an isolated point)
Linear An expression which varies proportionally, as in the
equation: x = ky, where x and y are variables, and k is a
constant
Low-Frequency Electric or magnetic or electromagnetic phenomena of
Electromagnetic Effects radio or lower frequencies
Low-Grade Metamorphism A metamorphic process occurring at about 500ºC or lower
and at pressures found at 30 km depth or shallower
MacLaurin Series A mathematical expression that represents a function as the
sum of the values of its derivatives around the origin
MAD Number The tolerance (in degrees) when fitting Kikuchi lines from
a sample with computer-generated Kikuchi lines
Mafic A rock that is rich in magnesium and iron; the "ma-" refers
to magnesium, and the "-fi-" to iron
Magmatic Segregation A process during rock formation or volcanism in which
minerals are segregated in a magma chamber
Magnetic Domain A region in a magnetic material with uniform magnetic
properties
Magnetic Fabric A spatial and geometric configuration of the grains in rock
that displays a magnetic anisotropy
Magnetic Susceptibility The volume magnetic susceptibility, a measure of the
magnetization of a material in response to a magnetic field
Magnetization The development of magnetic polarization in a material or
on a surface
Magnetogyration An applied magnetic field process that changes the
direction of photons being transmitted in a medium
Magnetooptic Effect An applied magnetic field process that changes the
frequency of photons being transmitted in a medium
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Magnetostriction The constriction of materials under the influence of a
magnetic field, caused by surface polarization
Magnetotail The distal part of an oblong magnetic field
Magnetotelluric A term referring to both magnetic and electrical
constituents in the ground, whether artificially induced or
natural
Malter Effect The pulling of electrons to the surface of a material from
deep inside during fractoemission
Manganite A hydroxide of manganese oxide
Manganoan A substance containing manganese
Marble A metamorphic rock formed from limestone of dolostone
Marl A mud or mudstone rich in calcium carbonate
Massif A group of mountains formed by faulting of a large section
of the Earth's crust
Matrix The small-grained portion of soil, sediment, or sedimentary
rock that supports larger rock fragments
Medium A substance that transmits some physical property, wave,
or wave-like particle
Megaborate A chemical substance containing an ion with seven or more
boron atoms as a major constituent
Melamine A white material used to coat some press- and particle
board
Melanite A black, titanium-rich variety of andradite garnet
Melanosome The dark-colored part of a migmatite, which itself is a
mixture of high-grade metamorphic and igneous rock types,
formed by partial melting
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Mesitylene A benzene derivative with three methyl groups substituting
symmetrically on the benzene ring
Mesothermal A hydrothermal category characterized by moderate
temperature (250 to 450ºC) and low to moderate pressure
Meta- A metamorphic rock that formed from the rock type listed
after this prefix, e.g. metaconglomerate
Metal A material that is a good conductor of heat and electricity
because of its electron configuration
Metalloid A material that has properties in between those of metals
and non-metals, also called a semi-metal: boron, silicon,
germanium, arsenic, antimony, selenium or tellurium, for
example
Metamorphic Facies An assemblage of metamorphic minerals formed under
similar pressure and temperature conditions
Metamorphism A solid-state change in the chemistry of earth materials,
associated with the parameters of pressure, temperature,
chemical composition and time
Metasomatism A solid-state change in the chemistry of earth materials,
similar to metamorphism, but at near-surface temperatures
and pressures, and often involving fluid.
Miarolitic A rock containing irregular-shaped cavities lined with
crystals
Micaceous A rock with abundant mica
Micron A micrometer, with 1,000 micrometers equal to 1 mm
Microtectonics The study of small deformation structures using
microscopes
Migmatite A mixture of high-grade metamorphic and igneous rock
types, formed by partial melting
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Mineral A natural, solid, crystalline material with a distinct
chemical formula formed by geologic processes
Mineral Group A set of minerals whose crystal lattices are similar, but with
different atoms occupying some lattice sites
Mineral Supergroup A set of mineral groups, whose members share lattice
similarities
Mineralogical Topics relating to minerals
Mirror Plane A symmetry element that rotoinverts points as a mirror
does, with two-fold symmetry
Mole The amount of material in 12 grams of carbon-12
Molybdate A chemical substance containing an ion with molybdenum
and four oxygen atoms, with valence two minus, as a major
constituent
Moment Magnitude A measure of earthquake magnitude based on the area of
rupture, the length of the dislocation, and the stiffness of
the earth materials
Monoborate A chemical substance containing an ion with one boron
atom as a major constituent
Monoclinic Crystal A category of crystals in which the unit cell walls are not
System orthogonal, but two of the walls are parallel
Nabarro-Herring Creep A deformation mechanism in which lattice vacancies
diffuse through crystal lattices
Natural Fission Reactor A rock that contains radionuclides and hosts naturally-
occurring fission reactions
Natural Log A logarithm with the Euler number (e) as its base
Natural Number A digital number and member of the set {1,2,3,4,…,∞}
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Néel Temperature A magnetic phase transition temperature above which ferri-
or antiferrimagnetic materials change to an induced
(paramagnetic) state
Neso- A crystal lattice in a framework structure composed of the
form that follows this prefix, connected indirectly via other
atoms or ions
Nesosilicate A silicate mineral whose framework is composed of silicate
tetrahedra connected to each other indirectly via other
atoms or ions
Newton The amount of force needed to accelerate one gram at one
meter per second per second
Nickel-Strunz A mineral classification system
Niobate A chemical substance containing an ion with niobium
atoms as a major constituent
Nitrate A chemical substance containing an ion with nitrogen and
three oxygen atoms, with valence one minus, as a major
constituent
Nitride A chemical substance containing nitrogen in an oxidation
state of three minus
Non-Centrosymmetric A crystal lattice whose inverse lattice can be rotated to
match the original lattice
Nonmetal Any of the following elements, sharing common properties
such as low density, high electronegativity, and poor
conductance of heat and electricity when compared to
metals: hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen,
sulfur, selenium, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine,
astatine and the noble gasses
Norite A mafic intrusive igneous rock similar to gabbro, but with
orthopyroxene instead of clinopyroxene
Normal Forms that intersect at a right angle
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Numerator The number written above the line, for a fraction
Oblique An angle that is not 90º
Obsidian A glassy extrusive igneous rock of felsic composition
Octahedron An eight-pointed solid composed of two square-based
pyramids stacked base to base
Oolitic A sedimentary rock composed of spherical grains with
concentric layers
Open System In thermodynamics, a system that can receive inputs from
outside itself
Ophiolite A group of rock types formed via mid-ocean ridge
volcanism into ultramafic crust, including, in sequence,
muds and cherts, greenstone, gabbro, serpentinite, and
peridotite
Optic Axis An orientation based on variation in the transmission of
light through a crystal
Order of Magnitude An approximation of the size of a number, specifying the
power of 10 to which the number is closest
Ordinal That which can be put in order
Ore Rock with enough metallic minerals in it to be mined
commercially
Organic A category including most chemical compounds containing
carbon, typically those that form from biological rather
than geological processes
Orthoclase Feldspar A common rock-forming group of potassic aluminosilicate
minerals that cleave at a 90º angle
Orthogonal Forms that intersect at a right angle
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Orthorhombic Crystal A category of crystals in which the walls of the unit cell are
System perpendicular and of unequal length
Overtone A tone whose frequency is some simple function of a
fundamental frequency, and whose sound is higher in pitch
Oxidation A chemical reaction wherein electrons are lost
Oxide A chemical substance containing oxygen bonded with at
least one other element
Oxy- A chemical substance containing oxygen
Paraelectric A material that strengthens an electric field and increases it
more than linearly
Paramagnetic A material that strengthens a magnetic field and increases it
more than linearly
Partial Derivative A measure of the rate of change of a variable while holding
other variables constant
Partial Differential An equation with partial derivatives as some of its terms
Equation
Pascal A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter
Pauli Paramagnetism A weak form of paramagnetism caused by the difference in
magnetic potential energy between spin-up and spin-down
electron states
Peat A stable mass of partially decomposed vegetation
Pegmatite An intrusive igneous rock with large (> 2.5 cm) crystals,
often of granitic composition
Pelitic A fine-grained rock or sediment
Peltier Effect The generation of heat at an electrified junction of two
dissimilar conductors
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Penrose Tiles A set of tile shapes that will cover a flat surface without
any repeating pattern
Pentaborate A chemical substance containing an ion with five boron
atoms as a major constituent
Periclase A magnesium oxide mineral, typically occurring in contact
metamorphic zones
Peridotite An ultramafic intrusive igneous rock consisting mainly of
olivine and pyroxene
Period A unit of time
Peroxy A chemical bond in which two oxygen atoms are present
where only one is normally found
Perpendicular Forms that intersect at a right angle
Petrologic A descriptive term relating to rocks
Phase A distinctive chemical or physical state of a substance
Phase Field Model A mathematical system that describes boundary interfaces
with partial differential equations
Phonolite An extrusive igneous rock of intermediate composition and
low silica content, typically containing feldspathoid
minerals
Phosphate A chemical substance containing an ion with phosphorus
and four oxygen atoms, with valence three minus, as a
major constituent
Phosphide A chemical substance with phosphorus as the more
electronegative constituent
Phosphorite A sedimentary rock rich in phosphorus, not formed by
weathering or erosion of pre-existing rock
Photon A particle of light or other electromagnetic phenomenon
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Phyllo- A crystal lattice in a framework structure composed of the
form that follows this prefix, connected directly in sheets
Phyllosilicate A silicate mineral whose framework is composed of silicate
tetrahedra connected to each other in sheets
Piezoelectric Strain Rate A measure of the rate at which a material transforms strain
into electricity, observed either as an electric charge (d) or
as an electric field (g)
Piezoelectric Stress Rate A measure of the rate at which a material transforms stress
into electricity, observed either as an electric charge (e) or
as an electric field (h)
Piezoelectricity An electrical field or charge caused during the application
of pressure, due to distortion of a crystal lattice
Piezomagnetism A magnetic field or polarization caused during the
application of pressure, due to distortion of a crystal lattice
Piezooptic Effect A change in the frequency of photons being transmitted
within a medium due to pressure
Pinning Wall The boundary separating magnetic domains
Pipe A large, carotiform igneous structure formed through deep
volcanic eruptions
Placer Deposit A clastic mineral deposit formed by separation due to
gravity during transport
Plagioclase Feldspar A common rock-forming group of aluminosilicate minerals
that cleave at an inclined angle
Plane A flat surface defined by three (nonlinear) points
Plasma A state of matter where both fluid flow and the local action
of electrical charge influence its dynamic behavior,
generally thought of as a charged gas
Plastic Viscous flow in a medium without fracture
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Plate A thin material sample with parallel sides
Platinum Group Elements Ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium and
platinum
Playa A dry, alkaline lake with surficial evaporite deposits,
usually found in desert regions
Pleat Dislocation A combinatin of screw and edge dislocations that looks like
a pleat in a crystal lattice
Plume The cloud arising from a volcanic eruption
Plutonic A rock forming at depth within the Earth
Pneumatolytic An igneous alteration process caused by the presence of
volcanic gasses
Point Defect A defect in a crystal lattice occuring as an isolated point
(rather than as a line)
Point Group An organization of geometry based on taking one point as
fixed and performing symmetry operations (such as
rotation, translation and rotoinversion) to generate the other
points, with symmetry properties distinguishing the
different groups
Polar A molecule or complex ion that displays positive and
negative electric charges separated by a distance
Polar Chorus Radio signals at high latitudes caused by the motions of
charged particles in the ionosphere
Poled Electromechanical A value calculated from a thin disk of a crystal cut
Coupling Factor normal to the c axis while under an externally applied
electric field
Polygon A two-dimensional figure with regular sides and angles
Polyhedron A three-dimensional figure with regular sides and angles
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Polymetallic A substance containing several types of metal
Polynomial An expression with variables in powers (or which has terms
that cannot be added for other reasons), as in the expression
x4 + 2x
Polytetrafluoroethylene A non-reactive insulating material commonly sold under
the commercial name Teflon®
Pore Pressure Pressure caused by the presence of fluid within the pore
space of a rock
Porphyry An igneous rock containing large crystals set in a fine-
grained groundmass
Potash A salt with potassium as a major constituent
Potassic A material that is high in potassium
Potential Electrical potential, synonymous with voltage
Power of Hydrogen (pH) A measure of the hydrogen concentration of a liquid,
indicating its acidity or alkalinity
Power Spectrum The characterization of a signal according to variation in its
frequency compared to some other quantity
Precipitate A process whereby a chemical compound separates out via
phase transition, e.g. a solid precipitating from a liquid
solution; or, the (solid) chemical product of this process
Pressure Slope A measure of the rate of change in some parameter across a
range of pressures
Pressure Solution The dissolution of material caused by pressure
Pressure Stiffness Slope A measure of the rate of change in elastic moduli across a
range of pressures
Primary Mineral A mineral that formed during the formation of a rock
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Primary Pyroelectric Pyroelectricity caused by the electrical polarity of the
Effect crystal lattice
Prime Number A number divisible only by itself and by one
Primitive Lattice A unit cell with lattice sites on the corners, but without sites
at the centers of the walls of the cell or at the center of the
unit cell itself
Prism An elongated solid form similar to a cylinder, but with a
polygon in cross section instead of a circle
Projection A mathematical procedure for making a derivative image
from an original, comparable to light casting a shadow
Pulaskite A variety of syenite composed primarily of orthoclase,
sodium-rich pyroxene, arfvedsonite (an amphibole group)
and nepheline
Pyroclastic A rock composed chiefly of angular fragments of primarily
volcanic rock, with or without clasts of country rock
Pyroelectricity The expression of electric charge, voltage or current at the
ends of the polar axis of a crystal due to its lattice
symmetry
Pyroxene A common silicate mineral group, typically rich in iron and
magnesium
Pyroxenite An ultramafic igneous rock composed mainly of pyroxene
Radionuclides Atoms that give off radiation as the result of radioactive
decay or nuclear fission
Raman Spectroscopy A non-invasive technique to identify a crystal by shining a
laser on it and correlating the unique resulting emission
spectrum with a catalog of spectra for known crystals
Rare Earth Element Any of the fifteen lanthanides, plus scandium and yttrium
Reciprocal Space A space created by performing a Fourier transform on a set
of coordinates or a function
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Recovery Mechanism A deformation mechanism that lowers the internal strain of
a crystal by segregating lattice dislocations
Reduction A chemical reaction wherein electrons are gained
Reflector Any material that reflects neutrons during neutron
diffraction analysis
Refractive The ability to refract electromagnetic radiation
Regional Metamorphism A class of metamorphic processes that occur over large
areas and typically involve mountain formation
Relative Dielectric The ability of a material to hold electric charge, measured
Strength in proportion to the dielectric strength of a vacuum
Remanent Field (1) The magnetization that remains in magnetic materials
after a magnetizing field has been removed; (2) for
ferroelectric materials, the strength of the electric field
remaining when no applied electric field is present
Resistance The ability of a material to resist the flow of electric
current, measured in units of Ω, for example
Resistivity Resistance to the flow of electric current over a distance,
measured in units of Ω m, for example
Retrograde Alteration A change to a material at lower temperatures and pressures
than previously attained
Rhyolite A felsic extrusive igneous rock, equivalent to granite in
composition
Right Angle 90º
Rotation A symmetry operation of moving every point to a new
position that makes the same angle with respect to the
origin and the old position
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Rotoinversion A symmetry operation wherein all points are rotated about
an axis and reflected with a plane perpindicular to the
rotation axis, as in a mirror, for example, which creates a
rotation of 180°
Rotooptic Effect A change in the direction of photons being transmitted in a
medium by the application of pressure
Sandstone A sedimentary rock formed primarily from sand-sized
(1/16 to 2 mm) sediment grains
Sanidinite Facies A high-temperature, low-pressure metamorphic regime,
generally restricted to some contact metamorphic
environments
Sapwood The part of a tree where sap flows, outside the heartwood
Saturation Magnetization The magnetic field strength needed to reverse the magnetic
polarity of a ferromagnetic material
Scanning Electron A microscope used to image samples via a beam of
Microscope electrons striking a sample with detectors placed above the
sample
Schist A medium-grade foliated metamorphic rock
Screw Dislocation A line defect formed by a twist about an axis in order to
accommodate three-dimensional lattice defects
Second Derivative The change in the slope of a function
Second Order Phase A description of a transition process in which both forms
Transition do not coexist for any part of the transition
Second Order Term In crystallographic notation, a term with two indices
Secondary Mineral A mineral that formed after the original formation of a rock
Secondary Pyroelectric The expression of electric charge in a pyroelectric material
Effect caused by piezoelectricity as heat deforms the crystal lattice
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Seebeck Effect An electromotive force and electric current that occur in a
conducting material as it is subjected to a temperature
gradient
Seebeck Coefficient A measure of the field strength of the thermoelectric effect,
in volts per degree
Seismic Phenomena related to earthquakes
Seismic Electric Signal Electrical phenomenon associated with an earthquake
Selenate A chemical substance containing an ion with selenium and
four oxygen atoms, with valence two minus, as a major
constituent
Selenide A chemical substance containing the negative ion of
selenium, valence two minus, as a major constituent
Selenite A chemical substance containing an ion with selenium and
three oxygen atoms, with valence two minus, as a major
constituent
Self Potential An electrical potential in a porous medium or rock, caused
by the motion of an ion-rich fluid, and by the inductive
electrostatic charging of the material through which the
flow occurs
Semiconductor A material which conducts electricity when a certain
voltage threshold has been reached, called the band gap
Serpentinite A rock with serpentine minerals as the major constituent
Serpentinization A metamorphic process wherein minerals in mafic and
ultramafic rock are altered to serpentine minerals via low-
temperature metamorphic processes involving water
Sferic Radio-frequency atmospheric signal
Shale A fine grained sedimentary rock with clay-sized (< 1/256
mm) constituent grains predominantly
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Shear Extension or slip along a plane by a force that is directed
parallel to the plane, or at an acute angle
Shear Zone A region of high tectonic stress where earthquakes occur
Shonkinite An alkaline intrusive igneous rock similar to syenite, but
with feldspathoids as major constituents
Siemens A unit of electrical conductance, equivalent to Ω-1
Sierra Cup A cup made from metal with a thin metal handle that cools
quickly enough for use while heating
Silicate A mineral that contains the silicon tetrahedron, [SiO4]4-, as
a primary constituent of the crystal lattice, or a rock
composed of a high percentage of silicate minerals
Silicide A chemical substance with silicon as the more
electronegative constituent
Silicification A geologic process whereby organic material in a substance
is replaced with silica
Sill A horizontal or nearly horizontal igneous sheet intrusion
Siltstone A sedimentary rock with constituent grains of silt size (1/16
to 1/256 mm) as major constituents
Six-Fold Symmetry The quality that allows a shape to be rotated equally six
times in 360º, whose form with each rotation is the same as
the original form
Skarn A rock containing calc-silicates, typically formed by the
intrusion of granitic material into calcium-bearing or
calcium-carbonate rich rock
Skeletal Inclusion An inclusion in a mineral that contains only the original
edges of the including material
Slag A partly glassy waste meterial from an industrual process,
containing metal and silica
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Slip Band A crystal lattice region with a high concentration of
dislocations
Slip System A combination of slip plane and slip direction giving a
unique orientation to deformation in a crystal
Slope The difference in altitude divided by the difference in
extent, also known as “rise over run”
Slurry A fluid that contains solids
Solfataric A material derived from sulfate-rich fumarole processes
Solid Solution A crystal that can incorporate more than one type of atom
into a lattice site
Solidus The temperature boundary below which a material is
completely solid, the values of which are dependent on
pressure and chemistry
Sorosilicate A silicate mineral whose framework is composed of pairs
of silicate tetrahedra
Space Group An organization of space based upon symmetry operations
Spodumene A mineral of the pyroxene group containing lithium and
aluminum
Spontaneous Polarization The appearance of electric charge due to changes in
temperature while other parameters are held constant
Sprue A channel used during casting to allow molten material to
enter the mold and to allow gases to escape
Stacking Fault Misfitted edges in a crystal lattice caused by a combination
of line or point defects
Stalactite A dripstone hanging down from the roof of a cave
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Stiffness (1) The capacity of an elastic material to resist deformation;
(2) the elastic modulus that one may use to convert strain
data into stress data
Stoichiometry A measure of the relative amounts of constituent elements
or ions in chemical reactions
Strain A normalized measure of length displacement caused by
stress
Stratiform A general term for a layered deposit
Stratosphere The part of the Earth’s atmosphere just above the
troposphere, reaching from about 10 to 15 km to 50 km
above the surface of the Earth for midlatitude regions, and
that is stratified with the hotter layers at the higher
positions
Streaming Potential Electrical potential caused by the electrokinetic effect
Stress The average force per unit area that some particle of a body
exerts on an adjacent particle across an imaginary internal
surface
Stress Corrosion Cracking Microfracture growth caused by a chemical reaction
Subcritical Microcrack A slow process of microfracture growth based on stress,
Growth temperature and the surrounding chemical environment
Subduction A process in plate tectonics in which generally oceanic
lithospheric plates descend into the mantle
Subgrain A region in a crystal with a slightly different lattice
orientation
Subgrain Rotation A dynamic recrystallization process in which new grains
are formed from subgrains in a crystal
Sublattice A portion of a crystal lattice
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Sublimate A condensate; this usage is restricted to geology as,
generally, sublimate means the reverse of condensate
Sulfantimonite A chemical substance with three elements: a metal,
antimony, and sulfur, as major constituents
Sulfarsenite A chemical substance with three elements: a metal,
arsenic, and sulfur, as major constituents
Sulfate A chemical substance containing an ion with sulfur and
four oxygen atoms, with valence two minus, as a major
constituent
Sulfbismuthite A chemical substance with three elements: a metal,
bismuth, and sulfur, as major constituents
Sulfide A chemical substance containing the negative ion of sulfur,
valence two minus, as a major constituent
Sulfite A chemical substance containing an ion with sulfur and
three oxygen atoms, with valence two minus, as a major
constituent
Sulfosalt A chemical substance containing the negative ion of sulfur
and two other elements, typically a metal and a semi-metal
Supergroup A category in mineral taxonomy above mineral group
Superplasticity A deformation mechanism in a fine-grained aggregate
wherein the grains slide past one another to accomodate
strain without any lattice-preferred orientation
Syenite An alkaline felsic intrusive igneous rock, lacking quartz
Symmetry Repetition of forms
Tactite A synonym for skarn, typically formed by the intrusion of
granitic material into calcium-bearing or calcium-carbonate
rich rock
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Tecto- A crystal lattice in a framework structure composed of the
form that follows this prefix
Tectosilicate A silicate mineral whose framework is composed of silicate
tetrahedra connected to each other directly in an extensive
structure
Tellurate A chemical substance containing an ion with tellurium and
four oxygen atoms, with valence two minus, or with
tellurium and six oxygen atoms, with valence six minus, as
a major constituent
Telluric Phenomena of or relating to the Earth
Telluric Current A natural electric current in the Earth or in a body of water,
or in another planet or in a body of liquid other than water
(as with lakes of methane on Titan), or an electric current in
the Earth of unknown origin
Telluride A chemical substance containing the negative ion of
tellurium, valence two minus, as a major constituent
Tellurite A chemical substance containing an ion with tellurium and
three oxygen atoms, with valence two minus, as a major
constituent
Temperature A measure of the ability to transmit heat for a material or
system
Temperature Gradient The rate of change in temperature when one measures
temperature along a physical path
Temperature Slope A measure of the rate of change in some parameter across a
range of temperatures
Temperature Stiffness A measure of the change in elastic moduli across a range of
Slope temperatures
Tension Elastic or permanent deformation in a material while being
pulled apart
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Tensor A set of numbers in several dimensions; a vector, for
example is a tensor in two dimensions, these being
direction and magnitude
Tensile Strength The ability of a material to withstand being pulled apart
Tephrite An extrusive igneous rock with abundant feldspathoid
minerals and lacking quartz
Tesla A unit of magnetic-field strength, defined as the strength of
a magnetic field that allows a particle carrying a charge of
one coulomb at a speed of one meter per second
perpendicular to the field to experience one newton of force
Tetraborate A chemical substance containing an ion with four boron
atoms as a major constituent
Tetragonal A form exhibiting four-fold symmetry
Tetragonal Crystal System A category of crystals in which the unit cell displays four-
fold symmetry and is prismatic along the c axis
Tetrahedron A pyramid with a triangular base, so named because it has
four corners
Thermocouple A device made from two dissimilar metals to measure
temperature, with an electric signal caused by the Seebeck
effect
Thermodynamic A state of balance for a system with no net flows of
Equilibrium energy, matter, driving forces, or changes of phase
Thermodynamics The study of how systems change over time, based on
parameters that influence the energy inside a system
Thermoelectric Effect Electric current caused by a temperature gradient within a
conductor, as ions or other charge carriers are mobilized by
the heat
Thermoplastic A material that becomes soft on heating and can flow
plastically
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Thickness Compressional A value taken from a thin disk cut normal to a symmetry
Coupling Factor axis or parallel to a symmetry plane, so that the
compressional component is not coupled to the shear
component
Thio- A substance containing sulfur, such as thiocyanate, [SCN]—
Third Order Term In crystallographic notation, a variable or constant with
three indices
Thomson Effect The generation of heat in an electrified conductor caused
by a gradient in the Seebeck coefficient of that material
Three-Fold Symmetry The quality that allows a shape to be rotated equally three
times in 360º, whose form with each rotation is the same as
the original form
Tiling The study of how shapes cover space
Topology The study of mathematics describing the classification of
surfaces
T-P-X Model A phase diagram or set of phase diagrams based on the
temperature (T), pressure (P) and chemistry (X) of rock
conditions
Trachyte An extrusive igneous rock chemically equivalent to syenite,
commonly with feldspathoids and lacking quartz
Transgranular Fracture A discontinuity (plus some dilation) across grains
Translation A symmetry operation of moving every point the same
distance in the same direction
Tremolite A metamorphic mineral of the amphibole group
Triboluminescence A phenomenon in which light is generated via fracture,
scratching, crushing or various other mechanical processes
that break chemical bonds
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Triborate A chemical substance containing an ion with three boron
atoms as a major constituent
Triclinic Crystal System A category of crystals in which none of the walls of the unit
cell are parallel
Trigonal A form exhibiting three-fold symmetry
Trigonal Crystal System A category of crystals in which the unit cell displays three-
fold symmetry and is prismatic along the c axis
Trimer A structure formed of three chemical units
Troposphere The 7 to 20 km thick part of the Earth’s atmosphere closest
to its surface
Tuff A rock consisting of consolidated volcanic ash
Tuffaceous A rock consisting of greater than 50% tuff, but with other
constituents
Turbidity Current A density-driven subaqueous flow of water plus material in
suspension, akin to a debris flow
Two-Fold Symmetry The quality that allows a shape to be rotated equally two
times in 360º, whose form with each rotation is the same as
the original form
Ultramafic A rock containing more than 90% mafic minerals and very
low silica content
Undulose Extinction A process of alignment between polarized light traveling
through a crystal and the optic axes of the crystal in which
the darkness (from the alignment) is not regionally uniform
Unit Cell The basic repeating pattern for the arrangement of atoms in
a crystal
Upset Forge Magnet A magnet in which the magnetism is created via
deformation or recrystallization of the crystal lattice of the
material
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Uranyl A polyatomic ion with uranium and two oxygen atoms,
valence two plus
Vacancy An unfilled site within a crystal lattice
Vadose Zone The part of an aquifer that is mostly unsaturated, lying
between the surface of the Earth and the water table
Vanadate A chemical substance containing an ion with vanadium and
oxygen atoms as a major constituent
Variable A mathematical expression that can represent different
values depending on what information is given
Vector A mathematical quantity characterized by both magnitude
and direction
Vein A rock structure containing a mass of minerals encolsed in
a fissure, distinct from the minerals of the surrounding rock
Veinlet A small vein
Very Low Frequency A radio signal with a frequency from three thousand hertz
Radio Signal to thirty thousand hertz (3 kHz to 30 kHz)
Vesicle A small cavity in volcanic rock formed around a gas bubble
Voigt Notation A crystallographic notation that uses the indices 1 through
6 to specify directions, with 1, 2, and 3 indicating the x, y,
and z axes, and 4, 5, and 6 indicating planes perpendicular
to the x, y, and z axes
Volatile A material with a relatively low boiling point
Vug A small or medium-sized cavity in rock, lined partially with
crystals, or a void
Whistler A change to the local magnetic field accompanying
lightning discharge, including the induced electric currents
associated with that change, and named for the signal
interference caused by induction in telephone lines
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Wolframate A chemical substance containing an ion with tungsten and
four oxygen atoms, with valence two minus, as a major
constituent
x Axis One of the orthogonal axes in a Cartesian coordinate
system, oriented horizontally by convention
X-Ray Diffraction A technique for determining the arrangement of atoms in
crystalline materials, by shining X-rays through them onto
a film
Xenolith A rock fragment encased within a larger (igneous) rock
xy Plane The flat surface made by the intersection of the x and y
axes in a Cartesian coordinate system
xz Plane The flat surface made by the intersection of the x and z
axes in a Cartesian coordinate system
y Axis One of the orthogonal axes in a Cartesian coordinate
system, oriented vertically by convention if the system is
two-dimensional, or horizontally by convention if the
system is three-dimensional
yz Plane The flat surface made by the intersection of the y and z
axes in a Cartesian coordinate system
z Axis The axis that corresponds to the long axis of a hexagonal,
tetragonal or trigonal crystal, and one of the orthogonal
axes in a Cartesian coordinate system, oriented vertically
by convention if the system is three-dimensional
Zeolite A group of aluminosilicate minerals with a microporous
form
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Metamorphism is a chemical transformation of earth materials while in a solid state.
One product of the chemical reactions is the transfer of electrons or ions. Pressure,
temperature, time and chemical composition drive metamorphic reactions, and electrical
phenomena are associated with metamorphism based upon these parameters. The study
of electricity and metamorphism is, however, in its infancy. Information is spread across
several subdisciplines of geology, materials science, physics, and chemistry, and data are
often not usable for the problems to which they might be applied, because the data are
unknown to the person asking the question.
As an example, earthquakes are sometimes associated with electrical discharges,
traveling visibly in the air as lightning, or through the Earth (Freund 2011; Varotsos et
al., 1998; Johnston, 1997), or as electromagnetic radiation that disturbs radio or television
transmission (Matsumoto et al., 1998). Prediction of earthquakes based on these signals
would be useful. One of the difficulties for this kind of prediction is the absence of
generally-accepted, credible mechanisms to generate seismic electrical phenomena. The
signals which travel through the ground are called seismic electric signals (SES). Their
existence is well-documented, but a predictive model is not. A usable hypothesis for how
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earthquake rupture occurs is necessary, as well as a hypothesis on the mechanism for
generating presumed SES that matches natural processes.
Shear zones, where earthquakes occur, are the site of metamorphic reactions.
Metamorphism is thus associated with electricity. A study of the electrical phenomena
related to metamorphism should provide a foundation for a practical, predictive model to
match observed and purported seismic electric signals, and would also be useful in
planetary science.
The study of metamorphism was transformed with George Barrow’s observations of
the distribution of minerals (e.g., Barrow, 1893) in the 19th and early 20th century. His
observations led to the metamorphic facies concept, and are consistent with plate tectonic
theory. Barrow’s metamorphic zones, in which different minerals were cataloged, have
been used to develop the concept of the geothermometer, minerals or structures that can
be used to reconstruct the temperature at which a rock was formed, or at which
deformation occurred. Likewise, microtectonics uses microscopy to examine
deformation mechanisms and construct the past conditions of pressure and stress in shear
zones and in metamorphic rock.
Electrical phenomena at the grain-size scale influence the kinetics of metamorphic
reactions. Along with chemistry, temperature and pressure, they serve as one of the
reservoirs of energy for thermodynamics, interacting with bond energy in a physical
medium. Bond energy also influences mineral form, symmetry, and lattice defects,
which are flaws in the arrangement of the atoms that constitute a crystal. Variations in
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the chemical composition of materials are created when the energy of an open system
changes. Several processes occur whereby earth materials influence, and are influenced
by, electrical phenomena. Describing all of the small-scale and large-scale electrical
phenomena is one goal of this thesis. Several experimental options, and their strengths
and weaknesses, will be presented.
As described earlier, large-scale electrical phenomena associated with metamorphism
may be useful for modeling ideal seismic electric signals. Earthquake prediction through
analyses of purported SES now has had some success. A positive correlation between
presumed SES and earthquakes has been found in Greece, for earthquakes of ML ≥ 5.0
(Dologlou, 1993a; Shnirman et al., 1993), where ML is the local earthquake magnitude on
the Richter scale. Purported seismic electric signals are on the order of 1 to 10 mV
(Thanassoulas and Tselentis, 1993). The timing between presumed SES and a seismic
event can vary days, tens of days, or more, though a new methodology may help to
narrow the prediction window to a few days (Uyeda and Kamogawa, 2008). The location
of the predicted event can vary by about 100 kilometers (km), but with selective
sensitivity, so complete coverage can be problematic (Varotsos et al., 1993a). Selective
sensitivity is a term to describe how purported SES may not travel uniformly.
Monitoring stations may only be sensitive to SES from a restricted area or areas, and
these may not be contiguous. The predictions can be well-constrained in magnitude, with
uncertaintly (∆ML) equal to about 0.7 (Hamada, 1993). Distinguishing man-made from
natural signals has proven somewhat challenging (Pham et al., 1998). The predictive
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success rate, at 50%, was only moderate (Hamada, 1993), but in 2001 a time series
analysis method was developed that produces a higher (nearly 90%) success rate
(Varotsos et al., 2011). The method is well-enough developed that other scientists ought
to try and replicate the results. Also, a definitive mechanism for generating presumed
SES ought to be developed.
Purported seismic electric signals are sometimes detectable more than 100 km from
an earthquake epicenter. An appropriate mechanism is needed to account for the size of
this electrical circuit. These signals may be generated by changes in the capillarity of
groundwater due to pore pressure variations prior to an earthquake. Moving ground
water, for example, can generate an electrical potential in rock, called a self potential
(Jardani et al., 2008; Jardani et al., 2006; Revil et al., 2003; Birch, 1998; Aubert and
Atangana, 1996). In association with pressure variations, charge dislocations caused by
lattice defects, rather than self potential, may create a circuit with the surface (Freund,
2011). Alternately, temperature variations prior to an earthquake may be responsible for
presumed SES, acting on magnetite via a thermoelectric effect (Junfeng Shen et al.,
2010). Magnetite is common enough in a wide range of rocks for this possibility to be
considered. Thermoelectricity is created in a conductor or semi-conductor when there is
a temperature gradient, allowing the most mobile charge carrier to move and create a
circuit (Shankland, 1975). Whatever their cause, purported seismic electric signals can
occur early enough (a few days prior to the event), to encourage further research, since
that is the minimum time needed for evacuation if prediction is possible. Time series
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analysis of the signals over a longer period of time looks feasible (Uyeda and Kamogawa,
2008).
This thesis was written to promote further study in Earth electricity, not just related to
SES, but in other applications as well. Topics range from small- to large-scale
phenomena. Each section includes references to the current scientific literature and is
meant to be as comprehensive as possible in presenting descriptions of phenomena and
data. Short tables appear within the chapters, while tables longer than two or three pages
have been placed in the Appendices, as have most tables containing numerical data or
lists of references.
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CHAPTER 2
TELLURIC CURRENTS
Introduction
The word “telluric” is from the Latin tellus, meaning earth. Telluric currents were
originally defined as natural electric currents passing through the Earth’s soil or rock
layers or bodies of water, as opposed to its atmosphere. The term has been generalized to
include electric currents in any planet, or in any body of liquid on the surface of a planet.
For the Earth, any electric current in the soil, rock, or water of natural or unknown origin
is classed as a telluric current. This usage is slightly different from that of exploration
geophysicists, where most natural currents are called telluric, to distinguish them from
self potential that may be present at ore bodies, and artifical current, used for study. At
present, magnetotelluric surveys create artificial electric and magnetic fields to explore
subsurface features and characterize rock, and many natural phenomena are considered
noise in the survey signals. Sometimes the natural currents themselves are used to study
subsurface characteristics (Gasperikova and Morrison, 2001). For the purposes of this
thesis, any electric current in the Earth or on it may be classed as a telluric current.
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Self Potential and GIC, Two Common Causes of Earth Electricity
The most common large electrical potentials measurable at the Earth's surface are self
potential, caused as groundwater streams through ore bodies, and geomagnetically-
induced currents (GIC). (For more information, see subsections Groundwater
Phenomena, p. 27, and Geomagnetically-induced currents, GIC, p. 14.) Self potential is
caused by the transfer of ions in groundwater, and by rock-charging from the motion of
these ions. It is not necessarily a nuisance during electrical surveys and can be used to
examine the subsurface (Suski et al., 2006). For other electrical survey techniques, data
must have any self potential signal calculated and subtracted out to be useful, called self
potential buck-out (Sumner, 1976).
The ionosphere is composed of charged particles and located 85 to 600 km above the
Earth’s surface. Electrical phenomena are caused as the solar wind or space weather
impact the ionosphere. The solar wind and space weather create ionospheric
electromagnetic phenomena in the radio spectrum, and these disrupt communication.
Eddies in the ionosphere also occur, and these create electric current, from the motion
of ions. This electric current affects the geomagnetic field, and the resulting geomagnetic
anomalies induce telluric currents in the ground (Boteler et al., 1998). This is GIC.
Geomagnetically-induced currents cause corrosion in pipes and pipelines, and are a
problem at high latitudes, where the Earth’s magnetic flux lines point towards (or away
from) the surface of the Earth.
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Producing Electricity
Several models depict electricity-generation processes. Four of these are useful in
conjunction with the study of telluric currents. These are listed in Table 1, with a brief
explanation for each.
Charged particles, if they change location, transfer charge. Charged particles, such as
electrons or ions, are termed charge carriers. The motions of ions or electrons are
examples of the direct transfer of electric charge.
A deeper treatment of the ideas in the following description may be found in Jonassen
(2002). Electrostatic induction is a special case of charged particle transfer. An external
charge elicits an electrical response from a second material containing mobile charge
carriers. The charge carriers move to neutralize the applied field. If the external charge
is positive, for example, then negative charge carriers will migrate within the second
material to the site of the external charge. This model is termed electrostatic induction
because the charge transfer is induced within one of the materials, but no charge is
transferred between them.
A more thorough treatment of the ideas in the following description may be found in
Schieber (1986). Electromagnetic induction occurs in any electrical conductor where a
change in a magnetic field occurs, so that the magnetic flux lines pass through the
conductor. The combination of mobile charge carriers and magnetic flux creates an
electromotive force. This is the principle behind electrical power generation, for
example. A coil of wire moves through a magnetic field, and the motion creates electric
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TABLE 1. Electricity-Generation Models
Model Explanation
Direct Transfer of Charge Charge carriers such as ions or electrons change
location, and their motion transfers electric charge
Electrostatic Induction External electric charge creates an electromotive
force within a material as particles move to
neutralize the external charge
Electromagnetic Induction Relative motion of a magnetic field creates an
electromotive force on electric charge carriers
within it
Rearrangement of Electrical Deformation creates electricity as it changes the
Domains position of immobile charge carriers in a material
current in the wire. Electricity is generated.
If the charge carriers in a material are not mobile, electricity can be generated by
deformation of the material, or some other process that changes the configuration of the
domains carrying electric charge. The rearrangement of electrical domains can generate
electricity.
Causes: Telluric Currents
Several phenomena that can generate telluric currents have been described in
scientific specializations whose members may not communicate with each other
regularly. Along with artificial signals, these Earth electrical phenomena are summarized
in Table 2, and Table 3 lists telluric currents by frequency, magnitude and signal
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TABLE 2. Causes and Periods of Earth Electricity
Name Cause Cycle Mechanism
Space Phenomena
Cosmic Particle Flux Cosmic Events Not Known Charge Transmission
(On Bodies with Little or No Atmosphere)
GIC Solar 11yr Electromagnetic Induction
24hr
Cosmic Not Known
Planetary Magnetic Magnetotail 28d Charge Transmission
Field Plasma (Earth to Moon)
Atmospheric Phenomena
TID Atmospheric Not Known Electromagnetic Induction
Disturbance
Lightning Strikes Lightning Seasonal Charge Transmission
Lightning-Strike Lightning Seasonal Electromagnetic Induction
Induction
Whistler Induction Lightning Seasonal Electromagnetic Induction
Whistler Plasma Lightning Seasonal Charge Transmission
Volcanic Lightning Volcanic Not Known Charge Transmission
Strikes Lightning
Storm Charging Weather Seasonal Electrostatic Induction
Oceanic Phenomena
Electrochemical Ocean Currents Seasonal Charge Transmission
Effect
Ocean Transport Ocean Currents Seasonal Electromagnetic Induction
Induction
Oceanic Charging Ocean Electric Seasonal Electrostatic Induction
Currents
Metabolic Microbes and Not Known Charge Transmission
Electrochemistry Algae
Surface Phenomena
Artificial Signals Industry Various Electromagnetic Induction
Metabolic Microbes and 24hr Charge Transmission
Electrochemistry Plants
Exo-Electron Primed Material Not Known Charge Transmission
Emission
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TABLE 2. Continued
Name Cause Cycle Mechanism
Groundwater Phenomena
Electrochemical Fluid Flow Seasonal Charge Transmission
Effect
Electrokinetic Fluid Flow in Various Electrostatic Induction
Effect Porous Media
Seismic Dynamo Seismic Waves Not Known Electromagnetic Induction
Induction
Radioactive Radioactive Not Known Charge Transmission
Ionization Decay
Other Terrestrial Phenomena
Volcanic EM Signals Volcanism Not Known Not Known
Seismic EM Signals Earthquakes Not Known Not Known
Seismic electric signals Earthquakes Not Known Not Known
Fractoemission Fracture Not Known Charge Transmission
Defect Charging Material Defects Not Known Charge Transmission
Piezoelectric Effect Crystal Lattice Not Known Domain Rearrangement
Geometry
Thermoelectric Temperature Not Known Charge Transmission
Effect Gradient
Pyroelectric Effect Temperature Not Known Domain Rearrangement
Gradient
Magma Magma Not Known Charge Transmission
Electrochemistry Processes
Radioactive Radioactive Not Known Charge Transmission
Emission Decay
Deep Terrestrial Phenomena
Geomagnetic Jerk Geodynamo Not Known Electromagnetic Induction
Notes: GIC are geomagnetically induced currents, TID are traveling ionospheric
disturbances, and EM stands for electromagnetic
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TABLE 3. Magnitude, Duration and Transmission Frequency of Earth Electricity,
Arranged by Magnitude
Name Magnitude Duration Frequency
Lightning Strikes 105 A (peak) 1 ms 10-3 to 103 MHz
Lightning-Strike 105 A (peak) 1 ms 10-3 to 103 MHz
Induction 104 A
Volcanic Lightning > 3 kA (peak) Not Reported Not Reported
Strikes
Artificial Signals Various Various Various
GIC (Space Weather) 200 A (in metal) ≈ 10 s 10-3 to 10-2 Hz
-1
50 µV m (polar chorus) Various 300 Hz to 2 kHz
Not Reported (γ-ray flares) Various VLF
Not Reported (meteor showers) Various 16 kHz
Planetary Magnetic Field 5000 V (Lunar surface) ≈ 1 week Not Reported
Plasma
Storm Charging 10-2 A m-2 hrs to days Not Reported
Electrochemical Effect 5 V Various < 300 kHz (ocean)
Electrokinetic Effect 100 mV km-1 Ongoing 0.1 to 0.5 Hz
-1
Ocean Transport 25 mV km (in metal) Ongoing Some from 10-7.0
Induction to 10-3.8 Hz
GIC (Diurnal) 1 mV km-1 (ionospheric) ≈1d 0.4 Hz
Cosmic Particle Flux 6000 MeV cm-2 (protons-Mars) Various Not Reported
(On Bodies with Little or No Atmosphere)
Whistler Plasma 104 e- cm-3 (striking land) Not Reported Not Reported
Seismic EM Signals ≈ 20 to 50 mV m-1 ≈ 1 µs 217 MHz
-5 -1
Fractoemission 10 C kg (volcanic ash) Various 103 to 105 Hz (ice)
Seismic Electric Signals 1 to 10 mV Various ≤ 1 Hz
Seismic Dynamo µV to mV Various 10 to 50 Hz
Induction
Thermoelectric 10-5 V K-1 Ongoing Not Reported
Effect
Pyroelectric 10-6 C m-2 K-1 Ongoing Not Reported
Effect (single crystal)
Piezoelectric Effect 10-12 C N-1 (single crystal) Various Not Reported
Defect Charging 10-9 A Various 102 to 106 Hz
8 - -2
Exo-Electron Emission ≤10 e cm Various Not Reported
Volcanic EM Signals 1 to 5 pT Various Radio frequencies
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TABLE 3. Continued
Name Magnitude Duration Frequency
TID 1.0 pT Ongoing 10.6, 18.4, 26.0,
(Schumann Resonances) 33.5 and 41.1 Hz
Geomagnetic Jerk Not Reported Ongoing Not Reported
Magma Not Reported Ongoing Not Reported
Electrochemistry
Radioactive Emission Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
Radioactive Ionization Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
Oceanic Charging Not Reported Ongoing Not Reported
TID Not Reported Various Not Reported
(Compressive Event)
TID (Gravity Wave) Not Reported Ongoing 10-7 to 10-6 Hz
Whistler Induction Not Reported ≈ 30 s 10 Hz to 30 kHz
Metabolic Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
Electrochemistry (Hypothetical)
Notes: GIC are geomagnetically induced currents, TID are traveling ionospheric
disturbances and e- is electrons.
duration. Thirty-two causes of Earth electricity within the above four models are
described in the text that follows.
Space Phenomena
Cosmic-particle flux. Direct bombardment by high-energy charged particles and
radiation coming from solar, stellar, and cosmic sources, acts generally to form GIC. For
example, a gamma-ray flare from a neutron star 23,000 light years away was reported in
1999 as causing VLF amplitude changes of more than 20 decibels from interaction with
the ionosphere. The Lyrid, delta-Aquarid and Perseid metoer showers have caused phase
variations in a 16 kHz signal due to GIC (Barr et al., 2000).
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For planetary bodies with no atmosphere, this flux of cosmic particles creates telluric
currents directly (Madey et al., 2002). Cosmic ray ions have an energy flux of about 6 x
109 eV cm-2 s-1 for bodies in the Solar System. For Mars, protons and neutrons strike the
surface with energy fluxes of around 6000 and 1400 MeV cm-2, respectively (Molina-
Cuberos, et al., 2001). This process is not occurring on the Earth’s surface at present; the
atmosphere intervenes.
Geomagnetically-induced currents, GIC. Ore, or other rock bodies, or human-made
structures, such as pipes and cables, respond to electrical changes in the ionosphere. The
geomagnetic field interacts with these changes, so that a telluric current is induced in the
ground. Pulkkinen et al. (2007), Constable and Constable (2004), Everett and Martinec
(2003), Osella et al. (1998), and others have studied this phenomenon. Cycles are related
to space weather, and are dominated by the influence of the Sun’s eleven-year sunspot
cycle, whose period predicts emissions of gas from the solar surface. Diurnal variations
within this larger cycle have been recorded (Diodati et al., 2001). The ongoing diurnal
currents are responsible for the corrosion of pipelines and cables in some locations,
especially at high latitudes, and have been studied extensively in Scandinavia (Viljanen et
al., 2006).
GIC typically are on the order of 200 amperes (A) in man-made conductors, with
durations of approximately 10 seconds (Pulkkinen et al., 2008; Viljanen et al., 1999;
Kappenman et al., 1981). The oscillating frequency is typically 0.01 to 0.001 Hz (Price,
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2002). Peak current can be on the order of 2000 A, and these occur about 10 to 100 times
in 100 years (Pulkkinen et al., 2008).
Diurnal flux rates at the sub-auroral latitudes are on the order of a few millivolts per
kilometer (mV km-1) (Mather et al., 1964). The strongest oscillation frequency of these
diurnal signals is 0.4 Hz, and is widespread at different latitudes (Mather et al., 1964). At
high latitudes, the motion of charged particles also creates a distinct radio signal, termed
the polar chorus, with a characteristic frequency of 300 Hz to 2 kHz (Barr et al., 2000).
Polar chorus is associated with the solar wind, and the peak intensity is around 50 µV m-1
as recorded from stations on the ground in Antarctica. It typically exhibits a diurnal
variation (Salvati et al., 2000).
Telluric currents (and specifically GIC) were first documented in the 1840s with the
invention of the telegraph. Buried telegraph lines are electrical conductors, and
susceptible to electrical induction. Geomagnetically-induced currents caused interference
during telegraph transmission, so that the telegraph needles hung frozen by the signals of
the GIC. At first this phenomenon was attributed to weather causes, but it was soon
recognized that the hung needles coincided with the occurrence of aurora borealis and
magnetic storms (Walker, 1861).
Planetary magnetic-field plasma. If ultraviolet and X-Ray emissions from a star
encounter a magnetic field, the interactions will create a plasma of energetic electrons.
Such a plasma is created in the Earth’s magnetosphere from solar radiation, and strikes
the moon’s surface as it passes through the Earth’s magnetotail. as described in Stubbs et
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al. (2007). The magnitude of the charging can be several thousand volts (Halekas and
Fox, 2012). A magnetotail is the distal part of an oblong magnetic field, caused in this
case by the solar wind.
Atmospheric Phenomena
Traveling ionospheric disturbances, TID. Atmospheric compression (i.e. acoustic
waves) from a sudden event, such as an earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption, severe
weather or rocket launches can create traveling ionospheric disturbances (TID)
(Afraimovich et al., 2001; Johnston, 1997; Georges, 1968), and these TID can induce
telluric currents in the ground via the geomagnetic field. TID are themselves a category
of GIC.
The ionosphere also has resonant electrical phenomena, called Schumann resonances,
at a fundamental frequency of 10.6 Hz, with overtones at 18.4, 26.0, 33.5 and 41.1 Hz
(Barr et al., 2000). The background amplitude of measured Shumann resonances is about
1.0 pico Teslas (Schlegel and Füllekrug, 1999).
In addition to the above examples, TID can form as the result of gravity waves at the
troposphere-ionosphere interface (Georges, 1968). A gravity wave is one where
buoyancy or gravity (or both) act to oppose the displacement. A common example of a
gravity wave is the wind-generated wave forms one sees at the ocean at the ocean-air
interface. Some TID are akin to these, occurring at the troposphere-ionosphere interface.
No quantitative reports of the magnitudes of telluric currents resulting from TID are
extant, to the best of the author's knowledge, though qualitative magnitudes are known.
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Space weather events are the strongest TID, and then, in descending order, daytime
signals, atmospheric compression events, and gravity waves (Georges, 1968).
The effect of TID within the ionosphere is for the disturbance to develop a potential
on the order of 1 millivolt per meter (Shiokawa et al., 2003). Frequency for the
ionospheric dynamo region is modeled to be on the order of 10-6 to 10-7 Hz (Kaladze et
al., 2003). Higher frequencies are also present (Munro, 1958). Short-term changes (on
the order of hours) to the Earth’s magnetic field may be caused by ionospheric activity.
Kaladze et al. (2003) have modeled ionospheric activity that matches the magnitude and
timing of ground observations of changes to the geomagnetic field.
The ionosphere is studied with dedicated ground-based facilities, such as the High
Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) and with satellites. A network of
satellites measuring ionospheric disturbances are in place. A 1996 space experiment with
a nearly 2 km long conducting line gathered electrical data in the ionosphere, and then
compared these with satellite data. The accuracy of modeled ionospheric activity
between satellites is low. Modeled electrical data are off by as much 140%
(Szuszczewicz et al., 1998).
On the ground, HAARP has been in operation in Alaska since 1993 (Bailey and
Worthington, 1997). That facility is designed to transmit radio-frequency
electromagnetic radiation into the ionosphere for communication with submarines, with
the electrolytes in the ocean acting as an antenna. HAARP is also suited for ionospheric
studies.
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HAARP experiments are designed to study the structure of the ionosphere, and for
determining practical applications of wave propagation, such as radio signaling. Results
have included techniques to produce very low frequency and extremely low frequency
(VLF/ELF – 30 Hz to 30 kHz) radio waves (Cohen et al., 2008). Lightning channels
broadcast electromagnetic radiation in the VLF range, and HAARP can duplicate this
VLF. HAARP has also been used for magnetotelluric surveying.
In a magnetotelluric survey, both electrical and magnetic fields are used for remote
sensing, to determine the electrical resistivity of an area, and variations within it,
according to an empirical equation
ρ = 1/5 f [E/B]2, (1)
where ρ is the resistivity in ohm meters (Ω m), f is frequency in Hertz (Hz), E is the
electric field tensor in volts per meter (V m-1), and B is the magnetic field tensor in
nanoteslas (nT) (Wescott and Sentman, 2002). HAARP can generate magnetotelluric
signals, and was used as the transmitter for a proof-of-concept controlled-source audio-
magnetotelluric survey (CSAMT) in Alaska in 1999 and 2000, prospecting for petroleum
(Wescott and Sentman, 2002). This is a new trend. Most magnetotelluric surveys have
historically used natural fields (Simpson and Bahr, 2005). Simultaneous measurements
of the geomagnetic field and of telluric currents are used to calculate a value for the
electrical impedence at depth, to explore subsurface features.
Lightning strikes. Electrical charge is transferred between the ground and the
atmosphere during lightning strikes, and the tops of stormclouds close an electrical circuit
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with the ionosphere. Lightning discharge is energetic and creates plasma that we see.
The first pulse of lightning occurs as charges within the cloud consolidate to form a strike
leader, and plasma from the ground rises up to meet the leader in that cloud. The next
pulse comes from the cloud to the ground. The process repeats, with alternating pulse
initiations between ground and cloud. A lightning strike is a combination of about 30
nanosecond pulse events, and its overall duration is on the order of milliseconds (Uman,
1994). The bulk result is a negative charge given to the ground. Peak electric current is
99 ± 7 kA, measured by quantifying remanent magnetization of the ground and
calculating the peak magnetic field (Verrier and Rochette, 2002). Oscillation signal
frequencies are on the order of 10-3 MHz to 103 MHz, or higher (Uman and Krider,
1982). The previous data have been normalized to a 10 km distance, and higher
frequency signals are known to attenuate. With some dry lightning and strikes which
ignite fires, a positive charge is given from the cloud to the ground. The magnitude of
charge carried by positive cloud to ground strikes is increased by the presence of aerosols
and smoke (Nichitiu et al., 2009).
Lightning-strike induction. Lightning strikes can also cause transient changes to the
geomagnetic field (Verrier and Rochette, 2002). Lightning can occur in various weather
conditions, including thunderstorms, dust storms and tornadoes (Barr et al., 2000).
Telluric currents arising from this phenomenon ought to have frequencies of 10-3 MHz to
103 MHz, based on the ns to ms variations recorded in lightning phenomena. These are
the same frequencies that a direct flash of lightning will display. Induction is localized,
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and portions of large buildings and towers are frequently subject to induction when they
are struck. Hussein et al. (2003) compare data from several structures, and the average
magnitudes are between 7 and 12 kA, with peak magnitudes from 20 to 100 kA.
Whistler induction. Lightning discharge heats the air and creates plasma. The entire
lightning channel radiates electromagnetic energy. If in the radio frequency, it is called a
radio atmospheric signal, or sferic. If the plasma from lightning dishcarge travels along
geomagnetic lines, the resulting radio-frequency disturbances are termed “whistlers” and
are named for the sound which this interference makes in telephone lines, as first
described in 1919 (Schlatter, 2008). The sound was attributed to lightning phenomena in
1953. Whistlers typically occur in the ELF/VLF range of 3 Hz to 30 kHz (Barr et al.,
2000). For example, observations made from Antarctica at 22.3 kHz show common
changes in amplitude of 3 decibels to an artificially transmitted signal, with duration of
around 30 seconds. These changes were associated with whistler activity (Helliwell et
al., 1973). The propogation of whistlers along geomagnetic flux lines can induce changes
to local magnetic fields, and these can cause induction of human-made conductors and
ore bodies.
Whistler plasma. Whistlers are caused when plasma from lightning travels along the
geomagnetic flux lines. The magnitude of the electron density striking the Earth is on the
order of 104 electrons per cm3 during whistler events at the equator. Poleward densities
should be higher, as the flux lines there are more inclined to the Earth’s surface
(Schlatter, 2008).
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Volcanic lightning strikes. An electrical response in the ground as lightning strikes
during volcanic eruptions has been described in Aizawa et al. (2010). They describe
magnetotelluric data from Sakurajima volcano in Kyushu, Japan, from May 2008 to July
2009. Magnetotelluric pulses were recorded coincident with several strikes.
Generally, volcanic plume heights where volcanic lightning has been observed are
distributed bimodally: plume heights 1 to 4 km, and plume heights 7 to 12 km. In the
former, volcanic lightning is due to vent processes, and in the latter volcanic lightning is
due to stratospheric processes (McNutt and Williams, 2010). Occurrence of volcanic
lightning increases with height in the stratospheric plumes, and peak currents greater than
three thousand amperes have been observed (Bennett et al., 2010). Ash erupted from a
volcano is electrically charged. Whether a circuit is made between charged ash and the
ionosphere has not yet been reported. Low frequency (30 kHz to 300 kHz) sferics are
reported, as with meteoroligical lightning events, but the emission spectra of the flash
itself has not been. Likewise, the author has not found reports of the magnitude of
electrical discharge during volcanic lightning.
James et al. (2000) have described a mechanism for ash charging. In a series of
experiments, ash-sized particles were ground from several crustal rock samples in a non-
conducting sample holder. The materials developed charges of both polarities, generally
based on the chemical composition of the particles, with the net charge of ≈10-5 to 10-6
coulombs per kilogram (C kg-1). Their data are consistent with measurements taken
previously within ash fall plumes (James et al., 2000). They attribute the charge in the
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ash to fracture-charging, also called fractoemission, where electrical charge is caused in a
fracture as electrons are distributed unevenly during fracture processes.
Lightning in volcanic plumes is controlled by topography and wind direction, with
negative strikes (negative charge carried to the ground) and positive strikes (positive
charge carried to the ground) evolving over the course of an eruption (Hoblitt, 1994) or
occurring simultaneously. The role of water in the magma and its influence in volcanic
lightning is still an open question, though the occurrence of volcanic lightning is not
related to latitude, and, hence, is likely not related to the ability of the air to hold water
(McNutt and Williams, 2010).
Storm charging. Terrestrial electrical fields occur during storm activity. Typically, a
vertical field on the order of 100 V m-1 and a current density at the surface of roughly 2 x
10-2 A m-2 exist, with water droplet interactions in clouds serving as the source of the
initial (negative) charge buildup. These induce a positive charge in the ground.
In thunderstorm clouds, the negative charge at the bottom of the cloud is offset by a
positive charge in the top portion, that together form a conductive circuit flowing upward
through the stratosphere, also called a thundercloud cell. In reality, negative charge is
flowing downward. The current has been experimentally determined to be around 0.7 A
per thundercloud cell (Troshichev et al., 2004).
Current flow in a thundercloud cell accounts for about 96% of the electrical activity
of a storm, while lightning discharges account for a minority (≈ 4%). Electrical charging
of storm clouds is offset by charging of the ocean surface, where daily electrical ocean
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surface variations are consistent with the daily change of the total area occupied by
thunderstorms (Troshichev et al., 2004). Electrical frequency spectra in the ground from
electrostatic storm charging are not reported, to the author's knowledge.
Oceanic Phenomena
Electrochemical effects in the ocean. In the oceans, different layers of water will be
stratified by temperature and salinity, and each influences density. Both of these
gradients influence electrical conductivity, and create variations in electric currents in the
oceans (Chave and Luther, 1990). The signals are low-frequency (30 kHz to 300 kHz) or
lower, typically. Voltages from temperature and salinity variations in the ocean are less
than a few mV (silver/silver-chloride electrodes were used) and the differences in salinity
and temperature were less than a few parts per thousand and a few degrees Celsius,
respectively, between electrodes (Larsen, 1992). The electrode material affects the
observed voltage. Internal waves (within the stratified ocean) are measurable electrically
in their vertical component as gradients are crossed (Chave, 1984).
Ocean transport induction. Electrical induction in the oceans occurs by three
processes: transport of seawater across the geomagnetic field (treated in this subsection);
the influence of GIC on saltwater, a conductor (treated above); and variations in sea
water due to variations in salinity and temperature (treated in the subsection above
entitled Electrochemical effects in the ocean.) Bulk water transport was first measured
electrically by Faraday in 1832, at the Waterloo Bridge with electrodes placed in the
Thames River, but sunspot activity (unfortunately) masked the periodic influence of the
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Gulf Stream (Larsen, 1992). Induced voltage due to transport of saline water has been
observed successfully, with a magnitude on the order of 25 mV per kilometer, measured
on a cable fitted with electrodes in the Straits of Florida (Larsen, 1992). The GIC (with
peaks up to about 50 mV km-1 but with typical values of 10 to 20 mV km-1) had been
subtracted out of the data by hand. The voltages occur at frequencies from 10-3.8 to 10-7.0
Hz and are incomplete, and tidal variation and other outliers create peaks around 10-5 Hz.
Oceanic charging. Two sources of electric currents in the ocean already described in
this text are: storm clouds charging the ocean surface (above); and processes to charge
water strata in the ocean itself. Electricity from both of these may be transmitted to the
rock with which it is in contact via electrostatic induction (Cox, 1981). The oceanic
lithosphere receives a quasi-static charge from the ocean. Due to the high metal content
of the rock, both electrostatic and electromagnetic induction will occur if major changes
to electric current in the oceans or to the geomagnetic field also occur.
Metabolic electrochemistry in the ocean. The metabolic action of micro- and
macrobiota in the oceans may contribute to an electrical signal that is measurable. Bohlin
et al. (1989) describes how fish are attracted to electric signals; this phenomenon might
be related either to physiology or to food sensing. Brahic (2010) describes how an
extensive network of microbial electric currents may exist in oceanic mud. Atekwana
and Slater (2009) introduce the study of microbial geophysical signatures in a
comprehensive manner; biogeophysics is an emerging field, and more research is
warranted.
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Surface Phenomena
Artificial signals. Earth electric currents may come from the transmission of
electricity or electromagnetic radiation emanating from human-made sources (Pham et
al., 1998; Keller, 1968) and also from on-ground activity, such as from electric trains.
Telluric currents may come from electrical fields set up intentionally as, for example,
from a direct-current (DC) electrical field designed to remove contaminants from soils
(Probstein and Hicks, 1993). Electroremediation can be accomplished with a field
strength of about 150 V m-1. A complexing agent is added to the groundwater, and
contaminants are attracted to wells for removal (Wong et al., 1997).
The magnitude of artificial telluric currents depends directly upon the generation
process. Extremely low frequency radio waves are generated by heating the ionosphere,
and are used by the US military to communicate with submarines, for example. Nuclear
explosions above ground also create ionospheric VLF radiation, with frequencies of 10
kHz to 15 kHz (Barr et al., 2000).
Metabolic electrochemistry in soil. The daily action of plants, fungi, bacteria, lichen
or algae that inhabit soil and rock fissures may produce electrical signals from
electrochemical processes related to metabolism. Some evidence exists that soil
microbes respond to changes in the geomagnetic field (Jie Li et al., 2009), though the
converse has not been shown. Abdel Aal et al. (2010) report that the imaginary
component of measured conductivity in sand is increased linearly as Pseudomonas
aeruginosa are introduced to the grains. The imaginary component of conductivity is a
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measure of its dissipation, part of the field equations that model oscillating or alternating
current. Abdel Ai et al. (2010) used low frequency (0.1 to 1000 Hz) signals for their
study. No change to the real component of the conductivity was observed.
Regarding plants: despite the existence of diurnal electrical variations measured in
sapwood (Gilbert et al., 2006), and in leaves and leaf stems (Gil et al., 2008), and also
despite the invention of functional electrical circuitry powered by plants and trees
(Yamaguchi and Hashimoto, 2012; Himes et al., 2010), no diurnal soil-root signal from
plants has been detected (Love et al., 2008). A new sensor for these signals has recently
been developed (Gurovich, 2009), but no evidence of diurnal signals has been published
yet.
Exo-electron emission. The process of stress relaxation may release electrons after an
initial priming, as can the addition of heat or photons to a previously stressed sample
(Oster et al., 1999). These and related processes are termed exo-electron emission if the
energy of the electrons is low (less than or equal to one electron volt), to distinguish it
from high-energy electron emission phenomena, such as fractoemission. Exo-electron
emission functions by means of traps and defects and requires a solid-gas or solid-
vacuum interface for its action: it acts at a surface. Exo-electron emission may occur in
the vadose zone or on the surface of the crust (Freund, 2011; Oster et al., 1999). Exo-
electron flux is observed as less than or equal to 108 electrons (e-) per square centimeter
(Oster et al., 1999).
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Groundwater Phenomena
Electrochemical effects in groundwater. As ionically-charged fluids travel in porous
rock, an electric current is created by the motion of the suspended ions (Corwin and
Hoover, 1979). This is the principle behind household chemical batteries, and is common
in nature. The electrochemical effect found in ore bodies, for example, is akin to
commercial electrochemical batteries in magnitude (a few volts) (Lile, 1996). While the
chemistry of the fluid determines the voltage, the signal frequencies are controlled by the
motion.
The electrokinetic effect. Just as the motion of ionically-charged fluids in porous
rock creates an electrochemical current, so too the interaction of the charged fluid with
the bounding rock creates a complementary charging in the rock itself. At the fluid-rock
interface, a single layer of adsorbed ions attracts a second layer of the opposite sign, and
these are sufficient to create an electrical potential over a distance. This so-called
streaming potential, caused by an electrokinetic effect, involves electrostatic induction by
moving ions. Self potential is a combination of streaming potential (based on the
electrokinetic effect) and of the diffusion of the ions themselves.
Typically, self potential is present in groundwater flows (Jardani et al., 2008; Jardani
et al., 2006; Revil et al., 2003; Birch, 1998; Aubert and Atangana, 1996), but can also be
found in many geologic settings, such as sulphide ore bodies (Lile, 1996) and other
mineral deposits, including graphitic deposits (Stoll et al., 1995), and on volcanoes,
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where the phenomenon is due to hydrothermal activity, changes in groundwater flow, and
magma displacement (Zlotnicki and Nishida, 2003). In hydrothermal settings, streaming
potential from electrokinetic effects is much stronger than associated thermoelectric
effects (Corwin and Hoover, 1979). A streaming potential of up to 30 mV can be
generated from a groundwater change of 50 cm, if the fluid resistivity is 102 Ω m and the
rock permeability is 10-12 m2 (Jouniaux and Pozzi, 1995). Streaming potential variations
occur, with pulses in amplitude of 15 to 40 mV, and a frequency of 0.1 to 0.5 Hz
(Jouniaux and Pozzi, 1997).
Seismic-dynamo induction. Rock is displaced as seismic waves pass through.
Groundwater in the pore space is displaced as well, as are ions in the groundwater. The
motion of ions relative to the geomagnetic field creates circularly or elliptically polarized
electric fields, with opposite orientations for positive and negative ions. This effect was
reported in 2009, and was observed both for artificial seismic waves from blasting and
for natural seismic waves (Honkura et al., 2009). The magnitude of the seismic-dynamo
effect is on the order of µV to mV, and frequency depends upon the ions in the
groundwater, with observed values between approximately 10 and 50 Hz.
Cyclotron frequency is the name given for charged particles moving in circular
motion perpendicular to a magnetic field. Each charged particle has a cyclotron
frequency based on its charge, mass and velocity relative to the magnetic field. The
observed seismic-dynamo effect reported in Honkura et al. (2009) shows electric
frequencies that may be interpreted as resonances of the cyclotron frequency of particles
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and the geomagnetic field, with bicarbonate, chloride, sodium and calcium taken as
constituents. These vary in abundance by location, and account for differences of
orientation in the observed electric fields.
Radioactive ionization. Radionuclides release energy as they decay, and that energy
can ionize surrounding material. Radon gas is one example. The most common isotope
of radon (222Ra) has a half-life of 3.8 days (Jordan et al., 2011). Several thousand
scientific publications have described the presence of radon as co-seismic with major
events. Radon at the Earth's surface ionizes particles in the air, and the motion of these
ions creates atmospheric electrical phenomena linking the surface to the ionosphere
(Pulinets, 2007). Co-seismic ionospheric anomalies might be attributed to the action of
ions created as radon is released. Studies of radon occurrence as an earthquake precursor
often look for radon concentrations in groundwater (Jordan et al., 2011). It is plausible to
assume that radon ionizes other atoms in groundwater, and that the motion of these ions
can create an electric signal. Other radionuclides could do the same.
Other Terrestrial Phenomena
Volcanic electromagnetic signals. Hata et al. (2001) report detection of consistent
electromagnetic signals during the Izu-Miyake volcanic eruption of 2000 in Japan. The
signals preceded the eruption by a week, and are associated with changes to the surface of
the Earth from magma dike growth. The exact mechanism of the signal generation is
unknown. The observational apparatus was set to detect extremely low frequency radio
waves (between 10 Hz and 300 Hz). Below 10 Hz, ionospheric and other geomagnetic
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signals predominate, and above 300 Hz, lightning noise predominates. The full spectrum
of the occuring radiation is not known.
Seismic electromagnetic signals. Matsumoto et al. (1998) report television signal
interference associated with the 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan. The electromagnetic
radiation preceded the earthquake by 6.5 hours, and was characterized as having a
magnitude of a few tens of mV m-1, a frequency in the 217 MHz range with micro second
duration. Other reports of electromagnetic phenomena during earthquakes are common,
typically involving ionospheric disturbances (Zolotov et al., 2012; Heki, 2011; Perrone et
al., 2010; Pulinets, 2007; Singh and Singh, 2007; Popov et al., 2004; Pulinets and
Boyarchuk, 2004; Davies and Baker, 1965).
Seismic electric signals. Three types of signals have been reported from a network of
monitoring stations in Greece (Varotsos et al., 1993a). First, a gradual variation in the
electric field of the Earth (GVEF) has been recorded, on the order of weeks or more
before an earthquake, and with voltage an order of magnitude higher than other purported
precursory SES. These occur rarely. Second, presumed seismic electric signals, on the
order of hours to 11 days before an earthquake, with an order of magnitude in the
millivolt range, occur commonly. Third, a short duration pulse, 1 to 4 minutes precedent
to seismic waves, with an order of magnitude in the volt range, occur rarely (Ralshovsky
and Komarov, 1993; Varotsos et al., 1993a). All three are low-frequency signals, less
than or equal to 1 Hz (Varotsos et al., 2011). Similar seismic signal data have been
reported in Japan using the same method (Uyeda et al., 2009).
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Fractoemission. Fractoemission, in which electrons escape from a freshly cleaved
surface, has been described in James et al. (2000). Their observations show electrical
charging of about 10-5 coulombs per kilogram for volcanic ash. Fracture experiments
have recorded up to 10 parts per million (ppm) ozone production from the crushing of
typical terrestrial crustal rock, with the ozone being generated by electricity from
physical charge separation during fracture (Baragiola et al., 2011). The energy of the
emitted electrons can be very high, up to tens of thousands of electron volts (keV) or
higher. The electrons are produced as the surface attains and maintains a charge, often
pulling electrons from deep inside, termed the Malter effect (Oster et al., 1999).
Electromagnetic emission resulting from a single crack in ice under various stress
regimes has a frequency of 103 to 105 Hz, with a change in potential of about 2 mV
(Shibkov et al., 2005).
Defect charging. Pressure can cause defects in materials. Defects can both liberate
charge carriers, such as ions or electrons, and create charge acceptors, such as holes or
lattice vacancies. Pressure changes can also result in the reorientation and charging of
lattice defects, called defect charging. These processes have characteristic
electromagnetic emissions, with frequencies in the range 102 to 106 Hz for crystals with
predominantly ionic bonds (Shibkov et al., 2005).
Defect charging has been studied as a candidate for the cause of electrical signals
associated with earthquake phenomena (Freund, 2011; Varotsos et al., 1998). Takeuchi
and Nagao (2013) demonstrate an electromotive force of 80 mV in gabbro with 50 MPa
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of load. Freund (2011) proposes that peroxy defects present in silicate rocks, where the
tetrahedral silicate bonds are O3Si – OO – SiO3 instead of O3Si – O – SiO3, can be a
source of mobile charge carriers. Peroxy bonds commonly break under pressure. The
new structure can accept an electron from a neighboring silica-oxygen tetrahedron. That
transfer, in turn, creates a positive hole in the electron donor. Positive holes can also
interact with negative ions liberated from the lattice by changes in pressure, e.g. from
seismic waves. This condition may form paths for electric current to flow.
Such defect phenomena are fundamental to how semiconducting materials work, and
are probably widespread in nature. General terms for the process described above are
"charge-vacancy coupling" or "defect and charge transport" (Raymond and Smyth, 1996).
Peroxy bonds exist in silicate rocks in enough numbers to create measurable electricity.
The process of charge-vacancy coupling is nontrivial in all rocks, given the right
conditions. Typical electric currents from defect charging in rock are on the order of 1
nanoampere at 20 megapascals of pressure (Freund, 2011).
The piezoelectric effect. The piezoelectric effect (electric field or charge caused by
applied pressure) has been modeled as a crystal lattice effect, as deformation from stress
or strain displaces the positions of shared electrical bonds (Mason, 1950; Cady, 1946).
This is the mechanism first described by Voigt (1910) (Katzir, 2006). Stress is an
internal pressure of particles acting on each other, caused by external load. Strain is a
change to the shape of a material, caused by stress. Piezoelectricity is based on the
symmetry of a crystal.
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A more in-depth treatment of the ideas in the following paragraph can be found in
Sands (1994). Crystals can have three types of symmetry. If the coordinates of a crystal
lattice are hypothetically reflected through a point, a new inverse lattice with new inverse
coordinates is created. If the inverse lattice is identical to the original crystal lattice, the
crystal is centrosymmetric. If the inverse lattice is not identical to the original crystal
lattice, but the inverse lattice can be rotated to match the original lattice, then the crystal
is non-centrosymmetric. If the inverse lattice is not identical to the original crystal
lattice, and the inverse lattice cannot be rotated to match the original lattice, then the
crystal is chiral, also called enantiomorphic. The terms “chiral” and “enantiomorphic”
are synonyms and refer to handedness. These crystals occur in both left-handed and
right-handed forms.
For a more in depth treatment of the following descriptions of piezoelectricity, see
Cady (1946). A centrosymmetric crystal lattice ought not allow for any electrical charge
to build up under pressure. Every bond displaced will be countered by another bond
whose displacement can cancel the charge of the first. However, some minerals with
centrosymmetric crystal lattices, such as zeolites and topaz, express electricity under
stress and strain. No explanation has yet been proposed for this anomaly.
Many chiral and non-centrosymmetric minerals display the piezoelectric effect. The
most well-known is quartz, and the most intuitive application at one time was in record
needles or microphones, to change variations in pressure into an electrical signal. The
electrical signals in these devices are very small, on the order of 10-12 coulombs per
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newton (C N-1) for a single crystal. Piezoelectric data for minerals are presented in
Chapter 5, p. 109.
The thermoelectric effect. A homogeneous conductor expresses a voltage when there
is a temperature gradient, with electrons (the more negative) at the cold end. This is
called the Seebeck effect (or the thermoelectric effect), and is directly observable as
electric current when two dissimilar conductors are connected to each other under a
thermal gradient (Goupil et al., 2011). Thermocouples are based on this effect. For more
information on the following discussion, see von Baeckmann et al. (1997). Corrosion of
bridges and other metal structures where dissimilar metals are found is caused by this
phenomenon. In the crustal materials of the Earth, the thermoelectric effect is important
in ore bodies, and in regions with high heat flux. The magnitude is on the order of 10-5
volts per degree Kelvin. (See Chapter 5, Mineral Data, p. 109.)
Geologic case studies are abundant. Shankland (1975) describes measurements of
thermoelectricity from rock samples in a laboratory setting. Leinov et al. (2010) describe
thermoelectric effects in brine-saturated sandstone in situ. The thermoelectric effect from
ore minerals, for example from pyrite during computer-aided resistivity surveys for gold
(called pyrite-thermoelectric surveying), has also been described (Zhang Yun-qiang et al.,
2010; Cao Ye et al., 2008), as has thermoelectricity from magnetite grains in the Earth’s
crust, and especially in the middle-lower crust (Junfeng Shen et al., 2010). This
widespread effect is similar to defect charging (described in the Defect Charging
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subsection above, p. 31) in that both processes mobilize charge carriers and holes
(acceptors), the one with a temperature gradient, the other with pressure.
Note that both of the temperature effects listed in this section have sometimes been
lumped together as the thermoelectric effect. They have been described as such by
Corwin and Hoover (1979), who treat temperature effects as unwanted signal noise in self
potential surveying. They are unwanted if one is looking for electrical indications of
water flow (from the motion of ion-rich water, and from the electrokinetic effect) for
geothermal use.
The pyroelectric effect. Water is a polar molecule. Any material whose structure has
an axis with dissimilar ends, and whose ends are of uneven electrical charge, is a polar
material. The dissimilar ends are called a permanent electric dipole. In polar minerals,
electric charges located at the ends of the permanent electric dipole are rapidly
neutralized by the environment under normal conditions. During heating or cooling,
however, the charges do not have time to dissipate, and are detectable. This phenomenon
is called pyroelectricity, or the pyroelectric effect (Bhalla et al., 1993). It is sensitive to
both the change in temperature and the rate of change in temperature of a polar material.
Tourmalines are common minerals that exhibit this effect (Hawkins et al., 1995).
Typical magnitudes are on the order of 10-6 coulombs per square meter per Kelvin for
single crystal samples.
Magma electrochemistry. The motion of magma during volcanic processes and also
of volatiles can hypothetically create an electric signal. Volatiles can in some instances
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ionize surrounding materials, and magma itself can be rich with ions. No study of these
natural electrical phenomena is found in the literature, to the author's knowledge.
Toramaru and Yamauchi (2012), in trying to create an analog to layered dikes and sills,
used an externally applied electric field to create cyclically-layered structure in an
artificial material, PbI2.
Radioactive emission. Electric current can hypothetically be caused directly by the
motion of charged particles released by the breakdown of radionuclides. For example, α-
particle emission is a steady source of charged particles, and therefore creates an electric
signal. Significant radioactive decay has been reported in natural fission reactors as
having occurred in the past (Stille et al., 2003; Jensen and Ewing, 2001; Gauthier-Lafaye,
1997). Electrical observations of this phenomenon are not in the published literature, to
the author’s knowledge.
Deep Terrestrial Phenomena
Geomagnetic jerk. Short-term changes to the second derivative of the geomagnetic
field are termed geomagnetic jerks, and arise from electrical signals traveling through the
mantle during deep (core) events (Nagao et al., 2003). Transmission of electricity from
the upper mantle to the lower crust is likely, but has not been observed. Separate
geomagnetic jerks of limited extent have been modeled as having been caused by single
events originating in and traveling through Earth’s core, as described in Chulliat et al.
(2009). The physical models suggest that quantifying mantle conductivity is still an open
question (Malin and Hodder, 1982).
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The electrical conductivity of the deep mantle is two orders of magnitude higher than
that of the shallow mantle, with a transition depth of 670 km. Another region of higher
conductivity transition occurs at 2700 km, the D’’ layer, so named as part of Keith
Bullen’s Earth taxonomy from the 1940s (Duffy, 2008; Ohta et al., 2008; Constable and
Constable, 2004; Chao, 2000). The increased conductivity has been modeled using a
combination of proton conduction if hydrogen is present and polaron conduction, which
is electron hole hopping between Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions in minerals that contain iron
(Yoshino, 2010). Both of these are semiconductor phenomena. A wet mantle is not
generally required to fit the observations (Yoshino et al., 2008). The increase at the D’’
layer is also related to the transition from perovskite, an orthorhombic mineral, to post-
perovskite, a sheet mineral, that occurs at this depth (Duffy, 2008).
Bulk rock responses to local changes in the geomagnetic field caused by changes in
the Earth’s core ought to affect ore bodies or other rock with high conductivity. No
articles are apparently available that report long-term telluric currents caused by
fluctuations in the geomagnetic field originating in the Earth’s core.
Monitoring Telluric Currents
Thirty two distinct causes of telluric currents have been listed above. Mechanisms
that occur with regular cycles include: artificial signals, eleven-year GIC, diurnal GIC,
and seasonal phenomena in the atmosphere (such as storm charging and lightning
strikes), in the oceans (such as ocean transport induction) and in groundwater (such as the
electrochemical effect). Lightning phenomena, GIC, TID and the thermoelectric effect
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are the mechanisms that have been of the greatest interest to society, since these can
disrupt communications or destroy structures and equipment.
The geomagnetic field is currently monitored by an extensive network of
government-run observatories and includes a near-real-time international data repository
(Intermagnet, 2012; Kerridge, 2001). The same is not the case for Earth’s telluric
phenomena, but some national institutions and systems are in place and usually produce
freely-available data. China, Russia, South Africa, Japan, Greece, the United States and
Canada, for example, all have networks of magnetotelluric stations to monitor seismic
events as they sometimes correlate with electrical and magnetic signals. References or
websites exist for China (Xuhui Shen et al., 2011), Russia (ISTP SB RAS, 2012), South
Africa (Facebook, 2012; Fourie, 2011), Japan (Geospatial Information Authority of
Japan, 2010; Uyeshima et al., 2001; Kawase et al., 1993), Greece (Varotsos et al., 1993a),
and the U.S. and Canada (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, 2012;
Zhdanov et al., 2011). No global correlation network of electric signal data exists in real
time, though the MTNet, maintained by a working group of the International Association
of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy will likely assume this role (MTNET, 2012). This
association houses research results and data, acts as an international forum, and hosts
workshops and conferences.
Magnetotelluric stations generally consist of portable magnetic and telluric sensors,
and are used for economic geological exploration. Their application is widespread. A
global, permanent network of dedicated electrical-measurement stations would be a
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complement, as would enough data on how Earth electric currents are formed and
transmitted to construct a mathematical model to correlate the magnetic and electrical
phenomena.
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CHAPTER 3
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY OVERVIEW
Definition of a Crystal
Among the various definitions of a crystal, the following from Dyson (2009, p. 214)
is mathematically astute: “a [crystal] is a distribution of discrete point masses whose
Fourier transform is a distribution of discrete point frequencies” in reciprocal space.
Fourier transforms perform this: they take coordinates and create a new space out of
them, where periodic patterns are easily recognized. The new space is called a reciprocal
space.
The arrangement of atoms in a crystal lattice is periodic. Their positions relative to
the other atoms are specified, and the entire arrangement, called a unit cell, repeats itself,
forming the crystal. The positions of atoms and the geometry of the unit cell are
observable in X-ray diffraction patterns (XRD), made by shining X-rays through a crystal
and exposing a film. X-ray diffraction is, for example, how Franklin, Watson and Crick
were able to determine the double-helical structure of deoxyribonucleic acid crystals
(DNA). Franklin made the films; Watson and Crick utilized them (Watson et al., 2012).
A large percentage of crystallographers are currently engaged in biomedical pursuits; the
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arrangement of atoms within molecules may indicate properties suited (or unsuitable) to
medical applications.
Dyson’s definition of a crystal, above, is generalizable to two-dimensional cases, such
as tiling problems. For example: what regular tile shapes can cover a floor without
leaving gaps or overlapping, in a periodic pattern? For another example: what regular
tile shapes can cover a floor without leaving gaps or overlapping, in a non-periodic
pattern? These latter are called Penrose tiles, and periodicity can sometimes be found in
looking at the non-periodic tiling from a higher dimension, as a projection (Senechal,
1995).
Dyson’s definition of crystal is generalizable to one-dimensional cases, such as the
distribution of prime numbers among the natural numbers (Dyson, 2009). It is also
generalizable to high-dimensional theoretical cases. Mathematics allows for this view.
In three dimensions, atoms are connected in a crystal lattice, influencing the shape and
parting of the material. By definition, all minerals are crystalline. In a crystal, atoms are
connected by chemical bonds that repeat periodically. Patterns in these bonds influence
the various forms of energy available to a system. A pyroelectric mineral, for example,
will translate some heat energy into electricity, as shown by the line connecting
“Temperature” and “Field” in the Heckmann diagram in Figure 1. A Heckmann diagram
is a schematic representation of the coupling between mechanical energy and other
physical effects (Ballato, 1995; Heckmann, 1925).
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FIGURE 1. Heckmann diagram showing couplings among mechanical, electrical and
thermal effects. Drawing © 1995 IEEE, from Figure 1 of Ballato, A., 1995,
Piezoelectricity: Old effect, new thrusts: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics,
Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, v. 42, p. 916–926. Reproduced with permission.
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Minerals in a real setting serve as home to ions and elements, and these may be
liberated or sequestered, depending on thermodynamic conditions. This is an activation
process. Minerals host defects of form, vacancies, interstitials, lattice displacements and
dislocations, including the newly discovered pleat dislocation (Irvine et al., 2010), and
these hold energy. Mineral defects can serve as holes to carry electrical charge, such as is
of utmost importance to materials science and computing. Also, minerals, being
regular forms, are subject to resonant phenomena that may be important on various
scales, from small to large (e.g., thin-film applications, radio oscillators, laser-beam
generation, strain-hardening in metal fabrication, etc.)
Crystal Systems
For a more in-depth discussion of the following description, see Sands (1994).
Minerals exist in different phases depending on external perturbations or the parameters
of the system where they grow, such as temperature, pressure, or the abundance or
mobility of various atoms and ions. Available energy can dictate the structure of the
lattice, and the transitions between forms of different symmetries indicate different
amounts of internal energy. Ideally, crystals are limited to forms that can fill the space
continuously, without leaving gaps or overlapping. Periodic repetitions about an axis, so
that six equal rotations return the unit cell to its original location, for example, constitutes
a type of rotational symmetry. Six-fold rotational symmetry defines the hexagonal
crystal system. If the unit cell is built upon a triangle instead of a hexagon, the crystal is
part of the trigonal crystal system. These two crystal systems have a rotational axis,
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labeled the c axis. Growth along the c axis forms a hexagonal or trigonal cylinder. In
mineralogy, such cylinders are called prisms. If the prism has square sides instead, the
crystal is tetragonal.
If the unit cell is not prismatic, but the sides of the cell are perpendicular to each
other, then the crystal is either cubic (equal side lengths), or orthorhombic (unequal side
lengths). If the sides of the unit cell are not perpendicular to each other, but one set of
sides is parallel, then the crystal is monoclinic. If none of the sides of the unit cell are
parallel, the crystal is triclinic. The seven crystal systems are: hexagonal, trigonal,
tetragonal, cubic, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic. With three axes from which to
work (in three-dimensional space), and also the possibilities of extra symmetries, such as
mirrored forms, these seven crystal systems make up 32 crystal classes.
Symmetry is an ordinal concept. Some symmetries are higher than others. A crystal
with a six-fold rotational axis (angles are 60º, which is 360º/6) has higher symmetry than
one with a two-fold axis (angles are 180º, which is 360º/2). Likewise, a crystal with three
two-fold rotational axes has higher symmetry than a crystal with only two two-fold axes.
The complexity is an indicator of internal energy (Slater, 1972).
Thermodynamics
For a deeper treatment of the following description, see Goodisman (1987). The
thermodynamic relations of internal energy that determine transformations in rocks and
minerals may be modeled using the equation for internal energy of a system:
U = TS – PV + pE – MB + ∑ µXNX , (2)
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where U is the internal energy of the system, T is the temperature, S is the entropy, P is
the pressure, V is the volume, p is the electrical polarization tensor, E is the electrical
field tensor, M is the magnetization tensor, B is the magnetic field tensor, µX is the
chemical potential of each phase present, and NX is the number of constituent particles of
each phase, with ∑ taking the mathematical meaning summation for the various values of
the product µX times NX where a unique X corresponds to each phase present. For each
pair of terms on the right side of Equation 2, the first term is intensive, and the second
term extensive. Intensive parameters depend upon the amount of material in a system.
Extensive parameters do not.
Manning and Pichavant (1983), writing of thermodynamic properties, report that the
presence of boron and fluorine greatly reduce the solidus temperature in wet granitic
melts. This would imply the formation of tourmaline and topaz, materials in which
fluorine and boron can sequestered, respectively, from the melt. (See Table 4 in
Appendix A, p. 193, for a description of the minerals tourmaline and topaz.) Using their
data, 15% boron oxide (B2O3) in a powdered sample (called a charge) of Qz-Ab-Or
lowers the solidus temperature at 108 pascals (Pa) (1 kbar) from 715º Celsius (C) to less
than 600º C. The solidus is the temperature (and/or pressure) below which a material is
completely solid, and the mineral-name abbreviations are Qz as quartz, Ab as the
plagioclase feldspar albite, and Or as orthoclase feldspar. In short, adding 15% boron
oxide to the charge lowers the solidus temperature by 16% at the cited pressure.
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Likewise, adding 4% fluorine to a separate Qz-Ab-Or charge lowers the solidus
temperature by 23%.
In the first case of adding boron oxide, tourmaline must take up 16% of the internal
energy of the system, if the other parameters are constant. In the second case of adding
fluorine, topaz must take up 23% of the internal energy of the system, if the other
parameters are constant. Manning and Pichavant (1983) do not report any electrical or
magnetic data in their study.
Phase Transitions
For a more thorough treatment of the following description, see Snider (1986).
Physical parameters within a thermodynamic system may depend on each other. For
example, in an ideal gas,
PV = nmRT, (3)
where P is the pressure, V is the volume, nm is the number of moles of the gas, R is the
ideal gas constant (the product of the Boltzmann constant and Avogadro’s number) and T
is the temperature. (An ideal gas is one where the physical interactions of the gas
molecules are perfectly elastic; they behave as point masses.) The difference between the
number of variables and the number of controlling conditions on those variables is the
degrees of freedom of a system, and these can be used in descriptions of the history of a
system or in materials fabrication:
Nf = nv – nc , (4)
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where Nf is the number of degrees of freedom, nv is the number of variables, and nc is the
number of controlling conditions. The term nv includes both dependent and independent
variables; the addition of a dependent variable to the system is accompanied by its
controlling condition, so Nf stays the same.
In a thermodynamic system, materials with different chemical compositions or
physical states are called phases. Liquid water and water vapor are two separate phases
in this conception. The number of phases coexisting at thermodynamic equilibrium
within a simple substance is described by Gibbs’ phase rule:
Φ = Nv + 2, (5)
where Φ is the number of phases in equilibrium and Nv is the number of independent
variables (Gibbs, 1878). Never has this been seen to be violated, but it is not clear why
this arises if from anything other than the definitions of the system at equilibrium.
Matsunaga and Tamaki (2008), for example, define a quasi-liquid state, composed of two
phases (solid and liquid) taken as a single phase in the pre-melting regions of ionic
crystals. Their system is not at equilibrium, but their definition is an attempt to bridge the
gap. Their quasi-liquid will occur if the phase transition is continuous, with both phases
coexisting during the transition (a first order transition) but not if it is discontinuous (a
second order transition).
Man (1986) presents a topological treatment of Gibbs’ phase rule, arguing
mathematically that if the topological surface mapped from this rule is slightly perturbed,
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there should be a nonempty set of spaces in which the phase rule is violated. This is true
for any mathematical rule or use of language.
Using Mathematics to Describe Crystal Properties
Voigt notation is used for describing crystal phenomena (Bass, 1995). Here is an
extended example to illustrate the notation: imagine a directed pressure acting on a
crystal. The crystal might transmit the directed pressure in a few different ways. Stress
(internal) and, perhaps, strain (external deformation) will occur, and some of the energy
from these may now be available for other processes such as piezoelectric generation.
The original directed pressure provides this energy to the crystal lattice. The orientation
influences the outcome.
There are two types of stress and strain: compression (being pressed together); and
tension (being pulled apart). In Voigt notation, these two are described differently. For
compression, with an x, y, and z axis (in the Cartesian basis, in three dimension), the
indices 1, 2, and 3 are used. Compressional stress and strain along the x axis are
described with the index 1, for example. Likewise, index 2 denotes (compressional)
stress or strain directed along the y axis; the stress or strain squarely strike a crystal face
if that face lies normal to the y axis. The same follows for 3, the z axis, and crystal faces
perpendicular to the z axis.
Tension is annotated differently. Tensional stress and strain are described as a shear.
Two opposing forces (causing the shear) are laterally separated. In Voigt notation, the
indices 4, 5, and 6 denote shear planes. Number 4 stress and strain indicate shear along
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the plane made by the y and z axes (called the yz plane). Number 5 stress and strain
indicate shear along the xz plane. Number 6 stress and strain indicate shear along the xy
plane. The indices 4, 5, and 6 denote effects perpendicular to the x, y, and z axes,
respectively. By using both sets of indices one can annotate both compression (1, 2, and
3) and tension (4, 5, and 6) to get an accurate description of forces and other coefficients
acting on or through a crystal in three dimensions. In practice, crystals are cut into thin
plates perpendicular to the x, y, and z axes, and the properties of these plates are reported,
with their Voigt indices. Cut samples are called plates or crystal plates.
Elastic Moduli
Compliance (s) is the ability to turn stress into strain. Stiffness (c) is the ability to
receive mechanical energy as stress and resist deformation. Together, the compliance
and stiffness coefficients are termed the elastic moduli of a material. Equations for elastic
moduli were developed conceptually from Hooke’s law, which states that the
deformation in a spring is proportional to the load on it (Bentahar, 2000). The equation
σ (i) = c (ij) η (j) (6)
relates stress to strain, where σ (i) is stress in the i direction (whether 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, in
Voigt notation) η (j) is strain in the j direction (whether 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6), and c (ij) is the
stiffness coefficient. Every and McCurdy (1992) offer a more thorough treatment of this
and the following description. The coefficient c (ij) describes stress (σ) in the i direction
and strain (η) in the j direction. The coefficient c (14) signifies the stiffness for stress (σ)
along the x axis, and strain (η) along the yz plane. Values can be negative. As a
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mnemonic, the sigma (σ) has an “s” sound, just like the last letters in “stress.” The eta
(η) looks like an “n,” just like the last letter in “strain.”
Likewise,
η (i) = s (ij) σ (j) (7)
relates strain to stress, where s (ij) is the compliance coefficient, and the other symbols
are as above. Note that the coefficient s (14) signifies the compliance for strain (η) along
the x axis, and stress (σ) along the yz plane.
The elastic moduli described above have two indices, one for stress and one for strain.
These moduli are denoted second-order because they have two indices. Elastic moduli
may also be measured for one stress and two strain directions (denoted third-order, with
three indices) or higher. For both stiffnesses and compliances in moduli higher than
second-order, the first subscript denotes the direction of stress, and all of the following
subscripts denote strain directions, so c (615), for example, denotes shear stress along the
xy plane (perpendicular to the z axis), normal strain on the x plane, and shear strain along
the xz plane (perpendicular to the y axis). If values are available for the two strains (1
and 5) and for the stiffness c (615), then the shear stress along the xy plane (6) can be
calculated. The two strain values and the stiffness coefficient are multiplied.
Voigt Notation for Other Crystal Coefficients
Other terms use Voigt notation, and Nye (1957) offers a broader introduction. For
example, relative dielectric strength (the ability to store electric charge) is written as K (i)
with the index taking a value of 1, 2, or 3. Likewise, d (ij) denotes a piezoelectric strain
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rate, with the location of the electricity shown by the first subscript, and strain by the
second. It is called the piezoelectric strain coefficient and signifies change in strain per
change in electrical field. The four piezoelectric coefficients are d (ij), e (ij), g (ij), and h
(ij). The piezoelectric stress coefficient is e (ij) and signifies the same as d (ij), except
that stress is denoted instead of strain. The other two coefficients, g (ij), and h (ij), are
analogous to d (ij) and e (ij), but denote electric polarization instead of electric field.
Strain versus electric field is the easiest to measure, and, in practice, d (ij) is the most
widely reported. Piezoelectricity is also generalizable to a single coefficient, the
electromechanical coupling factor, k (ij). In every instance, whether d (ij), e (ij), g (ij), h
(ij), or k (ij), the first index indicates the location of the electricity.
Piezoelectric phenomena occur in various crystals, and a number of specialized cuts
can be made to examine electrical properties. A quartz plate with an AT orientation, for
example, is cut in a plane that contains the x axis and is inclined 35°15’ from the z axis,
and is used for quartz resonators (Reed et al., 1990). A Z-cut plate, for example, is cut
perpendicular to the z axis, which corresponds to the c axis of the crystal. An X cut is
similar, but perpendicular to the x axis.
The crystallographic axes a, b, and c correspond to the x, y and z axes if the crystal
form is orthogonal. If not, the c axis takes precedence as the z axis, and the rest of the
Cartesian coordinate system is matched up according to the symmetry. If possible, an a
axis of the crystal will be set to correspond with the x axis, as is the case with quartz, for
example, which has three a axes and one c axis.
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Measurements of other phenomena generally make use of Voigt notation. Those
besides stress, strain, dielectricity, and piezoelectricity are discussed in the section
Electrical and Magnetic Properties, p. 54. Terms in the following section make use of
Voigt notation.
Crystal Properties Across a Range of Temperatures and Pressures
The following descriptions are from Every and McCurdy (1992). Measurements
across several temperatures and pressures are termed temperature slopes and pressure
slopes, respectively, if the functions are linear. For stiffness coefficients of the elastic
moduli, these are defined as
Tc (ij) = ∂ (ln c (ij)) / ∂ T, (8)
where Tc (ij) is the temperature stiffness slope, c (ij) is the elastic stiffness, T is the
temperature, ln signifies the natural log, and ∂ signifies the partial derivative. The natural
log is used in Equation 8 to compare numbers of different magnitudes more easily. The
partial derivatives are used in the same way that rise over run is used in generating the
slope of any line. This equation is empirical (rather than theoretical); the natural log is
used to make looking at a wide spread of values manageable.
Likewise, the equation
Pc (ij) = ∂ (ln c (ij)) / ∂ P, (9)
where Pc (ij) is the pressure stiffness slope, P is the pressure, and the other terms are as
above, gives a value for the change in stiffness with a change in pressure. Where the
entropy or temperature are constant, the pressure stiffness slopes are
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PcS (ij) = ∂ (ln cS (ij)) / ∂ P, and (10)
PcT (ij) = ∂ (ln cT (ij)) / ∂ P, (11)
where PcS (ij) is the adiabatic pressure stiffness slope, cS (ij) is the adiabatic stiffness
coefficient, PcT (ij) is the isothermal pressure stiffness slope, cT (ij) is the isothermal
stiffness coefficient, and the other terms are as above. The adjective "adiabatic" signifies
constant entropy; the adjective "isothermal" signifies constant temperature.
Where the relations are not linear as the slope of the natural log, polynomial terms are
used, defined as
Tc(n) (ij) = [1 / (n! c0 (ij))] [∂n c (ij) / ∂ Tn], (12)
where Tc(n) (ij) is the polynomial temperature stiffness factor, c0 (ij) is a stiffness value
(from observation), n is the degree of the derivative, ! signifies factorial, and the other
terms are as above (Every and McCurdy, 1992). All the terms on the right side of
Equation 12 constitute the coefficients of a MacLaurin series, which takes differentiable
functions and breaks them into distinct parts for each dimension of analysis, with
differentiation about the origin. The values of Tc(1) , Tc(2), Tc(3), and so on, are added
together to give a result. Higher values of n give a more precise result. Like the
equations above, Equation 12 is built upon the concept of rise over run, which, in this
case, is change in the stiffness coefficient over change in temperature.
Various properties of crystals are measured across a range of temperatures and
pressures, and the equations for them take a similar form to the equations discussed here.
Note that the compliance coefficient s can be substituted for c into any of these equations,
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though they might still be termed “stiffness” slopes in the literature rather than
compliance slopes. Generating empirical temperature and pressure equations requires
more data than are often gathered. While graphs of temperature and pressure variation
data are not uncommonly found, equations themselves are somewhat uncommon for
minerals and other earth materials to date.
Electrical and Magnetic Properties
This section lists twenty-four mineral properties that produce electrical and magnetic
phenomena or are related to them. Further information can be found in Sidebottom
(2012) and Hoddeson et al. (1992).
Conductivity and Dielectricity
The inverse of resistance is called conductance and is measured in Ω-1 (called
siemens, S, in le système international d’unités (SI) notation). Conductors generally have
conductance values of 105 to 108 S, semiconductors of 10-7 to 105 S, and insulators of less
than 10-7 S (Guéguen and Palciauskas, 1994). The range in conductance is about 32
orders of magnitude, from 1012 to 10-20 S. The charge carriers in conductors (metals) and
semiconductors are electrons. The difference lies in the amount of energy it takes to
mobilize the charge carrier, with semiconductors requiring energy to overcome the band
gap. At extremely low temperatures, metals are optimized for conduction, while
semiconductors behave nearly as insulators at extremely low temperatures, because the
required activation energy is not present. Insulators are similar to semi-conductors in that
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there is an activation energy required for the flow of electric charge, but the charge
carriers are ions rather than electrons (Parkhomenko, 1967).
Resistance in a material increases as more material is added. A standard measure for
electric current flow is resistivity, measured in Ω m typically; this measure does not
change with the size of the material. Resistivity can be measured by applying current to a
material of known cross-section, and dividing by the length. Geophysical techniques
exist for measuring resistivity in the ground (Loke and Barker, 2006). Conductivity is the
inverse of resistivity and is typically measured in S m-1.
A material which impedes the flow of electric current by storing some of the energy
is characterized as being dielectric. Dielectric materials store charge, and this is termed
capacitance. For materials subjected to alternating electric current, dielectric loss (as
heat) is a measure of capacitance (Parkhomenko, 1967).
Piezoelectricity, Piezomagnetism and Their Converse Effects
Some minerals translate seismic energy into electrical signals, termed
piezoelectricity. The converse effect is also observed. In the converse piezoelectric
effect, an electric field (or polarization) will produce stress and strain (Cady, 1946). Both
the piezoelectric effect and the converse piezoelectric effect have magnetic analogs. The
piezomagnetic effect is the production of magnetization or a magnetic field caused by
stress or strain. Under the converse piezomagnetic effect, a mineral exposed to a
magnetic field will deform. All four effects are limited to materials whose lattices are
asymmetrical, to allow for a net result caused by deformation.
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Electrostriction and Magnetostriction
For a more extensive treatment of the following, see Blinc (2011). All non-
conducting materials will constrict under an applied electrical field, as the opposite
charges on separated material faces attract; this phenomenon is called electrostriction.
Ferromagnetic minerals will change shape as they magnetize; this is called
magnetostriction.
Pyroelectricity, the Seebeck Effect and Thermoelectricity
A mineral that is by nature polar (e.g. water ice) ought to have a spontaneous electric
charge on its c axis, but this charge commonly dissipates to the environment, and is not
observed. A change in temperature will produce a new charge build-up, and this is
termed pyroelectricity. Two types exist, namely, primary pyroelectricity, which arises
from the contribution of polarity within the lattice, as described above, and secondary
pyroelectricity, which is caused by the piezoelectric effect as the lattice expands or
contracts while heated or cooled. Pyroelectricity is measured as
p = ∆p / ∆T, (13)
where p is the pyroelectric coefficient, p is the electric polarization in C m-2, T is the
temperature in Kelvin or Celsius, and ∆ signifies change (Bhalla et al., 1993). From
Equation 13, the product of the pyroelectric coefficient and the change in temperature
will give the change in polarization.
The Seebeck effect is seen at the junction of two dissimilar conductors subjected to a
temperature gradient, and produces electric current (Gould et al., 2008). More
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information related to the following description can be found in Goldsmid (2009).
Thermoelectricity is a general term for the liberation of charge carriers in a material with
heating, and includes both the Peltier effect and the Thomson effect. While the Seebeck
effect describes how a termperature gradient within a material mobilizes charge carriers,
the Peltier effect describes heating at the junction of two dissiilar conductors, that
opposes the electricity generation; the Thomson effect is a generalization of the Peltier
effect to a single material wherein the Seebeck effect varies with temperature, acting as if
extra junctions exist. These three are thermoelectric effects.
Ferroelectricity, Antiferroelectricity and Paraelectricity
A more in-depth treatment of the ideas contained in the following three paragraphs
can be found in Blinc (2011). Some materials may exhibit piezoelectricity. If the effect
is reversible (so that the sign of the polarization can be switched by applying a larger
electric field), then the material is termed ferroelectric. The name “ferroelectric” is akin
to “ferromagnetic,” not for its reference to iron, but in signifying reversibility. Some
magnets (ferromagnets) can have their magnetic polarity switched by the application of
an external magnetic field. The analogous is true in ferroelectrics.
The ferroelectric effect is due to the presence of two competing sublattice orientations
in the crystal. A sublattice is a part of the crystal lattice, which, when taken separately,
may have a different symmetry from the overall lattice. The applied field allows the
sublattices to reorient, favoring one of these two. Ice is a common ferroelectric mineral
(Cubiotti and Geracitano, 1967). The competing crystal sublattices are responsible for
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ice being lighter than water and for other anomalies. A ferroelectric crystal need not be
asymmetrical to express piezoelectricity; the sublattices provide the asymmetry.
Antiferroelectricity and paraelectricity are also caused by sublattice competition. If
the two competing crystal orientations are at right angles to each other, then the material
is called antiferroelectric, and generally polarizes more strongly in one direction than the
other. If an external electric field polarizes a mineral, but is unable to switch its polarity,
and interacts with the mineral in such a way that the applied field then causes extra
polarization (an increase that is more than linear), the material is termed paraelectric.
In general, “linear” refers to functions whose graph is a line. If x is proportional to y,
then
y = mx + b, (14)
where x and y are variables, m is the slope of the line (∆y / ∆x), and b is the value of y
when x is zero. In a non-linear increase, m is an increasing or decreasing function, rather
than a single value.
Ferromagnetism, Ferrimagnetism, Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism
A thorough treatment of magnetism in materials can be found in Morrish (1965).
One type of magnetism is ferromagnetism; the polarity in ferromagnetism is based on a
previous exposure to a magnetic field, but some minerals exhibit spontaneous
magnetization whose orientation is set without a previous exposure. Ferromagnetism is
also called remanent magnetization. A second type of magnetism is ferrimagnetism;
ferrimagnetism is based on internal domain and lattice structure. It is not switchable.
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Both ferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism are considered permanent magnetizations, in
contrast to the next type, which is an induced magnetization.
This third type of magnetism is paramagnetism; if a material cannot be magnetized,
but can interact with an externally applied magnetic field, and makes an addition to the
field that is non-linear (and, specifically, greater than linear), the material is called
paramagnetic. Paramagnetism is the analog of paraelectricity. A fourth type of
magnetism is diamagnetism; if a material can interact with an externally applied magnetic
field to make it weaker, that material is termed diamagnetic.
The Piezooptic, Rotooptic, Electrooptic and Magnetooptic Effects; Electrogyration and
Magnetogyration
For a more thorough treatment of the following subsection, see Nelson (1996). In
transparent minerals, photons, whether of visible light or infrared, are transmitted in their
original orientation. In refractive minerals, the frequency of the transmitted photon is
changed. In birefringent minerals, the frequency of the transmitted photon is changed,
dependent on its orientation within the crystal as it is being transmitted. Birefringent
minerals have two axes for diffraction.
Some minerals translate seismic energy into a change in the frequency of a photon
being transmitted. This is called the piezooptic effect. Some minerals translate seismic
energy into a change in the direction of a photon being transmitted. This is called the
rotooptic effect.
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Some photons are affected by the presence of an external electrical or magnetic field,
and the energy results in a change in frequency for the transmitted photons. These
phenomena are called the electrooptic effect and magnetooptic effect, respectively. If an
applied electrical field rotates a transmitted photon, the rotation is called electrogyration.
The analogous effect under a magnetic field is termed magnetogyration Gyration rotates
the photons themselves, while a rotooptic effect changes the crystal lattice, rotating the
transmission medium.
These four “optic” and two “gyration” effects act upon photons. A distinction is
made among these effects, which are called high-frequency electromagnetic effects, and
the effects (such as piezoelectricity) described in the other subsections above. The latter
are called low-frequency electromagnetic effects. High-frequency electromagnetic
effects act upon electromagnetic radiation (photons). Low-frequency effects act via
electric or magnetic fields.
Computer Modeling
The previous sections of this chapter have briefly examined mineral systems,
thermodynamics, crystal notation, and crystal properties. For earth materials, the present
notation system, and ones like it, though cumbersome, lend themselves easily to
computer-based modeling. Kuo-An Wu et al. (2010), Elder and Grant (2004) and Long-
Qing Chen (2002) use Phase Field Models (PFM) to explore stress and strain. Software
packages using PFM are MICRESS (Microstructure Evolution Simulation Software)
(MICRESS, 2013) and MMSP (Mesoscale Microstructure Simulation Project) (MMSP,
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2013). Wang and Khachaturyan (1997) describe a different field model. Elmer, Code
Aster and pdnMesh are free open-source finite element software modeling programs
found on the OpenScience Project website, and are also potentially useful (OpenScience,
2012). Computers are necessary because of the size of the calculations needed to present
the data cogently.
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CHAPTER 4
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
Many techniques for gathering mineralogical and petrologic data are easy to perform,
and most are accessible, for example, in a university material characterization laboratory
(as a guest user) if specialized equipment is needed. This section provides an overview
of methods for gathering material data relevant to Earth electricity. It is organized as
sample identification, sample preparation, pressure and temperature techniques, elastic
data, electrical data, magnetic data and simulating metamorphic reactions. Specific
equipment details, such as model numbers and brand names, as well as the names of
retail outlets where supplies may be purchased are listed in Tables 5 and 6 in Appendix F,
p. 386 through 388.
Sample Preparation
Making Aligned Cuts
For phenomena based on the symmetry of a crystal, it is often necessary to cut plates
from the crystal that are oriented with respect to the crystal lattice, and are much thinner
than their extent. Crystal plates can be used to measure the piezoelectric effect of
pressure along the crystallographic c axis, for example, to see how much electricity is
expressed along that axis. If strain measurements are to be taken, the piezoelectric
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coefficient would be termed d (33), and a Z plate should be cut from the crystal. (See
Chapter 3, Voigt Notation for Other Crystal Coefficients, p. 50.)
With a track mount, X-ray diffraction can be used to calculate the arrangement of the
atoms of a crystal, and then (with an alignment microscope) align the material to a
preferred orientation. The same orientation is maintained so that a slow-speed cut off
saw will then cut one or several layers from the material, as desired. If money is an
object, and no laboratory is nearby that allows guest users can be found, the following
strategy designed by the author works for a more approximate procedure. A sample box
may be made from 6.35 mm (¼”) thick melamine-coated board, available in the U.S. at
hardware stores. The sides and bottom may be glued together with a hot glue gun; a top
is not needed. An angle gauge should be used to ensure that the sides of the box are
orthogonal. (See Figure 2.) The digital angle gauge in the figure displays a readout to
0.1º and is accurate to better than 0.5º.
The sample may be oriented in the sample box with water-based clay. (See Figure 3.)
Once the sample is oriented as desired, a heat gun may be used to melt wax that will then
be poured into the box. (See Figure 4.) The wax in Figure 4 is sold for making sprues in
metal art casting, and can be purchased cheaply at an art store. The heat gun is rated at
1500 watts. The box is torn apart, and the resulting sample, encased in wax, is ready for
cutting. (See Figure 5.) A pine board may be glued onto the wax-plus-sample with
cyanoacrylate to make the cutting safer for holding by hand while cutting, and more
stable, if using a jig or other holder. Practice samples were cut with a 1.5 horsepower wet
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FIGURE 2. Sample box with digital angle gauge. The box is unfinished. Author image.
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FIGURE 3. Sample box with oriented sample. The sample is a commercial granite
scrap. Author image.
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FIGURE 4. Sample ready to be encased in wax. Bottom left: sample ready to be
encased in wax. Top left: sprue wax in a Sierra cup, ready for melting. Top right: heat
gun. Author image.
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FIGURE 5. Cut sample. Author image.
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table saw fitted with a thin-kerf 0.635 mm thick (0.025”) diamond blade. Kerf is the term
used in construction and industry to signify saw-blade thickness. As a cheaper alternative
to expensive commercial diamond saw blades, a home-made brass (or other soft metal,
such as copper) blade without teeth can be cut with a hole cutter or metal scribe, and then
used in a dry saw with a slurry of glycerine and abrasive. The glycerine adheres to the
saw blade, and holds the abrasive in place. (See Figures 6 and 7.) The teeth in Figure 6
were cut with a metal file after the image in Figure 7 was taken. The saw in Figure 7
operates up to 7800 rotations per minute (RPM). The motor is not power-rated in the
documentation, but it is underpowered for this type of work, and not recommended. No
usable sample cuts were made. A typical dry saw for cutting crystals is higher powered
but slower speed, to prevent a sample from cracking during the cut. The glycerine used
was a food-grade vegetable glycerine, and the added abrasive was 50.0 micron silicon
carbide powder.
Sample Lapping
The next stage in sample preparation is lapping to making the thickness of the cut
sample uniform; the etymology is obscure (OED Online, 2013), but the term may have
the same root as the word for what dogs do with water, or from the Latin lapis meaning
stone. Lapping can be done by hand using a glycerin slurry (as described in the section
above) and a steel plate, such as the one shown in Figure 8. Lapping is done by placing
the slurry on the steel plate, placing the crystal plate on top of the slurry, and then placing
the fingers on the crystal and moving the crystal vigorously. The thickness of the crystal
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FIGURE 6. Home-made mini saw blade from brass. Author image.
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FIGURE 7. Home-made brass saw blade with slurry. The blade at the bottom right of
the image is a commercial blade for cutting wood. Author image.
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FIGURE 8. Steel plate for lapping and polishing by hand. Author image.
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plate is measured with calipers. Tourmaline samples were lapped to less than 0.1 mm
uniform thickness with this technique. Two calipers were used for measurements, and
these have stated accuracies of 0.1 mm and 0.0254 mm (0.001”).
Many material science perapartion labs will include a mechanical lapper, which is a
motor-driven rotating disk housed in a stand that accommodates water. An abrasive pad
fits on the lapper’s disk, and a jig made from a hard metal holds the sample. Typically,
samples are held in the jig with a synthetic wax, or thermoplastic. The target thickness
can be specified by moving the sample holder within the jig up or down relative to the
jig’s base. The jig is placed on the pad on the wheel, and the lapper is turned on. Rubber
bumpers keep the jig in place, generally rotating either clockwise or counterclockwise, or
a combination of the two. The lapper’s wheel used should also be able to rotate in either
direction, so that the jig may rotate in the same direction or the opposite from the wheel,
according to the user’s preference.
Sample Polishing
As with lapping, crystal plates may be polished by hand, with successively finer grits
in the slurry. Final polishing is accomplished with a buffing cloth and a colloidal
suspension. Typically, colloidal silica and then colloidal diamond are used. Tourmaline
samples were polished by hand with good results, excluding the colloidal diamond step.
Abrasives used in the glycerine slurry were 50.0 micron (240 grit) silicon carbide
powder, 600 grit silicon carbide powder, 1200 grit silicon carbide powder, and 0.5
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micron precision alumina powder. Polishing with colloidal silica was accomplished with
Colloidal Silica Type SBT.
Colloidal diamond polishing of tourmaline samples was accomplished as a guest at
the University of California Irvine’s Calit2 (LEXI) laboratory, equipped with a lapper.
Rayon polishing cloths and 3 micron diamond suspension were used for polishing, with
0.05 micron alumina suspension used for final polishing. Diamond polishing was
attempted at both 10 minutes per sample side and 5 minutes per sample side, before 7
minutes per side was chosen, which produced results as satisfactory as polishing for 10
minutes per sample side. Colloidal alumina was used at 2 minutes per sample side.
Polishing cloths were changed between samples, and between abrasives. The heat from
the thermoplastic fractured some of the samples as they were being affixed to the jig.
Subsequently, carbon tape was used instead, with good results.
Confirming Alignment
Currently, the practice for examining a crystal lattice (and confirming its orientation)
is X-ray diffraction. For a standard treatment of this technique, see Stout and Jensen
(1989). Alternately, a scanning electron microscope (SEM) fitted with electron
backscatter diffraction (EBSD) may be used, and results are faster than with XRD.
Figure 9 shows a tourmaline crystal plate cut perpendicular to the c crystallographic axis
viewed in an SEM fitted with EBSD. The sample was identified as manganoan elbaite
via the HKL Channel 5 Flamenco acquisition system and a standard inorganic crystal
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FIGURE 9. Crystal lattice orientation with EBSD. The sample is a manganoan elbaite
from the Pala mine in San Diego, California. The large image is the SEM view of the
crystal surface. The three smaller windows are “Live EBSD,” “Band Detection” and
“Solution” going counter-clockwise from the bottom left, respectively. The hexagon on
the left is a computer generated image of the oriented crystal form. The acquisition
software is Flamenco from Oxford Instruments, for use with EBSD. Author image.
structure Kikuchi line database (Oxford Instruments, 2013). Kikuchi lines are detectable
bands of electrons caused during electron microscopy by diffractions of the crystal lattice
(von Heimendahl et al., 1964). The forms can be generated by computer simulation if the
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lattice arrangement of atoms is known. The orientation of the elbaite is given as 109.1,
6.2, 44 (Euler angles) with a mean angular deviation (MAD) equal to 0.990º, as seen in
the detail box titled “Solution” in the figure. Euler angles are a system of representing a
form in three-dimensional Euclidean space based on three rotations. MAD numbers are
calculated by comparing the observed Kikuchi lines with ones generated from a database
of unit cells. MAD numbers less than 1 are preferred with EBSD. Practice data were
gathered at UC Irvine during February and March, 2012.
The technique described above produced results easily, with the drawback that SEM
and EBSD use requires sputtering a thin layer (≈ 10 nm) of a conductive material onto the
surface of the sample. The author used iridium, which allowed excess electrons from the
electron beam of the microscope to disperse, as is necessary for imaging.
Determining Error
For linear properties of a crystal, the following formula, adapted from Hawkins et al.
(1995), may be used to determine the error due to misorientation of a cut plate:
(mt - mo) / mt = 1 – cos θ, (15)
where mt is the true magnitude, mo is the observed magnitude, and θ is the angular
difference between the true orientation and the actual orientation. One minus θ is the
difference between the true orientation and the actual orientation. This relationship is
shown graphically in Figure 10.
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mt mo
FIGURE 10. Geometric (vector) relationship between the true and observed magnitudes
in a misoriented crystal plate. Drawing adapted from Hawkins, K.D., MacKinnon,
I.D.R., and Schneeberger, H. (1995), Influence of chemistry on the pyroelectric effect in
tourmaline: American Mineralogist, v. 80, p. 492. Reproduced with permission.
Sample Identification
Rao (2011) discusses the identification of minerals in hand sample. For more
accuracy, the chemical composition of minerals can be identified in the laboratory: an
SEM fitted with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) can perform this function,
if the sample is prepared as above. Goldstein et al. (2003) contains a relevant summary.
Phase transitions are evident in electrical and magnetic data. Capacitance (Gonzalo,
2006) and magnetic susceptibility (Fisher and Franz, 1995) have been widely used to
determine these, and pyroelectricity (Fisher and Franz, 1995) and other phenomena may
also be used.
Rocks are identified according to their constituent minerals, based on the
International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) nomenclature guides. Bulk samples
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of rock may also be chemically analyzed, and an article by Jeffrey and Hutchison (1981)
contains a standard description. The orientation of minerals within rock samples lends a
structural anisotropy to the rock. Anisotropy is a general term meaning that some
property is not uniformly distributed or transmitted. Amadei (1983) discusses
mechanical anisotropy in rocks.
Temperature and Pressure Techniques
Metamorphism in the Earth's crust occurs at temperatures from about 200°C to about
900°C, and at pressures from near-atmospheric to about 6 gigapascals (GPa) (Chopin,
2003). These correspond to depths well in excess of 100 km. The range is due to the
presence of water in subduction zones, for example, and other subsurface features
(Kearey et al., 2009).
Some of these conditions can be simulated with commonly available laboratory
equipment. Temperatures up to 260ºC (500ºF) (at which polytetrafluoroethylene
(Teflon®), a popular electrical insulator, starts to degrade) and 430ºC (800ºF) were easily
attained with a heat gun heating an unsealed home-made sample holder. (See Figures 11
and 12.) The sample holder was made from 25 mm (1”) household copper pipe and
copper plate (wall thickness is 1 mm) bought at a hardware store, and cut with a punch
and die. The bottom was oversized and wedged in place with a punch; the top is loose.
The hole is for a thermocouple lead, and measurements were taken with an Omega K-
Type thermocouple (chromel (90% nickel / 10% chromium) attached to alumel (95%
nickel / 2% manganese / 2% aluminum / 1% silicon)) connected to a laptop using an
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FIGURE 11. Copper sample holder for heating at ambient pressure. Author image.
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FIGURE 12. Sample heating with a heat gun. The curve for heating to 800ºF is similar
to this. Author image.
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Omega UTC-USB Universal Thermocouple Connector. Data logging and visualization
were done with Omega software TRH Central, Version 1.02.10.907.
For directed (not hydrostatic/uniform) pressure, sample holders were made modified
from the design by Morgan et al. (1984). (See Figures 13 and 14., p. 81 and 82) The
plungers in Figure 14 were cut from copper lightning rod material, and the springs were
hand wound from copper wire. The polytetrafluoroethylene was carved and sanded down
by hand.
As a modification to the design by Morgan et al. (1984), the plungers can be fitted with
holders, and masses of known weight can be added to these holders, thereby providing
applied pressure. For shear stress, the polytetrafluoroethylene attached to the plunger and
the base can be fitted with a slot in each, and torque may be applied to the sample by
twisting the plunger. For a standard treatment of high temperature and pressure
techniques, see Ulmer (1971).
Elastic Data
For a theoretical treatment of stress, strain and plasticity in earth materials, see Hai-
Sui Yu (2006). For details of measuring stress and strain coefficients of materials, refer
to the thorough overview by Suryanarayana (2011).
Electrical and Magnetic Data
A comparison of some electrode materials applied to crystals can be found in Glass
(1969). He reports that fired gold provides an electrical signal of the greatest magnitude,
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FIGURE 13. Sample holder for electrical measurements under applied pressure. The
idea of adding weight or torque to the plunger is new. Reprinted with permission from
Morgan, S.H., Silberman, E., and Springer, J.M., American Journal of Physics, Vol. 52,
Page 543, (1984). Copyright 1984, American Association of Physics Teachers. The
drawing is taken from Figure 2 in that article.
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FIGURE 14. Plungers for sample holders of various sizes. Author image.
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then evaporated gold or aluminum, next fired platinum, and, finally, air-dried silver paste
is the least sensitive of the electrode materials. Care should be taken in choosing a wire
to connect with this material. If it is of a dissimilar metal, then a separate experiment
should be run to quantify the thermoelectric effect that is produced here.
Several books and articles summarize methods for collecting ferroelectric,
pyroelectric and piezoelectric data (Kang Min Ok et al., 2006; Bhalla et al., 1993; Ikeda,
1990; Lines and Glass, 1977). An innovative technique involves using XRD to
determine piezoelectric coefficients (Yu et al., 2007; Annaka, 1977). Gathering electrical
resistance, resistivity and capacitance data is discussed in Mason and Jaffe (1954), in
Parkhomenko (1967) and in Bartnikas (1987). Pearce et al. (2006) present methods of
measuring electric and magnetic properties of minerals. Laboratory requirements for
determining magnetic data from different materials are described in Yimei Zhu (2005).
Simulating Metamorphic Reactions
It should be possible to simulate metamorphic reactions. An experimental setup for
inducing a metamorphic reaction could include a pressure chamber containing a fluid
with a composition of interest inside (such as excess silica or iron suspended in water).
The experiment is run with the sample at an appropriate temperature and pressure. Such
an experiment might be conducted at low pressures initially (300 kPa (3 bar; 43.5 psi))
and briefly (2 weeks), to test for the sensitivity of the reaction. Samples would have their
chemical compositions examined, and electrical and magnetic properties tested before
and after the pressure-chamber process. The data might be used to construct or refine
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pressure-temperature-chemical composition (T-P-X) diagrams. This would add to the
literature on metamorphism, and could provide data that would allow the inclusion of
electric and magnetic values into metamorphic reaction modeling. Baxter (2003)
provides a summary of laboratory simulations of metamorphic reactions, along with
natural constraints.
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CHAPTER 5
FERROELECTRIC, PYROELECTRIC, PIEZOELECTRIC, AND SELECTED
THERMOELECTRIC, DIELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC DATA FROM THE
SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE
Introduction
The literature sources of electrical and magnetic data for minerals are of two kinds:
current and historic. Current sources available online include the Mineralogical Society
of America’s Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al., 2012), which maintains a list of
piezoelectric and pyroelectric minerals (Shannon, 2011) with sixty-nine minerals given.
None have measured electric constants included. Also, the websites mindat.org (Ralph
and Chau, 2012) and webmineral.com (Barthelmy, 2012) are used: they are both
incorporated into the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) Database of Mineral
Properties on the RRUFF Project website, a comprehensive repository of Raman
spectroscopy data to be used in planetary remote sensing (RRUFF Project, 2013; Downs,
2006). RRUFF is a proper name (for a cat), not an abbreviation.
Another current source is the Landolt-Börnstein Database, which was recently
renamed SpringerMaterials (Springer, 2012), and many of the data in the tables in this
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chapter were taken from this resource. The Landolt-Börnstein Database (LBD) currently
lists hundreds of thousands of substances and their properties (Madelung and Poerschke,
2008; Poerschke, 2002), though the data listed for minerals are sparse: 100 minerals for
elastic moduli, and 33 for other electrical properties appear in the volume on
piezoelectricity (Nelson, 1993). The coverage is expanded if a search is made by
chemical formula rather than by mineral name. For magnetic data for minerals, LBD is
voluminous, and includes data for silicates and many other rock-forming minerals.
Historic sources for electrical properties in minerals include a comprehensive paper
on piezoelectricity in minerals from Bell Laboratories (Bond, 1943), showing the results
of 830 mineral tests, with 17 displaying strong piezoelectric properties; and also classic
sources such as Nye (1957), Mason (1950), Cady (1946), and papers that reference these.
Many of the piezoelectric minerals listed in these sources are unquantified, or are only
partially quantified, with data often lying outside the temperature and pressure ranges that
are of interest to geologists. In contrast, Parkhomenko (1971; 1967) and Parkhomenko
and Bondarenko (1972) are classic texts that deal with rocks and minerals in geologic
settings.
Lists of Minerals
Table 4 lists descriptions of minerals for reference, and is located in Appendix A, p.
193. It includes chemical formulas, crystal symmetry classes, a black-and-white drawing
of each symmetry class, the Nickel-Strunz mineral classifications, and a brief description
of the geologic settings for each mineral. Some phase transition temperatures are given,
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as well. Nickel-Strunz is one of several classification systems for minerals, and is used
commonly. Also included in Table 4, p. 193, is an entry describing whether each mineral
is ferroelectric, pyroelectric, or piezoelectric; selected thermoelectric, dielectric, electrical
conduction and magnetic properties are included where available. Table 4 lists 44
minerals that exhibit ferroelectricity, antiferroelectricity or paraelectricity, 175 that
exhibit pyroelectricity, and 217 that exhibit piezoelectricity. All ferroelectric,
antiferroelectric, or paraelectric minerals exhibit pyroelectricity and piezoelectricity, and
all pyroelectric minerals are piezoelectric. Table 7 lists 44 ferroelectric minerals, Table 8
lists 131 pyroelectric (but not ferroelectric) minerals and Table 9 lists 42 piezoelectric
(but not ferro- or pyroelectric) minerals. A key to the crystal symmetry notation is given
in Table 10. Table 11 in Appendix G, p. 390 lists references for the crystal structure data
in Table 4, the list of minerals.
A group of minerals is a set whose members have the same crystal lattice
arrangements, but with different atoms occupying some of the lattice sites. If the
mineral group is very large, it will be turned into a group of groups, called a supergroup,
by members of the International Mineralogical Association. The IMA is also responsible
for approving the names of minerals. Tables 12, 13 and 14 in Appendix C, p. 317
through 331, relist the minerals in Tables 7, 8 and 9 by group, and show the other
minerals in each group. Where mineral group taxonomy was equivocal, a frequently
updated academic mineralogy resource was taken as definitive (Witzke, 2012).
Thornasite is placed in the zeolite group, as per Yaping Li et al. (2000), though this may
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TABLE 7. Ferroelectric, Antiferroelectric and Paraelectric Minerals
Altaite Demicheleite-Cl Nitratine
Alum-Na Demicheleite-I Oxycalciopyrochlore
Archerite Diomignite Oxyplumbopyrochlore
Barioperovskite Ericaite Perovskite
Biphosphammite Gwihabaite Proustite
Bismuthinite Heftetjernite Pyrargyrite
Boracite Hydroxycalcioroméite Pyrolusite
Cassiterite (Ferroan Variety) Russellite
Cervantite Ice Schultenite
Chalcocite Koechlinite Sillénite
Chalcostibite Lakargiite Srebrodolskite
Chambersite Lueshite Stibiotantalite
Changbaiite Macedonite Stibnite
Clinocervantite Mariinskite Tausonite
Demicheleite-Br Niter Wakefieldite-Nd
Notes: Underlined minerals have data associated with them. References are listed in
Table 15 in Appendix G, p. 393.
not reflect its IMA status. Bold typeface in Tables 12, 13 and 14 signifies that the
mineral has been listed in a reference as having the electrical property in question.
Tables 15, 16 and 17 in Appendix G, p. 393 through 395, list these references. The
headings of the 10th edition of the Nickel-Strunz classifications of the IMA approved
minerals are listed in Table 18 in Appendix C, p. 332, and the classification numbers are
underlined for ferroelectric, pyroelectric and piezoelectric minerals, and also for the
selected thermoelectric minerals included in this thesis. Table 18 also lists these
minerals, the first class in bold, and the second in italic typeface. The 10th edition is the
latest version of the Nickel-Strunz classification (Ralph and Chau, 2012). Finally, note
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TABLE 8. Pyroelectric Minerals
Afwillite Eosphorite Mordenite
Alunite Epistilbite Murmanite
Amesite Epistolite Muthmannite
Ammoniojarosite Feruvite Nacrite
Ardealite Finnemanite Natroalunite
Argentojarosite Flagstaffite Natrojarosite
Arsenogoyazite Fluor-dravite Natrolite
Artinite Fluor-liddicoatite Nepheline
Batisite Fluor-schorl Neptunite
Benstonite Foitite Nickeline
Berthierine Fresnoite Nolanite
Bertrandite Georgbarsanovite Olenite
Beryl Goyazite Oxy-schorl
Bournonite Greenockite Parkerite
Breithauptite Halloysite-7Å Pharmacolite
Bromellite Halloysite-10Å Pickeringite
Brucite Halotrichite Pinnoite
Brushite Harmotome Pirssonite
Buergerite Hartite Plumbojarosite
Bultfonteinite Hemimorphite Povondraite
Burbankite Heulandite-Ca Prehnite
Cadmoselite Hilgardite Pyrochroite
Caledonite Hydrocalumite Pyromorphite
Cancrinite Innelite Pyrrhotite
Childrenite Iodargyrite Quenselite
Chromium-dravite Jarosite Röntgenite-Ce
Clinohedrite Junitoite Sarcolite
Colemanite Kaliborite Schorl
Coquimbite Krennerite Scolecite
Crandallite Larsenite Searlesite
Creedite Liebigite Seligmannite
Cronstedtite Marialite Shortite
Dawsonite Meionite Sinoite
Diaboleite Melanovanadite Spangolite
Dravite Meliphanite Stephanite
Dyscrasite Mesolite Stibiocolumbite
Elbaite Millerite Struvite
Elpidite Minyulite Suolunite
Enargite Moissanite Swedenborgite
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TABLE 8. Continued
Syngenite Uranophane Wulfenite
Thaumasite Ussingite Wurtzite
Thomsonite-Ca Uvite Yugawaralite
Tilasite Vermiculite Zinkenite
Tourmaline Weloganite
Tyrolite Whitlockite
Notes: Though a mineral supergroup (and not a mineral), tourmaline is also listed above.
Underlined minerals have data associated with them. References are given in Table 16 in
Appendix G, p. 394.
TABLE 9. Piezoelectric Minerals
Aminoffite Gugiaite Rhodozite
Analcime Helvine Roquesite
Bastnäsite-Ce Jeremejevite Sal Ammoniac
Bavenite Langbeinite Selenium
Berlinite Leucophanite Sodalite
Cinnabar Londonite Sphalerite
Dioptase Mimetite Stilleite
Edingtonite Morenosite Tellurium
Epsomite Nitrobarite Thornasite
Eulytine Olsacherite Tiemannite
Gallite Paratellurite Topaz
Gismondine-Ca Pharmacosiderite Tugtupite
Gmelinite-Na Quartz Zincite
Goslarite Retgersite Zunyite
Notes: Underlined minerals have data associated with them. References are listed in
Table 17 in Appendix G, p. 395.
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TABLE 10. Crystal Symmetry Notation Key
Symbol Meaning Rotational Symmetry
1 One-fold rotational symmetry axis 360° (trivial)
2 Two-fold rotational symmetry axis 180°
3 Three-fold rotational symmetry axis 120°
4 Four-fold rotational symmetry axis 90°
6 Six-fold rotational symmetry axis 60°
m Mirror plane
/ Rotational axis (numerator) ⊥ to mirror plane (denominator), e.g. 6/m
_ Rotoinversion about an axis
Notes: The symbol ⊥ means perpendicular. The symbol for rotoinversion is typically a
macron (bar over the number), but here it is written as an underline. Rotoinversion
consists of a rotation about an axis and an inversion. Rotoinversion with a two-fold
rotation (2) is written as m and is the most familiar: it is what mirrors do with light.
that the long list of minerals in Table 4 includes 14 minerals exhibiting strong
thermoelectricity, 46 minerals whose magnetic properties are given, and six extra, with
dielectric properties.
Centrosymmetric Minerals Exhibiting Symmetry-Based Electricity
Ferroelectric, antiferroelectric, paraelectric, pyroelectric and piezoelectric minerals all
may exhibit electrical phenomena based upon the symmetrical orientation of their crystal
lattices. Table 19 in Appendix D, p. 373, lists these symmetry-based electrical minerals
by crystal system, crystal class, and symmetry. Excerpted from these in Table 20 are
minerals that are centrosymmetric. In a crystal with a centrosymmetric lattice, any
displacement will be met with a complementary (orthogonal) displacement, and the
electric charges should cancel out. In contrast, ferroelectric (or antiferroelectric, or
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TABLE 20. Centrosymmetric Minerals That Exhibit Symmetry-Based Electricity
Altaite Eosphorite Nitrobarite
Alum-Na Epistolite Parkerite
Aminoffite Finnemanite Perovskite
Analcime Gismondine-Ca Pinnoite
Arsenogoyazite Gmelinite-Na Plumbojarosite
Artinite Goyazite Proustite
Bavenite Gwihabaite Pyrochroite
Benstonite Harmotome Pyrolusite
Beryl Heftetjernite Pyromorphite
Bismuthinite Heulandite-Ca Quenselite
Breithauptite Hydroxycalcioroméite Sal Ammoniac
Brucite Ice Sarcolite
Bultfonteinite Innelite Seligmannite
Cassiterite Jeremejevite Srebrodolskite
Cervantite Kaliborite Stibnite
Chalcocite Lakargiite Syngenite
Chalcostibite Lueshite Tausonite
Clinocervantite Marialite Thaumasite
Coquimbite Mariinskite Thomsonite-Ca
Crandallite Meionite Thornasite
Creedite Melanovanadite Topaz
Dawsonite Mimetite Tyrolite
Demicheleite-Br Murmanite Ussingite
Demicheleite-Cl Muthmannite Vermiculite
Demicheleite-I Nickeline Wakefieldite-Nd
Dioptase Niter Wulfenite
Elpidite Nitratine
Notes: Ferroelectric, antiferroelectric or paraelectric materials may be centrosymmetric
if they have a sublattice that shows some asymmetry. Underlined minerals are not
ferroelectric, antiferroelectric or paraelectric. References are listed in Table 11 in
Appendix G, p. 390.
paraelectric) minerals exhibit electrical phenomena based on the orientation of an
asymmetrical sublattice. The sublattice bonds may allow for an expression of electricity,
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even though the general lattice structure is symmetric (Blinc, 2011). The minerals that
are not ferroelectric, antiferroelectric or paraelectric have been underlined in Table 20.
For these minerals that are centrosymmetric and exhibit symmetry-based electrical
phenomena (but are not ferroelectric, antiferroelectric or paraelectric) a reference has
been provided below to confirm the structure, and to provide a possible explanation for
further ordering, which in general reduces the symmetry of the mineral. The author
believes that the reduction in symmetry allows for the electrical phenomena. The
minerals are arranged alphabetically.
Aminoffite
Aminoffite’s chemical formula and crystal structure have been recently refined
(Huminicki and Hawthorne, 2002a), and the authors of that study note that Pb, Mn and
As are commonly incorporated into the ideal formula of Aminoffite. Piezoelectric
phenomena are perhaps related to ordering in the placement of these ions.
Analcime, Gismondine-Ca, Gmelinite-Na, Thomsonite-Ca and Thornasite
The five minerals described in this subsection are zeolites. Zeolite minerals often
exist in several forms, and multiple crystal class (and symmetry) references have been
listed for these minerals in Table 15, p. 393. The zeolite group’s symmetries can be
found in Armbruster and Gunter (2001). Ordering of ions within the structure is
commonplace, and may explain the observed electric phenomena. For evidence that
thornasite exhibits a microporous lattice, and should be included in the zeolite group, see
Yaping Li et al. (2000).
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Arsenogoyazite
Frost et al. (2013a) report the results of Raman spectroscopy on the crandallite
subgroup of alunite-group minerals, of which arsenogoyazite is a member. Raman
spectroscopy is a non-invasive technique which uses lasers to obtain a unique emission
spectrum for each material. They observed a signal band attributable to the interference
of symmetric and antisymmetric vibrational stretching modes, supporting the assignment
of a reduced symmetry for the crandallite minerals. Ordering of cations (in the strontium
site) is likely.
Artinite
Frost et al. (2009), using Raman spectroscopy, report that the carbonate anions in
artinite are disordered. They attribute this disorder to strong hydrogen bonding, and find
evidence for this in their spectroscopic data.
Bavenite
Bavenite’s chemical formula and crystal structure have been recently refined (Lussier
and Hawthorne, 2011), with assignment to the space group Cmcm. This is equivalent to
orthorhombic crystal class mmm. Space groups are organized according to the
configuration of the space; crystallographic space groups are one of several systems.
Piezoelectric phenomena are perhaps related to ordering in the placement of cations.
Typically, metals are common cations, since there are often easily-lost electrons in outer
valence shells. (A cation is formed from an atom which has donated electrons, and
carries a positive charge.)
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Benstonite
Scheetz and White (1977) report ordering in the cations calcium and barium in
benstonite, therby reducing the symmetry of the mineral.
Beryl
Tančić et al. (2010) discuss the structure of beryl, whose lattice sites accommodate
various impurities, including cations and water. Ordering in cations is present and is
responsible for lowered symmetry in beryls. Orientation in the hydrogen and oxygen
atoms (in constituent water) also contributes to lower symmetry (Libowitzky and Beran,
2006).
Breithauptite
No explanation for lowered symmetry was found in the literature, but Hewitt (1948)
reports that the antimony site in breithauptite is shared with arsenic, forming a solid
solution with nickeline. Ordering of impurities within this site may explain a lowered
symmetry.
Brucite
The observed pyro- and piezoelectric effects are possibly attributed to short range
bonds that hold together the negatively-charged hydroxyl anions in a layered structure.
Hydroxyl is composed of hydrogen and oxygen (OH–). See Peterson et al. (1979) for
more information on the layer structure of brucite.
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Bultfonteinite
McIver (1963) reports that the structures of bultfonteinite and afwillite are similar,
while Malik and Jeffery (1976) report a reassignment of afwillite to the polar monoclinic
(m) crystal class. Bultfonteinite’s structure has not been reevaluated, and may also
belong to this polar class.
Coquimbite
Majzlan et al. (2010) report that H2O (hydrogen) in coquimbite occupies two different
lattice sites, and these form a cyclohexane-like structure, having a vacancy in the middle.
Cyclohexane is a saturated hydrocarbon with a six-carbon ring. Clockwise and
anticlockwise symmetries are possible, thereby reducing the symmetry of coquimbite.
The observed electrical phenomena are attributable to this asymmetry.
Crandallite
Goreaud and Raveau (1980) report that isochemical intergrowths are likely in alunite
and crandallite, due to similar structures being easily interchangeable (i.e. those of
crandallite, alunite and pyrochlore). In addition, Frost et al. (2013a) suggest that reduced
symmetry observed in crandallite minerals is due to the ordering of impurities in the
strontium lattice site. Finally, Breitinger et al. (2006) demonstrate with Raman
spectroscopy that the sites occupied by PO4 and HPO4 are randomly distributed, and
disturb the translational and site symmetries of crandallite.
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Creedite
Frost et al. (2013b) report that the symmetry of the sulfate ion in creedite is reduced
by coordination with the water molecules attached to Al3+ in the crystal lattice.
Dawsonite
Frost and Bouzaid (2007) report on the Raman spectroscopy of dawsonite and
attribute a lowered symmetry to it. This reduction in symmetry is due to ordering in
carbonate and hydroxide ions in Dawsonite's crystal structure.
Dioptase
For more information on the crystal structure of the cyclosilicate dioptase, and of the
Jahn-Teller effect producing lattice distortion, see Belokoneva et al. (2002). That effect
is essentially caused by a natural degenerate configuration of electrons in the ground
state, causing the lattice to distort itself, to achieve a lower, non-degenerate state. In a
molecule, electron degeneracy consists of two or more electron bonds with identical
energies. The presence of the lattice distortion due to this effect is a possible cause of the
observed piezoelectricity in dioptase.
Elpidite
Zubkova et al. (2011) report that water in the elpidite lattice is ordered, with at least
three different molecular arrangements, and that natural elpidite contains excess water not
in the stoichiometric formula: 3.28 moles H2O instead of three, with the excess easily
driven off by a flow of argon gas. Elpidite is an example of a microporous crystalline
material, and this type of material is often used in industry to exchange ions. The
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impurities (K, Nb, Hf, and Al) reported by Zubkova et al. (2011) are insignificant in
quantity compared to the regular lattice components, and ordering of water or excess
water seem the likely explanations for the observed pyro- and piezoelectricity.
Eosphorite
Hoyos et al. (1993) report that manganese and iron ions, which share a lattice-site in
eosphorite, cause lattice deformation. Pyro- and piezoelectricity may be caused by this
deformation, or by impurities, notably Cr3+, as was detected during a photoluminescence
experiment.
Epistolite
Sokolova and Hawthorne (2004) in their refinement of the crystal structure of
epistolite report on earlier work by Karup-Møller (1986) that describes an unidentified
submicroscopic phase commonly forming intergrowths in epistolite. There are subsidiary
cation sites within epistolite that are occupied about 10% of the time, ascribed to this
unidentified phase. Pyro- and piezoelectricity in epistolite may be related to these
intergrowths.
Finnemanite
Bahfenne and Frost (2010) report that the various (AsO3)3- units in finnemanite are
not equivalent in the crystal lattice, as implied by the Raman spectroscopic data.
Reduced symmetry and electrical phenomena in finnemanite can be attributed to the
ordering of this ion.
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Goyazite
Breitinger et al. (2006) report that the HPO4 ions in goyazite are essentially randomly
distributed with the PO4 ions. Their distribution perturbs the translational and site
symmetries in the crystal lattice.
Harmotome
Armbruster and Gunter (2001) report that H2O in the harmotome crystal lattice is
ordered, with only one in the four of these that coordinate with the barium ion being fixed
with hydrogen bonding. Pyro- and piezoelectricity may be attributable to this ordering,
or to ordering of vacancies in the Ca/Na lattice site.
Heulandite-Ca
Armbruster and Gunter (2001) summarize reports of lower symmetry in heulandites,
and conclude that ordering in Si and Al within the lattice framework may be responsible.
Further, Ruiz-Salvador et al. (2000) provide details for how slight changes in the Si:Al
ratio produce different occupation rates of Al in the framework lattice, which, in turn,
affects where the Ca2+ cation will reside, causing some displacement. Pyro- and
piezoelectricity (plus lowered symmetry) are likely due to this displacement.
Innelite
For more information on the crystal structure of innelite, see Sokolova et al. (2011),
where the intergrowth of the two coextant forms (triclinic 1, monoclinic 2/m) is
described. The electrical bonding associated with this intergrowth may explain the
observed pyro- and piezoelectric effects.
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Jeremejevite
According to Rodellas et al. (1983), the best method for assigning jeremejevite to the
centrosymmetric 6/m structure was to model an absence of OH— groups, and assume
fluorine (F—) occupancy of their sites. The presence of F— and OH— (whether ordered,
or not) in jeremejevite reduces the symmetry of the mineral, and is a possible explanation
for the observed piezoelectricity.
Kaliborite
Burns and Hawthorne (1994) report that kaliborite polymerizes chains of three
B(O,OH)4 tetrahedra and three B(O,OH)3 triangles (what they call the fundamental
building block) along the b axis. These chains along the b axis may be responsible for
the observed pyro- and piezoelectricity.
Marialite
Sokolova et al. (1996) report that water molecules reside in the lattice of marialite in a
preferred orientation. This orientation may be responsible for the observed pyro- and
piezoelectricity.
Meionite
Sherriff et al. (2000) distinguish two framework-lattice sites which may contain Si
and Al atoms in meionite. They report that Si and Al atoms occupy these sites in
different ratios (1:3 and 5:3, respectively). This preference is a possible explanation to
account for observed pyro- and piezoelectricity in meionite.
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Melanovanadite
Konnert and Evans (1987) describe the structure of melanovanadite, and divide it into
vanadate layers and an interlayer structure composed of ordered Na+ and Ca2+ ions, as
well as H2O. Schindler et al. (2000) echo this result. The layered structure of
melanovanadite may account for the observed pyro- and piezoelectricity.
Mimetite
Piezoelectricity in mimetite is potentially attributable to ordering of the lead ions with
minor impurities (see Pyromorphite, below), or perhaps due to the proximity of the
transition temperature for monoclinic (m, polar) and hexagonal (6/m, centrosymmetric)
polytypic forms in mimetite. A preliminary treatment can be found in Yongshan Dai et
al. (1991).
Murmanite
Cámara et al. (2008) report that the murmanite lattice consists of titanium silicate
blocks stacked in the c direction. This anisotropy may be sufficient to allow for the
observed pyro- and piezoelectricity.
Muthmannite
Bindi and Cipriani (2004) report that the structure of muthmannite consists of Te
layers alternating with gold and silver cations. The layers are aligned parallel to [100].
This anisotropy is consistent with pyro- and piezoelectricity.
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Nickeline
Gritsenko and Spiridonov (2005) report that nickeline from several sites contains
20% or more antimony. As with breithauptite, ordering of the arsenic and antimony may
create a lowered symmetry and account for the observed pyro- and piezoelectricity.
Nitrobarite
Nowotny and Heger (1983) report that, previously, nitrobarite had been placed in
chiral cubic class 23 by Birnstock (1967) according to very weak reflectors violating
centrosymmetric cubic m3 symmetry during a neutron diffraction study, and though
Nowotny and Heger dismissed that assignation on the basis of the decent fit of an m3
assignment and a lack of observed “piezoelectric, linear electrooptic and nonlinear optic
effects or optical activity,” it seems possible that nitrobarite has been misassigned to
centrosymmetric cubic class m3. The IMA Handbook of Mineralogy (Shannon, 2011)
lists nitrobarite as piezoelectric. A new refinement of the structure of nitrobarite could
provide some insight.
Parkerite
Although the unit cell of parkerite is centrosymmetric, Baranov et al. (2001) show
that parkerite exhibits a superstructure of layers perpendicular to the c axis, and that
empty channels of around 4Å length parallel to plane [110] are present. These
observations are possible explanations for the observed pyro- and piezoelectricity in
parkerite.
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Pinnoite
Heller (1970) reports that pinnoite's structure is built with islands of [B2O(OH)6]2-
ions, though the [BO2]nn- ion in general can form chains. Lower symmetry and
piezoelectricity are possibly due to either the interactions of the H2O molecule in the
crystal lattice, or to polymerization of the diborate ion. The structure refinement of
pinnoite has not been updated since the work of Krogh-Moe (1967).
Plumbojarosite
Szymanski (1985) describes the structure of plumbojarosite as composed of tilted
layers of Fe(OH)4O2 octahedra combined with sulfate tetrahedra and alkali co-ordinated
icosahedra. Lead in the lattice only partially occupies its lattice sites, and alternates along
the c axis. This results in a preferred orientation for the layers, as a superstructure. The
layering and lead-ion ordering are a plausible explanation for the observed electrical
phenomena.
Pyrochroite
Like brucite, pyrochroite is composed of structural layers held together with hydrogen
bonds (Parise et al., 1998). Compressibility along the c axis is twice as easy as along the
a axis below 6 GPa, as is the case with brucite. The reason for the change at 6 GPa is not
known. The hydrogen bonds and layered structure are consistent with the observed pyro-
and piezoelectricity in pyrochroite.
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Pyromorphite
For a treatment of the structure of pyromorphite, and a description of ordering in the
lead cation and minor cation impurities, refer to Hashimoto and Matsumoto (1998).
Pyro- and piezoelectricity may be due to this ordering, or to the proximity of the
transition temperature for monoclinic (m, polar) and hexagonal (6/m, centrosymmetric)
polytypic forms in chlorapatites such as pyromorphite.
Quenselite
Rouse (1971) describes the structure of quenselite as a brucite-type layered lattice,
with managanese-oxide layers and lead-hydroxide layers alternating, and this view is
represented in Manceau et al. (2002). Hydrogen bonds hold the structure together, and
the observed electrical phenomena may be related to these hydrogen bonds.
Sal Ammoniac
Gilberg (1981) describes anomalous frequencies in the electronic spectroscopy of sal
ammoniac as attributable to the Jahn-Teller effect, which causes a structure to distort if
the electron orbitals will be stabilized by that distortion. The Jahn-Teller effect, and its
associated distortion of the lattice of sal ammoniac are consistent with the observed
electrical phenomena.
Sarcolite
Maras and Paris (1987) summarize the work on the structure of sarcolite, and refine
the structure and chemistry. Fluorine can substitute for OH–, and the F, OH– and H2O are
in a relationship with the site of CO3 or SO4 occupancy, such that a sulfate ion causes a
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double vacancy of (F, OH–, or H2O) and a carbonate ion causes a single vacancy there.
Absent carbonate or sulfate, two units of (F, OH, or H2O) will be present. Pyro- and
piezoelectricity may be due to ordering in these, or in other constituents that are typically
present in sarcolite, namely (Ca, Na), (Na, K, Sr, Ti, Mn), (Al, Fe, Mg) and (Si, P).
Seligmannite
Takeuchi and Haga (1969) report on the crystal structure of seligmannite as being
formed by sheets of Cu-S4 tetrahedra, connected by Pb and As, stacked along the c
direction. The larger layered structure may account for the observed pyro- and
piezoelectricity.
Syngenite
Kloprogge et al. (2002) report that the Ca-O polyhedra in syngenite form a zigzag
chain along the c direction, and also that distinct overtones and other modes in the Raman
spectra of OH– in syngenite indicate a complexity in its hydrogen bonding. Both of these
are fruitful preliminary explanations for the observed electrical phenomena in syngenite.
Thaumasite
Barnett et al. (2000) describe the structure of thaumasite as consisting of columnar
Ca3[Si(OH)6•12H2O]3+ units oriented parallel to the c axis, with sulfate and carbonate
ions in the channels alongside. This orientation may explain the observed electrical
phenomena, as may complexities in the hydrogen bonding.
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Topaz
Piezoelectricity in topaz is likely due to ordering of the fluorine and hydroxide, which
is well-established, as described in Akizuki et al. (1979). Topaz is geometrically
centrosymmetric, but (F,OH) lattice ordering reduces its symmetry, and allows for
anomalous properties.
Tyrolite
Krivovichev et al. (2006) detail the structure of two polytypes of tyrolite, which
consist of different sequences of stacking nanolayers held together with hydrogen bonds.
Electrical phenomena in tyrolite are consistent with these structural observations.
Ussingite
Johnson and Rossman (2004) report that two of the nine oxygen atoms in ussingite
are involved in strong hydrogen bonding, while the others are bridging oxygens, linking
Al and Si tetrahedra. They call this an "interrupted" aluminosilicate framework structure.
Hydrogen bonding in ussingite may account for the observed electrical phenomena.
Vermiculite
Badreddine et al. (2002) report on the structure of vermiculites. Electrical
phenomena may be due to layer stacking, or to ordering in the Fe2+ and Fe3+ cations,
which each contribute to the electrical gradient.
Wulfenite
For more information on the structure of wulfenite and ordering of the molybdenum
ions, see Hibbs et al. (2000).
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Explanations for the Apparent Violations of Piezoelectric Theory
In the minerals above, the exceptions fall into ten categories. These are:
1. The mineral has been assigned to the wrong point group. This is possible for
bultfonteinite and nitrobarite, and should be investigated further.
2. Intergrowths of two chemically-equivalent phases may occur commonly in a
mineral, and the observed effect may be caused by the phase whose symmetry allows for
pyro- or piezoelectricity, or the phenomenon may be related to the structure of their
contact. Evidence exists that innelite belongs to this class. Crandallite may, as well.
3. Intergrowths of a submicroscopic phase occur in the mineral, and pyro- or
piezoelectricity may be caused by the contact between the host and intergrowth phase, or
by the intergrowth phase itself. This explanation is consistent with what is known of
epistolite.
4. The mineral undergoes a lattice transition to a crystal class that does exhibit pyro-
or piezoelectricity near the temperature where the electricity is observed, and the
phenomenon is attributable to that other phase. Evidence exists for this in mimetite and
pyromorphite.
5. Multi-atomic constituents (such as OH, H2O or carbonate) are present in the lattice
structure, and the disorder or preferred orientation of these larger groups reduces the
symmetry of the crystal as they interact with the other lattice constituents. Evidence
exists for this in artinite, beryl, brucite, coquimbite, crandallite, creedite, dawsonite,
elpidite, finnemanite, goyazite, harmotome and marialite, and this is a potential
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explanation for electrical phenomena in pinnoite, sarcolite, syngenite, thaumasite and
ussingite, as well.
6. Equivalent lattice sites are shared by more than one type of atom, ion, or group
from the chemical formula of the mineral, and the ordering of these components may
reduce the symmetry of the lattice to allow for pyro- or piezoelectricity. Evidence of this
exists for marialite, meionite, topaz, vermiculite, wulfenite, and the minerals of the
zeolite group. It is also a plausible explanation for the electric phenomena in bavenite,
jeremejevite, eosphorite and sarcolite.
7. Impurities not in the officially recognized chemical formula of the mineral share
some of the lattice sites with the mineral, and the ordering of these components likewise
reduces the symmetry of the lattice to allow for pyro- or piezoelectricity. Evidence exists
for this in aminoffite and pyromorphite, and, by extension, in mimetite, which belongs to
the same mineral subgroup as pyromorphite and shares some properties with it. This
explanation is consistent with what is known of arsenogoyazite, breithauptite, crandallite,
eosphorite, nickeline and sarcolite but further study is needed.
8. A pattern or order in the distribution of vacancies in specific lattice site in the
mineral may be present. This ordering may reduce the symmetry of the crystal, and
account for observed pyro- or piezoelectricity. This mechanism has been suggested for
the pyro- and piezoelectric effects in harmotome. See Chapter 6, p. 134 for more
information related to lattice vacancies.
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9. The mineral has a larger structure (e.g. layering) or polymerization which is not
centrosymmetric. This is the case for kaliborite, parkerite and vermiculite, and possibly
for brucite, melanovanadite, murmanite, muthmannite, pinnoite, plumbojarosite,
pyrochroite, quenselite, seligmannite, syngenite, thaumasite and tyrolite. If the mineral
has a layered structure, the short-range bonds holding the layers together may be the
source of the observed electric effects.
10. The Jahn-Teller effect, where a ground-state configuration of the electrons is
degenerate, and the energy relations favor a distorted lattice to resolve the electron state,
can be responsible for a lowering of symmetry in a crystal, and allow for piezoelectricity.
Evidence suggests that dioptase and sal ammoniac belong to this class.
The above findings are summarized in Table 21. They are consistent with Voigt’s
(1910) original explanation of piezoelectricity as a crystal-lattice based phenomenon.
The effect is a feature of intact lattices, and of the geometry of the electron bonds that
comprise the crystal. It is thus a function of both chemistry and symmetry, as well as of
the crystalline environment, under an influence of intergrowths, impurities and transition
temperatures and pressures.
Mineral Data
Mineral data are listed in Appendix B, and are organized according to physical
phenomena:
1. Ferroelectricity, pyroelectricity and thermoelectricity data are presented. (See
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TABLE 21. Explanations for Pyro- and Piezoelectricity in Centrosymmetric Minerals
Category Explanation Brief Explanation
1 Wrong Point Group Trivial
2 Intergrowths of Chemically-Equivalent Phases Intergrowths
3 Intergrowths of Submicroscopic Phases Intergrowths
4 Lattice Transition Creates Electricity Lattice Transition
5 Large Ions Distort the Lattice Lattice Organization
6 Ordering of Atoms, Ions or Groups Lattice Organization
7 Ordering of Impurities Lattice Organization
8 Ordering of Vacancies Lattice Organization
9 Large-Scale Structure Lattice Organization
10 Jahn-Teller Effect Electron Bonding
Tables 22 through 26 in Appendix B, p. 293 through 296.) These relate closely to
temperature as the proximal cause of the electrical charge, current or voltage. The
references for the data are listed separately. (Data references: see Tables 27, 28 and 29
in Appendix G, p. 396 through 397.)
2. Piezoelectricity data are provided. (See Tables 30 through 36, p. 297 through
305.) These relate closely to pressure and physical displacement. (Data references: see
Table 37 in Appendix G, p. 397.)
3. Capacitance data are presented. (See Tables 38 and 39, p. 306 and 311.)
Capacitance, measured as dielectric coefficients, relates to the electrical environment near
minerals. (Data references: see Table 40 in Appendix G, p. 398.)
4. Magnetic data are provided. These relate to the magnetic environment near
minerals. (See Tables 41 through 44, p. 312 through 315.)
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A description of some credible features in the data follows. The paper on tourmalines
by Hawkins et al. (1995) reports that the strength of pyroelectricity in tourmalines is
inversely related (linearly) to the abundance of the Fe2+ ion in the Y site of the lattice.
Their equations are listed in the pyroelectricity data (Table 25, p. 295) under the
Tourmaline entry, The chemical formula for tourmaline is X(Y)3Z6(BO3)3Si6O18(V)3W.
The letters V, W, X, Y and Z signify lattice sites where a variety of atoms may be
present. The greater the iron in the Y site, the less the pyroelectric effect. Schorl, for
example, with its high Fe2+ content, has a much smaller pyroelectric coefficient than
other tourmalines.
For some minerals in Tables 30 through 36, p. 297 through 305, piezoelectric
coefficients are given showing the effects of both stress and strain. None of these
indicates what happens when stress and strain are so great or long-acting that they lead to
pressure dissolution or to fracture. Further study is indicated.
Additional minerals have not yet been tested. Icosahedrite (Al63Cu24Fe13), the only
naturally occurring quasicrystal, identified recently in Russia, was tested for physical and
chemical properties, as well as for its lattice parameters (Bindi et al., 2011). A
quasicrystal shows a regular tiling pattern when the atoms are arranged within a higher-
dimensional framework, but not when the lattice is constructed in three dimenstions.
Icosahedrite was not tested for electrical or magnetic effects, though other man-made
quasicrystals have been, and are known to be piezoelectric. Wang and Pan (2008) give a
summary of the work through 2008 for devising appropriate tensor notation for the
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coefficients, and for the various symmetries explored so far; research is ongoing.
Chengzheng Hu et al. (1997) describe icosahedral quasicrystals specifically, and
demonstrate non-negative piezoelectric coefficients. It is likely that icosahedrite is
piezoelectric.
Electrical and Magnetic Mineral Data in Metamorphic Settings
Table 45 in Appendix E, p. 380, arranges the minerals from the prior tables by
petrologic localization, e.g. mafic igneous intrusions, granitic pegmatites, and similar.
This classification is based on descriptions of mineral occurrence in the Mineralogical
Society of America’s Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al., 2012). Figures 15
through 25 on the next seven pages take each metamorphic setting and graphically
display the associated data.
In these figures, a blank field indicates no data. If there are data, electrical and
magnetic values vary according to the diameters of the circles, according to the equations
in Table 46, p. 119. Where there were no thermoelectric data, pyroelectric or
ferroelectric data were used instead. Where several kinds of piezoelectric data were
known, only one was used (d, which treats strain and charge density). In a few cases
where d was unknown, another coefficient was used (e, which treats stress and charge
density). All the data are at or near room temperature except for the minerals shown in
Table 47, p. 120. Data were excluded if the temperatures were not likely in a
metamorphic or metasomatic setting; that is, data taken below the freezing point of water
were excluded. Metasomatism is a solid-state chemical transformation similar to
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FIGURE 15. Electricity and magnetism in metamorphic and hydrothermal ore minerals.
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FIGURE 16. Electricity and magnetism in secondary ore minerals.
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FIGURE 17. Electricity and magnetism in primary minerals from metamorphism of
mafic rock.
FIGURE 18. Electricity and magnetism in secondary minerals from metamorphism of
mafic rock.
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FIGURE 19. Electricity and magnetism in primary minerals from high-grade
metamorphism of silica-rich rock.
FIGURE 20. Electricity and magnetism in minerals from contact or low-grade
metamorphism of silica-rich rock.
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FIGURE 21. Electricity and magnetism in secondary minerals from metamorphism of
silica-rich rock.
FIGURE 22. Electricity and magnetism in secondary minerals from metamorphism of
alkalic, silica-poor rock.
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FIGURE 23. Electricity and magnetism in minerals from regional metamorphism of
carbonate-rich rock.
FIGURE 24. Electricity and magnetism in skarn minerals and minerals from contact
metamorphism of carbonate-rich rock.
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FIGURE 25. Electricity and magnetism in metasomatic minerals.
TABLE 46. Constructing the Circles in Figures 15 through 25, Pages 113 through 119
Data Category Circle Diameter = Data x Factor
Heat Electricity 0.0001
Pressure Electricity 0.001
Capacitance 0.001
Magnetism 0.001
Notes: All data units are as given in Table 22, p. 293, Table 25, p. 295, Table 26, p. 296,
Table 30, p. 297, Table 31, p. 300, Table 38, p. 306 and Table 41, p. 312, except for the
magnetic data, which is normalized to 10-5. The circles for löllingite and nisbite in
Figures 15 and 23, p. 113 and 118, represent diamagnetism rather than paramagnetism.
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TABLE 47. Mineral Data, with Measurement Temperatures, in Figures 15 through 25,
Pages 113 through 119
Mineral Data Temperature: °C
Cervantite All 565
Clinocervantite All 565
Lueshite Capacitance 350
Magnesioferrite Magnetism 425
Magnetite All 1000
Russellite Capacitance 920
Spinel All 500
Srebrodolskite All 450
Notes: All other data in Figures 15 through 25 were taken at or near room temperature.
metamorphism, but it occurs at near-surface temperatures and pressures, and often
involves fluids.
Bulk Rock Electrical Phenomena
For materials that are semiconductors, the band gap is the minimum voltage that must
be present to allow for an outer valence electron to act as a charge carrier. If a voltage
equal to the band gap is available, the electron will conduct. This is relevant for the
transmission of electricity, to create a natural circuit.
Minerals in aggregate form are termed rocks, and these are mostly semiconductors,
with the notable exception of ore bodies, which are conductors. Conductivity ranges
from about 10-14 to 102 S m-1 for minerals, and minerals typically have three values,
varying by the crystallographic axes (Parkhomenko, 1967).
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For rocks, electrical conductivity varies according to the rock type. For non-
weathered rocks, conductivity in sulfides ranges from about 10 to 103 S m-1, while
igneous and metamorphic non-weathered rocks generally have conductivities in the range
of 10-5 to 10-3 S m-1, though values can be as low as 10-14 S m-1. Weathered rocks
generally have conductivities in the range 10-4 to 10-1 S m-1. Water has values from
around 10-2 to 1 S m-1, and brine is higher, nearly up to 10 S m-1 (Guéguen and
Palciauskas, 1994). Notably, water content greatly influences rock conductivity values.
Capacitance is the ability to store charge, and is synonymous with the dielectric
strength of materials. Capacitance occurs by the rearrangement of electric dipoles in two
settings: first, from elementary particles with a combined net electric dipole moment of
zero (i.e. in a neutral material), and from polar molecules whose net electric dipole
moment is constant (i.e. in a polar material) (Parkhomenko, 1967). Polarization itself
may be caused by one of four mechanisms (Guéguen and Palciauskas, 1994):
1. Electronic polarization is caused by the displacement of electrons.
2. Ionic polarization is caused by the displacement of atoms or ions.
3. Electric dipole polarization is caused by coherent orientations of polar molecules.
4. Space-charge polarization is caused by migration of charged particles through a
substance.
The amount of time it takes to store or release electric charge depends on the
mechanism involved, whether electronic, ionic, electric dipole or space-charge. These
are also affected by the frequency of an incident electric signal. Capacitance in space-
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charging (and in the other mechanisms) is reduced when the signal frequency is high
(Parkhomenko, 1967). Space-charging is the most sensitive to frequency, electronic
charging is the least and the other mechanisms having intermediate sensitivities
according to the order listed here.
For dielectric materials where polarization is due entirely to electronic charging, the
dielectric permittivity is approximately equal to the square of the index of refraction for
the material (Parkhomenko, 1967). Photons, as gauge bosons for the electromagnetic
force, are fundamentally connected to electrons, so it makes sense that the state of
electrons in a material would affect both the transmission of light through that material
and the transmission of electric charge. Thus, dielectric values may sometimes be
approximated with refraction data, and one may imagine the indicatrix for the dielectric
constant of biaxial and uniaxial crystals as being similar to the indicatrix for the refractive
index of those crystals (Parkhomenko, 1967). More optically refractive minerals have
higher capacitance, provided that the dielectricity is caused by the electron configuration.
For ionic materials, dielectric permittivity varies inversely with the hardness of
crystals: salts and other softer crystals have a higher capacitance. Ionic materials have
lower capacitance than electronic materials. The minerals with the highest capacitance
are oxides and sulfides, generally (Parkhomenko, 1967). Dielectric permittivity may also
increase with the coordination number of metal ions present in the crystal lattice
(Parkhomenko, 1967).
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The dielectric permittivity of minerals varies over about two orders of magnitude,
from about three (for several minerals) to 173 (for rutile) (Parkhomenko, 1967). This is
the relative dielectric permittivity, which refers to the ability of a substance to store
electrical energy from an externally applied electric field. Permittivity values for rocks
range from three to about 20 (Parkhomenko, 1967). The dielectric permittivity for
carbonate is about 1.5 times that for quartz, and carbonate-bearing rock will have higher
capacitance than silicate rock, with an important caveat: the presence of mafic (and
ultramafic) minerals, such as olivine and pyroxene, can increase the capacitance of any
rock considerably, e.g. an increase in the dielectric coefficient from five to 15
(Parkhomenko, 1967). Likewise, the presence of carbon (in coals, for example) increases
the capacitance of rock.
Water
Water can have conductivity values of 10 orders of magnitude larger than those of
rock. For rock bodies near the surface of the Earth, water content is the prime
consideration in determining the transmission of electricity, or the storage of electric
charge.
The effective conductivity of saturated rock is calculated from the conductivity of
water, divided by the formation factor for the rock, which depends on the pore structure
of the rock and also on the conductivity ratio of the dry rock versus water (Guéguen and
Palciauskas, 1994).
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Conductivity can also be used as a proxy for strength in rock. The more conductive
rock has a higher water content, and, hence, is weaker (Parkhomenko, 1967). Note that
oil, natural gas, and air have much lower conductivities than water, and can also lower
rock strength. The fraction of these or other volatiles in the pore space of rock will
complicate the rock-strength calculations (Guéguen and Palciauskas, 1994). Volatiles are
substances with low boiling points compared with other materials, and tend to vaporize
under ambient or moderate geologic temperatures. Further, the presence of a clay coating
along mineral grains will increase the residence time of solute ions there because of the
charge of the clay, and this will necessitate adding another term to the calculations
(Guéguen and Palciauskas, 1994). The interaction of rock and water is complex.
Regarding capacitance: the dielectric coefficient of water is 81, and for saline water,
the value is even higher. There is some anomalous behavior reported of very high values
(103 to 105) for the dielectric permittivity of sedimentary rock with 10 to 12% water if the
signal frequency is below 10,000 Hz (Parkhomenko, 1967). The capacitance is not as
high with higher signal frequencies, nor with dry samples. The sensitivity to frequency
implies that this anomaly may be related to a space-charge mechanism (from the
migration of charged particles) or to an electric dipole mechanism (from the orientation
of polar molecules) but further study is needed. There is no difference in low- and high-
frequency capacitance if the rock is dry (Parkhomenko, 1967).
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Piezoelectric Effect in Rock
Electric circuits in rock are typically made by either the electrokinetic effect, based on
the transfer of water and electrolyte, or through an activation potential, a solid-state effect
wherein lattice holes are the positive charge carriers. Of relatively minor significance is
the piezoelectric effect from individual piezoelectric minerals in crustal rocks. Most
minerals are not strongly piezoelectric or ferroelectric.
For rocks containing quartz, which is strongly piezoelectric, the bulk effect is often
much less (e.g. by three orders of magnitude) than the effect of the individual grains
(Sasaoka et al., 1998; Tuck et al., 1977). Even for quartz-rich rocks that show a
crystallographic (oriented) fabric, it is exceptional for a rock to show a true piezoelectric
effect due to fabric; most of the electrical effects have a non-polar statistical distribution
(Bishop, 1981). The same is true for tourmaline-rich rocks (Baird and Kennan, 1985).
Moreover, piezoelectricity is observed in rocks that contain no piezoelectric minerals,
such as limestones (Frid et al., 2009) and marble (Kuksenko and Makhmudov, 2004).
Some other mechanism must be at work. Teisseyre et al. (2001) provide an introductory
treatment of piezoelectric effects in rocks with no piezoelectric components (e.g.
limestone, tuff), and conclude that there are at least two (one slow, one fast) mechanisms
acting on these materials. They do not identify what these two mechanisms are.
Temperature and Pressure Effects
Rocks have electrical conductivity that may vary markedly with temperature and
pressure. For metamorphism, a few considerations are notable.
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High temperatures lower capacitance generally. With increased temperature, thermal
agitation will displace particles, and the polarizability (and capacitance) of the materials
will decrease. Further, if the source of capacitance is electron or hole conductivity,
higher temperature will allow for more mobility of the charge carrier or hole, and act to
reduce the effective capacitance (Parkhomenko, 1967).
On the other hand, conductivity increases with temperature. Both impurities and
lattice atoms will have greater mobility, and different charge carriers (requiring higher
activation energies) may become mobile at higher temperatures (Parkhomenko, 1967).
An increase in temperature from 25 to 400 ºC can increase the conductivity of dry rock
by several orders of magnitude (Parkhomenko, 1967). This change corresponds to a
depth of about 10 or 12 km.
With increased pressure, the dielectric permittivity of rock may increase or decrease
(Parkhomenko, 1967). Increased pressure may close pore spaces, and increase density,
and this will allow for increased capacitance, if the cause is electronic (and not ionic)
charging (Parkhomenko, 1967). Increased pressure may also cause lattice defects in the
material, and that will serve to increase capacitance. (See Chapter 6, p. 142).
Dielectric anisotropies in mylonites have been modeled by Muto and Nagahama
(2004) with an equation to relate strain to anisotropic dielectric behavior. These
anisotropies are observed in shear zones. A similar treatment has also been done for the
upper mantle (Shaocheng Ji et al., 1996), where olivine is thought to control the electrical
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conductivity. Both microanisotropy and macroanisotropy are involved. The mechanisms
whereby pressure influences capacitance in rock is done on a case-by-case basis.
Electrical conductivity in rocks generally increases with depth (Parkhomenko, 1967).
Some rock types, e.g. pyroxenite, serpentinized dunite and augite porphyry, reach a
maximum value of conductivity at some pressure, and then the value begins to decrease
(Parkhomenko, 1967). This variance may be caused by changes in the type of
deformation mechanism active in the constituent minerals in the rock. (See Chapter 6, p.
131).
Here are two cases: the breaking of peroxy bonds, which are a common defect in
silicates, allows oxygen to accept electrons from nearby atoms, creating positive-charge
holes. Peroxy is a theoretically-consistent pathway for describing an increase in
conductivity with pressure (Takeuchi et al., 2011). On the other hand, if fluid is
providing the electrical conductivity, then deformation will increase the length of the
fluid path. A longer fluid path will reduce conductivity (Büttner, 2005).
An increase in pressure from ambient to 4 x 109 pascals can increase the conductivity
of dry rock by about 70% (Parkhomenko, 1967). This change corresponds to a depth of
about 150 km.
Bulk Rock Magnetic Phenomena
Most minerals have low magnetic susceptibilities (lower than 10-4), and they will not
induce a noticeable magnetic anomaly (Guéguen and Palciauskas, 1994). Typical values
for rock vary by type. The magnetic susceptibility of sedimentary rock is generally less
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than 10-4, for granites and gneisses it is 10-4 to 10-3, and for intrusive mafic rocks it is
often greater than 10-3 (Guéguen and Palciauskas, 1994). Iron-rich minerals contribute
much to the magnetic susceptibility of rock.
Magnetic susceptibility varies inversely with temperature. Thermal agitation tends to
disorder the magnetic domains of crystals (Guéguen and Palciauskas, 1994). The effect
of pressure on the magnetic domains is not simple, and will be addressed in Chapter 6.
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CHAPTER 6
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM WITHIN METAMORPHIC REACTIONS AND
DEFORMATION MECHANISMS
Introduction
Three parameters define metamorphic conditions: temperature, pressure and
chemistry. Constructed figures are denoted T-P-X models and are a reference for
defining geologic conditions to construct the natural history of deformation and rock
formation (Spear, 1995). Metamorphism may be accompanied by deformation.
Chemical Reactions in Metamorphism
Metamorphism is a solid-state (as opposed to liquid or gas) change in chemical
composition or form, related to the intrinsic parameters of temperature and pressure. The
process necessarily requires time for diffusion of atoms and ions for mineralogical
transformations. It is distinguished from metasomatism, which is also a solid-state
change, and consists of a fluid-based transfer of mass (Harlov and Austrheim, 2012). For
sedimentary rock, metasomatism takes place at or near the temperature of the original
rock formation. Metamorphic temperatures are higher, and include all the
transformations until melting (whether from temperature or pressure) is complete.
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Fluid phases may be present in metamorphism, and aqueous solutions often contain
CO2, and peripherally CH4, N2, F and B. Fluids can greatly reduce rock melting
temperatures and pressures. Models for diffusion range over varying time scales are
often most focused on determining when a reaction has stopped (closure) and on dating
(Hudgins et al., 2011; Gardés and Montel, 2009). Below are three examples of
metamorphic reactions, from Miyashiro (1994), out of hundreds known. For fine-grained
clastic sedimentary rock, also called pelitic rock, with increasing temperature,
muscovite + chlorite → biotite + quartz + H2O. (16)
For pelitic rocks containing dolomite, with increasing temperature,
muscovite + dolomite + quartz + H2O → biotite + chlorite + calcite + CO2 ; (17)
muscovite + calcite + chlorite + quartz → biotite + epidote + H2O + CO2 . (18)
The thermodynamic systems of metamorphism are modeled in relation to temperature
(T), pressure (P) and chemistry (X). Computational resources for thermodynamic
properties associated with these types of reactions are available. SUPCRT92 includes
data for minerals from 1 to 5000 bar and 0 to 1000°C (Johnson et al., 1992) and has been
updated in SUPCRT96. Other currently available software seems to be focused on
aqueous (hydrologic) geochemistry, e.g. Geochemist’s Workbench (Aqueous Solutions,
2013), EQ3/6 (Wolery et al., 1990). These are models to develop P-T-X relations.
Chemical changes are rearrangements to the bonds between atoms and ions, and new
bonds and compounds are created during the process. Though none of the computational
packages described above include electricity or magnetism, electric fields do promote (or
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retard) chemical reactions. For example, electric or magnetic fields can influence the
diffusion of ions in mineral systems (Frantz and Popp, 1979), and introduce new lattice
orientations (Rüssel, 1997; Keding and Rüssel, 1996).
In the field of chemistry generally, changes in chemical reactions with the application
of electricity have been described involving ions (Agladze and De Kepper, 1992), the
growth of carbon filaments and the decomposition of organic compounds (Calderón-
Moreno et al., 2006; Pol et al., 2006), and the crystallization of amorphous silicon (Kim,
2002). Applied magnetic fields also affect chemical reaction rates (Hyun-Sik Seo et al.,
2008; Fejfar et al., 2005). A summary of the examples above, quantifying how electric or
magnetic fields can affect chemical reaction rates, is given in Table 48.
In a geologic setting, electric or magnetic fields ought to speed the timing of certain
chemical reactions, and metamorphic reactions specifically. An initial diffusion of
material may be promoted by an electric or magnetic field, and the resulting new mineral
growth may conform with the field. Electricity and magnetism affect both the kinetics
and geometry of chemical reactions.
Deformation Mechanisms
Temperature and pressure influence the form of minerals, and mineral grains are
subject to distinct deformation mechanisms that depend on these parameters. If strain
rates outstep recovery rates, as occurs in fault zones, mylonites and other fault-related
metamorphic rocks will be formed. Passchier and Trouw (2005) list several categories of
deformation mechanisms working on a grain-sized scale. These deformations are
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TABLE 48. Electric and Magnetic Influences on Chemical Reactions
Parameters Effect
50 mA DC current Initiates crystallization in Ba2TiSi2O8-SiO2 glass at 1300 ºC
36 mA DC current Increases wave propagation rate in HBrO2 gel reaction by 400%
1.5 to 5 A DC Alters shape of carbon precipitate (filament) from mesitylene gas
1.5 to 5 A AC Alters shape of carbon precipitate (zig-zag) from mesitylene gas
360 V cm-1 field Lowers annealing temperature of amorphous silicon to 380 ºC
0.4 T magnetic field Initiates crystallization in amorphous silicon thin film at 100 ºC
0.05 T magnetic Initiates crystallization in amorphous silicon thin film at 430 ºC
summarized here, in order of increasing pressure and temperature. The lowest
temperature and pressure mechanism (brittle fracturing) is listed first. The text that
follows, from Brittle Fracturing through Granular Flow, is based on Passchier and Trouw
(2005).
Brittle Fracturing
Brittle fracturing includes intergranular fractures (between grains), transgranular
fractures (across grains), impingement microcracks (at grain contacts), subcritical
microcrack growth (a slow process depending on stress and temperature), and stress
corrosion cracking (due to chemical reactions).
Dissolution-Precipitation
The primary mechanism of dissolution-precipitation, another class of deformation
mechanism, is pressure solution, occurring at grain boundaries. If there is solution
transfer, the resulting precipitation may be described as an incongruent pressure solution.
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Crystal Plastic Deformation
Crystal plastic deformation is intracrystalline and occurs through the movement of
lattice defects. These are point defects (vacancies, interstitial atoms) and line defects
(edge dislocations, screw dislocations, and pleat dislocations). Edge dislocations are
formed at the edge of an extra lattice plane, whose growth disrupts a crystal lattice.
Screw dislocations form as a twist about an axis made to accommodate three-dimensional
lattice defects. Pleat dislocations are a distinct combination of screw and edge
dislocation that look like a pleat. Line defects in combination can form a circle or loop,
(dislocation loops), or misfitted crystal lattice edges (stacking faults). Ductile
deformation is accomplished by the movement of these dislocations and vacancies.
Deformation by dislocation alone is called dislocation glide, and a crystal changes
shape as the dislocations migrate within the crystal lattice. The conditions necessary for
deformation glide are unique for each mineral. Dislocation glide may occur under
different conditions for each crystallographic axis, and are named according to the crystal
geometry. Basal dislocation glide on the c plane in the a direction is written as (c)<a>
glide. This combination of slip plane and slip direction is known as a slip system.
Dislocation glide depends strongly on temperature. For example, quartz at low grade
conditions (300 to 400ºC) exhibits (c)<a> glide. The temperature for other slip systems
in quartz are higher.
Vacancies in a lattice can move during crystal plastic deformation, and allow a glide
plane or other defect to migrate to a different position while maintaining its original
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orientation in the crystal. This migration is called dislocation climb. Dislocation climb
can allow a glide plane to climb over a site blocked by an interstitial, for example. If
glide and climb of dislocations are active, the deformation is termed dislocation creep.
These processes tend to create a similar alignments in an aggregate of like crystals as
deformation occurs, termed lattice-preferred orientation. This lattice-preferred
orientation is quantifiable with a scanning electron microscope (if it is equipped with
electron backscatter diffusion equipment). The SEM builds a map of the alignment of the
crystal grains. That alignment is determined by the active slip system.
Twinning and Kinking
Twinning and kinking can occur from deviatoric stress. Deformation twinning
generally follows crystallographic axes and is often concentrated at high strain sites;
kinking does not. Such twinned (or kinked) regions are often microscopic. They may be
visible only as constituents within grains in thin section.
Recovery
Deformation mechanisms that lower the internal stress of a crystal are called recovery
mechanisms. These include the formation of deformation bands and subgrains. As
lattice dislocations migrate and collect in one place, they form dislocation bands. If these
are dense enough with dislocations, subgrains will form and the deformation band will
become a boundary between subgrains. Each subgrain has a slightly different lattice
orientation, and this can be observed as undulose extinction under cross-polarized light
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(as the polarized light aligns with the optic axis of the crystal) in thin section. Annealing
includes both recovery and recrystallization, discussed below.
Dynamic Recrystallization
Like recovery, dynamic recrystallization acts to reduce the dislocation density in an
aggregate of crystals. It may alter the size, shape or orientation of crystal grains or grain
boundaries to produce an environment in which crystal lattices have fewer (or minimal)
defects. Dynamic recrystallization mechanisms include bulging recrystallization (BLG),
subgrain rotation (SGR) and grain boundary migration (GBM). Bulging recrystallization
occurs when small appendages bulge from one grain into an adjacent grain, capturing
material. Subgrain rotation completes the creation of new grains from subgrains. Grain
boundary migration gives a “jigsaw puzzle” aspect to an aggregate of crystals. These
three listed above are in order of increasing temperature of formation. If all else is equal,
BLG occurs at lower temperatures than SGR, and SGR occurs at lower temperatures the
GBM.
Diffusion Creep
Diffusion creep can be thought of as the random movement of vacancies in the solid
state. There are two types: Coble creep refers to vacancy migration along grain
boundaries, and Nabarro-Herring creep signifies vacancy migration throughout the
crystal lattice. Diffusion creep occurs at high temperatures, close to the melting
temperature of the constituent minerals.
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Granular Flow
Granular flow denotes crystals sliding past one another in a fine-grained aggregate.
Superplasticity refers to the same process, but without the development of any lattice-
preferred orientation. Granular flow is the most intensive strain mechanism of the eight
mechanisms listed.
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Associated with Deformation Mechanisms
A selection of articles relating to all of these mechanisms is presented below. The
articles describe electric and magnetic phenomena associated with each deformation
mechanism. Observed phenomena are summarized in Table 49, and Table 50 lists
relevant data from the articles.
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Brittle Fracture Mechanisms
Electric. Makarets et al. (2002) show that fracturing of piezoelectric minerals in
rocks causes transient magnetization due to the moving crack, and that this causes
electromagnetic emission. The frequency of the electromagnetic emission is in the kHz
range, and the radiation energy is proportional to the energy that causes the crack.
Takeuchi and Nagahama (2002) summarize research showing that fracturing and
frictional sliding in quartz and granite under dry conditions generates fractoluminescence,
charged particle emission, and electromagnetic radiation. Surface charge density is
approximately 10-4 to 10-2 C m-2. Baragiola et al. (2011), James et al. (2000) and Oster et
al. (1999) describe fractoemission of electric charge. Baragiola et al. (2011) describe
ozone formation from the electric energy emitted at the fracture, and demonstrate that the
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TABLE 49. Deformation Mechanisms and Associated Electric and Magnetic Phenomena
Summarized
Mechanism Summary
Brittle Fracture Brittle fracture can cause electrical and electromagnetic
emission and fractoluminescence. Magnetic fields weaken
materials and promote fracture.
Dissolution- The presence of electrolyte-bearing fluids can promote
Precipitation pressure solution. Mineral precipitation is responsible both for
the conductivity anisotropy in the upper mantle shear zone and
for magnetic fabrics in some slate, migmatites and granites.
Crystal Plastic Dislocations allow for greater charge transfer and conductivity,
Deformation while high-current discharge can create dislocations in metals.
Crystal plastic deformation alters the orientations of magnetic
domains and is used to create permanent magnets. It is
responsible for similar changes in minerals. It is the cause of
magnetic fabrics in some migmatites and other rock.
Pressure Twinning Twinning is responsible for some piezoelectric fabric in rock.
and Kinking Kinking is controlled by the energy to turn bonding into anti-
bonding electrons. Pressure twinning can create magnetic
anisotropy in materials with ferromagnetic dopants.
Recovery / Annealing An applied direct electric current can increase the rate of
Mechanisms recovery processes at the expense of grain growth rate. The
presence of subgrains decreases magnetic susceptibility in
ferromagnetic materials.
Dynamic An applied electric field can increase the rate of dynamic
Recrystallization recrystallization in metals, but direct current will decrease the
occurrence of grain boundary migration in the direction of the
applied current. Grain boundary migration decreases electrical
conductivity. An applied magnetic field makes fine-scale grain
boundary structure more uniform. Dynamic recrystallization
can be used to create permanent magnets in metals.
Diffusion Creep Vacancies increase both electrical conductivity and magnetic
susceptibility.
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TABLE 49. Continued
Mechanism Summary
Granular Flow An applied electric field promotes superplasticity. If lattice-
preferred orientation is destroyed (as with superplastic
deformation), other earlier anisotropies will be destroyed as
well. The process whereby grains slide past each other in
granular flow can create magnetic fabrics.
Notes: Pressure solution–precipitation, crystal plastic deformation, and granular flow
have each been singled out as the major cause of magnetic fabrics in different rocks by
different authors.
TABLE 50. Data on Deformation Mechanisms and Associated Electric and Magnetic
Phenomena
Mechanism Data Phenomenon
Brittle Fracture
Electric Emission 10-6 to 10-5 C kg-1 Electric charge (volcanic ash)
10-4 to 10-2 C m-2 Surface charge density (granite)
> 30 kV cm-1 Electric field (crustal rock)
Electromagnetic kHz range Frequency (mineral 32 class)
3 5
Emission 10 to 10 Hz Frequency (ice)
Radiation energy ∝ applied force
Weakness Caused > 25% Loss of tensile strength (nickel)
by Magnetism
Dissolution-Precipitation
Dissolution Rate 45 pm hr-1 Fused silica, 10-12 to 10-10 A
0.1 nm hr-1 Silica glass-gold, 500 mV
Precipitation Rate 1 to 4 nm min-1 (start) Quartz-mica, 50 to 150 mV
0.01 nm min-1 Quartz-mica, 50 to 150 mV
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TABLE 50. Continued
Mechanism Data Phenomenon
Crystal Plastic Deformation
Edge Dislocations 3 x 10-12 C m-2 Charge density (rock, estimate)
Electrically Induced 4 x 104 A cm-2 Current density (aluminum wire)
Plasticity 1 x 105 A cm-2 Current density (copper wire)
Magnetic Anisotropy 1.3 Susceptibility (max/min) (magnetite)
Pressure Twinning and Kinking
Twinning ≤ 0.7 mV Electric field (quartz vein)
Recovery Mechanisms
Recovery 105 A cm-2 DC enhances annealing (Cu)
Dynamic Recrystallization
Recrystallization +10 to 30% Zone width (Fe-Al-Ni-Co alloy, 6 kV)
1.2 MA m-1 Magnetic field enhances growth (Ni)
Grain Boundary +400% Resistivity increase (halite, fluid path)
Migration
Upset Forging 9.55 x 102 A m-1 Hc (Pr-Fe-B-Cu alloy)
1.05 T Br (Pr-Fe-B-Cu alloy)
Diffusion Creep
Vacancies and 8 x 10-5 S m-1 Strained conductivity (talc-rich rock)
Proton Mobility 3 x 10-4 S m-1 Strained conductivity (serpentinite)
Granular Flow
Superplasticity 105 Strain rate increase (metal, 106 A cm-2)
Notes: The material associated with the data for dissolution (or precipitation) is
underlined above for clarity, as some experimental systems have more than one
component.
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electric field must be greater than the electricity needed to chemically decompose air (30
kV cm-1). James et al. (2000) describe fracture charging of volcanic rock to simulate ash
formation, with electric charge approximately equal to 10-6 to 10-5 C kg-1. For ice,
electromagnetic emission resulting from a single crack under various stress regimes has a
frequency of 103 to 105 Hz (Shibkov et al., 2005).
Magnetic. Jagasivamani (1987) shows how previous reports of magnetic field
emission during fracture of ferromagnetic materials are flawed, the result of mistakes in
the experimental set up. Li Xiangde (1997) shows decreasing strength in diamond with
an applied magnetic field. Tian et al. (2009) describe a decrease in tensile strength (by at
least 25%) in nickel with an applied magnetic field.
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Dissolution-Precipitation Mechanisms
Electric. Shaocheng Ji et al. (1996) describe how electrical anisotropy and seismic
anisotropy are oblique to each other in an upper mantle shear zone, with the
magnetotelluric component following the foliation, and the seismic component following
the shear plane, which coincides with slip in the a direction in olivine. According to the
articles below (in the Magnetic part of this subsection, and then in the Crystal Plastic
Deformation subsection), these results are due to solution-precipitation and crystal plastic
deformation, respectively. If dynamic recrystallization is active, the crystallographic data
are reset, and the strain markers give only a minimum strain value of the last event.
Greene et al. (2009) describe increased rates of pressure solution at mica-quartz
contacts due to the addition of aqueous electrolyte solutions plus acid. The electrostatic
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potential resulting from the contact (or proximity) of the plates (at pH 3) is 50 to 150 mV.
The precipitation rate onto the quartz plate is initially 1 to 4 nm min-1, and then (after
several hours) settles into a stable rate of 0.01 nm min-1. Andersen et al. (2011) describe
such solutions, driven by a pressure differential (and a streaming potential), as dissolving
fused silica. The dissolution rate is approximately 45 pm hr-1 under a streaming current
(from fluid flow) of about 10-12 to 10-10 amperes. The pressure differential is about 8
MPa to set up the streaming potential, and pH values are 5.6 and 9.2 for various
experimental trials. Kristiansen et al. (2012) describe the role of surface potential in
pressure solution. Silica glass (in contact with a gold electrode) is dissolved at a rate of
approximately 0.1 nm hr-1 in an electrolyte solution and acid (pH 3) under a few
atmospheres of pressure. The difference in potential between the silica glass and the gold
electrode is about 500 mV. The gold must carry the more negative sign for the
dissolution rate to be this high. Laubach et al. (2010) review the literature on low-
temperature diagenesis.
Magnetic. Borradaile et al. (1988) describe pressure solution and precipitation of
magnetite in a slate, as an explanation of the observed magnetic fabric, while Borradaile
and Tarling (1981) describe the influence of pressure solution (forming stylolites) and
grain boundary sliding on magnetic fabrics, and suggest that the process initiates a
tectonic magnetic fabric within cleavage surfaces.
Kratinová et al. (2007) report a magnetic fabric in successively-emplaced granite
sheets, with some migmatites (and granites) showing quartz ribbons alternating with
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regions of biotite flakes, the result of strong recrystallization processes. Most of the field
from the magnetic fabric is attributable to the paramagnetic silicate (e.g. biotite) phases.
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Crystal Plastic Deformation Mechanisms
Electric. Dubovitskaia et al. (1980) describe electric discharge in a molybdenum
single crystal as generating dislocations and dislocation pile-ups. Slifkin (1993) posits
that charged dislocations in rock may be responsible for seismic electric signals, and
describes the thermodynamics involved. Excess charge density in rock due to edge
dislocations in the constituent minerals are estimated at 3 x 10-12 C m-2. This estimate is
based on dislocation density and a dislocation charge model of 3 x 10-11 C m-1 for the
crystal surface, with a potential of a few tenths of a volt on the surface relative to the
interior (as measured for edge defects in alkali and silver halides, and then generalized)
and a lattice spacing of about 5 Å for the constituent minerals. Shibkov et al. (2006) and
Shibkov et al. (2009) discuss electromagnetic emission signals from single-crystal and
polycrystalline ice undergoing plastic deformation and fracture, and describe how lattice
dislocations allow for charge transfer. Shibkov et al. (2005) provides an atlas of
waveforms correlated with electromagnetic emission caused by various processes (e.g.
the generation of a slip band) in ice. A list of previous work on the subject of
electromagnetic emission in relaxation processes (deformation and fracture) in crystals is
also given in Shibkov et al. (2005).
Savenko and Shchukin (2006) describe the role of dislocations in creating
electromechanical effects in halite. Eremenko et al. (2007) describe electrically-active
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layers formed by dislocation glide in silicon, and Eremenko et al. (2009) describe further
the increased conduction in silicon subjected to crystal plastic deformation. Crystal
plastic deformation creates a very dense system of extended (electrically active) defects
trailing from the dislocations that comprise the slide, climb and glide of the crystal plastic
deformation. Conrad (2000) reports plastic deformation initiated in aluminum wire under
an applied electric current desnity of 4 x 104 A cm-2 and in copper wire under an applied
electric current density of 1 x 105 A cm-2.
Magnetic. Borradaile (1988) observed that the alignment of magnetic domains
change rapidly with advancing strain, especially as minerals undergo crystal plastic
deformation. This affects the the magnetic susceptibility. Shang-Shiang Hsu and Tein-
Tai Chang (1995), in their work characterizing nuclear pressure vessels with magnetic
methods, summarize research that shows how the stability of pinning walls for magnetic
domains in ferromagnetic materials is correlated inversely with the flow of dislocations in
such materials.
Grünberger (2001) reports on deformation-induced RE-TM-B (rare earth - transition
metal - boron) permanent magnets, invoking crystal plastic deformation in the c direction
(perpendicular to the growth direction for these crystals) as one method of producing
anisotropy. Several papers in the materials science literature relate to the subject of upset
forge magnet fabrication. Upset forge fabrication includes any forge process that
compresses the length of the material and increases the cross-sectional area (Dadras and
Thomas, 1983).
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Ferré et al. (2003) and Ferré et al. (2004) describe the development of magnetic
fabrics in migmatites. Titanomagnetite (ferrimagnetic) and biotite (paramagnetic) change
their magnetic orientations while undergoing crystal plastic deformation under deviatoric
stresses and magnetic fields. The earlier work describes anisotropy in magnetite grains as
being about 1.3 (the ratio of maximum to minimum magnetic susceptibility) (Ferré et al.,
2003). For one migmatite studied, the magnetic anisotropy in the melanosome occurred
via crystal plastic deformation, while in the leucosome, it occurred via this and granular
flow (Ferré et al., 2004). The melanosome and leucosome are regions in rock in which
dark- and light-colored minerals predominate, respectively. The terms are used to
describe rocks where minerals are segregated.
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Pressure Twinning and Kinking Mechanisms
Electric. Essen (1935) describes what is now known to be Dauphiné twinning in
quartz. These are twins rotated by 60º about the c axis, such that mechanical pressure
along the a axis produces electrical signals from each twin that either interfere or cancel
each other. Dauphiné twins in quartz, also called electrical twins, are optically
indistinguishable.
Nikitin and Ivankina (1995) describe a mechanism whereby polycrystal aggregate
(vein) β-quartz that formed at high temperature may undergo deformation and acquire a
lattice-preferred orientation, as is commonly observed. The quartz may then be brought
to a cooler setting, where it makes a transformation to α-quartz. The resulting grains
undergo twinning. If the twinning follows a combined twin law with twinning on both
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[0001] and [1120], then the twinned grains will share their polarity, and the rock will
become piezoelectrically active. The Dauphiné twin law refers to twins along the plane
[0001] and this contains the c axis. The Brazil twin law refers to twins along the plane
[1120]. Neither of these twins alone will create a piezoelectrically active structure under
isotropic pressures. If there is some non-hydrostatic, directed stress, the growth of one
crystal will be favored over the other under either twin law. The resulting distributions of
twinned quartz will be unequal in mass, and result in piezoelectricity. In their sample of
vein quartz, the measured electric field values are up to 0.7 mV and vary according to the
orientation of the pressure with respect to the lattice-preferred orientation (Nikitin and
Ivankina, 1995).
Bertagnolli et al. (1981) produced stress-induced twins in X-cut quartz plates when
stress was applied non-uniformly. X-cut crystal plates are named for the x axis and are
perpendicular to the a axis of the crystal. Arlt (1990) describes the relationship between
twin-wall energy and grain size in ferroelectric and ferroelastic ceramics, and shows that
a minumum grain size exists for each mineral system, below which twinning won’t
further minimize the local energy. Gilman (2008) describes kinking in covalent crystals
as requiring the excitation of bonding electrons into anti-bonding states, as measured by
the band-gap density. For a kink to move, it must shear covalent bonds, and does so via
this excitation.
Magnetic. Evans (2006) reports on the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility in a
ferroan calcite cement related to twinning deformation.
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Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Recovery Mechanisms
Electric. Conrad et al. (1988) report that pulses of DC current (105 A cm-2 for short
durations) enhanced the rate of recovery and recrystallization, but retarded the rate of
grain growth in 99.9% copper wires.
Magnetic. Bose (1986) attributes a decrease in magnetic induction in ferromagnetic
materials during strain to subgrain formation and changes in dislocation density.
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Dynamic Recrystallization Mechanisms
Electric. Fu et al. (2003) describe how an applied electric field (6 kV) can accelerate
the nucleation of dynamic recrystallization grains in a metal weld under pressure,
resulting in a wider area of recrystallization (10 to 30%) and a more equant aspect ratio
for the new grains. Kemmochi and Hiramo (1975) demonstrate that an applied DC
current (6 x 103 A cm-2) reduces grain boundary migration in the current direction in
aluminum and enhances grain boundary migration in the direction perpendicular to the
current direction. This result is consistent with data cited in Bose (1986). The process of
grain boundaries being influenced by an applied electrical field is called electromigration.
Watanabe and Peach (2002) describe increased resistivity (+400%) with deformation
in halite. Wet samples deformed via dynamic recrystallization (grain boundary
migration) exhibited more resistivity than dry samples, which showed no recrystallization
structures. The experiments were undertaken at 125 ºC and 50 MPa. This type of
increase in resistivity is likely caused by deformation and consequent lengthening of the
fluid paths (Watanabe, 2010).
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Magnetic. Harada et al. (2003) report that an applied magnetic field (1.2 MA m-1) can
affect the grain boundary microstructure in nanocrystalline nickel, making it more
homogenous and increasing the rate of grain growth during annealing. The standard
deviation in the grain sizes decreased by about 10% in experiments with an applied
magnetic field as compared to those without an applied field. Watanabe et al. (2006)
follow up on this with a summary of magnetic field applications for grain boundary
engineering in metals.
Kwon et al. (1992) report that dynamic recrystallization is responsible for alignment
of the magnetic field in upset forge cast ingots for permanent Pr-Fe-B-Cu magnets. The
measured strengths were Hc ≈ 9.55 x 102 A m-1 and Br ≈ 1.05 T.
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Diffusion Creep Mechanisms
Electric. Conrad (2000) reports that a current density of 2.5 x 103 A cm-2 increases
the rate of creep in V3Si. Xinzhuan Guo et al. (2011) cite hydrogen mobility and
vacancies in talc- and serpentine-rich rocks as the mode for creating electrical
conductivity in the mantle lithosphere, with experimental results taken at 3 GPa. The
conductivities due to hydrogen and vacancy mobility for talc-rich rock and serpentinite
were 8 x 10-5 S m-1 and 3 x 10-4 S m-1, respectively, parallel to lineation. Xiaozhi Yang
(2012) describes enhanced electrical conductivity of hydrated olivine, clinopyroxene, and
hydrated plagioclase under conditions of 10 kbar at 200°C to 800°C as being caused by
point defects. The hydrated plagioclase exhibits a large electrical anisotropy, but the
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other two minerals do not. The anisotropy (ratio of the maximum to the minimum
conductivity) ranges from 3 to 8 for the strained plagioclase.
Magnetic. Osorio-Guillén et al. (2007) tackle the problem of ferromagnetic behavior
in oxides (such as CaO and HfO2) that lack unpaired electrons in the d-orbital, and show
that vacancies, while they can create a magnetic moment, are insufficient to produce the
observed bulk magnetic moment, which they attribute to nonstoichiometric factors.
These are overgrowths and grain boundaries that lead to a net violation of the
stoichiometry. Antiferromagnetic coupling of nearby vacancies precludes them from
being the sole source of ferromagnetism.
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena with Granular Flow Mechanisms
Electric. Conrad (2000) details how applied electric fields influence plastic
deformation in metals and oxides. The results showing that a decrease in flow stress
during superplasticity (making deformation easier), cavitation and grain growth are all
positively correlated with applied electric fields. Cavitation is the formation and
subsequent collapse of voids. At current densities of 106 A cm-2, strain rates in metals
abruptly increased by five orders of magnitude.
Magnetic. Egydio-Silva et al. (2005) use granulites exhibiting magnetic anisotropies
to orient models of deformation regimes for their sample regions. Both ferromagnetic
oxides (e.g. titanohematite), sulphides (e.g. pyrrhotite) and paramagnetic components
(e.g. ferromagnesian silicates) are discussed.
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CHAPTER 7
SEISMIC ELECTRIC SIGNAL (SES) RESEARCH
Introduction
Geophysical research in the 1960s and 1970s had a significant focus on the coupling
between earthquake and electrical phenomena, especially in the United States, Soviet
Union, China and Japan. Significantly, observational evidence shows that compression is
associated with a marked decrease in rock resistivity, oriented parallel to the compressive
force (Dmowska, 1977). Similar work is ongoing; a study in Greece shows the
superposition of twenty-four-hour wavelet variations in signals preceding and following
an earthquake (Thanassoulas and Tselentis, 1993). See Figure 26. It is not suggested in
their study, but such superposition of twenty-four-hour wavelets may be the result of
decreased rock resistivity during the seismic event, combined with the typical telluric
variation caused by solar flux.
Varotsos-Alexopoulos-Nomicos (VAN) Method
In 1981, a network of eighteen electrical stations was set up in Greece, and then
connected by telephony in 1983, for earthquake prediction (Varotsos et al., 1993a), with
mixed results. The typical VAN method (named for the three co-authors, Varotsos,
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FIGURE 26. Record of electric field variations before and after the magnitude 4.8
earthquake of February 9, 1982 in the North Aegean. The onset of the twenty-four-hour
field variations are indicated with an arrow captioned "START." SP refers to self
potential. Filtering was accomplished via a moving average. The image is adapted from
Figure 2 in Thanassoulas, C., and Tselentis, G., 1993, Periodic variations in the Earth’s
electric field as earthquake precursors: Results from recent experiments in Greece:
Tectonophysics, v. 224, p. 103–111. Reproduced with permission.
Alexopoulos and Nomicos) includes choosing a site, laying down sets of short-separation
(50 m to 400 m apart) and long-separation (2 to 20 km apart) electrodes
in north-south and east-west orientations, along with magnetometers to measure the
concurrent changes in the magnetic field (Varotsos et al., 1993a). The multiple
electrodes are important in distinguishing noise, and the longer electrodes can
demonstrate whether changes in voltage increase with the length of the area measured.
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These length data, combined with polarity data of the pulses, can distinguish local from
regional events.
Finding a location that is relatively insensitive to magnetotelluric variation is
important, since variations in the geomagnetic field can introduce electric field variations
that are unrelated to seismic activity (Varotsos et al., 2011). As a first filter for the
electric data, the magnetotelluric data are examined and electric field variations are
calculated based on changes to the geomagnetic field. These calculated regional electric
field variations are subtracted from the electrical field measurements, yielding a baseline
from which to look for seismic electric signals (Arvidsson and Kulhánek, 1993;
Hadjioannou et al., 1993).
A time lag between the electric and magnetic signals is sometimes measured at the
magnetometers. If there is some difference in the rate of transmission of magnetic and
electric fields in the rock, then the time lag can also be used to discriminate against local
electrical noise for the following reason: it may indicate that the signal has traveled some
distance. For some monitoring stations in Greece, comparison with the seismic record
indicates that a 1 second time lag is caused by approximately 100 km of travel (Varotsos
et al., 2011).
An early procedure is calibrating the measuring station. A station’s electric data are
checked against seismic data, to see whether seismic events are recorded in the electric
data, and from which region. This procedure is used to build the selectivity map of the
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station. The selectivity map should show the area where seismic signals produce
electrical phenomena detectable at a station.
In Greece, major ophiolite suture zones divide the occurrence and character of
purported seismic electrical phenomena (Papanikolaou, 1993). See Figure 27. Electric
transmission through crystalline rock is affected by chemistry and form, with mafic rock
being more suitable than felsic, and dikes being much better locations for stations than
sills. Because of selectivity, a station may be sensitive to seismic activity at a distance
(150 to 200 km), but not to local activity.
The station is then used to gather predictive data. The location of a signal is deduced
from the variance between north-south and east-west trending electrode pairs, correlated
with previous seismic detection history. Magnitude is calculated according to the
following equation:
log (∆V / L) ≈ (0.34 to 0.37) ML + b, (19)
where ∆V is the change in electric potential in millivolts, L is the length of the electrode
spacing in meters, ML is the local magnitude and b is empirical and based on previous
data, with values different for NS or EW electrodes, but the slope (0.34 to 0.37) is the
same for both (Varotsos et al., 1993a). No vertical (z) component of the electric field
was observed in the above studies, nor have correlations been made to rule out
atmospheric and weather influences on the fields. Other sources of electrical phenomena,
such as man-made interference (e.g. heavy use of electrical lines for a planned
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FIGURE 27. Selectivities of three SES stations, Greece. Areas covered by Ioannina
(IOA), Assiros (ASS) and Keratea (KER) are shown by textures 1, 2 and 3, respectively;
events for each are shown by symbols 5, 6 and 7, respectively. Stations are at symbol 4.
Ophiolite zones separate IOA and ASS; and KER is sited on a granitic dike. Reproduced
with permission from Papanikolaou, D., 1993, The effect of geological anisotropies on
the detectability of seismic electric signals: Tectonophysics, v. 224, p. 181–187.
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construction project), or local electrochemical alterations (e.g. corrosion of the
electrodes) are tracked manually. Several sites in the French Alps have been set up
following this method, with some preliminary selectivity completed (Maron et al. 1993),
as has a set of stations in Japan, where telephone cables were used for the electrodes
(Kawase et al., 1993). Both show correlative results between seismic activity and electric
phenomena.
Criticism of the VAN Method
Critical work in 1993 (Tectonophysics, Volume 224) and 1996 (Lighthill, 1996)
highlights seven features of this VAN method:
1. There is no one-to-one correlation between signals recorded and earthquakes, with
perhaps 50% of the larger events being missed (Hamada, 1993).
2. The temporal correlation of the signals is of two types: a single signal for a single
event, and multiple signals for a period of seismic activity. The second of these yields no
definite timing for the prediction (Varotsos et al., 1993a).
3. The transmission of purported seismic electric signals is selective, and a station
may only receive seismic signals for a specific region, perhaps not strictly related to
distance. The selectivity bias needs to be calibrated with other stations in the network
and is subject to human error (Varotsos et al., 1993a).
4. Inaccuracy of location, based on selectivity, highlights the unknown origin of
supposed SES (Dologlou, 1993a).
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5. Confusion exists between man-made and so called seismic signals (Pham et al.,
1998).
6. Building the selectivity map of a station is prone to a lack of falsifiability, in a
region where earthquakes are common enough that correlation is a given (Kagan, 1997).
7. Some problems of scientific rigor have been noted, especially regarding conflicts
in choosing whose calculated earthquake seismic data to use for correlations
(Drakopoulos et al., 1993; Varotsos et al., 1993b).
These difficulties are significant. Note that there is a difference of opinion between
Uyeda (1996) and Hamada (1993), on the one hand, and Kagan (1997) and Wyss (1996)
on the other, relating to statistical significance, in the main because correlations are only
very strong with ML ≥ 5.0 (or perhaps 5.5) earthquakes, whose occurrence is infrequent
enough that the data population is too small for statistical analysis. For example, eight
ML ≥ 5.5 earthquakes occurred in Greece from January 1, 1984 through September 10,
1995, and the VAN network forecast six of these (Uyeda, 1996). Finally, all of the above
are less damaging than the blow to public opinion that false alarms issued by the VAN
team have generated. More than anything else, these have generated ill will. In short,
using presumed SES to predict earthquakes did not have unqualified success.
Time Series Analysis of Presumed SES
In 2001 Varotsos et al. (2001) published work with SES using a novel time series
analysis, and this new method is summarized in Varotsos et al. (2011). For testing the
coherence of the electric signal data, Varotsos et al. use a detrended fluctuation analysis
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(DFA) (Bashan et al., 2008), breaking the data into time-segments which can be graphed
separately with polynomial modeling functions of various orders, generally one (linear),
two (quadratic) and three (cubic). A measure of the variation in the data (as expressed by
the square root of the sum of the squares of the lengths of data where there are no
polynomial trends) is then taken as a power law of the time-segment size chosen:
Var(s) ≈ sa, (20)
where s is the time-segment size, Var(s) is the variation in the data described above, and a
is an indicator variable. If a ≈ 0.5 then the signal is incoherent and there is no pattern on
a range of scales. If a < 0.5 then the data are anticorrelated, with scaling indicating some
change in the trend according to scale. If a > 0.5 then trends in the data are correlated
across a range of scales, and therefore coherent. (Varotsos et al., 2011).
For SES, DFA leads to a ≈ 1 for four orders of magnitude in s. For variations in the
magnetic field (spikes of alternating sign) which accompany major earthquakes (moment
magnitude approximately equal to 6.5 or greater), a ≈ 0.5 for s < 12 seconds (indicating
white noise), and a ≈ 0.89 for s > 12 seconds (indicating a coherent trend) (Varotsos et
al., 2011). White noise is ubiquitous in natural signals, due to the nature of how random
distributions occur (Ming Li and Lim, 2006).
For looking at the signals themselves, Varotsos et al. introduce two quantities, χi and
Qi :
χi = i/n, (21)
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where χi is the natural time coefficient, i is an integer based on the order of events (i.e.,
the i-th event), and n is the total number of events. Qi is the quantity of energy (electric,
seismic or other) released by the process being studied. The product χiQi assigns more
weight to the most recent and the largest energy events.
A related quantity, pi , is the fractional quantity of energy, defined by
pi = Qi/Qtot , (22)
where pi is the fractional quantity of energy of the i-th event, Qi is the energy released by
the i-th event, and Qtot is the total energy released during the period of study. This
mathematical framework is called natural time analysis by Varotsos et al. (2011).
The normalized power spectrum of a set of events in natural time is given by
Π(v) = (∑ pi eiv(i/n))2, (23)
where Π(v) is the power spectrum, ∑ signifies summation, for i = 1 to n, pi is the
fractional quantity of energy for the i-th event, e is the euler number, 2.71828, i is the
square root of negative one, v is an angle in radians times 2π, and is present to model
sinusoidal variation, i is the event index, and n is the number of events. The quantity v is
plotted versus Π(v) to get an indication of signal variation (Varotsos et al., 2011).
Sinusoidal variation is an explicit assumption of this formula.
One variance term used for critical discrimination in natural time is given by
κ1 = [ ∑ pi (i/n)2 ] - [ ∑ (i/n) pi ]2, (24)
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where κ1 is the variance in natural time, ∑ signifies summation, for i = 1 to n, pi is the
fractional quantity of energy for the i-th event, i is the event index, and n is the number of
events. This variance puts extra weight on pi.
For a uniform distribution of data, with χi and pi each taking values between 0 and 1,
κ1 ≈ 0.0833... or 1/12. Empirically, with SES data, if κ1 ≈ 0.070 or less the SES are valid
and indicate an impending seismic event (Varotsos et al., 2011). SES datasets with
values of κ1 between 0.070 and 0.083 can be considered noise. Typically, a time period
of at least three weeks passes between the detection of true SES in a region and the
occurrence of the largest associated seismic event (Varotsos et al., 2011).
Another variance term for exploring criticality in natural time is given by
Sn = [ ∑ [(i/n) ln (i/n) pi ]] - [[ ∑ (i/n) pi ] ln [ ∑ (i/n) pi ]], (25)
where Sn is the entropy in natural time analysis, ∑ signifies summation, for i = 1 to n, i is
the event index, n is the number of events, ln signifies the natural log function, and pi is
the fractional quantity of energy for the i-th event. This variance also puts extra weight
on the energy term, pi. The term Sn , entropy in natural time, is based on numerical signal
data and does not indicate a thermodynamic relation. It is related to the field of
information entropy (Shannon, 1948).
For a uniform distribution of data, with χi and pi each taking values between 0 and 1,
Sn ≈ 0.0966. Empirically, with SES data, if Sn values (and reversed-order Sn values) are
markedly lower than this, the SES are valid and indicate an impending seismic event
(Varotsos et al., 2011).
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A third variance term in natural time analysis is calculated by reversing the order of
the energy data, and subtracting the value of this new inverted Sn from the original Sn .
This is the time-reversal entropy in natural time analysis, ΔSn . This variance is most
sensitive to the ordering of the signal data.
For all these terms in natural time, Qi can be any energy term, and need not be the
magnitude of electric signals. For example, the moment magnitude of seismic events
may be subsituted for Qi, and the evolution of seismic data may be analyzed in natural
time. The value of κ1 ≈ 0.066 indicates that the time series may have reached a critical
state, and a large seismic event might be imminent in the region being studied: the
results outperform chance, but not by very much.
The current protocol for earthquake prediction is as follows. SES are analyzed for κ1
≈ 0.070, indicating criticality. Once a critical state is found, the region for the impending
seismic activity is calculated based on the geometry of the SES occurrences. The
differences between the long and short electrodes of NS and EW orientation are plotted
using the sensitivity map for the detection station, which was previously made from
correlations between electric signals and seismic signals in the public record, and an
estimate of the critical area is made. The predictive magnitude is estimated with
Equation 19. Then the SES are set aside. The next focus is to use natural time analysis
on the seismic (not electric) signals occurring in the critical region.
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The procedure is as follows. The order index i is set to zero, and a new time series is
constructed as new seismic data are recorded. The difference is noted between Π(v) of
this seismic data and
Π(v)ideal ≈ 1 – 0.070v2, (26)
where Π(v)ideal is an ideal power spectrum, v is an angle in radians times 2π. Values of v
for Π(v)ideal are restricted to between 0 and 0.5. If Π(v) approaches Π(v)ideal from below
for the seismic data, or if κ1 ≈ 0.070 for the seismic data, then the critical state is
indicated, and a major earthquake is imminent, generally occurring within a few days.
The location and magnitude of the impending earthquake are taken from the SES data
analysis, described above.
For increased accuracy, an updated method (Varotsos et al., 2011), which splits all
the seismic data into overlapping regions (like a giant Venn diagram of rectangles, where
each region includes at least two seismic epicenters), indicates an impending critical
seismic state when the distributions of κ1 values for the regions that include the last
seismic event have a maximum at 0.070.
The above methods and parameters described are based on empirical attempts to
optimize the data, and have been successful in predicting all but three of the 28 major
earthquakes from N36 to N41 latitude and E19 to E27 longitude between 2001 and 2010
(Varotsos et al., 2011). SES were recorded for two of the three missed events. New
predictions are uploaded to arXiv, a pre-print archive of scientific papers hosted by
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Cornell University. These predictions can be searched for with the following terms:
seismic, prediction, Greece.
If there is severe data corruption in the SES detection protocol, as happens, for
example, in regions with electric trains running from 06:00 to 22:00 causing ground
electrification during that time, the corrupted data are discarded. The remaining data are
then used for SES analysis. Even with partial data, this protocol has been successful in
predicting earthquakes, notably the Izu Island regional earthquake swarm in Japan in
2000 (Varotsos et al., 2011; Uyeda et al., 2009).
Mechanisms Causing SES
The presence of co-seismic electric signals during some earthquake events is well-
established (Matsumoto et al., 1998). There is no unequivocal evidence that pre-seismic
electric signals are SES. The Gutenberg-Richter law predicts the frequency of
occurrence of earthquakes based on their magnitude, with an exponential relationship,
log10 n = k1 – (k2mt), (27)
where n is the number of events with magnitude less than or equal to mt , k1 and k2 are
constants, and mt is the true magnitude of an earthquake event. This law holds true down
to small magnitude earthquakes. All SES might be co-seismic. Alternately, all electric
signals preceding major earthquakes may be related to some other phenomena. The
following text makes the conjecture that some electric signals preceding major
earthquakes are SES.
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The primary mechanism for generating presumed seismic electric activity, if one
takes into account the selectivity of various stations and the time lag between electric and
magnetic signals, might be distinguished from among four proposed categories, which
are given below (Gershenzon et al. 1993; Gershenzon and Gokhberg 1993; Varotsos et al.
1993a). These four categories are: solid state and pressure, solid state and temperature,
groundwater, and ore bodies.
Solid state and pressure. Electrical signals might be formed from changes in the
effective stress acting on the rock, and the signals might travel to the observation sites.
There are four mechanisms within this category.
1. The charge-vacancy hypothesis proposes that the strain liberates crystal lattice
vacancies to carry electric charge.
2. The displacement hypothesis proposes that ions carrying charge are displaced by
the strain and this is the major source of electric current.
3. The piezoelectric hypothesis proposes that the signal is generated from the
pressure acting on crystal lattices and symmetry is the major consideration.
4. The piezomagnetic hypothesis proposes that a magnetic field, which induces the
electric signal, is generated from the pressure acting on crystal lattices.
Solid state and temperature. The thermoelectric hypothesis proposes that changes in
temperature act to generate charge-carrying holes in the rock material, and also to liberate
other charge carriers. These are responsible for the observed electric signals.
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Groundwater. There are three mechanisms in which groundwater might generate
SES.
1. The location of fluids, notably groundwater, will be affected by changes in pore
pressure with changes to both position and saturation. These changes can generate
electric signals. This is the streaming-potential hypothesis.
2. Rock strain might release radon gas, and this can ionize surrounding material to
form ions (Jordan et al., 2011). This is the radon-decay hypothesis.
3. Ground motion is introduced by the passage of seismic waves. This motion
displaces water in the pore space of rock. The water contains ions, and the relation of the
motion of the ions to the geomagnetic field creates electric fields. These are circularly
polarized, depending on the charge of the ion. This is the seismic-dynamo hypothesis
(Honkura et al., 2009).
Ore bodies. Crystals in bodies might be displaced during strain, and create an
electrical signal by induction with the Earth’s magnetic field. This is the induction
hypothesis.
Data Relating to the Mechanisms of SES Generation
The charge-vacancy hypothesis has some literature support in the following:
1. Takeuchi and Nagahama (2002) show that the magnitude of surface charge density
from fracture or frictional slip in quartz or granite under dry conditions is consistent with
the data for hole- and electron-trapping centers in semiconductors.
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2. Chapter 6 in this thesis lists several deformation mechanisms which can produce
charge-carrying vacancies in crystal lattices or allow for their migration.
The thermoelectric hypothesis has some literature support in the following:
1. Enomoto et al. (1993) confirm that thermally-stimulated exo-electron emission in
granites occurs at temperatures ranging from 300 to 400°C.
2. Dologlou (1993b) shows that thermally-stimulated electric currents in rocks follow
the Arrhenius equation, that is, the currents are a function of e to the power of the ratio of
the energy to a function of the temperature.
The streaming-potential hypothesis has some literature support in the following:
1. Lazarus (1993) describes the hypothesis that a pressure-induced transition from
hydrous to anhydrous mineralogy may result in the liberation of water contemporaneous
with earthquake phenomena.
2. Hautot and Tarits (1998) measured electric potential variations on a ridge
separating two lakes in the French Alps, and these lakes underwent water-level variations
of several tens of meters on a yearly cycle, enough to induce stress variations and fluid
percolation. Electric-potential variations were linearly related to water-level variations,
with an expression of 2 mV per meter of water level change.
3. Hunt et al. (2007) show that electric conductivity and electrokinetic current in a
porous water-saturated medium are proportional to the square of the difference between
the porosity of the medium and the porosity required for percolation, and also to the
square of the difference between the moisture content of the medium and the moisture
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content required for percolation. Hence, an increase in porosity or moisture content can
markedly increase both electrical conductivity and electrokinetic current.
4. Jouniaux and Pozzi (1997) demonstrate that observed 0.1 Hz and 0.5 Hz co-
seismic electric signals may be attributed to generation by streaming potentials, based on
laboratory experiments on saturated sediments.
The seismic-dynamo has strong support in the following:
1. Honkura et al. (2009) report observations of the seismic dynamo effect in both
artificial and natural seismic events.
The streaming-potential hypothesis, often referred to as the electrokinetic hypothesis,
was historically favored, along with a mechanism for earthquake formation, the
dilatancy-diffusion model (DD), in the 1970s and 1980s, although DD has since fallen
out of favor. It describes earthquake nucleation as a process of strain cracking (dilation),
and then fluid motion (diffusion) into the new pore space. The dilatancy-diffusion model
does perhaps account for some results, for example, increased radon gas emission (Dutta
et al., 2012) and an increase in seismic wave velocity immediately prior to rock failure.
It also accounts for the positive correlation between variance in high frequency seismic
noise and diurnal ground temperature, as described in Gordeev et al. (1992), since surface
heating causes diurnal fluctuations in groundwater pressure.
Some problems exist with DD, notably (Bakhmutov and Groza, 2008), that strain
cracks are on the order of microns, and are perhaps too small for water to penetrate; that
the variation of underground fluid levels (10 to 15 cm) is too large to be caused by the
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deformation alone (typically η = 10-6); and that no mechanism has been found to describe
the return of the groundwater to pre-dilatancy levels. The Lazarus (1993) hypothesis,
that hydrous to anhydrous transitions in minerals may make up these discrepancies, has
not been investigated.
Transmission of SES
The solid-state hypotheses and the seismic-dynamo hypothesis make use of
groundwater running through faults to account for the electric signals travelling to
observation sites. Faults have high measured conductivities (Wannamaker et al., 2004),
as much as 100 to 1000 times that of surrounding rock (Varotsos et al., 2011). Further,
the termination of a conductive path (such as a fault) will result in an increase in the
electric field near the termination (Varotsos et al., 2011).
Proponents of the ore body hypothesis could also make use of the the increased
conductivity in faults to account for the transmission of the signal, but there is an
additional consideration: the possibility that ore bodies are not present at some sites
where SES are produced.
Mechanisms Acting in Concert
There are also some reports of several mechansims acting in concert. Yoshida et al.
(1998) demonstrate that a water-saturated sandstone will accept extra water immediately
before rupture (i.e. 9 seconds prior in their experiment) and, based on the magnitudes,
timing and polarity of the voltage signals, that both piezoelectric and electrokinetic
effects are present in the observed electric potential changes.
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It is reasonable to assume that several effects come into play with presumed seismic
electric signals. Rock resistivity is reduced by strain. Groundwater and other fluids or
volatiles are liberated prior to some earthquakes. Deformation mechanisms do create
charge-vacancies, and liberate ions. Seismicity is characterized by numerous small and
very small seismic events in a region, and the seismic-dynamo effect is driven thereby.
Heat flow may be increased during earthquakes (Jordan et al., 2011), and heat does
generate charge carriers in rock. Piezoelectric effects may be large enough to detect in
some rocks.
For SES that occur long before an earthquake, the combination of fluids, deformation,
heat and rock chemistry act in concert. Electricity, from whatever source, weakens rock.
Also, artificial electrical signals can regulate seismic dynamics (Chelidze and
Matcharashvili, 2003).
Short-Duration SES during an Earthquake
During rupture, fractoemission can produce the triboluminescence and radio signals
characteristic of short-duration SES that occur near the time of the earthquake (Chapter 2,
Seismic electric signals, p. 30). Further, a mechanism similar to short-duration SES may
cause earthquake lightning, which, like storm-caused lightning, can be associated with
radio emissions. Localized fracture can generate the charge.
Other Ongoing Research
Current research in electric prediction of earthquakes is ongoing in China, with a
satellite launch planned for 2014 to determine whether observed ionospheric phenomena
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already known to precede earthquakes by a few hours to days are in fact caused by
electric phenomena on the ground (Xuhui Shen et al., 2011). Chinese scientists favor a
thermoelectric (charge-vacancy) mechanism for SES generation, with magnetite-
temperature interactions as the proposed source (Xuhui Shen et al., 2011; Junfeng Shen et
al., 2010). For both the charge-vacancy and groundwater mechanisms, lattice and phase
transitions in minerals play an essential role.
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CHAPTER 8
DISCUSSION AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER WORK
Introduction
The text of this chapter addresses four areas: earthquake prediction, planetary science
research, energy dependence and global warming, and science eduction. A summary at
the end includes important results. Chapter references are given in parentheses.
Earthquake Prediction
Earthquake prediction is a pressing need. The VAN method of earthquake prediction
has had preliminary success, predicting 25 out of 28 major earthquakes within N36 and
N41 latitude and E19 to E27 longitude between 2001 and 2010 (Chapter 7, Time Series
Analysis of Presumed SES, p. 155). That is an 89% success rate. The margin of error in
location and earthquake magnitude are, respectively, 100 km and 0.7, while the lead time
is a few days (Chapter 1, p. 3). These values fall within public safety requirements.
These results should be tested by other researchers. The VAN method ought to be
attempted in several regions, to see whether the results are reproducible. The equipment
needed, such as electrodes, magnetic field sensors, data loggers, computers and cable
networking, do not seem prohibitive in economic or technical terms, nor does access to
relevant seismic data once the SES indicate criticality in a region. Seismic data are
available in real time online from several sources, including the U.S. Geological Survey
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(USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, 2013), the European-Mediterranean Seismological
Center (European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, 2013), the National Research
Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention in Japan (NIED, 2013), and the
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS, 2013). IRIS links to several
other sites for seismic data (IRIS, 2010).
A major consideration for the set up of SES monitoring stations involves correlating
observations of SES with seismic data, to build a selectivity map of the area of study.
There are some pitfalls with building a selectivity map. First, SES are well-correlated
with seismic events when they are the type that coincide with the event, such as the
signals associated with the 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan (Chapter 7, Short-Duration
SES during an Earthquake, p. 167). Telluric currents in an area are not necessarily
correlated with contemporaneous seismic activity. Distinguishing the causes of telluric
currents from the thirty two mechanisms listed in Chapter 2 seems very important.
Except for the short-duration SES that occur during an earthquake, SES might be
spurious, caused by other phenomena. Although the empirical result of the predictions
seems promising, with 25 out of 28 major events in a region predicted between 2001 and
2010 (Chapter 7, Time Series Analysis of Presumed SES, p. 155), the sample size is still
small. Other areas might have geological constraints that would diminish the success
rate.
Verification of supposed SES in a region, to build the selectivity map, seems like a
difficult step. The proof currently resides only in the results. Therefore, it may be useful
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to have a better electrical conductivity map of the Earth. A conductivity map could help
to assess the validity of the selectivity map.
Selectivity Mapping for SES and Testing the Groundwater Hypotheses for SES
Rock conductivity is fundamental to understanding seismic electric signal
propogation. Parkhomenko’s works are classic (e.g., Parkhomenko and Bondarenko,
1972), but more research ought to be done to determine the conductivity of crustal rock.
Likewise, the conductivity values for water and brine are as many as ten orders of
magnitude higher than for crustal rock, and this highlights the role of groundwater in
conductivity (Chapter 5, Bulk Rock Electrical Phenomena, p. 120). Since conductivity is
to a large degree a function of water content, a comprehensive system of groundwater
data ought to be organized, and hosted online. This is a current area of work, and the
U.S. Geological Survey (ACWI, 2013) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (IGRAC, 2013) have preliminary websites currently.
Further, if the streaming-potential hypothesis, the radon-decay hypothesis or the
seismic-dynamo hypothesis for SES generation might be valid, then studies may be
undertaken to determine the electrical signals from various fluids and volatiles traveling
in different types of rock. The streaming-potential hypothesis states that SES are
generated and transmitted by the motion of groundwater prior to a major earthquake. The
radon-decay hypothesis states that SES are generated by the interaction of radon gas with
other elements as it is released into groundwater by geotectonic strain. The seismic-
dynamo hypothesis states that SES are generated by the passage of seismic waves
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through rock. SES are also transmitted by the motion of groundwater. Experimental data
comparing the electrical response of different fluids and volatiles traveling through rock
could be compared with on site monitoring of groundwater and volatiles. Similarly,
radon is currently studied as a tracer for modeling the flows of air masses, to record data
relevant to pollution, weather and climate (Zahorowski et al., 2004). Ground-based radon
collection stations exist but their numbers ought to be increased; this will help to clarify
the relationship between radon and earthquakes.
If conductivity data are insufficiently correlated with the selectivity maps that are to
be generated for new SES monitoring stations, then a more rigorous study of electric
signal generation based on broader parameters is indicated. These include an
examination of the minerals within the rock, of the chemical reactions occurring, and of
the deformation mechanisms active within the rock in the region at depth. This is a major
undertaking. Some of the experimental methods the author has outlined in Chapter 4
may be useful (Chapter 4, Making Aligned Cuts, p. 62, Sample Polishing, p. 72,
Confirming Alignment, p. 73, Temperature and Pressure Techniques, p. 77 and
Simulating Metamorphic Reactions, p. 83). An online repository for relevant information
ought to be established.
Geomagnetic and Telluric Data
A network of satellites measuring ionospheric disturbances are already in place, but
the accuracy of modeled ionospheric activity between satellites is low. The launch in
2014 of a satellite for ionospheric monitoring by the Chinese space agency may inspire
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more satellite launches to allow for increased measurements (Chapter 7, Other Ongoing
Research, p. 167).
Access to ionospheric data may help to distinguish potential seismic electric signals.
Other than the siesmic dynamo induction, any number of the thirty-one other mechanisms
that cause telluric currents may be mistaken for SES or may interfere with SES (Chapter
2: Telluric Currents, p. 10). The data from a network of satellites measuring the
ionosphere plus a careful examination other causes for Earth electricity might be used in
conjunction with a map of conductivity in the Earth to help identify and pinpoint SES and
thereby provide a theoretical basis to the VAN group's natural time analysis.
Earthquake Prevention
It is not known to what extent artificial electric fields could enhance the monitoring of
SES. A colleague, "Todd" Edward Tyler of the Department of Geological Sciences,
California State University, Long Beach suggests that an artificial electric field at a site
might allow for a stable baseline and enhance signal analysis. More study is needed.
It is possible that artificial electric or magnetic fields might trigger earthquakes.
Earthquakes can be triggered by the injection of fluid into wells at high pressure (Raleigh
et al., 1976). The legal difficulties with triggering earthquakes are likely to be complex.
For this reason, to the best of the author's knowledge, prophylactic triggering of
earthquakes has not been carried out. Likewise, a study involving SES and artificial
electric fields ought to be sited far from human habitation, industry or other source of
risk.
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If artificial electric or magnetic fields are effective triggers for earthquakes, and if the
timing of the seismic events after the application of the field is well-constrained, then
earthquakes could be manageable. Regions of a fault might be induced to rupture under
controlled conditions in the same way that forest fires are managed with controlled burns
to limit long-term fuel supply. Inhabited regions might be triggered after planned
evacuations. The potential for legal liability due to property damage from this course of
action is trememdous, and forecasting seismic events seems to be a more realistic goal.
Electricity and Magnetism as Hypothetical Causes for Seismic Events
No mechanism to explain earthquake rupture currently has widespread acceptance by
the scientific community. Earthquakes are caused by directed stresses that overcome
rock strength. The proximal trigger that allows a seismic event to happen today, for
example, and not next week, is not well understood. The dilatency diffusion model has
been rejected by some researchers typically for three reasons. First, dilation from
microcracking is not large enough to allow for the diffusion of groundwater to match the
observed changes in groundwater height. Second, no mechanism is accepted to account
for the return of groundwater heights to pre-earthquake levels after a seismic event has
occurred. Third, no mechanism is accepted to account for why groundwater changes do
not always occur with an associated earthquake (Chapter 7, Data Relating to the
Mechanisms of SES Generation, p. 163).
Earthquakes might be triggered by electricity or magnetism, and SES imply this. It is
also known both that magnetic fields can weaken earth materials (Chapter 6, Electric and
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Magnetic Phenomena with Brittle Fracture Mechanisms: Magnetic, p. 140), and that
applied electric fields have some effect on seismic events (Chapter 7, Mechanisms Acting
in Concert, p. 166). That earthquakes may be triggered in nature by electricity or
magnetism is a testable hypothesis. The mechanical process of applying electric or
magnetic fields is straightforward. If the results of laboratory testing of rock are
conclusive, and a threshold of electric or magnetic field is found to trigger seismic
rupture in rock under directed stress, then two further considerations are worth
examining. First, can the required field strength be generated in rock from natural
processes? Second, is there evidence that this field strength is being attained in nature,
and by what means? To answer these questions it may be necessary to determine the
various net electrical effects of the deformation mechanisms described in Chapter 6
(Deformation Mechanisms, p. 131), of the temperature changes associated with fault
zones (Chapter 7, Data Relating to the Mechanisms of SES Generation, p. 163), and to
have more data relating to the magnitudes of the electrochemical potentials of the
chemical reactions that occur during metamorphism (Chapter 6, Chemical Reactions in
Metamorphism, p. 129).
Mineral Lattices or Fluid Path Tortuosity as Hypothetical Causes of Groundwater
Fluctuations Associated with Earthquakes
Hydrous to anhydrous transitions in minerals might account for some of the observed
fluctuations in groundwater levels around the time of earthquake events (Chapter 7, Data
Relating to the Mechanisms of SES Generation, p. 163). Further study is needed to
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determine whether minerals can reincorporate enough volatiles into crystal lattice sites
once pressures and stresses are reduced after seismicity to match the range of observed
drops in groundwater levels. If so, crystal lattice dyanamism is a strong candidate to
account for the observed fluctuations in groundwater levels associated with earthquakes.
On the other hand, the tortuosity of the pore space in rock may be the more important
influence on groundwater fluctuation relative to earthquake phenomena. Rock
deformation from strain might create short paths for fluid flow. These short paths should
allow for more rapid fluid flow. Faster fluid flow might account for the observed rise in
groundwater levels. What happens to sequester groundwater after an earthquake is
unknown. The seismic waves might increase the pore-space volume and close some of
the short fluid paths described above.
Changes to the volatile content of mineral latices or to the fluid path length and
volume in rock might either or both be responsible for groundwater fluctuations proximal
to earthquake events. Differences in rock composition would then account for regional
differences in the presence of volatiles contemporaneous with earthquake activity.
Laboratory study is needed to determine the volatile-crystal-lattice dynamics for a wide
range of minerals. Additionally, further laboratory study is needed to determine the
evolution of pore space geometries and volume in rock under seismic conditions.
Electricity, Magnetism and Volatiles as Hypothetical Causes for Seismic Events
For earthquakes, a mechanism involving electricity, magnetism and chemistry might
be responsible for criticality. A simplified overview may be thought of as follows.
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Directed pressure creates deformation, and the deformation generates electric charge.
The electric charge may provide some energy to minerals systems, to liberate water,
radon and other volatiles from minerals within a source rock. The presence of these
volatiles generates more electric charge via a groundwater effect. The resulting magnetic
field weakens the rock making it more susceptible to deformation. The additional
volatiles and fluid in the rock pore space also weaken the rock, making it more
susceptible to deformation. The rock again deforms and generates electric charge, and
again creates the conditions favorable for the liberation of water and other volatiles. The
process repeats itself until the rock strength is overcome and an earthquake occurs.
Testing this feedback hypothesis may require a more intimate knowledge of the
process whereby volatiles are liberated from minerals. For example, a significant number
of centrosymmetric minerals that exhibit piezoelectricity do so because of the locations of
volatiles such as CO2 or H2O in their crystal lattices (Chapter 5, Centrosymmetric
Minerals Exhibiting Symmetry-Based Electricity, p. 89). Whether applied electricity or
magnetism can influence crystal lattices to release volatiles from minerals, and whether
this release can weaken rock sufficiently to support an electrical-magnetic-volatile trigger
hypothesis are open questions. These depend on a body of data that has not yet been
gathered. If the release of water before an earthquake is caused by changes to the
geometry of rock pore space, then the influence of electricity on the tortuosity of fluid
paths ought to be determined, as well.
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Here is a related case. Volcanic criticality is based on the liberation of volatiles. The
release of gases from a magma is due to decreased hydrostatic pressure as the magma
ascends. Their release both lowers the tensile strength of the magma and provides sites
for the further exsolution of gases. When there are enough sites, the rate of volatile
exsolution increases exponentially. The exponential release of volatiles causes the force
of the volcanic eruption.
While it is volatiles that cause volcanic criticality, it might be a combination of
electricity, magnetism and volatiles that causes earthquake criticality. If this is the case,
then the analytical techniques described by Varotsos et al. (2011), which allow one to
distinguish predictable SES data, may be valid because the SES are, in fact, the trigger to
seismic rupture. A Heckmann diagram would be useful for this type of modeling
(Chapter 3, Definition of a Crystal, p. 40). The time delay between regional SES and
large seismic events might hypothetically be attributed to the interplay of electricity,
magnetism and volatiles in rock weakening.
Planetary Science Research
This section examines various features relevant to planetary science. These include
details of the dielectric strengths of minerals and the influence of frequency in an applied
electric field; mantle anisotropy and the possibility of using mineral data to constrain the
composition of the mantle; the possibility that electrical and magnetic data will make
thermodynamic models of metamorphic reactions more accurate; a hypothesis that the
ability to transmit infrared photons in earth materials is related to the conditions of their
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formation; the importance of creating an online, collaborative model of the Earth's
electric field; some possibilities for magnetotellurics as they relate to Solar dynamics; and
the application of rock electrification to astrobiology. A brief treatment of each of these
follows.
Dielectric Strengths of Minerals
Relative dielectric strength data are given in Table 38, where changes to the dielectric
properties of minerals with temperature and pressure are available (Appendix B:
Electrical and Magnetic Mineral Data, p. 292). Dielectric strength is a measure of a
material to store electric charge, and the increase in lattice defects in crystals increases
dielectric strength. The dielectric behavior of crystals under changes in pressure and
temperature is complicated by differences in strain regime: some deformation
mechanisms serve to increase lattice defects, while others lower the internal energy of a
crystal by reducing the number of defects (Chapter 7, Deformation Mechanisms, p. 131).
Phase transitions are described by a physical quantity that diverges at transition with a
certain power of the parameter called the critical exponent, as with
E ∝ TD , (28)
where E is the electric field tensor, T is temperature, D is the critical exponent, and ∝
signifies “is proportional to.” In this case, E is the physical quantity, T is the parameter,
and D determines when criticality is reached. Equation 27 is a power law, and is
determined empirically (Newman, 2005). One looks for changes to the values of the
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physical quantity, such as peak values. Several peak values are evident in Table 38 and
these data were originally gathered to constrain the phase transitions.
In contrast, the general trend of the dielectric behavior of earth materials with
variations in temperature and pressure is not well-constrained in this set of data. With
quartz, for example, temperature zones exist within which the correlation is negative, i.e.
relative dielectric strength decreases as temperature increases. Within other temperature
zones in quartz, and also in most minerals in Table 38 (p. 306 through 310) in which data
exist across a range of temperatures, variation is positively correlated with relative
dielectric strength for the minerals given. The hotter it is, the stronger the dielectric
property.
The sample size is small, and the trend might be attributed to natural variations in
sample material and experimental variations. In addition, the dielectric strength of
minerals might be closely related to changes in water content with heating. The question
remains open.
Here is a further consideration. Dielectric values show some variation with changes
to the frequency of the applied electric field. Lower dielectric strength with higher
frequency electric fields are evident in Table 38 in the entries for greenockite, lecontite,
sphalerite, stibnite and wurtzite, with the entries for berlinite and quartz being equivocal.
This is another open question.
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Mantle Anisotropy
The Earth’s upper mantle is known to be both seismically and electrically anisotropic
(Wolfe and Silver, 1998; Backus, 1965). It reflects and transmits seismic and electrical
waves preferrentially, according to their orientation. This effect is notable under most
continental cratons at a depth range of 250–400 km, comprising the Benioff-Gutenberg
low velocity zone (Yuancheng Gung et al., 2003; Fouch et al., 2000), named for seismic
velocity anomalies. The observed anisotropies might help determine mantle composition
if a more thorough knowledge of mineral elastic and electrical properties were available.
Models of the Earth's mantle could be constructed for a range of mineral compositions, to
see which are consistent with both types of anisotropy data.
Metamorphic Models
Deformation mechanisms create changes in rock conductivity and dielectric strength,
and can generate energy. It makes sense to see whether the energy terms are large
enough to have an influence on chemical reaction rates. The inclusion of electricity and
magnetism in thermodynamic models ought to match the observations of P-T-X
diagrams.
In each of the eight deformation mechanisms described in Chapter 6, p. 131, the
energy contributions of electric and magnetic fields have not been described
systematically. The extant work is preliminary only. Further study would be useful for
gaining a deeper understanding of how deformation occurs. For example, in grain
boundary migration, individual minerals are likely influenced by the electrical or
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magnetic expressions of their nearest mineral neighbors while undergoing deformation.
This influence may account for why one grain grows at another's expense when the
grains themselves are nearly identical (Chapter 6, Dynamic Recrystallization, p. 135).
The contributions of electricity and magnetism in metamorphism are worthwhile in
their own right, and ought to be pursued. Phase diagrams that take into account electrical
and magnetic fields are worth constructing. Quantitative data for minerals at a range of
geologic temperatures and pressures are needed.
Heat Environment
Since heat drives plate tectonics, it is worthwhile to note which minerals are favored
in metamorphic reactions, and whether these are refractory to heat, or if they transmit
heat well. For crystals whose electron bonding is principally covalent, the dielectric
coefficient is a function of the refractive index for visible light (Chapter 5, Bulk Rock
Electrical Phenomena, p. 120). Dielectric strength is a link between low frequency
electrical phenomena, such as the voltage of an electric field, and high frequency
electrical phenomena, such as electromagnetic transmission. A trend might exist relating
the dielectric strength of minerals, the optic transmission of infrared photons, and P-T-X
diagrams. This trend, if it exists, might suggest a framework for determining which
chemical reactions are favored in the solid state. A framework like this would be useful
in determining the mineral compositions of rock at high temperatures and pressures,
where data are scarce.
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Online Model of the Electrical Fields of the Earth
It would be useful to set up an online institute and model the possible electrical states
of the different regions of the Earth’s crust, based on mechanisms of telluric current
generation. Predictions of telluric currents could be compared to actual data. Models
might reasonably be constructed with time-stepping, much as the weather is modeled, and
would be more data intensive than the predictions for the weather. Applications to fluid
flow, tectonics, earthquake prediction, volcanism, hydrology, solar weather, storm
activity, planetary exploration, ocean salinity, man-made energy transmission,
geothermal resources, mineral exploration, mineralogy and petrology might be generated.
The complexity of data required to model metamorphic reactions and deformation in
a rock is high. Notwithstanding, it is reasonable to assume that a block of rock could
undergo brief metamorphism in a laboratory setting, and many of the relevant parameters
could be observed. An online framework would allow for collaboration.
Weather forecasting takes an immense amount of computer space. It is reasonable to
assume that electrical modeling of the Earth's crust would take a similar amount of space.
The benefit of modeling the weather is to prevent human tragedy and economic losses.
The benefit of modeling the Earth’s electrical phenomena is much broader, and includes
such things as could take humanity to the edges of the solar system and beyond.
Generalization to Other Planets
The Earth-Moon system is connected via space weather with the Sun. The various
electrical frequencies involved in GIC may be worth studying in conjunction with
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geomagnetic data, as is done by the Polar Geophisical Institute of the European Union
(EURISGIC Project, 2013) to see whether patterns may be used to model space plasma
(ECLAT Project, 2013). Also, since the magnetic field of the Sun encompasses the entire
Solar System, magnetotelluric studies may provide more information about Solar
processes.
Application to Astrobiology
Rock electricity is relevant to astrobiology and the origin of life. Organic molecules
can be created from the application of electricity on a primordial Earth atmosphere
(Miller and Urey, 1959). Research is ongoing (Green, 2009; Hill and Nuth, 2003), and
more may be done to explore the thermodynamics of various reactions and the electrical
contributions of minerals, deformation and metamorphism.
Energy Dependence and Climate Change
This thesis started as an exploration to see whether minerals might be useful in
generating electricity, and whether that generation would be applied somehow to help
prevent climate change. The initial idea was to take advantage of the diurnal freeze-thaw
cycle of water in some locations. Water would freeze and generate pressure, which
would then generate electricity if a piezoelectric material were present. Ice itself is
ferroelectric, so the setup might be even simpler than originally conceived.
The magnitudes of the electricity involved are tiny, but this does not preclude further
study. It is hoped that the electrical data for minerals listed in Chapter 5, p. 109 will be
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useful in this regard or in a related project. For example, the strength of piezoelectricity
in greenockite is influenced by the presence of photons. Further study is warranted.
Here is a second idea. Streaming potential is generated from the flow of fluid in rock
due to differences in pressure. This phenomenon might be worth study for electricity
generation. In short, the force of gravity from the orbit of the moon might create enough
motion of an electrolyte-rich fluid in a porous medium to generate some usable
electricity. As the "groundwater" level rises and falls with the tides, electric current is
generated through the electrokinetic effect as well as from the motion of the ions
themselves (Chapter 2, The electrokinetic effect, p. 27; Chapter 7, Mechanisms Causing
SES: Groundwater: 3, p. 163). A series of insulated containers with porous media and
electrolyte solutions might be fabricated to take advantage of the Moon's motion without
any other energetic inputs needed.
Science Education
Studies of Earth electricity and of electrification of minerals are useful for promoting
the outreach of science to children and adults. Notwithstanding the intrinsic interest, the
need for mineral data is great. For example, the observed piezoelectric phenomena in
centrosymmetric minerals follow any of ten mechanisms (Chapter 5, Centrosymmetric
Minerals Exhibiting Symmetry-Based Electricity, p. 89), and these exceptional materials
open the possibility that there are many more minerals that may have interesting
electrical properties, currently untested. Crowdsourcing the work is a reasonable plan,
since there are more than 4,000 minerals now approved by the IMA. Classroom work
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might generate some of the data needed, as well. If there were an online repository of
these data, some of the projects described in this chapter would benefit, e.g. a model of
electric fields of the Earth would be more feasible.
Some of the experimental techniques outlined in Chapter 4, p. 62 are relevant for
classroom and laboratory activities, since they are simple and/or inexpensive. These
might be useful: if an approximate orientations of samples is acceptable, then the
techniques of using a wet tile saw and a wax box are worthwhile. Polishing samples by
hand on a steel plate works well. Lapping by hand is not recommended. Machines can
generate a more uniform thickness. Using a heat gun to heat samples is very simple. The
sample holders after Morgan et al. (1984) remain untested for applying a directed load or
torque, but they are straightforward to fabricate.
The following major groups of minerals are prominent and seismoelectrically active:
alunite, apatite, beryl, cancrinite, epsomite, galena, ice, nepheline, prehnite, pyrochlore,
quartz, rutile, serpentine, sodalite, sphalerite, topaz, tourmaline and zeolite (Appendix C,
Tables 12, 13 and 14, p. 317 through 331). Minerals of the spinel group, including
magnetite, are thermoelectrically active. Minerals of the tourmaline supergroup are
formed in igneous, metamorphic and metasomatic conditions, and might be used either to
demonstrate how electrical data can be gathered, or to explore electrical changes during
metasomatism or metamorphism.
Members of several of the above mineral groups can be collected without much
difficulty from many locales. Other materials might be procured for free from museums,
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universities, or research institutes. Schools would have the opportunity to perform
scientific observations where the outcome is not known. In short, gathering electrical and
magnetic data for minerals is a real opportunity for science education.
Summary
In order to aid the reader, important results from this thesis are summarized in Table
51. The possibilities for earthquake prediction seem extremely useful. Likewise, the
addition of electric and magnetic fields generated by deformation mechanisms ought to
deepen peoples' understandings of metamorphism and of telluric currents, both for the
Earth, and for other planets. Further, there are potential discoveries to be made in
minerals and electricity. The study of electricity in earth materials and in the Earth's
crust might be promoted, as well, for this inherent joy of discovery.
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TABLE 51. Important Results, Hypotheses and Recommendations for Further Study
Chapter Result
2* List of 32 mechanisms that generate telluric currents
2 Further study: A global, permanent network of electrical measurement
stations might be established, to correlate and contrast geomagnetic data
3 List of 24 mineral properties that generate electricity or magnetism or are
related to them
4 Carbon tape can be used instead of thermoplastic to affix a sample to the jig
for lapping
4* EBSD can give crystal orientation reliably, and is quicker than XRD
4 A heat gun can be used safely to heat samples to high temperature
4* Further study: Sample holders modified from Morgan et al. (1984) should be
tested for their use in generating the directed loads or torques needed to
measure piezoelectric phenomena
5 List of 44 minerals exhibiting ferroelectricity, with data for 24
5 List of 131 other minerals exhibiting pyroelectricity, with data for 11
5 List of 42 other minerals exhibiting piezoelectricity, with data for 18
5* List of 53 noncentrosymmetric minerals that exhibit pyro- or piezoelectricity
despite having a center of symmetry
5* List of 10 mechanisms to account for pyro- or piezoelectricity in minerals that
have a center of symmetry
5 Further study: Elastic moduli, conductance, capacitance, magnetic
susceptibility and symmetry-based electrical and magnetic data should be
gathered for more minerals at a range of temperatures and pressures
5 Further study: More data should be gathered to explain why the dielectric
strengths of some minerals and rocks are sensitive to frequency
5 Further study: Geomagnetic data from the ionosphere should be gathered via
satellite
6* Examples for how each of eight different deformation mechanisms either
produce electricity or magnetism, or are influenced by electricity or
magnetism
6* Further study: Electricity and magnetism generated by different deformation
mechanisms should be measured for different minerals under various
conditions
7* Hypothesis: Wavelets with a twenty-four-hour period in purported SES are
due to greater rock conductivity from increased strain, and the diurnal signal
itself is due to solar radiation
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TABLE 51. Continued
Chapter Result
7 Hypothesis: Groundwater fluctuations and the release of other volatiles at
about the time of major seismic activity are caused by hydrous-anhydrous
transitions in minerals
7* Hypothesis: SES are caused by the release of radon gas into groundwater, and
the subsequent ionization and motion of material.
7 Further study: The seismic-dynamo effect and correlations with SES should
be verified by other researchers
7 Further study: The VAN method of earthquake prediction should be verified
by other researchers and at other locations
8 Further study: More conductivity values of crustal rock should be measured,
with data available online
8 Further study: More groundwater levels should be measured, with data
available online
8 Hypothesis: An applied electric field enhances presumed SES data collection
8* Hypothesis: An applied magnetic field enhances presumed SES data
collection
8* Further study: Magnitudes of electric signals generated from various ions and
volatiles in various rock types should be measured
8 Further study: The number of ground-based radon monitoring stations should
be increased
8 Hypothesis: Electric and/or magnetic phenomena are the trigger mechanisms
for earthquakes
8 Hypothesis: The controlled triggering of earthquakes can be used to manage
earthquake damage as controlled burns manage wildfires, but only if the legal
problems can be resolved
8* Hypothesis: Electricity, magnetism and volatile liberation form a trigger
mechanism for earthquakes
8* Hypothesis: The time lag of several weeks to several months between
purported SES and major seismic events are due to the time it takes for
volatiles to be released from the rock and the interaction of electricity,
magnetism and volatiles
8 Hypothesis: Groundwater fluctuations and the release of other volatiles at
about the time of major seismic activity are caused by changes to the
geometry of the fluid paths in rock
8* Hypothesis: The formation of highly refractive minerals is favored in regions
where heat flow is high
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TABLE 51. Continued
Chapter Result
8 Further study: An online model of the Earth's electrical field should be
constructed
8 Further study: The Earth's intrinsic magnetic field and solar activity should be
compared to look for long term patterns
8 Further study: The amount of electrical energy potentially generated by rock
should be compared with the energy needed for generating organic molecules
8 Further study: Electrical properties of minerals should be studied to see
whether any alternative energy projects are implied
8* Further study: A test apparatus should be built to see whether ferroelectricity
in ice could be used to generate significant electricity from diurnal freeze-
thaw cycles
8* Further study: A test apparatus should be built with suspended ions in porous
media, to see whether the electrokinetic effect, electrochemistry, the
geomagnetic field and the moon's gravity can be used to generate significant
electricity
Notes: Entries with an asterisk are original to this thesis, to the best of the author's
knowledge.
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APPENDICES
191
APPENDIX A
LIST OF MINERALS EXHIBIING SYMMETRY-BASED ELECTRICAL
PROPERTIES, PLUS SOME MINERALS WITH THERMOELECTRIC OR
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
192
TABLE 4. List of Minerals Exhibiting Symmetry-Based Electrical Properties, plus Some
Minerals with Thermoelectric or Magnetic Properties
AFWILLITE Ca3( HSiO4 )2 • 2H2O
m Monoclinic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.AG.75 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Nesosilicates with additional
anions, cations in greater than [6] coordination.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
From contact metamorphism of limestones.
ALTAITE PbTe
Galena Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 2.CD.10 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal:Sulfur = 1:1] with Sn, Pb and Hg.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Typically found in hydrothermal vein Au–Te-bearing deposits.
ALUM-NA NaAl( SO4 )2 • 12H2O
Alum Group
m3 Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 7.CC.20 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates,
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) without additional anions, with H2O, with
medium-sized and large cations.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
From the combustion of coal, or as a precipitate near coal.
193
TABLE 4. Continued
ALUNITE KAl3( SO4 )2( OH )6
Alunite Supergroup: Alunite Subgroup
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 7.BC.10 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates,
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) with additional anions, without H2O, with
medium-sized and large cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
From the action of sulfate and sulfuric acid on aluminous rocks at moderate
temperatures, commonly accompanied by kaolinitization and silicification.
AMESITE Mg2Al( AlSiO5 )
Serpentine Group
1 Triclinic
Chiral
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.ED.15 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Phyllosilicates with kaolinite
layers composed of tetrahedral and octahedral nets.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
From low-grade metamorphism of aluminum- and magnesium-rich source rock.
AMINOFFITE Ca3Be( OH )2Si3O10
4/m Tetragonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.BH.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Sorosilicates with Si3O10, Si4O11
and similar anions, with cations in tetrahedral [4] and greater coordination.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in cavities in massive magnetite; in fluorite veins at the contact between marbles
and hornblende granites; and in fluorite veins in dikes.
194
TABLE 4. Continued
AMMONIOJAROSITE ( NH4 )Fe33+( SO4 )2( OH )6
Alunite Supergroup: Jarosite Subgroup
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 7.BC.10 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates,
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) with additional anions, without H2O, with
medium-sized and large cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed in shales containing both lignite and pyrite.
ANALCIME Na8( Al8Si16O48 ) • 8H2O
Zeolite Group
3 Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Note that several forms of ANALCIME coexist at standard temperature and pressure: Cubic
(m3m Centrosymmetric), Tetragonal (4/mmm Centrosymmetric), Orthorhombic (mmm
Centrosymmetric), as well as Trigonal (shown here). The trigonal form is likely the most
stable. At 12 kbar of pressure and ambient temperature, ANALCIME undergoes a phase
transition to a Triclinic form.
Nickel-Strunz: 9.GB.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates with zeolitic H2O,
zeolite family - Chains of singly connected four-membered rings.
- Piezoelectric -
In the groundmass or vesicles of silica-poor intermediate and mafic igneous rocks. In
lake beds, altered from pyroclastics or clays, or as a primary precipitate; authigenic in
sandstones and siltstones.
195
TABLE 4. Continued
ARCHERITE K( H2PO4 )
Biphosphammite Group
2 or 2/m Monoclinic (Not Known)
Polar and Chiral, or Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 450 K
42m Tetragonal
Non-centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 123 K
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Below 123 K ARCHERITE undergoes a phase transition to a ferroelectric form.
Nickel-Strunz: 8.AD.15 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
without additional anions, without H2O, with only large cations.
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A component of stalactites and crusts on the walls of caves containing bat guano
deposits.
ARDEALITE Ca2( HPO4 )( SO4 ) • 4H2O
m Monoclinic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 8.CJ.50 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates
without additional anions, with H2O, with only large cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
From the breakdown of bat guano in calcitic caves.
ARGENTOJAROSITE AgFe33+( SO4 )2( OH )6
Alunite Supergroup: Jarosite Subgroup
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 7.BC.10 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) with additional anions, without H2O, with
medium-sized and large cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A secondary mineral in oxidized deposits with both silver and sulfide.
196
TABLE 4. Continued
ARSENOGOYAZITE SrAl3( AsO4 )2( OH )5 • H2O
Alunite Supergroup: Crandallite Subgroup
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 8.BL.10 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
with additional anions, without H2O, with medium-sized and large cations, [OH : XO4 =
3 : 1].
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as a secondary mineral in polymetallic hydrothermal barite-fluorite deposits.
ARTINITE Mg2( CO3 )( OH )2 • 3H2O
Artinite Group
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 5.DA.10 - CARBONATES (NITRATES) - Carbonates with additional
anions, with H2O, with medium-sized cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A low-temperature alteration product found as veinlets or crusts in serpentinized
ultramafic rocks.
197
TABLE 4. Continued
BARIOPEROVSKITE BaTiO3
Perovskite Group
6/mmm Hexagonal
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 1733 K
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 396 K
4mm Tetragonal
Polar
Transition Temperature: 278 K
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Transition Temperature: 183 K
3m Trigonal
Polar
Above 396 K BARIOPEROVSKITE undergoes a phase transition to paraelectric forms.
BARIOPEROVSKITE is an electrical semiconductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.CC.30 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 2 : 3
and 3 : 5] with large and medium-sized cations.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in benitoite as micro- to submicroscopic inclusions.
BASTNÄSITE-CE ( Ce,La )( CO3 )F
Bastnäsite Group
6m2 Hexagonal
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 5.BD.20a - CARBONATES (NITRATES) - Carbonates with additional
anions, without H2O, with rare earth elements.
- Piezoelectric -
The most abundant rare-earth-bearing mineral, typically hydrothermal, although primary
igneous occurrences are known. In granite and alkali syenites and pegmatites; in
carbonatites; in contact-metamorphic deposits; rarely as a detrital mineral in placers.
198
TABLE 4. Continued
BATISITE BaNa2Ti2( Si4O12 )O2
Batisite Group
(mm2) Orthorhombic
Polar
Symmetry group mm2 is an estimate.
Nickel-Strunz: 9.DH.20 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Inosilicates with four-periodic
single chains, Si4O12.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
In pegmatites in dunites.
BAVENITE Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26( OH )2
Bavenite – Bohseite Series
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.DF.25 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Inosilicates with two-periodic
multiple chains.
- Piezoelectric -
As druses in cavities in granite and associated pegmatites, formed by alteration of beryl
and other beryllium-bearing minerals. Also in hydrothermal veins and skarns.
BENSTONITE ( Ba,Sr )6( Ca,Mn )6Mg( CO3 )13
3 Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 5.AB.55 - CARBONATES (NITRATES) - Carbonates without additional
anions, without H2O - Alkali-earth (and other metal2+) carbonates.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in barite and as veins in carbonatite deposits.
199
TABLE 4. Continued
BERLINITE AlPO4
Berlinite Group
622 Hexagonal
Chiral
Transition Temperature: 857 K
32 Trigonal
Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 8.AA.05 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
without additional anions, without H2O, with small cations (some also with larger ones).
- Piezoelectric -
High-temperature hydrothermal or metasomatic.
BERTHIERINE ( Fe2+,Fe3+,Al,Mg )2-3[ ( Si,Al )2O5 ]( OH )4
Serpentine Group
m Monoclinic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.ED.15 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Phyllosilicates with kaolinite
layers composed of tetrahedral and octahedral nets.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in unmetamorphosed marine sediments and in tropical (lateritic) and polar soils.
BERTRANDITE Be4Si2O7( OH )2
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.BD.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Sorosilicates - Si2O7 groups, with
additional anions, with cations in tetrahedral [4] and greater coordination.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
In fissures in granites, pegmatites and in miarolitic cavities; commonly an alteration
product of beryl, more rarely as a primary mineral.
200
TABLE 4. Continued
BERYL Be3Al2( Si6O18 )
Beryl Group
6/mmm Hexagonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CJ.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, without insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in granites, granite pegmatites, nepheline syenites, rhyolite vugs, mafic
metamorphic rocks, and in low- to high-temperature hydrothermal veins.
BIPHOSPHAMMITE NH4( H2PO4 )
Biphosphammite Group
Melting Temperature: 463 K
42m Tetragonal
Non-centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 148 K
222 Orthorhombic
Chiral
Below 148 K BIPHOSPHAMMITE undergoes a phase transition to an antiferroelectric form.
Nickel-Strunz: 8.AD.15 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
without additional anions, without H2O, with only large cations.
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
An alteration product of phosphammite in guano, or a reaction product of bat guano with
urea.
201
TABLE 4. Continued
BISMUTHINITE Bi2S3
Stibnite Group
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 290 to 330 K
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 2.DB.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 2 : 3].
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Typically found in low- to high-temperature hydrothermal vein deposits, as well as in
some tourmaline-bearing copper deposits in granite, and in some gold veins formed at
high temperatures, and also in recent volcanic exhalation deposits.
BORACITE Mg3B7O13Cl
Boracite Group
43m Cubic
Non-centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 538 K
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Above 538 K BORACITE undergoes a phase transition to a paraelectric form.
Nickel-Strunz: 6.GA.05 - BORATES - Heptaborates and other megaborates - Tecto-
heptaborates.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in bedded sedimentary salt and potash deposits of marine and salt spring evaporite
origin, with boron probably derived from nearby volcanic activity.
202
TABLE 4. Continued
BOURNONITE CuPbSbS3
Bournonite Group
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 2.GA.50 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, and sulfbismuthites) -
Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites - Neso-sulfarsenites, without additional
sulfur.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
In hydrothermal veins subjected to moderate temperatures.
BREITHAUPTITE NiSb
NIckeline Group
6/mmm Hexagonal
Centrosymmetric
BREITHAUPTITE is paramagnetic and is a metallic electrical conductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.CC.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 1] with Ni, Fe, Co and platinum group elements.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Associated with Co–Ni–Ag ores in hydrothermal calcite veins.
BROMELLITE BeO
Zincite Group
6mm Hexagonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 4.AB.20 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
1, and up to 1 : 1.25] with small to medium-sized cations only.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in hydrothermal calcite veins in hematite skarn and skarnized limestones; in vugs
in natrolite, hydrothermally altered from nepheline, and in syenite pegmatite.
203
TABLE 4. Continued
BRUCITE Mg( OH )2
Brucite Group
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 4.FE.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - Hydroxides (without
vanadium or uranium) - Hydroxides with OH, without H2O, with sheets of edge-sharing
octahedra.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
From alteration of periclase in marble; also a low-temperature hydrothermal vein mineral
in metamorphic limestones and chlorite schists; and formed during serpentinization of
dunites.
BRUSHITE Ca( HPO4 ) • 2H2O
m Monoclinic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 8.CJ.50 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates
without additional anions, with H2O, with only large cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed at low pH by reaction of phosphate-rich solutions with calcite and clay, a cave
mineral, in guano deposits and in phosphorites.
BUERGERITE Na( Fe33+ )Al6( BO3 )3Si6O18O3F
Tourmaline Supergroup: Alkali Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CK.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, with insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Pneumatolytic origin in cavities in rhyolite.
204
TABLE 4. Continued
BULTFONTEINITE Ca2( HSiO4 )F • H2O
1 Triclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.AG.80 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Nesosilicates with additional
anions, with cations in greater than [6] coordination.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in the contact zones of thermally-metamorphosed limestone, and in kimberlite
dikes.
BURBANKITE ( Na,Ca )3( Sr,Ba,Ce )3( CO3 )5
6mm Hexagonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 5.AC.30 - CARBONATES (NITRATES) - Carbonates without additional
anions, without H2O - Alkali and alkali-earth carbonates.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Accessory mineral in carbonatites and intrusive syenite gabbros.
CADMOINDITE CdIn2S4
Linnaeite Group: Thiospinel Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 2.DA.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 3 : 4].
- Thermoelectric -
Found close to the vents of some high-temperature fumaroles.
205
TABLE 4. Continued
CADMOSELITE CdSe
Wurtzite Group
6mm Hexagonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 2.CB.45 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 1] with Zn, Fe, Cu, and Ag.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in sedimentary rocks, in alkaline, reducing environments.
CALEDONITE Pb5Cu2( SO4 )3( CO3 )( OH )6
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 7.BC.50 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) with additional anions, without H2O, with
medium-sized and large cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Secondary mineral in the oxidized zones of copper-lead deposits.
CANCRINITE NaxCay( AlSiO4 )6( CO3 ) • nH2O
Cancrinite Group
6 Hexagonal
Polar and Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 9.FB.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates without zeolitic H2O
- Tectosilicates with additional anion.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A primary mineral in some alkalic igneous rocks, including pegmatites in nepheline
syenites; also as an alteration product of nepheline.
206
TABLE 4. Continued
CARROLLITE Cu( Co,Ni )2S4
Linnaeite Group: Thiospinel Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
CARROLLITE is paramagnetic and is a metallic electrical conductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.DA.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 3 : 4].
- Thermoelectric -
From hydrothermal vein deposits.
CASSITERITE SnO2
Rutile Group
4/mmm Tetragonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 : 2]
with medium-sized cations, with chains of edge-sharing octahedra.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in medium- to high-temperature hydrothermal veins and greisen, in granites,
granite pegmatites, rhyolites, and rarely in contact metamorphic deposits.
CERVANTITE Sb2O4
Cervantite Group
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Transition Temperature: 838 K
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Below 838 K CERVANTITE undergoes a phase transition to CLINOCERVANTITE, a
ferroelectric form.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DE.30 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with medium-sized cations, with various polyhedra.
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A secondary mineral formed from the oxidation of stibnite.
207
TABLE 4. Continued
CHALCOCITE Cu2S
Chalcocite-Digenite Group
6/mmm Hexagonal
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 377 K
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 2.BA.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur > 1 : 1 (mainly 2 : 1)] with Cu, Ag and Au.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in or below the zone of oxidation in hydrothermal veins and in large low-grade
porphyry copper ore bodies, and an uncommon primary hydrothermal mineral.
CHALCOSTIBITE CuSbS2
Chalcostibite Group
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 366 K
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 2.HA.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Sulfosalts of SnS structure, with Cu, Ag and Fe (without Pb).
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found with other sulfides in hydrothermal veins.
208
TABLE 4. Continued
CHAMBERSITE Mn3B7O13Cl
Boracite Group
Cubic (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 680 K
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Above 680 K CHAMBERSITE undergoes a phase transition to a paraelectric form.
Nickel-Strunz: 6.GA.05 - BORATES - Heptaborates and other megaborates - Tecto-
heptaborates.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in the brine residues of extraction wells in salt domes.
CHANGBAIITE PbNb2O6
Melting Temperature: 1626 K
4/mmm Tetragonal
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 833 K
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Above 833 K CHANGBAIITE undergoes a phase transition to a paraelectric form.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DF.10 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with large (± medium-sized) cations, with dimers and trimers of edge-sharing
octahedra.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in kaolinite-filled veins and cavities in some potassic granites.
CHILDRENITE ( Fe2+,Mn2+ )Al( PO4 )( OH )2 • H2O
Childrenite—Eosphorite Series
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 8.DD.20 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
with additional anions, with H2O, with only medium-sized cations, [OH : XO4 = 2 : 1].
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A low-temperature alteration product of phosphate minerals, and also found in some
granite pegmatites.
209
TABLE 4. Continued
CHROMIUM-DRAVITE Na( Mg3 )Cr63+( BO3 )3Si6O18( OH )3OH
Tourmaline Supergroup: Alkali Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CK.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, with insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in metasomatic micaceous clay-carbonate rocks.
CINNABAR HgS
Hexagonal (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: ≈ 800 K
43m Cubic
Non-centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: ≈ 600 K
32 Trigonal
Chiral
Note that the low temperature phase is CINNABAR, the middle temperature,
METACINNABAR, and the high temperature phase, HYPERCINNABAR. Electrical data in this
paper refer to CINNABAR only.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.CD.15a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites,
sulfbismuthites and similar) - Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 1] with Sn, Pb and Hg.
- Piezoelectric -
Formed from low-temperature hydrothermal solutions in veins, and in sedimentary,
igneous, and metamorphic host rocks.
210
TABLE 4. Continued
CLINOCERVANTITE Sb2O4
Cervantite Group
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Transition Temperature: 838 K
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Above 838 K CLINOCERVANTITE undergoes a phase transition to CERVANTITE, a
paraelectric form.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DE.30 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 : 2]
with medium-sized cations, with various polyhedra.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in small cavities associated with some antimony-iron-lead ore bodies.
CLINOFERROSILITE FeSiO3
Pyroxene Group: Clinopyroxene Subgroup
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: (Not Known)
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 43 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
CLINOFERROSILITE is paramagnetic. The lower temperature phase, above 43 K, is
FERROSILITE.
Nickel-Strunz: 9.DA.10 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Inosilicates with two-periodic
single chains, Si2O6 - Pyroxene family.
Found as acicular crystals in cavities in some obsidian.
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TABLE 4. Continued
CLINOHEDRITE CaZnSiO4 • H2O
m Monoclinic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.AE.30 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Nesosilicates with additional
anions (oxygen, OH, fluorine and H2O), with cations in tetrahedral [4] coordination.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in metamorphic zinc ore.
COLEMANITE Ca[ B3O4( OH )3 ] • H2O
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 266 K
2 Monoclinic
Polar and Chiral
Note that COLEMANITE is the higher temperature phase.
Nickel-Strunz: 6.CB.10 - BORATES - Triborates - Ino-triborates.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A common constituent in borate deposits formed in arid alkaline lacustrine environments,
deficient in sodium and carbonate.
COQUIMBITE Fe2-xAlx( SO4 )3 • 9H2O (x ≈ 0.5)
Coquimbite Group
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 7.CB.55 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) without additional anions, with H2O, with only
medium-sized cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as a secondary mineral in weathering iron-sulfide deposits in arid regions, and in
fumaroles.
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TABLE 4. Continued
COULSONITE FeV2O4
Spinel Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 4.BB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 3 :
4] with only medium-sized cations.
- Thermoelectric -
Found in veinlets of magnetite, with silicate minerals, cutting metamorphosed andesites,
or exsolved from magnetite in mantle xenoliths in basalt.
CRANDALLITE CaAl3( PO4 )2 • H2O
Alunite Supergroup: Crandallite Subgroup
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 8.BL.10 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
with additional anions, without H2O, with medium-sized and large cations, [OH : XO4 =
3 : 1].
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in phosphate-rich rocks, including aluminous sedimentary rock, carbonatites, and
phosphatic nodules, as well as some granite pegmatites and amphibolite-grade
metaquartzites, plus as an authigenic mineral in anoxic marine sediments or depleted
tropical clays.
CREEDITE Ca3SO4Al2F8( OH )2 • 2H2O
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 3.CG.15 - HALIDES - Complex halides - Aluminofluorides with CO3,
SO4 and PO4.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in fluorite-rich hydrothermal deposits.
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TABLE 4. Continued
CRONSTEDTITE Fe22+Fe3+[ ( SiFe3+ )2O5 ]( OH )4
Serpentine Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.ED.15 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Phyllosilicates with kaolinite
layers composed of tetrahedral and octahedral nets.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A low-temperature hydrothermal product in ore veins
CUPROKALININITE CuCr2S4
Linnaeite Group: Thiospinel Group
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 398 K
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
CUPROKALININITE is ferromagnetic and is a metallic electrical conductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.DA.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 3 : 4].
- Thermoelectric -
Found in metamorphic rock with Cr-V-bearing quartz diopside.
CUPRORHODSITE ( Cu,Fe )Rh2S4
Linnaeite Group: Thiospinel Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 25 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
CUPRORHODSITE is paramagnetic and is a metallic electrical conductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.DA.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 3 : 4].
- Thermoelectric -
Found as alluvial placer deposits derived from dunite massifs.
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TABLE 4. Continued
CUPROSPINEL CuFe2O4
Spinel Group
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 747 K
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 4.BB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 3 :
4] with only medium-sized cations.
- Thermoelectric -
In highly oxidized material in some ore.
DAUBRÉELITE FeCr2S4
Linnaeite Group: Thiospinel Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 171 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
DAUBRÉELITE is paramagnetic. Below 171 K DAUBRÉELITE undergoes a phase transition
to a ferrimagnetic form. DAUBRÉELITE is an electrical semiconductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.DA.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 3 : 4].
- Thermoelectric -
Found in small amounts in many meteorites.
DAWSONITE NaAlCO3( OH )2
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 5.BB.10 - CARBONATES (NITRATES) - Carbonates with additional
anions, without H2O, with alkalies.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as hydrothermal minerals associated with nepheline syenites, and in alkaline
shales and coal-bearing rocks.
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TABLE 4. Continued
DEMICHELEITE-BR BiSBr
Demicheleite Group
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 103 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Below 103 K DEMICHELEITE-BR undergoes a phase transition to a ferroelectric form.
DEMICHELEITE-BR is diamagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.FC.25 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Sulfides of arsenic, alkalies; sulfides with halide, oxide, hydroxide and H2O, with Cl, Br
and I (halide-sulfides).
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
An alteration product of fumarolic pyroclastic breccia.
DEMICHELEITE-CL BiSCl
Demicheleite Group
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
DEMICHELEITE-CL is diamagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.FC.25 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Sulfides of arsenic, alkalies; sulfides with halide, oxide, hydroxide and H2O, with Cl, Br
and I (halide-sulfides).
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
An alteration product of fumarolic pyroclastic breccia.
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TABLE 4. Continued
DEMICHELEITE-I BiSI
Demicheleite Group
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 113 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Below 113 K DEMICHELEITE-I undergoes a phase transition to a ferroelectric form.
DEMICHELEITE-I is diamagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.FC.25 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Sulfides of arsenic, alkalies; sulfides with halide, oxide, hydroxide and H2O, with Cl, Br
and I (halide-sulfides).
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
An alteration product of fumarolic pyroclastic breccia.
DIABOLEITE Pb2CuCl2( OH )4
4mm Tetragonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 3.DB.05 - HALIDES - Oxyhalides, hydroxyhalides and related double
halides, with Pb and Cu.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in oxidized manganese ores and as a secondary mineral in highly-oxidized Pb-Cu
ores, as well as in slag exposed to seawater.
DIOMIGNITE Li2B4O7
4mm Tetragonal
Polar
DIOMIGNITE melts at 1190 K at ambient pressure.
Nickel-Strunz: 6.DD.05 - BORATES - Tetraborates - Tecto-tetraborates.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in some granite pegmatite, within fluid inclusions in spodumene.
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TABLE 4. Continued
DIOPTASE CuSiO3 • H2O
3 Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CJ.30 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, without insular complex anions.
- Piezoelectric -
In the oxidized zone of some copper deposits.
DRAVITE Na( Mg3 )Al6( BO3 )3Si6O18( OH )3OH
Tourmaline Supergroup: Alkali Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CK.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, with insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in metamorphosed limestones or mafic igneous rocks with metasomatically
introduced boron; rarely in pegmatites; as authigenic overgrowths in sedimentary rocks
DYSCRASITE Ag3Sb
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 2.AA.35 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Alloys - Alloys of metalloids with Cu, Ag and Au.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as both a primary and secondary mineral in hydrothermal veins with other silver
minerals.
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TABLE 4. Continued
EDINGTONITE BaAl2Si3O10 • 4H2O
Zeolite Group
222 Orthorhombic
Chiral
Some authors have also listed EDINGTONITE as Tetragonal (42m Non-centrosymmetric),
and the two forms coexist, along with triclinic zones. Ordering of the (Si, Al) atoms
generally reduces the orthorhombic symmetry to tetragonal.
Nickel-Strunz: 9.GA.15 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates with zeolitic H2O,
zeolite family - Zeolites with X5O10 units, the fibrous zeolites.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in cavities in mafic igneous rocks and nepheline syenites; in carbonatites; and in
hydrothermal veins
ELBAITE Na( Li1.5Al1.5 )Al6( BO3 )3Si6O18( OH )3OH
Tourmaline Supergroup: Alkali Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CK.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, with insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in granites, granite pegmatites, and some metamorphic rocks; and in high-
temperature hydrothermal veins.
ELPIDITE Na2ZrSi6O15 • 3H2O
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.DG.65 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Inosilicates with three-periodic
single and multiple chains.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in albitized nepheline syenites and other alkalic rocks, as well as in granites rich in
aegirine.
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TABLE 4. Continued
ENARGITE Cu3AsS4
Enargite Group
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 2.KA.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Sulfarsenates with (As, Sb)S4 tetrahedra.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in medium-temperature hydrothermal vein deposits, and as a late-stage mineral in
low-temperature deposits.
EOSPHORITE ( Mn2+,Fe2+ )Al( PO4 )( OH )2 • H2O
Childrenite—Eosphorite Series
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 8.DD.20 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
with additional anions, with H2O, with only medium-sized cations, [OH : XO4 = 2 : 1].
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as a secondary mineral in phosphate-rich granite pegmatites.
EPISTILBITE CaAl2Si6O16 • 5H2O
Zeolite Group
2 Monoclinic
Polar and Chiral
EPISTILBITE has also been analyzed as Triclinic (1, Polar and Chiral). Both forms are seen
as equally stable under current knowledge, and both exist at standard temperatures and
pressures.
Nickel-Strunz: 9.GD.45 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates with zeolitic H2O,
zeolite family - Chains of six-membered rings, the tabular zeolites.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in cavities in basalts and gneisses
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TABLE 4. Continued
EPISTOLITE Na2( Nb,Ti )2( Si2O7 )O2 • nH2O
Murmanite Group
1 Triclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.BE.30 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Sorosilicates - Si2O7 groups, with
additional anions; cations in octahedral [6] and greater coordination.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in alkalic pegmatites, albitites, sodalite xenoliths, and hydrothermal veins.
EPSOMITE MgSO4 • 7H2O
Epsomite Group
222 Orthorhombic
Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 7.CB.40 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) without additional anions, with H2O, with only
medium-sized cations.
- Piezoelectric -
Found as efflorescences on the walls of mines, caves, and outcrops of sulfide-bearing
magnesian rocks; a product of evaporation at mineral springs and saline lakes; a
hydration product of kieserite and langbeinite; and rarely as a fumarolic sublimate.
221
TABLE 4. Continued
ERICAITE Fe3B7O13Cl
Boracite Group
43m Cubic
Non-centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 610 K
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Transition Temperature: 543 K
Monoclinic (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 523 K
3m Trigonal
Polar
Transition Temperature: 11.5 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Above 523 K ERICAITE undergoes a phase transition to a paraelectric form. ERICAITE is
paramagnetic. Below 11.5 K ERICAITE undergoes a phase transition to an
antiferromagnetic form.
Nickel-Strunz: 6.GA.05 - BORATES - Heptaborates and other megaborates - Tecto-
heptaborates.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
An uncommon constituent of marine evaporite deposits.
ESKOLAITE Cr2O3
Hematite Group
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 307 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
ESKOLAITE is paramagnetic. Below 307 K ESKOLAITE undergoes a phase transition to an
antiferromagnetic form. This transition temperature varies with pressure as 1.50 K / kbar.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.CB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 2 :
3 and 3 : 5] with medium-sized cations.
Found in chromium-rich tremolite skarns, metaquartzites, and chlorite veins; on
greywacke pebbles in some glacial boulder clay deposit; and as a very rare component in
chondritic meteorites.
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TABLE 4. Continued
EULYTINE Bi4( SiO4 )3
43m Cubic
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.AD.40 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Nesosilicates without additional
anions, with cations in [6] and/or greater coordination.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in bismuth-rich hydrothermal veins.
FAYALITE Fe2SiO4
Olivine Group
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 66 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
FAYALITE is paramagnetic. Below 66 K FAYALITE undergoes a phase transition to an
antiferromagnetic form.
Nickel-Strunz: 9.AC.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Nesosilicates without additional
anions, with cations in octahedral [6] coordination.
Found in ultramafic volcanic and plutonic rocks, less commonly in felsic plutonic rocks;
rarely in granite pegmatite; in cavities in obsidian; in metamorphosed iron-rich
sediments; and in impure carbonate rocks.
FERBERITE FeWO4
Wolframite Group
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Below 66 K FERBERITE undergoes a phase transition. FERBERITE is paramagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DB.30 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with medium-sized cations; chains of edge-sharing octahedra.
Found in high-temperature hydrothermal veins, greisens, and granitic pegmatites.
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TABLE 4. Continued
FERUVITE Ca( Fe32+ )MgAl5( BO3 )3Si6O18( OH )3OH
Tourmaline Supergroup: Calcic Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CK.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, with insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed by hydrothermal replacement of silicates in pegmatitic rock
FINNEMANITE Pb5( AsO3 )5Cl
6/mmm Hexagonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 4.JB.45 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites,
bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - Arsenites, antimonites,
bismuthites, with additional anions, without H2O.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in contact with hematite in metamorphosed Fe-Mn ore.
FLAGSTAFFITE C10H22O3
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 10.CA.10 - ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - Miscellaneous Organic
Minerals.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Lining cracks in decomposing buried pine logs.
FLUOR-DRAVITE Na( Mg3 )Al6( BO3 )3Si6O18( OH )3F
Tourmaline Supergroup: Alkali Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CK.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, with insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found at or near the boundary of granitic pegmatite and surrounding country rock.
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TABLE 4. Continued
FLUOR-LIDDICOATITE Ca( Li2Al )Al6( BO3 )3Si6O18( OH )3F
Tourmaline Supergroup: Calcic Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CK.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, with insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Detrital in soil, from pegmatites. (Nearly all liddicoatite is now classed as fluor-
liddicoatite.)
FLUOR-SCHORL Na( Fe32+ )Al6( BO3 )3Si6O18( OH )3F
Tourmaline Supergroup: Alkali Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CK.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, with insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
In granites and granite pegmatites, high-temperature hydrothermal veins, and
some metamorphic rocks; also detrital.
FOITITE ( [ ],Na )( Fe22+Al )Al6( BO3 )3Si6O18( OH )3OH
Tourmaline Supergroup: X-Vacant Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CK.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, with insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in granite pegmatites.
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TABLE 4. Continued
FRANKLINITE ZnFe2O4
Spinel Group: Fe-Series
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 15 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
FRANKLINITE is paramagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.BB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 3 :
4] with only medium-sized cations.
Found in beds and veins formed by high-temperature metamorphism of Fe, Zn, Mn-rich
marine carbonate sediments, and also as a minor mineral in some manganese and iron
deposits.
FRESNOITE Ba2Ti( Si2O7 )O
4mm Tetragonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.BE.15 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Sorosilicates - Si2O7 groups, with
additional anions, with cations in octahedral [6] and greater coordination.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Disseminated in gneissic metamorphic rocks composed mainly of sanbornite and
quartz.
GALLITE CuGaS2
Chalcopyrite Group
42m Tetragonal
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 2.CB.10a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and
sulfbismuthites) - Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 1] with Zn, Fe, Cu and Ag.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in base-metal vein deposits with relatively high gallium content.
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TABLE 4. Continued
GEORGBARSANOVITE Na12( Mn,Sr,REE )3Ca6Fe32+Zr3NbSi25O76Cl2 • H2O
Eudialyte Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CO.10 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si9O27]18 nine-
membered rings.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in nepheline-feldspar pegmatites.
GISMONDINE-CA CaAl2Si2O8 • 4H2O
Zeolite Group
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.GC.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates with zeolitic H2O,
zeolite family - Chains of doubly-connected four-membered rings.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in cavities in nepheline and olivine basalt and leucite tephrite.
GMELINITE-NA ( Na2,Ca )Al2Si4O12 • 6H2O
Zeolite Group
6/mmm Hexagonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.GD.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates with zeolitic H2O,
zeolite family - Chains of six-membered rings, the tabular zeolites.
- Piezoelectric -
Formed from sodium-rich fluids, in basalts and related igneous rocks, also pegmatites.
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TABLE 4. Continued
GOSLARITE ZnSO4 • 7H2O
Epsomite Group
222 Orthorhombic
Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 7.CB.40 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) without additional anions, with H2O, with only
medium-sized cations.
- Piezoelectric -
A secondary mineral in oxidized portions of zinc-sulfide deposits, particularly as
coatings on walls of mine passages.
GOYAZITE SrAl3( PO4 )2( OH )5 • H2O
Alunite Supergroup: Crandallite Subgroup
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 8.BL.10 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
with additional anions, without H2O, with medium-sized and large cations, [OH : XO4 =
3 : 1].
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in granite pegmatites, as an alteration product in hydrothermal or tuffaceous
claystones, in carbonatites, and as a detrital mineral.
GREENOCKITE CdS
Wurtzite Group
6mm Hexagonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 2.CB.45 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 1] with Zn, Fe, Cu and Ag.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as earthy coatings, especially on sphalerite; also rarely as crystals in cavities in
mafic igneous rocks; and in high-temperature hydrothermal vein deposits.
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TABLE 4. Continued
GUGIAITE Ca2BeSi2O7
Melilite Group
42m Tetragonal
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.BB.10 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Sorosilicates - Si2O7 groups,
without non-tetrahedral anions, with cations in tetrahedral [4] and greater coordination.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in cavities in skarns and melanite adjacent to an alkalic syenite.
GWIHABAITE ( NH4,K )NO3
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 5.NA.15 - CARBONATES (NITRATES) - NITRATES - Without OH or
H2O.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed by bacterial action on bat guano in caves, and found as crusts or efflorescences.
HALLOYSITE-7Å Al2( Si2O5 )( OH )4
Serpentine Group
m Monoclinic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.ED.10 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Phyllosilicates with kaolinite
layers composed of tetrahedral and octahedral nets.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed by hydrothermal alteration or surface weathering of aluminosilicate minerals,
plus dehydration at 110°C (of Halloysite-10Å).
HALLOYSITE-10Å Al2( Si2O5 )( OH )4 • 2H2O
Serpentine Group
m Monoclinic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.ED.10 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Phyllosilicates with kaolinite
layers composed of tetrahedral and octahedral nets.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed by hydrothermal alteration or surface weathering of aluminosilicate minerals.
229
TABLE 4. Continued
HALOTRICHITE FeAl2( SO4 )4 • 22H2O
Halotrichite Group
2 Monoclinic
Polar and Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 7.CB.85 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) without additional anions, with H2O, with only
medium-sized cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in arid climates as efflorescences in weathered sulfide deposits or pyrite-rich coal
rocks, and as a precipitate around volcanic fumaroles and hot springs.
HARMOTOME ( Ba0.5,Ca0.5,K,Na )5( Al5Si11O32 ) • 12H2O
Zeolite Group
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.GC.10 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates with zeolitic H2O,
zeolite family - Chains of doubly-connected four-membered rings.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed hydrothermally in cavities in basalts, phonolites and trachytes, as well as in
gneisses and ore veins.
HARTITE C20H34
1 Triclinic
Polar and Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 10.BA.10 - ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - Hydrocarbons.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed by reprecipitation of lignite, often in coalified or silicified tree trunks and in
lignite seams.
230
TABLE 4. Continued
HAUERITE MnS2
Pyrite Group
m3 Cubic
Centrosymmetric
HAUERITE is paramagnetic and is an electrical semiconductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.EB.05a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and
sulfbismuthites) - Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 2] with Fe, Co, Ni and platinum
group elements.
A low-temperature mineral commonly associated with solfataric waters, in clay
deposits rich in sulfur, and from decomposed extrusive rocks.
HEFTETJERNITE ScTaO4
Wolframite Group
Melting Temperature: 2613 K
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 280 K
2 Monoclinic
Polar and Chiral
Below 280 K HEFTETJERNITE undergoes a phase transition to a ferroelectric form.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DB.30 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with medium-sized cations; chains of edge-sharing octahedra.
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in some cleavelandite-amazonite pegmatites.
HELVINE Mn42+( Be3Si3O12 )S
Helvine Group
43m Cubic
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.FB.10 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates without zeolitic H2O
- Tectosilicates with additional anions.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in granites, granite pegmatites, gneisses, and contact zones and skarns.
231
TABLE 4. Continued
HEMATITE Fe2O3
Hematite Group
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 950 K
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 263 K
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
HEMATITE is (incompletely) antiferromagnetic. Below 263 K HEMATITE undergoes a
phase transition to a (complete) antiferromagnetic form. There are several forms of
Fe2O3: HEMATITE is the α-Fe2O3 form, while the γ-Fe2O3 form is MAGHEMITE (p. 244).
Nickel-Strunz: 4.CB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 2 :
3 and 3 : 5] with medium-sized cations.
Found as an accessory mineral in felsic igneous rocks, a late-stage sublimate in volcanic
rocks, and in high-temperature hydrothermal veins; and as a product of contact
metamorphism and in metamorphosed banded iron formations; as well as a common
cement in sedimentary rocks and a major constituent in oolitic iron formations; also,
abundant on weathered iron-bearing minerals.
HEMIMORPHITE Zn4Si2O7( OH )2 • H2O
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.BD.10 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Sorosilicates - Si2O7 groups, with
additional anions; cations in tetrahedral [4] and greater coordination.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A secondary mineral typically found in the oxidized zone of zinc-bearing mineral
deposits.
232
TABLE 4. Continued
HEULANDITE-CA ( Ca,Na )2-3Al3( Al,Si )2Si13O36 • 12H2O
Zeolite Group
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.GE.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates with zeolitic H2O,
zeolite family - Chains of X10O20 tetrahedra.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as a devitrification product in tuffs and volcanic glasses, as well as in cavities in
basalts, and in weathered andesites and diabases.
HILGARDITE Ca2B5O9Cl • H2O
Hilgardite Group
1 Triclinic
Polar and Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 6.ED.05 - BORATES - Pentaborates - Tecto-pentaborates.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in marine evaporite deposits.
HYDROCALUMITE Ca2Al( OH )7 • 2H2O
2 Monoclinic
Polar and Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 4.FL.10 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - Hydroxides (without
vanadium or uranium) - Hydroxides with H2O ± (OH), with sheets of edge-sharing
octahedra.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A late-stage hydrothermal mineral in skarns formed from contact metamorphism of
limestone or in xenoliths in lava.
233
TABLE 4. Continued
HYDROXYCALCIOROMÉITE: FERROAN VARIETY ( Ca,Sb3+ )2( Sb5+,Fe,Ti )2O6( OH )
Pyrochlore Supergroup: Roméite Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DH.20 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with large (± medium-sized) cations, with sheets of edge-sharing octahedra.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A secondary mineral found in some hydrothermal deposits that commonly have
undergone metamorphism.
ICE H2 O
Melting Temperature: 273 K
6/mmm Hexagonal
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 173 K
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 72 K
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Below 72 K ICE undergoes a phase transition to a ferroelectric form.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.AA.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) -
[Metal : Oxygen = 2 : 1 and 1.8 : 1].
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in glacial flows and thick masses of near-continental dimensions, and formed at
low temperatures by sublimation in the atmosphere and in layers over open bodies of
water.
234
TABLE 4. Continued
ILMENITE FeTiO3
Ilmenite Group
3 Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Below (55 to 70 K) ILMENITE undergoes a phase transition. ILMENITE is paramagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.CB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 2 :
3 and 3 : 5] with medium-sized cations.
A common accessory mineral disseminated in igneous rocks, as granites, gabbros, and
kimberlites, and in granite pegmatites, carbonatites, and high-grade metamorphic rocks.
INDITE FeIn2S4
Linnaeite Group: Thiospinel Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 2.DA.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 3 : 4].
- Thermoelectric -
Generally of hydrothermal origin, replacing botryoidal cassiterite.
INNELITE Na2CaBa4Ti3( Si2O7 )2( SO4 )2O4
1 Triclinic
Centrosymmetric
INNELITE is also listed as Monoclinic (2/m, Centrosymmetric), a similarly stable phase at
standard temperature and pressure.
Nickel-Strunz: 9.BE.40 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Sorosilicates - Si2O7 groups, with
additional anions; cations in octahedral [6] and greater coordination.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in miarolitic cavities of aegirine-eckermannite-microcline pegmatites in dunites; in
pulaskite and shonkinite
235
TABLE 4. Continued
IODARGYRITE AgI
6mm Hexagonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 3.AA.10 - HALIDES - Simple halides, without H2O - [Metal : Halogen =
1 : 1, 2 : 3 and 3 : 5].
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A secondary mineral in the oxidized portions of silver-bearing deposits.
JACOBSITE MnFe2O4
Spinel Group
Jacobsite-Magnetite Series
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Above 573 K JACOBSITE undergoes a phase transition. JACOBSITE is ferromagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.BB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 3 :
4] with only medium-sized cations.
- Thermoelectric -
Found as a primary mineral or an alteration product of other manganese-bearing minerals
in metamorphosed ore deposits.
JAROSITE KFe33+( SO4 )2( OH )6
Alunite Supergroup: Jarosite Subgroup
3 Trigonal
Polar and Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 7.BC.10 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) with additional anions, without H2O, with
medium-sized and large cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A secondary mineral in oxidized portions of sulfide-bearing rocks, typically altering from
pyrite; less common as a low-temperature, primary hydrothermal mineral, including as
deposits around hot springs.
236
TABLE 4. Continued
JEREMEJEVITE Al6( BO3 )5( F,OH )3
6/m Hexagonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 6.AB.15 - BORATES - Monoborates - BO3, with additional anions, with
single triangles plus OH.
- Piezoelectric -
A late hydrothermal mineral formed in granitic pegmatites.
JUNITOITE CaZn2Si2O7 • H2O
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.BD.15 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Sorosilicates - Si2O7 groups, with
additional anions, with cations in tetrahedral [4] and greater coordination.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
In a retrogressively altered tactite zone, closely related to the breakdown of sphalerite.
KALIBORITE KMg2H[ B6O8( OH )5 ]2( H2O )4
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 6.FB.10 - BORATES - Ino-hexaborates.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in potassium-bearing marine salt deposits, and as efflorescences.
KALININITE ZnCr2S4
Linnaeite Group: Thiospinel Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Below 15.5 K KALININITE undergoes a phase transition. KALININITE is paramagnetic and
is an electrical semiconductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.DA.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 3 : 4].
- Thermoelectric -
Found in metamorphic diopside-quartz-calcite rock, generally in garnet-pyroxene
regions.
237
TABLE 4. Continued
KAMIOKITE Fe2Mo3O8
Nolanite Group
6mm Hexagonal
Polar
Transition Temperature: 59 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
KAMIOKITE is paramagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.CB.40 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 2 :
3 and 3 : 5] with medium-sized cations.
Found in molybdenite-rich quartz veins associated with granite porphyry dikes, and also
in fissure veins filled during low-grade regional metamorphism of basalt.
KARELIANITE V2 O3
Hematite Group
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: (Not Known)
Monoclinic (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 160 K
3 Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 10 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
The semiconducting phase of KARELIANITE above 160 K is 7 orders of magnitude more
electrically resistant than the metallic conducting phase below that transition.
KARELIANITE is paramagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.CB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 2 :
3 and 3 : 5] with medium-sized cations.
Found in sulfide-rich, resistant portions of glacial boulders derived from high-grade
metamorphic rocks, as schists and quartzites, as well as in primary unoxidized uranium-
vanadium ores, and in vanadiferous bitumen.
238
TABLE 4. Continued
KOECHLINITE Bi2MoO6
Koechlinite Group
Melting Temperature: 1201 K
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 843 K
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Above 843 K KOECHLINITE undergoes a phase transition to a paraelectric form.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DE.15 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with medium-sized cations; with various polyhedra.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as an alteration product in the oxidation zone of Bi–Mo deposits.
KRENNERITE ( Au,Ag )Te2
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 2.EA.15 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 2] with Cu, Ag, Au.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in hydrothermal veins with other telluride minerals.
239
TABLE 4. Continued
KRUT’AITE CuSe2
Pyrite Group
m3 Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 30 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 2.40 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
KRUT’AITE is paramagnetic. Below 30 K the mineral becomes (incompletely)
antiferromagnetic and is a metallic electrical conductor. Below 2.40 K KRUT’AITE is an
electrical superconductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.EB.05a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and
sulfbismuthites) - Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 2] with Fe, Co, Ni and platinum
group elements.
A hydrothermal mineral.
LAKARGIITE Ca( Zr,Sn,Ti )O3
Perovskite Group
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 4.CC.30 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 2 :
3 and 3 : 5] with large and medium-sized cations.
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as xenoliths in ignimbrites from some high temperature calc-silicate skarns.
LANGBEINITE K2Mg2( SO4 )3
Langbeinite Group
23 Cubic
Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 7.AC.10 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) without additional anions, without H2O, with
medium-sized and large cations.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in marine salt deposits.
240
TABLE 4. Continued
LARSENITE PbZnSiO4
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.AB.10 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Nesosilicates without additional
anions, with cations in [4] and greater coordination.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A secondary mineral found in veins in metamorphosed zinc deposits
LECONTITE ( NH4,K )NaSO4 • 2H2O
222 Orthorhombic
Chiral
Transition Temperature: 101 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Nickel-Strunz: 7.CD.15 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) without additional anions, with H2O, with only
large cations.
An early product of the breakdown of bat guano
LEUCOPHANITE NaCaBeSi2O6F
222 Orthorhombic
Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 9.DH.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Inosilicates with four-periodic
single chains, Si4O12.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in pegmatites in augite syenite; and in albitization zones in pegmatites at the
contact of alkalic massifs intruding carbonaceous quartz-sericite schists.
LIEBIGITE Ca2( UO2 )( CO3 )3 • 11H2O
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 5.ED.20 - CARBONATES (NITRATES) - Uranyl Carbonates - [UO2 :
CO3 = 1 : 3].
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed as a secondary mineral as an alteration product of uraninite through the action of
an alkaline carbonate solution.
241
TABLE 4. Continued
LINNAEITE Co2+Co23+S4
Linnaeite Group: Thiospinel Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 95 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
LINNAEITE is paramagnetic and is a metallic electrical conductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.DA.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 3 : 4].
- Thermoelectric -
Found in hydrothermal veins with other cobalt and nickel sulfides.
LÖLLINGITE FeAs2
Löllingite Group
Löllingite – Safflorite Series
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
LÖLLINGITE is diamagnetic and is an electrical semiconductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.EB.15a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and
sulfbismuthites) - Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 2] with Fe, Co, Ni and platinum
group elements.
Found in mesothermal deposits associated with other sulfides and with calcite gangue,
and also in pegmatites.
LONDONITE ( Cs,K,Rb )Al4Be4( B,Be )12O28
Rhodizite Group
Londonite – Rhodizite Series
43m Cubic
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 6.GC.05 - BORATES - Heptaborates and other megaborates - Tecto-
dodecaborates.
- Piezoelectric -
From the central zones of granite pegmatites; and in miarolitic cavities.
242
TABLE 4. Continued
LUESHITE NaNbO3
Perovskite Group
(m3m) Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 916 K
4/mmm Tetragonal
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 845 K
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 793 K
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 753 K
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 638 K
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 73 K
3m Trigonal
Polar
Above 916 K LUESHITE is paraelectric; below 73 K it is ferroelectric. Note that the
various orthorhombic phases of LUESHITE have different atomic arrangements, with
different space group notations: Pbma, Pmnm, Pnmm, Ccmm, from low temperature to
high temperature, respectively.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.CC.30 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 2 :
3 and 3 : 5] with large and medium-sized cations.
- Antiferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in veins cutting nepheline syenites, and in sodalite xenoliths in alkalic gabbro-
syenites, as well as in contacts between syenite and carbonatite, and as a common
accessory mineral in fenites formed from pyroxenite or gabbro.
243
TABLE 4. Continued
MACEDONITE PbTiO3
Perovskite Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 763 K
4mm Tetragonal
Polar
Below 763 K MACEDONITE undergoes a phase transition to a ferroelectric form.
Structural transitions at 298, 158 and 90 K are reported for MACEDONITE, all within the
4mm Tetragonal system.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.CC.35 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 2 :
3 and 3 : 5] with large and medium-sized cations.
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A rare accessory mineral in syenite pegmatite veins cutting pyroxene amphibole schist,
and as inclusions in hematite and magnetoplumbite in a metamorphosed Fe–Mn orebody.
MAGHEMITE Fe2O3
Maghemite Group
Transition Temperature: 1020 K
23 Cubic
Chiral
MAGHEMITE is ferrimagnetic and is an electrical semiconductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.BB.15 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 3 :
4] with only medium-sized cations.
Formed by weathering or low-temperature oxidation of spinels containing ferrous iron,
commonly magnetite or titanian magnetite.
244
TABLE 4. Continued
MAGNESIOCOULSONITE MgV2O4
Spinel Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
MAGNESIOCOULSONITE is paramagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.BB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 3 :
4] with only medium-sized cations.
- Thermoelectric -
An accessory mineral in chromium-vanadium-bearing metamorphic rocks.
MAGNESIOFERRITE MgFe2O4
Spinel Group
Magnesioferrite-Magnetite Series
Transition Temperature: 679 K
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
MAGNESIOFERRITE is ferrimagnetic. Nickel-Strunz: 4.BB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides,
V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and
iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 3 : 4] with only medium-sized cations.
Most commonly of fumarolic origin, also found in high-grade (sanidinite facies)
combustion-metamorphosed marls and burning coal heaps, in metamorphosed
dolostones. as an accessory mineral in some kimberlites, carbonatites, and alkali gabbros,
and as skeletal inclusions in glassy spherules in sediments attributed to bolide impact
debris.
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TABLE 4. Continued
MAGNETITE Fe2+Fe23+O4
Spinel Group
Transition Temperature: 850 K
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 119 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 45 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Electrical conduction in MAGNETITE operaters via exchanges between the Fe2+ and Fe3+
centers. Below 119 K MAGNETITE is paraelectric; below 45 K it is ferroelectric.
MAGNETITE is ferrimagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.BB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 3 :
4] with only medium-sized cations.
A common accessory mineral in igneous and metamorphic rocks, in which magmatic
segregation or contact metamorphism may produce economic deposits; in sedimentary
banded iron formations; a biogenic product; and detrital.
MARIALITE Na4Al3Si9O24Cl
Scapolite Group
4/m Tetragonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.FB.15 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates without zeolitic H2O
- Tectosilicates with additional anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in regionally metamorphosed calcareous rock, and in skarns as well as some mafic
igneous rock, ejecta and pegmatites as an alteration product.
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TABLE 4. Continued
MARIINSKITE BeCr2O4
Chrysoberyl Group
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 28 K
Orthorhombic (Not Known)
MARIINSKITE is paramagnetic. Below 28 K MARIINSKITE undergoes a phase transition to a
ferroelectric, antiferromagnetic form.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.BA.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 3 :
4] with small and medium-sized cations.
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Associated with emerald deposits in pegmatite or hydrothermal-metamorphic complexes.
MATTAGAMITE CoTe2
Marcasite Group
Frohbergite-Mattagamite Series
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
MATTAGAMITE is paramagnetic and is an electrical semiconductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.EB.10a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and
sulfbismuthites) - Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 2] with Fe, Co, Ni and platinum
group elements.
Found in telluride zones of some zinc-rich stratiform volcanic deposits.
MEIONITE Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3
Scapolite Group
4/m Tetragonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.FB.15 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates without zeolitic H2O
- Tectosilicates with additional anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in regionally metamorphosed calcareous rock, and in skarns as well as some mafic
igneous rock, ejecta and pegmatites as an alteration product.
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TABLE 4. Continued
MELANOVANADITE Ca( V5+,V4+ )4O10 • 5H2O
1 Triclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 4.HE.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - V[5,6] Vanadates -
Phyllo-vanadates.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as an alteration product in vanadium-rich shale and in uranium-vanadium deposits.
MELIPHANITE ( Ca,Na )2( Be,Al )[ Si2O6( OH,F ) ]
4 Tetragonal
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.DP.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Inosilicates - Transitional ino-
phyllosilicate structures.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in augite syenite.
MESOLITE Na2Ca2Al6Si9O30 • 8H2O
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.GA.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates with zeolitic H2O,
zeolite family - Zeolites with X5O10 units, the fibrous zeolites.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in cavities of volcanic rocks, typically basalt; also in andesites, porphyries, and
hydrothermal veins.
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TABLE 4. Continued
MILLERITE NiS
Millerite Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 2.CC.20 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 1] with Ni, Fe, Co and platinum group elements.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in cavities in limestones, carbonate veins and barite as a low-temperature mineral,
and as an alteration product of nickel minerals, as well as in association with coal, and
uncommonly with serpentines.
MIMETITE Pb5( AsO4 )3Cl
Apatite Supergroup: Pyromorphite Subgroup
6/m Hexagonal
Centrosymmetric
An m Monoclinic polytype form originally called clinomimetite, now called mimetite-M,
is also common.
Nickel-Strunz: 8.BN.05 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
with additional anions, without H2O, with only large cations, [OH : XO4 = 0.33 : 1].
- Piezoelectric -
A secondary mineral found in the oxidized zone of arsenic-bearing lead deposits.
MINYULITE KAl2( PO4 )2( OH,F ) • 4H2O
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 8.DH.05 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
with additional anions, with H2O, with large and medium-sized cations, [OH : XO4 < 1 :
1].
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as a weathering product in phosphate-rich ironstones.
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TABLE 4. Continued
MOISSANITE SiC
Moissanite Group
6mm Hexagonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 1.DA. - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and
nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides and phosphides) - Nonmetallic carbides.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in iron meteorites, as inclusions in diamond, in kimberlites and eclogite, as well as
in rhyolite, and in alluvium.
MORDENITE ( Na2,Ca,K2 )Al2Si10O24 • 7H2O
Zeolite Group
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.GD.35 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates with zeolitic H2O,
zeolite family - Chains of six-membered rings, the tabular zeolites.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed as a secondary mineral in various igneous rocks, including volcanic glasses, and
as an authigenic mineral in sediments.
MORENOSITE NiSO4 • 7H2O
Epsomite Group
222 Orthorhombic
Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 7.CB.40 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) without additional anions, with H2O, with only
medium-sized cations.
- Piezoelectric -
A low-temperature hydrothermal mineral found in Nickel-bearing deposits.
250
TABLE 4. Continued
MURMANITE Na2Ti2( Si2O7 )O2 • 2H2O
Murmanite Group
1 Triclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.BE.27 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Sorosilicates - Si2O7 groups, with
additional anions, with cations in octahedral [6] and greater coordination.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in alkalic pegmatites and associated igneous rocks.
MUTHMANNITE AuAgTe2
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 2.CB.85 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 1] with Zn, Fe, Cu and Ag.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A low-temperature hydrothermal mineral found in association with other tellurides.
NACRITE Al2( Si2O5 )( OH )4
Serpentine Group
m Monoclinic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.ED.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Phyllosilicates with kaolinite
layers composed of tetrahedral and octahedral nets.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed by hydrothermal processes.
251
TABLE 4. Continued
NATROALUNITE ( Na,K )Al3( SO4 )2( OH )6
Alunite Supergroup: Alunite Subgroup
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 7.BC.10 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) with additional anions, without H2O, with
medium-sized and large cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed by solfataric or hydrothermal sulfate-bearing solutions reacting with clays, rarely
with sillimanite; or as an authigenic sedimentary mineral.
NATROJAROSITE NaFe3( SO4 )2( OH )6
Alunite Supergroup: Jarosite Subgroup
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 7.BC.10 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) with additional anions, without H2O, with
medium-sized and large cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed by the alteration of pyrite in the presence of sodium, and rarely as a volcanic
sublimate.
NATROLITE Na2Al2Si3O10 • 2H2O
Zeolite Group
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.GA.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates with zeolitic H2O,
zeolite family - Zeolites with X5O10 units, the fibrous zeolites.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in cavities in amygdaloidal basalts and related igneous rocks, one of the last
minerals to form; fills seams in granite, gneiss, and syenite.
252
TABLE 4. Continued
NEPHELINE ( Na,K )AlSiO4
6 Hexagonal
Polar and Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 9.FA.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates without zeolitic
H2O - Tectosilicates without additional non-tetrahedral anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in alkalic rocks, including syenites, gabbros, tuffs, lavas, pegmatites and gneisses;
and, as a product of sodium-rich metasomatism.
NEPTUNITE Na2KLi( Fe2+,Mn2+ )2Ti2( Si8O24 )
m Monoclinic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.EH.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Phyllosilicates - Transitional
structures between phyllosilicate and other silicate units.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in serpentinite in natrolite veins cutting glaucophane schist.
NICKELINE NiAs
Nickeline Group
6/mmm Hexagonal
Centrosymmetric
NICKELINE is Pauli paramagnetic, with the (weak) paramagnetism arising from the spins
of the valence electrons.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.CC.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 1] with Ni, Fe, Co and platinum group elements.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as a minor component of Ni–Cu ores in high-temperature hydrothermal veins, and
in disseminations in peridotite and norite.
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TABLE 4. Continued
NISBITE NiSb2
Löllingite Group
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
NISBITE is diamagnetic and is a metallic electrical conductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.EB.15a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and
sulfbismuthites) - Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 2], with Fe, Co, Ni and platinum
group elements.
Found very rarely in altered mafic rock, and in Pb–Zn–Cu–Ag ore deposits remobilized
by hydrothermal solutions from younger granite emplacement.
NITER KNO3
Melting Temperature: 606 K
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 398 K
3m Trigonal
Polar
Transition Temperature: 388 K
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Above 398 K NITER is paraelectric.
Nickel-Strunz: 5.NA.10 - CARBONATES (NITRATES) - NITRATES - Without OH or
H2O.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in some caves, typically formed by bacterial action on animal matter, such as bat
guano, or from vegetable matter, such as humus, exposed to seeping groundwater, and an
efflorescence on soils or cliff faces in arid regions.
254
TABLE 4. Continued
NITRATINE NaNO3
Melting Temperature: 581 K
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 547.4 K
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
The phase transition at 547.7 K in NITRATINE is from space group R3c to R3m as the
temperature rises. A ferroelectric high pressure 3m Trigonal (polar) phase of NITRATINE
exists for P > 4.3 GPa at ambient temperatures.
Nickel-Strunz: 5.NA.05 - CARBONATES (NITRATES) - NITRATES - Without OH or
H2O.
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Principally found in bedded deposits formed in playas, and in caves, deposited from
seeping groundwater leaching nitrates from overlying rocks, especially in very dry and
cold climates.
NITROBARITE Ba( NO3 )2
m3 Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 5.NA.05 - CARBONATES (NITRATES) - NITRATES - Without OH or
H2O.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in nitrate deposits.
NOLANITE ( V3+,Fe3+,Fe2+,Ti )10O14( OH )2
Nolanite Group
6mm Hexagonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 4.CB.40 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 2 :
3 and 3 : 5] with medium-sized cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as a hydrothermal mineral in uranium deposits, and in gold deposits in greenstone
belts.
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TABLE 4. Continued
OLENITE Na( Al3 )Al6( BO3 )3( Si6O18 )O3( OH )
Tourmaline Supergroup: Alkali Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CK.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, with insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in pegmatitic veins crosscutting metasediments.
OLSACHERITE Pb2( Se6+O4 )( SO4 )
Baryte Group
222 Orthorhombic
Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 7.AD.35 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) without additional anions, without H2O, with only
large cations.
- Piezoelectric -
A secondary mineral found in the oxidized zone of selenium-bearing hydrothermal
mineral deposits.
OXYCALCIOPYROCHLORE Ca2Nb2O7
Pyrochlore Supergroup: Pyrochlore Group
Melting Temperature: 1853 K
2 Monoclinic
Polar and Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DH.15 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with large (± medium-sized) cations, with sheets of edge-sharing octahedra.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in pegmatites in nepheline syenites, in granitic pegmatites and greisens, and in
carbonatites.
256
TABLE 4. Continued
OXYPLUMBOPYROCHLORE Pb2Nb2O7
Pyrochlore Supergroup: Pyrochlore Group
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DH.15 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with large (± medium-sized) cations, with sheets of edge-sharing octahedra.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in pegmatites in nepheline syenites, in granitic pegmatites and greisens, and in
carbonatites.
OXY-SCHORL Na( Fe2+,Al )3Al6( BO3 )3Si6O18( OH )3O
Tourmaline Supergroup: Alkali Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CK.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, with insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in granitic pegmatites.
PARATELLURITE TeO2
Rutile Group
422 Tetragonal
Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DE.25 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with medium-sized cations, with various polyhedra.
- Piezoelectric -
As thin seams in tellurium from hydrothermal Au–Te deposits.
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TABLE 4. Continued
PARKERITE Ni3Bi2S2
2/m Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 2.BE.20 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur > 1 : 1, mainly 2 : 1] with Pb and Bi.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as grains in hydrothermal sulfide and arsenide minerals.
PENROSEITE ( Ni,Co,Cu )Se2
Pyrite Group
m3 Cubic
Centrosymmetric
PENROSEITE is weakly paramagnetic, and is a metallic electrical conductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.EB.05a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and
sulfbismuthites) - Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 2] with Fe, Co, Ni and platinum
group elements.
Found in hydrothermal veins.
PEROVSKITE CaTiO3
Perovskite Group
Melting Temperature: 2233 K
(m3m) Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 1533 K
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 4.CC.30 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 2 :
3 and 3 : 5] with large and medium-sized cations.
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
An accessory mineral found in alkaline mafic rocks, such as nepheline syenites,
kimberlites, carbonatites, commonly deuteric; also found in calcareous skarns, and as a
common accessory in Ca–Al-rich inclusions in some carbonaceous chondrites.
258
TABLE 4. Continued
PHARMACOLITE Ca( HAsO4 ) • 2H2O
m Monoclinic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 8.CJ.50 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates
without additional anions, with H2O, with only large cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as a secondary mineral in oxidized arsenic-rich rock.
PHARMACOSIDERITE KFe43+( AsO4 )3( OH )4 • 6−7H2O
Pharmacosiderite Supergroup: Pharmacosiderite Group
43m Cubic
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 8.DK.10 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
with additional anions, with H2O, with large and medium-sized cations, [OH : XO4 > 1 :
1 and < 2 : 1].
- Piezoelectric -
An oxidation product of arsenic-bearing sulfides.
PICKERINGITE MgAl2( SO4 )4 • 22H2O
Halotrichite Group
2 Monoclinic
Polar and Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 7.CB.85 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) without additional anions, with H2O, with only
medium-sized cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed by the alteration of pyrite in aluminous rocks and coal seams, and in fumaroles.
PINNOITE Mg[ B2O( OH )6 ]
4/m Tetragonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 6.BB.05 - BORATES - Diborates - Neso-diborates with double tetrahedra
B2O(OH)6.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in marine salt deposits and around salt springs and lakes.
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TABLE 4. Continued
PIRSSONITE Na2Ca( CO3 )2 • 2H2O
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 5.CB.30 - CARBONATES (NITRATES) - Carbonates without additional
anions, with H2O, with large cations (alkali and alkali-earth carbonates).
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in saline lake-bed sediments and oil shales
PLUMBOJAROSITE Pb0.5Fe33+( SO4 )2( OH )6
Alunite Supergroup: Jarosite Subgroup
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 7.BC.10 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) with additional anions, without H2O, with
medium-sized and large cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed by a reaction between galena and lead, especially in arid regions.
POVONDRAITE Na( Fe33+ )Mg2Fe43+( BO3 )3Si6O18( OH )3O
Tourmaline Supergroup: Alkali Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CK.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, with insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in fractures and lining cavities in schist metamorphosed from
sedimentary rocks.
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TABLE 4. Continued
PREHNITE Ca2Al2Si3O10( OH )2
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.DP.20 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Inosilicates - Transitional ino-
phyllosilicate structures.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed from low-grade metamorphism, and as a secondary or hydrothermal mineral in
mafic volcanic rocks, as well as in granite gneiss and syenite.
PROUSTITE Ag3AsS3
Proustite Group
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 210 K
3m Trigonal
Polar
Transition Temperature: ≈ 55 K
m Monoclinic
Polar
Transition Temperature: 28.7 K
1 Triclinic
Polar and Chiral
Below approximately 55 K PROUSTITE undergoes a phase transition to a ferroelectric
form.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.GA.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites - Neso-sulfarsenites, without additional
sulfur.
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Associated with other silver minerals and sulfides in hydrothermal deposits, in the
oxidized and enriched zone.
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TABLE 4. Continued
PYRARGYRITE Ag3SbS3
Proustite Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Paraelectric
Transition Temperature: 75 K
(m) Monoclinic
Polar
Transition Temperature: 4.8 K
1 Triclinic
Polar and Chiral
Symmetry group m is an estimate.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.GA.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites - Neso-sulfarsenites, without additional
sulfur.
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed in hydrothermal veins as a primary late-stage, low-temperature mineral; also
formed by secondary processes.
PYRITE FeS2
Pyrite Group
Cattierite – Pyrite Series
Pyrite – Vaesite Series
m3 Cubic
Centrosymmetric
PYRITE is paramagnetic and is an electrical semiconductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.EB.05a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and
sulfbismuthites) - Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 2] with Fe, Co, Ni and platinum
group elements.
Formed under a wide variety of conditions, including hydrothermal veins as very large
bodies, as magmatic segregations, as an accessory mineral in igneous rocks, in
pegmatites, in contact metamorphic deposits, also in metamorphic rocks, and as
diagenetic replacements in sedimentary rocks.
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TABLE 4. Continued
PYRITE VARIETY: BRAVOITE ( Fe,Ni )S2
Pyrite Group
Pyrite – Vaesite Series
m3 Cubic
Centrosymmetric
BRAVOITE is paramagnetic to antiferromagnetic, depending on composition. It is an
electrical semiconductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.EB.05a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and
sulfbismuthites) - Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 2] with Fe, Co, Ni and platinum
group elements.
Found in some sulfide ore localities.
PYROCHROITE Mn( OH )2
Brucite Group
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 4.FE.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - Hydroxides (without
vanadium or uranium) - Hydroxides with OH, without H2O, with sheets of edge-sharing
octahedra.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed as a primary mineral in sulfide deposits and as a hydration mineral in
manganese-rich metamorphic rock.
PYROLUSITE MnO2
Rutile Group
4/mmm Tetragonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with medium-sized cations, with chains of edge-sharing octahedra.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Commonly an alteration product of manganite, or formed under highly oxidizing
conditions in manganese-bearing hydrothermal deposits and rocks, or in bogs, lakes, or
shallow marine conditions.
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TABLE 4. Continued
PYROMORPHITE Pb5( PO4 )3Cl
Apatite Supergroup: Pyromorphite Subgroup
6/m Hexagonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 8.BN.05 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
with additional anions, without H2O, with only large cations, [OH : XO4 = 0.33 : 1].
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A secondary mineral found in the oxidized zone of lead deposits; rarely a volcanic
sublimate.
PYROPHANITE MnTiO3
Ilmenite Group
3 Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
PYROPHANITE is paramagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.CB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 2 :
3 and 3 : 5] with medium-sized cations.
Found principally in metamorphosed manganese deposits, and less commonly as an
accessory mineral in granite, amphibolite, serpentinite, and also as a very rare component
in chondritic meteorites.
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TABLE 4. Continued
PYRRHOTITE Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Pyrrhotite Group
Transition Temperature: 578 K
m Monoclinic
Polar
There are monoclinic and hexagonal pyrrhotite polytypes reported:
PYRRHOTITE-4M Fe7S8 Monoclinic
PYRRHOTITE-5H Fe9S10 Hexagonal
PYRRHOTITE-6M Fe11S12 Monoclinic
PYRRHOTITE-7H Fe9S10 Monoclinic
PYRRHOTITE-11H Fe10S11 Hexagonal.
PYRRHOTITE ferrimagnetic with varying magnetic powers, depending on the number of Fe
vacancies in the crystal structure. A related species with no vacancies (and therefore non-
magnetic), is called TROILITE. The temperature dependent magnetic spin direction is as
follows: the angle with respect to the c axis = 73º at 0 K and 180º at 300 K. PYRRHOTITE
is a metallic electrical conductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.CC.10 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 1] with Ni, Fe, Co and platinum group elements.
- Pyroelectric (Hexagonal), Piezoelectric (Hexagonal) -
Found mainly in mafic igneous rocks, typically as magmatic segregations, also in
pegmatites, and in high-temperature hydrothermal and replacement veins, and in
sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, as well as in iron meteorites.
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TABLE 4. Continued
QUARTZ SiO2
622 Hexagonal
Chiral
Transition Temperature: 846 K
32 Trigonal
Chiral
The low temperature phase is α-QUARTZ. The high temperature phase is β-QUARTZ.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DA.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with small cations - Silica family.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in hydrothermal veins, epithermal to alpine; characteristic of granites and granite
pegmatites; in sandstones and quartzites, less abundant in other rock types; in
hydrothermal metal deposits. Common in carbonate rocks; a residual mineral in soils and
sediments.
QUENSELITE PbMnO2( OH )
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 4.FE.30 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - Hydroxides (without
vanadium or uranium) - Hydroxides with OH, without H2O, with sheets of edge-sharing
octahedra.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in metamorphosed iron-manganese ore bodies.
RETGERSITE NiSO4 • 6H2O
422 Tetragonal
Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 7.CB.30 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) without additional anions, with H2O, with only
medium-sized cations.
- Piezoelectric -
A low-temperature secondary hydrothermal mineral found in nickel-rich deposits.
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TABLE 4. Continued
RHODIZITE ( K,Cs )Al4Be4( B,Be )12O28
Rhodizite Group
Londonite – Rhodizite Series
43m Cubic
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 6.GC.05 - BORATES - Heptaborates and other megaborates - Tecto-
dodecaborates.
- Piezoelectric -
A late-stage accessory mineral found in alkali-rich granite pegmatites.
RÖNTGENITE-CE Ca2( Ce,La )3( CO3 )5F3
3 Trigonal
Polar and Chiral
Along with BASTNÄSITE-CE, synchesite-Ce and parisite-Ce, this mineral is composed CeF
layers that alternate with carbonate layers whose geometry are still undetermined for all
but BASTNÄSITE-CE.
Nickel-Strunz: 5.BD.20d - CARBONATES (NITRATES) - Carbonates with additional
anions, without H2O, with rare earth elements.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in granite and alkalic pegmatites, as a late-stage hydrothermal mineral.
ROQUESITE CuInS2
Chalcopyrite Group
42m Tetragonal
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 2.CB.10a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and
sulfbismuthites) - Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 1] with Zn, Fe, Cu and Ag.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in association with copper sulfides in high-temperature Sn–W–Bi–Mo
hydrothermal veins in highly metamorphosed rocks; a late-stage mineral in a skarn Fe–W
ore pipe; in magnetite-bearing massive chalcopyrite ore.
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TABLE 4. Continued
RUSSELLITE Bi2WO6
Koechlinite Group
Melting Temperature: 1313 K
m Monoclinic
Polar
Transition Temperature: 1023 K
Orthorhombic (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 973 K
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
The high-temperature phase of RUSSELLITE is paraelectric.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DE.15 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with medium-sized cations, with various polyhedra.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
An alteration product of earlier bismuth minerals in Sn–W-bearing high-temperature
hydrothermal mineral deposits, greisens, or granite pegmatites.
RUTILE TiO2
Rutile Group
4/mmm Tetragonal
Centrosymmetric
RUTILE is one of five polymorphs of TiO2 found in nature, the others being brookite,
anatase, akaogiite, and an α-PbO2 type high-pressure form (TiO2 II), not yet approved by
the IMA.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with medium-sized cations, with chains of edge-sharing octahedra.
A common high-temperature, high-pressure accessory mineral in igneous rocks,
anorthosite, and granite pegmatite, also found in hydrothermally-altered rocks, in gneiss,
schist, contact metamorphosed limestone, and in clays and shales.
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TABLE 4. Continued
SAL AMMONIAC NH4Cl
Sal Ammoniac Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 3.AA.25 - HALIDES - Simple halides, without H2O - [Metal : Halide = 1
: 1, 2 : 3 and 3 : 5].
- Piezoelectric -
Found in fumarolic deposits (from sublimation), as a combustion product in coal seams
and waste piles, and in guano deposits.
SARCOLITE Na2Ca12( Ca,K,Fe,Sr,Mg )2Al8Si12( P,Si )O52F2
4/m Tetragonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.EH.15 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Phyllosilicates - Transitional
structures between phyllosilicate and other silicate units.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in limestone-bearing volcanic ejecta subjected to contact metamorphism.
SCHORL Na( Fe32+ )Al6( BO3 )3Si6O18( OH )3OH
Tourmaline Supergroup: Alkali Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CK.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, with insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in granites and granite pegmatites, high-temperature hydrothermal veins, and some
metamorphic rocks; also detrital.
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TABLE 4. Continued
SCOLECITE CaAl2Si3O10 • 3H2O
Zeolite Group
m Monoclinic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.GA.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates with zeolitic H2O,
zeolite family - Zeolites with X5O10 units, the fibrous zeolites.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found primarily in cavities in basalts; in gneisses and amphibolites, and in laccoliths and
dikes derived from syenitic and gabbroic magmas.
SCHULTENITE Pb( HAsO4 )
Monoclinic (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 313.7 K
m Monoclinic
Polar
Above 313.7 K undergoes a phase transition to a paraelectric form.
Nickel-Strunz: 8.AD.30 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
without additional anions, without H2O, with only large cations.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A rare secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of some Pb–As-rich hydrothermal
deposits.
SEARLESITE Na( H2BSi2O7 )
2 Monoclinic
Polar and Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 9.EF.15 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Phyllosilicates - Single nets with
six-membered rings, connected by metal [4] coordination, and metal [8] coordination.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Commonly interbedded with oil shales or marls; in boron-bearing evaporite deposits;
rarely in vugs in phonolite.
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TABLE 4. Continued
SELENIUM Se
Selenium Group
32 Trigonal
Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 1.CC.10 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and
nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides and phosphides) - Metalloids and Nonmetals -
Sulfur-selenium-iodine.
- Piezoelectric -
From the sublimation of fumarolic vapors, as well as from the oxidation of selenium-rich
organic compounds in sandstone deposits with uranium and vanadium, and from the
combustion of coal or pyrite ores.
SELIGMANNITE PbCuAsS3
Bournonite Group
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 2.GA.50 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites - Neso-sulfarsenites, without additional
sulfur.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in cavities in dolostone.
SHORTITE Na2Ca2( CO3 )3
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 5.AC.25 - CARBONATES (NITRATES) - Carbonates without additional
anions, without H2O - Alkali and alkali-earth carbonates.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in saline dolomitic marl; in kimberlite dikes; in carbonatite; in differentiated
alkalic massifs; and associated with intrusive alkalic gabbro-syenite complexes.
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TABLE 4. Continued
SIDERITE FeCO3
Calcite Group
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 20 to 60 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
SIDERITE is paramagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 5.AB.05 - CARBONATES (NITRATES) - Carbonates without additional
anions, without H2O - Alkali-earth (and other metal2+) carbonates.
Found as a common component of bedded sedimentary iron ores and metamorphic iron
formations, as well as in hydrothermal metallic veins, and rarely in granite and nepheline
syenite pegmatites, in carbonatites, and also as an authigenic mineral and in concretions.
SIEGENITE CoNi2S4 – NiCo2S4
Linnaeite Group: Thiospinel Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
SIEGENITE is paramagnetic and is a metallic electrical conductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.DA.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 3 : 4].
- Thermoelectric -
Found in hydrothermal veins with other Cu–Ni–Fe sulfides.
SILLÉNITE Bi12SiO20
23 Cubic
Chiral
Transition Temperature: 92 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Nickel-Strunz: 4.CB.70 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 2 :
3 and 3 : 5] with medium-sized cations.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A secondary mineral formed by the oxidation of bismuth-bearing minerals; also found in
hydrothermal veins in skarns.
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TABLE 4. Continued
SINOITE Si2N2O
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 1.DB.10 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and
nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides and phosphides) - Nonmetallic Carbides and
Nitrides - Nonmetallic nitrides.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found embedded in enstatite in chondritic meteorites.
SODALITE Na8( Al6Si6O24 )Cl2
Sodalite Group
43m Cubic
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.FB.10 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates without zeolitic H2O
- Tectosilicates with additional anions.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in nepheline syenites, phonolites and related rocks, in cavities in volcanic ejecta,
and in metasomatized calcareous rocks.
SPANGOLITE Cu6Al( SO4 )Cl( OH )12 • 3H2O
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 7.DD.15 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) with additional anions, with H2O, with only
medium-sized cations, with sheets of edge-sharing octahedra.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A secondary mineral found in the oxidization zone of hydrothermal copper deposits.
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TABLE 4. Continued
SPHALERITE ZnS
Sphalerite Group
43m Cubic
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 2.CB.05a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and
sulfbismuthites) - Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 1] with Zn, Fe, Cu and Ag.
- Piezoelectric -
Formed under a wide range of low- to high-temperature hydrothermal conditions;
in coal, limestone, and other sedimentary deposits.
SPINEL MgAl2O4
Spinel Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 4.BB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 3 :
4] with only medium-sized cations.
A common mineral, formed at high-temperatures as an accessory in igneous rocks,
principally basalts, kimberlites, peridotites, and in xenoliths, also, in regionally
metamorphosed aluminum-rich schists, and in regionally and contact metamorphosed
limestones.
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TABLE 4. Continued
SREBRODOLSKITE Ca2Fe2O5
Brownmillerite Group
Brownmillerite-Srebrodolskite Series
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 725 K
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
SREBRODOLSKITE is (incompletely) antiferromagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.AC.10 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
1 and up to 1 : 1.25] with large cations (± smaller ones).
Found in some skarns, as well as in some coal deposits as a combustion product, and as a
hardpan formation component from mining waste.
STEPHANITE Ag5SbS4
Stephanite Group
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 2.GB.10 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites - Neso-sulfarsenites, with additional
sulfur.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A late-stage mineral in hydrothermal silver deposits
STIBIOCOLUMBITE Sb( Nb,Ta )O4
Cervantite Group
Stibiocolumbite – Stibiotantalite Series
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DE.30 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with medium-sized cations, with various polyhedra.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A rare accessory mineral in complex granite pegmatites.
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TABLE 4. Continued
STIBIOTANTALITE Sb( Ta,Nb )O4
Cervantite Group
Stibiocolumbite – Stibiotantalite Series
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 695 K
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Ferroelectric
Above 695 K undergoes a phase transition to a paraelectric form.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DE.30 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with medium-sized cations, with various polyhedra.
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
An uncommon accessory mineral in complex granite pegmatites.
STIBNITE Sb2S3
Stibnite Group
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 420 K
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Transition Temperature: 292 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Nickel-Strunz: 2.DB.05 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 2 : 3].
- Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Of hydrothermal origin, formed in veins through a wide range of temperatures.
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TABLE 4. Continued
STILLEITE ZnSe
Sphalerite Group
43m Cubic
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 2.CB.05a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and
sulfbismuthites) - Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 1] with Zn, Fe, Cu and Ag.
- Piezoelectric -
Found with other selenides, or as an inclusion in linnaeite.
STRUVITE ( NH4 )Mg( PO4 ) • 6H2O
Struvite Group
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 8.CH.40 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates
without additional anions, with H2O, with large and medium-sized cations, [XO4 : H2O <
1 : 1].
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in peaty earth intermixed with cattle dung; also formed in bird or bat guano in
caves and surface deposits.
SUOLUNITE Ca2( H2Si2O7 ) • H2O
mm2 Orthorhombic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.BE.10 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Sorosilicates - Si2O7 groups, with
additional anions, with cations in octahedral [6] and greater coordination.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in veins cutting harzburgites in ultramafic intrusives; as a precipitate from alkaline
springs in fault zones in basalts overlying ultramafic intrusives.
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TABLE 4. Continued
SWEDENBORGITE NaBe4Sb5+O7
6mm Hexagonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 4.AC.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 : 1
and up to 1 : 1.25] with large cations (± smaller ones).
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in skarn deposits with iron-manganese ores.
SYNGENITE K2Ca( SO4 )2 • H2O
Syngenite Group
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 7.CD.35 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) without additional anions, with H2O, with only
large cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed from diagenesis in marine salt deposits, and from volcanic vent processes, as
well as from bat guano.
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TABLE 4. Continued
TAUSONITE SrTiO3
Perovskite Group
Melting Temperature: 2353 K
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Paraelectric
Transition Temperature: 105 K
4/mmm Tetragonal
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 40 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 0.1 to 0.6 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Below 40 K TAUSONITE undergoes a phase transition to a ferroelectric form. TAUSONITE
can exhibit a ferroelectric phase at low temperatures with stress along [100] and [110].
Variation in the lowest transition temperature is due to charge-carrier concentration
differences. TAUSONITE is an electrical semiconductor. Below 0.1 to 0.6 K, TAUSONITE is
an electrical superconductor.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.CC.35 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 2 :
3 and 3 : 5] with large and medium-sized cations.
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in some alkalic massifs and in some carbonatite complexes within fenite dikes.
TELLURIUM Te
Selenium Group
32 Trigonal
Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 1.CC.10 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and
nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides and phosphides) - Metalloids and Nonmetals -
Sulfur-selenium-iodine.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in hydrothermal veins, as a primary or secondary mineral, and from sublimation of
vapor in fumaroles.
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TABLE 4. Continued
THAUMASITE Ca3( SO4 )[ Si( OH )6 ]( CO3 ) • 12H2O
Ettringite Group
6/m Hexagonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 7.DG.15 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Sulfates (and selenates) with additional anions, with H2O : With large and
medium-sized cations, with NO3, CO3, B(OH)4, SiO4 and IO3.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in sulfide ore deposits as a late-stage mineral, and in contact metamorphic zones
where basalt or tuff have reacted with seawater or geothermal waters.
THOMSONITE-CA NaCa2Al5Si5O20 • 7H2O
Zeolite Group
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.GA.10 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates with zeolitic H2O,
zeolite family - Zeolites with X5O10 units, the fibrous zeolites.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in amygdules and fractures in mafic igneous rocks, typically basalts; in some
alkalic igneous rocks, contact metamorphic zones, and hypabyssal rocks; and as an
authigenic cement in some sandstones.
THORNASITE ( Na,K )12Th3( Si8O19 )4 • 18H2O
Zeolite Group
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz (10th edition): 9.GF.50 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates with
zeolitic H2O, zeolite family - Other rare zeolites.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in intrusive alkalic gabbro-syenite complexes, and in cavities in nepheline syenite
sills.
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TABLE 4. Continued
TIEMANNITE HgSe
Sphalerite Group
43m Cubic
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 2.CB.05a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and
sulfbismuthites) - Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 1] with Zn, Fe, Cu and Ag.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in hydrothermal veins with other selenides and calcite.
TILASITE CaMg( AsO4 )F
Tilasite Group
m Monoclinic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 8.BH.10 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
with additional anions, without H2O, with medium-sized and large cations, [OH : XO4 =
1 : 1].
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in metamorphosed manganese or zinc deposits containing arsenic.
TISTARITE Ti2O3
Hematite Group
3m Trigonal
Centrosymmetric
TISTARITE is paramagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.CB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 2 :
3 and 3 : 5] with medium-sized cations.
Found in the Pueblito de Allende meteorite.
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TABLE 4. Continued
TOPAZ Al2SiO4( F,OH )2
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.AF.35 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Nesosilicates with additional
anions, with cations in [4], [5] and/or only [6] coordination.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in veins and cavities in granite, granite pegmatite, rhyolite, and in greisen, formed
from high-temperature, volatile-rich pneumatolytic hydrothermal fluids; from high-grade
metamorphism of aluminous, quartz-rich, and fluorine-bearing sediments; as a heavy
detrital mineral.
TOURMALINE SUPERGROUP XY3Z6( BO3 )3Si6O18V3W
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CK.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, with insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Tourmaline is a supergroup of minerals in solid solution, found in a variety of igneous
and metamorphic settings.
TREVORITE NiFe2O4
Spinel Group
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 860 K
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 4.BB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 3 :
4] with only medium-sized cations.
- Thermoelectric -
Found in nickeliferous serpentinite, from contact metamorphism between quartzite and
an ultramafic intrusion, as well in gabbro intruding peridotites.
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TABLE 4. Continued
TUGTUPITE Na4AlBeSi4O12Cl
Sodalite Group
4 Tetragonal
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.FB.10 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates without zeolitic H2O
- Tectosilicates with additional anions.
- Piezoelectric -
Replaces chkalovite in hydrothermal veins cutting sodalite syenite and syenite; an
alteration product in pegmatites in differentiated alkalic massifs.
TYROLITE Ca2Cu9( AsO4 )4( CO3 )( OH )8 • 11H2O
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 8.DM.10 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
with additional anions, with H2O, with large and medium-sized cations, [OH : XO4 > 2 :
1].
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found as a secondary mineral in oxidized hydrothermal copper deposits.
URANINITE UO2
Uraninite Group
Thorianite-Uraninite Series
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 30 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
URANINITE is paramagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.DL.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
2] with large (± medium-sized) cations; fluorite-type structures.
Found in granite and syenite pegmatites, in hydrothermal high-temperature tin and
moderate-temperature Co–Ni–Bi–Ag–As and other sulfide veins, in Colorado Plateau-
type sandstone-hosted U–V deposits, and in uraniferous conglomerates.
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TABLE 4. Continued
URANOPHANE Ca( UO2 )2( HSiO4 )2 • 5H2O
Uranophane Group
2 Monoclinic
Polar and Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 9.AK.15 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Nesosilicates - Uranyl neso- and
polysilicates.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in uranium deposits as an alteration product of uraninite.
USSINGITE Na2AlSi3O8OH
1 Triclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.EH.20 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Phyllosilicates - Transitional
structures between phyllosilicate and other silicate units.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in alkalic pegmatites and in sodalite xenoliths.
UVITE Ca( Mg3 )MgAl5( BO3 )3Si6O18( OH )3OH
Tourmaline Supergroup: Calcic Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.CK.05 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Cyclosilicates - [Si6O18]12 six-
membered single rings, with insular complex anions.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Typically found in calcium-rich rocks subjected to contact metamorphism and
metasomatic processes that have added boron.
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TABLE 4. Continued
VAESITE NiS2
Pyrite Group
Cattierite – Vaesite Series
Pyrite – Vaesite Series
m3 Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 37 to 160 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
Transition Temperature: 30 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
VAESITE is paramagnetic and is an electrical semiconductor. Below a phase transition at
37 to 160 K, VAESITE is antiferromagnetic; below 30 K it is (incompletely)
antiferromagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 2.EB.05a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and
sulfbismuthites) - Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 2] with Fe, Co, Ni and platinum
group elements.
Found in some dolostone, and as an alteration product of some hydrothermal vein
minerals.
VERMICULITE ( Mg,Fe,Al )3[ ( Al,Si )4O10 ]( OH )2 • 4H2O
Montmorillonite-Vermiculite Group
2/m Monoclinic
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.EC.50 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Phyllosilicates with mica sheets,
composed of tetrahedral and octahedral nets.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Formed as an alteration product of biotite or phlogopite, and found in the contact between
felsic and mafic rocks, as well as in carbonatites, metamorphosed limestones and soils.
285
TABLE 4. Continued
WAKEFIELDITE-ND NdVO4
Xenotime Group
4/mmm Tetragonal
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 293 K
Tetragonal (Not Known)
Below 293 K WAKEFIELDITE-ND undergoes a phase transition to a ferroelectric form.
Nickel-Strunz: 8.AD.35 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
without additional anions, without H2O, with only large cations.
- Paraelectric, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A product of metamorphism, in manganese-bearing deposits.
WELOGANITE Na2Sr3Zr( CO3 )6 • 3H2O
Donnayite Group
1 Triclinic
Polar and Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 5.CC.05 - CARBONATES (NITRATES) - Carbonates without additional
anions, with H2O - With rare earth elements.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
In alkalic sills or associated with intrusive alkalic gabbro-syenite complexes.
WHITLOCKITE Ca9( Mg,Fe2+ )( PO4 )6[ PO3( OH ) ]
Whitlockite Group
3m Trigonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 8.AC.45 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES - Phosphates,
without additional anions, without H2O, with medium-sized and large cations.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A secondary mineral in complex, zoned granite pegmatites; in phosphate rock deposits,
or formed in caves from leached guano.
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TABLE 4. Continued
WULFENITE PbMoO4
Scheelite Group
Stolzite – Wulfenite Series
4/m Tetragonal
Centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 7.GA.05 - SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates and
wolframates) - Molybdates, wolframates and niobates without additional anions or H2O.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
A secondary mineral formed in the oxidized zone of hydrothermal lead deposits, the
molybdenum commonly introduced externally.
WURTZITE ( Zn,Fe )S
Wurtzite Group
6mm Hexagonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 2.CB.45 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Metal Sulfides, [Metal : Sulfur = 1 : 1] with Zn, Fe, Cu and Ag.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Of hydrothermal origin in veins with other sulfides; also along shrinkage fractures in
clay-ironstone concretions, of low-temperature origin.
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TABLE 4. Continued
WÜSTITE FeO
Periclase Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 198 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
WÜSTITE is paramagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.AB.25 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
1 and up to 1 : 1.25] with small to medium-sized cations only.
Formed as an alteration product of other iron-bearing minerals at high temperatures in a
highly reducing environment, in highly-reduced iron-bearing basalts, as inclusions in
diamonds in kimberlites, in precipitates from deep-sea hot brines and in Fe–Mn nodules,
in microspherules of likely extraterrestrial origin found in a variety of geological
environments, and in some meteorites.
XIEITE FeCr2O4
mmm Orthorhombic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 50 to 90 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
XIEITE is paramagnetic; below 50 to 90 K, it is ferrimagnetic. XIEITE is a high-pressure
polymorph of chromite. The P-T conditions for the phase transformation to XIEITE from
chromite are estimated at 20–23 GPa and 1800°C to 2000°C, respectively.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.BB.25 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 3 :
4] with only medium-sized cations.
Found in a chondrite meteorite.
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TABLE 4. Continued
YUGAWARALITE CaAl2Si6O16 • 4H2O
Zeolite Group
m Monoclinic
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 9.GB.15 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Tectosilicates with zeolitic H2O,
zeolite family - Chains of singly connected four-membered rings.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
As crystals lining cavities, and veinlets, typically deposited in active geothermal areas.
ZINCITE ( Zn,Mn2+,Fe2+ )O
Zincite Group
6mm Hexagonal
Polar
Nickel-Strunz: 4.AB.20 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 1 :
1 and up to 1 : 1.25] with small to medium-sized cations only.
- Piezoelectric -
Found both as a primary mineral in layered metamorphic zinc ore and as a secondary
mineral in oxidized zinc-rich deposits; also volcanic.
ZINCOCHROMITE ZnCr2O4
Spinel Group
m3m Cubic
Centrosymmetric
Transition Temperature: 17 K
(Not Known) (Not Known)
ZINCOCHROMITE is paramagnetic.
Nickel-Strunz: 4.BB.05 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,
antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites and iodates) - [Metal : Oxygen = 3 :
4] with only medium-sized cations.
Replacing chromian aegirine (itself an alkalic igneous and metamorphic mineral) in some
micaceous metasomatites.
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TABLE 4. Continued
ZINKENITE Pb9Sb22S42
Zinkenite-Scainiite Group
6 Hexagonal
Polar and Chiral
Nickel-Strunz: 2.JB.35a - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides;
arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites and sulfbismuthites) -
Sulfosalts of PbS structure - Galena derivatives, with Pb.
- Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric -
Found in hydrothermal veins associated with base metal and tin sulfides and sulfosalts.
ZUNYITE Al13Si5O20Cl( OH,F )18
43m Cubic
Non-centrosymmetric
Nickel-Strunz: 9.BJ.55 - SILICATES (Germanates) - Sorosilicates with Si3O10, Si4O11
and similar anions, cations in octahedral [6] and greater coordination.
- Piezoelectric -
Found in highly aluminous shales and hydrothermally altered volcanic rocks.
Notes: All of the minerals are listed under IMA approved names, except for tourmaline,
which is a supergroup, rather than a single mineral, and is included for interest. For
minerals of the tourmaline supergroup, formulas are given as X(Y)3Z6(BO3)3Si6O18(V)3W
with the extra parentheses to aid the reader. Also note that a similar convention of having
the empirical formula denote structural data has been followed for other minerals in this
table, including those for batisite, fresnoite, londonite, magnetite, rhodizite, and
whitlockite.
Small figures representing crystal lattice unit cells for each of the 32 crystal classes are
shown by each mineral, and these are taken from webmineral.com (Barthelmy, 2012),
originally drawn using software called FACES by Georges Favreau, no longer accessible.
Reproduced with permission.
Transition temperatures are given at ambient pressures unless otherwise specified.
The Nickel-Strunz categories are from the 10th edition, available at mindat.org (Ralph
and Chau, 2012).
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TABLE 4. Continued
Notes, continued: The crystal system notation in the table above has one modification to
it: Superscripted numbers are represented here as underlined numbers, so that the
rhombohedral crystal class is written as 6, for example.
The descriptions under each mineral name are a combination of direct quotation and
paraphrase from the Mineralogical Society of America’s (MSA) Handbook of
Mineralogy (Anthony et al., 2012), reproduced with permission, except for the
descriptions of barioperovskite, cadmoindite, demicheleite-Br, demicheleite-Cl,
demicheleite-I, fluor-dravite, mariinskite, oxycalciopyrochlore, oxyplumbopyrochlore,
oxy-schorl, srebrodolskite, tistarite, and xieite, which are a combination of direct
quotation, paraphrase and inference (based on geographical location of specimens) from
mindat.org (Ralph and Chau, 2012), reproduced with permission, and halloysite-7Å,
which is paraphrased from webmineral.com (Barthelmy, D., 2012), while the description
of the pyrite variety bravoite is paraphrased from El Baz and Amstutz (1963), and
clinocervantite, where the description is summarized from Basso et al. (1999), as well as
cuprorhodsite, from Martin and Blackburn (2001), and lakargiite, from Guskin et al.
(2008), plus wakefieldite-Nd from Moriyama et al. (2011).
References for the structural data in this table are given in Table 11 in Appendix G, p.
380.
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APPENDIX B
ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC MINERAL DATA
292
TABLE 22. Spontaneous Polarization (q) Data in Ferroelectric Minerals
Mineral q: 10-3 C m-2 T: °C Notes [T: °C] [P: GPa]
Archerite 48 -183 PeakT [-183 to -150]
Barioperovskite* 200 ≤ 135
Boracite 8.0 267 PeakT [-173 to 327]
Demicheleite-Br 85 RT
Demicheleite-I 85 RT
Gwihabaite 7 120 PeakT [140 to 60, cooling]
8 118 PeakT [60 to 140, heating]
Heftetjernite ≈0 5
500 -35 PeakT [-45 to 5]
Lueshite 120 RT
Macedonite 400 to 800 500 to 0 Cooling
120 210 to 225 Heating
Niter 80 118 PeakT [115.0 to 130.0]
Nitratine 0.6 P = 5.8 GPa RT PeakP [4.7 to 5.8]
Pyrolusite 0.12 50 PeakT [-60 to 110]
Stibiotantalite 130 300 PeakT [250 to 550]
Wakefieldite-Nd 30 0
Notes: The spontaneous polarization (q) is the charge density per area caused by a
change in temperature or pressure. P signifies pressure. T signifies temperature. RT
signifies (ambient) room temperature. At 135°C Barioperovskite* undergoes a
paraelectric phase transition. There is no ferroelectric spontaneous polarization exhibited
above this temperature. References are listed in Table 27 in Appendix G, p. 396.
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TABLE 23. Electrocaloric Effect, Ferroelectric Minerals
Mineral ΔT : °C E: 103 V m-1 T: °C Notes [E: 103 V m-1] [T: °C]
Archerite Δ 1.0° 1250 RT PeakE [0 to 1250]
Barioperovskite Δ 0.43° 750 120
Tausonite Δ 0.11° 1000 -255 PeakE
Δ 0.3° 199 -261 PeakT [-263 to -243]
Notes: The electrocaloric effect is a change in temperature due to the application of an
electric field (E). T signifies temperature. RT signifies (ambient) room temperature.
References are listed in Table 27 in Appendix G, p. 396.
TABLE 24. Other Electrical Data, Ferroelectric Minerals
Mineral Magnitude T: °C Notes [T: °C]
Activation Energy for DC Conductivity
Tausonite 1.037 eV RT
Pyroelectric Potential
Barioperovskite 50 V 109 PeakT
Pyroelectric Current
Chalcostibite 2 x 10-10 A 93 PeakT [-15 to 135]
Remanent Field
Oxyplumbopyrochlore 1.5 x 105 V m-1 RT PeakT
Coercive Field
Heftetjernite 4 x 103 V m-1 5
2 x 104 V m-1 -35 PeakT [-45 to 5]
Pyrolusite 1 x 104 V m-1 -60 PeakT [-60 to 110]
Stibiotantalite 10 V m-1 350 PeakT [250 to 550]
Notes: T signifies temperature. RT signifies (ambient) room temperature. The
Activation Energy for DC Conductivity is the strength of the electric signal necessary to
initiate the flow of electric charge. The Pyroelectric Potential is the magnitude of an
electic potential caused by changes in temperature. The Pyroelectric Current is the
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TABLE 24. Continued
Notes, continued: magnitude of an electic current caused by changes in temperature.
The Remanent Field is the strength of electric field remaining when no applied field is
present. The Coercive Field is the strength of electric field needed to reverse the polarity
of a ferroelectric material. References are listed in Table 27 in Appendix G, p. 396.
TABLE 25. Pyroelectric Polarization (p) Data for Minerals
Mineral p: 10-6 C m-2 K-1 T: °C Notes [T: °C]
Boracite 7.5 267 PeakT
-2.4 RT
Cadmoselite 3.7 RT
Chambersite 850 135 PeakT [40 to 160]
Diomignite -30 25
-120 -150
Fresnoite 10 RT
Greenockite 4.0 Primary: 3.0 RT
Macedonite 250 100
Proustite 8.0 RT
Tourmaline* 4.0 Primary: 0.8 RT
p = 4.791 – 0.103 x (wt% FeO) 110
p = 3.949 – 0.094 x (wt% FeO) 23
p = 2.594 – 0.077 x (wt% FeO) -80
Wurtzite 0.43 Primary: 0.34 RT
Notes: The pyroelectric polarization (p) is electrical polarization due to they pyroelectric
effect. “Primary” is the amount of charge expressed via the primary pyroelectric effect.
The secondary effect (due to piezoelectricity from lattice expansion during heating) has
been calculated from a model of the crystal lattice. This value is then subtracted from the
observed value to obtain the primary effect. Pyroelectric phenomena in Tourmaline* are
correlated to Fe2+ occupancy of the Y site of the tourmaline crystal lattice, in an inverse
linear relationship: more Fe2+ results in a weaker pyroelectric effect. Tourmaline is a
mineral supergroup, described by the formula X(Y)3Z6(BO3)3Si6O18(V)3W. The letters
V, W, X, Y and Z signify lattice sites where a variety of atoms may be present. The
formulas and observations for the pyroelectric polarization in tourmaline are from
Hawkins et al. (1995). T signifies temperature. RT signifies (ambient) room temperature.
Complete references are listed in Table 28 in Appendix G, p. 396.
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TABLE 26. Thermoelectric Potential (t) Data for Minerals
Mineral t: 10-6 V K-1 T: °C Notes [T: °C]
Cadmoindite -400 RT
Carrollite 12.7 RT Endmember CuCo2S4
Coulsonite 340 RT
Cuprokalininite 16.0 RT
Cuprorhodsite 25 RT Endmember CuRh2S4
Cuprospinel -164 27
Daubréelite 483 RT
475 -35 PeakT [-235 to 265]
Indite 360 RT
Jacobsite -450 25 to 375
Kalininite 222 RT
Linnaeite 4.8 RT
Lueshite 2.5 260 PeakT
Macedonite 200 350 to 700
Magnesiocoulsonite 450 RT
Magnetite -85 to -120 600 to 1500
-50 -100 to -35
Siegenite -17.7 RT Endmember NiCo2S4
Trevorite -110 125 to 725
Notes: The thermoelectric potential (t) is an electrical potential from the thermoelectric
effect. “Endmember” signifies that the value has only been measured for the end
member indicated for a mineral that forms a solid solution. T signifies temperature. RT
signifies (ambient) room temperature. References are listed in Table 29 in Appendix G,
p. 397.
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TABLE 30. Piezoelectric (Electric Charge) Strain Rates (d) for Minerals
Mineral d: 10-12 C N-1 T: °C Notes [T: °C]
Analcime (31) 0.2 to 0.5 RT
Archerite (36) 16.8 100
(36) 25.4 0
Barioperovskite (31) -520 (33) 1,000 130 PeakT [15 to 130]
(15) 392 (31) -34.5 (33) 85.6 25
(15) 700 15 PeakT [15 to 130]
Berlinite (11) -3.0 (14) 1.3 RT
(11) -5.56 (14) 1.19 25
Biphosphammite (36) 43.2 100
(36) 51.7 0
Boracite* (14) 13.5 (33) 3.9 265 PeakT
(14) 8.5 264.5 Near Transition T
(33) 1.4 150
(14) 4.5 25
(33) 0.6 RT
(14) -2.0 (25) -2.4 (36) 3.60 RT
Bromellite (31) 0.1 (33) 0.2 RT
Cadmoselite (15) -10.52(31) -3.92 (33) 7.85 RT
Cancrinite (15) -9.0 (31) -0.6 (33) 4.3 RT
(15) 9.01 (31) 0.7 (33) 4.3 RT
Changbaiite (33) 81 RT
Cinnabar (11) -0.6 (14) ≈ |1.7| RT
Diomignite (31) 0.92 (33) 7.2 RT
Epsomite (14) -2.0 (25) -2.4 (36) -3.6 RT
(14) -2.06 (25) -2.72 (36) -3.8 20
Eulytine (14) 1.6 RT
Fresnoite (31) 2.7 (33) 7.8 (h) 12.7 RT
(15) 18 (31) 2.7 (33) 3.8 RT
(15) 9.3 (31) 3.1 (33) 4.0 20
Goslarite (14) -1.9 (25) -3.5 (36) -3.07 20
Greenockite* (15) -13.98(31) -5.18 (33) 10.32 25
(15) -7.55 (31) -4.36 (33) 6.49 (h) <0.05 RT
(15) -14 (31) -3.7 (33) 11 RT
(15) -11.91(31) -5.09 (33) 9.71 20 In the Dark
(15) -11.4 (31) -4.8 (33) 9.5 -269
Ice (33) 2 0
Macedonite (15) 6.5 (31) -2.5 (33) 11.7 RT
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TABLE 30. Continued
Mineral d: 10-12 C N-1 T: °C Notes [T: °C]
Magnetite (11) ≈ 0.16 (12) ≈ 0.63 (13) ≈ 0.19 (31) ≥ 0.11
(32) ≥ 0.06 (33) ≥ 0.25 -269.0
Morenosite (14) 1.99 (25) -2.95 (36) -3.21 RT
Nepheline (33) 0.5 to 1.3 RT
Paratellurite (14) 8.13 20
Proustite (15) -20 (22) 12.1 (31) -13.8 (33) 30 20
Pyrargyrite (15) 31.6 (22) 16.2 (31) -19.5 (33) 62.2 27
(22) 13.8 (31) -23 (33) 35 20
Pyrolusite (?) 800 to 930 RT β-Pyrolusite
Quartz* (14) -1.82 626 β-Quartz
(14) -1.86 612 β-Quartz
(14) -1.89 585 β-Quartz
(11) 1.27 (14) -1.87 570
(11) 2.05 100
(11) 2.16 100
(11) 2.18 100 Synthetic
(11) 2.3 (14) -0.67 RT
(11) 2.22 RT
(11) 2.20 to 2.30 RT
(11) -2.232 RT Brazilian
(11) 2.31 (14) -0.670 RT
(11) -2.252 RT Synthetic
(11) 2.27 20 to 22 Brazilian
(11) 2.31 (14) -0.72 20
(11) 2.31 < -196
(11) 2.13 < -196 Synthetic
(11) 2.32 -269 and -271.7
(111) 5.0 x 10-20 C2 N-2 RT Brazilian
-20 2 -2
(111) 3.6 x 10 C N RT Synthetic
(112) 7.1 x 10-20 C2 N-2 RT
(112) 14.2 x 10-20 C2 N-2 RT Brazilian
(1112) -9.6 x 10-26 C3 N-3 RT
(1112) -57 x 10-26 C3 N-3 RT Brazilian
Sal Ammoniac (14) 0.112 RT
Retgersite (14) 6.0 RT
Russellite (11) 40 (13) -8.7 (12) 14 RT
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TABLE 30. Continued
Mineral d: 10-12 C N-1 T: °C Notes [T: °C]
Schorl* (33) 1.6 (h) 2.2 -192 to 16
Selenium (11) 30 to 200 RT
Sillénite (14) 40.5 -196 to 227
(14) 37.8 RT
Sodalite (14) 1.3 RT
Sphalerite (14) 3.18 25
(31) -1.13 (33) 1.92 (15) -2.52 20 10% Wurtzite
(14) 3.46 -196
Stibiotantalite (33) 150 380
(33) 370 RT
(33) 117 RT
Stilleite (14) 1.1 RT
Tausonite (33) 150 RT PeakT
with an applied electric field of 5 x 10 V m-1 along [001]
5
Tellurium (11) 3,000 RT
Tourmaline (22) -0.3 (31) -0.34 (33) -1.8 (15) -3.6 25
(h) 4.00 RT
(15) 3.64 (22) -0.3 (31) 0.3 (33) 1.8 RT
Wurtzite* (31) -1.1 (33) 3.2 (15) -2.8 RT
(31) 2.0 (33) 3.9 (15) 5.1 20 0.30:0.70::Mg:Zn
(31) -2.14 (33) 3.66 (15) -4.37 20 0.10:0.90::Mg:Zn
(31) 0.95 (33) 3.3 (15) 2.6 -273
Zincite (15) -10 (31) -4.6 (33) 12 RT
Notes: The piezoelectric strain rate (d) is electric charge per unit force due to the
piezoelectric effect. Parentheses signify the lattice directions in Voigt notation. The
location of electricity is shown by the first number, and strain by the second. (See
Chapter 3, p. 50.) The entries d(h) present the strain rate under hydrostatic pressure,
according to d(i1) + d(i2) + d(i3), where i is the polar axis. “Brazilian” is a natural quartz
specimen from Brazil. Boracite* undergoes a ferroelectric to paraelectric phase transition
near T = 265ºC. Greenockite* exhibits changes in piezoelectric rates with light intensity,
as per Ogawa and Kojima (1966). For Quartz*, d(11) is reported to have a flat maximum
near T = RT, decreasing as T rises, and zero at T = 573ºC, which is the transition
temperature to β-quartz structure. Also note the units of the higher order piezoelectric
strain rates for quartz. With Schorl*, also see the tourmaline entry for more numerical
data listings. The colons by two of the Wurtzite* entries signify percent ratios.
Complete references are listed in Table 37 in Appendix G, p. 397.
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TABLE 31. Piezoelectric (Electric Charge) Stress Rates (e) for Minerals
Mineral e: C m-2 T: °C Notes
Archerite* (36) 0.097 100
(36) 0.158 0
(345) 0.07 RT
Berlinite (11) -0.192 (14) 0.143 RT
Biphosphammite (36) 0.254 100
(36) 0.318 0
Bournonite (33) 0.85 RT
Cancrinite (14) 0.12 (15) -0.28 16
Cinnabar (11) 0.315 RT
Diomignite (15) 0.472 (31) 0.290 (33) 0.928 RT
Eulytine (14) 0.083 RT
Greenockite (15) -0.210 (31) -0.244 (33) 0.440 25
(15) -0.21 (31) -0.24 (33) 0.434 RT
(15) -0.183 (31) -0.262 (33) 0.385 20
Langbeinite (14) 0.021 RT
Paratellurite (14) 0.216 20
Proustite (15) -0.18 (22) 0.32 (31) -0.29 (33) 0.27 20
Pyrargyrite (15) 0.38 (22) 0.44 (31) 0.20 (33) 1.12 27
Quartz (11) 0.062 568
(11) 0.138 494
(11) 0.170 118
(11) 0.17 (14) 0.04 RT
(11) 0.171 (14) -0.0406 20
(11) 0.170 18
Sphalerite (14) 0.147 25
10% Wurtzite (15) -0.072 (31) -0.137 (33) 0.165 20
(14) 0.162 -196
Tourmaline (15) 0.246 (22) -0.017 (31) -0.103 (33) 0.320 RT
(15) 0.25 (22) -0.018 (31) 0.103 (33) 0.32 RT
Wurtzite (15) 0.07 (33) 0.14 RT
(15) -0.08 (31) -0.09 (33) 0.34 RT
(15) 0.13 (33) 0.34 RT .30:.70::Mg:Zn
(15) -0.118 (31) -0.238 (33) 0.265 20 .10:.90::Mg:Zn
Notes: The piezoelectric stress rate (e) is the product of electric charge per unit force and
pressure, caused by the piezoelectric effect. Parentheses signify the directions in Voigt
notation. The location of electricity is shown by the first number, and stress by the
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TABLE 31. Continued
Notes, continued: second. The third-order value for Archerite* shows electricity at the
first number, and stress at the second and third. (See Chapter 3, p. 50.) T signifies
temperature. RT signifies (ambient) room temperature. References are listed in Table 37
in Appendix G, p. 397.
TABLE 32. Piezoelectric (Electric Field) Strain Rates (g) for Minerals
Mineral g: 10-3 V m N-1 T: °C Notes
Archerite (36) 110 100
(36) 119 0
Barioperovskite (15) 15.3 (31) -23.1 (33) 57.6 25
Biphosphammite (36) 354 100
(36) 360 0
Boracite* (14) 90 265
(14) 83 264.5 Near Transition T
(14) 60 25
Fresnoite (33) 88 (h) 110 RT
(33) 82 (h) 130 RT
Paratellurite (14) 40.1 20
Quartz (11) 57.8 (14) 18.2 20
Sphalerite (14) 41 RT
Notes: The piezoelectric field strain rate (g) is the electric potential per unit force (per
unit area) due to the piezoelectric effect. Parentheses signify the lattice directions in
Voigt notation. The location of electricity is shown by the first number, and strain by the
second. (See Chapter 3, p. 50.) The entries g(h) present the strain rate under hydrostatic
pressure, according to g(i1) + g(i2) + g(i3), where i is the polar axis. Boracite*
undergoes a ferroelectric to paraelectric phase transition near T = 265ºC. T signifies
temperature. RT signifies (ambient) room temperature. References are listed in Table 37
in Appendix G, p. 397.
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TABLE 33. Piezoelectric (Electric Field) Stress Rates (h) for Minerals
Mineral h: 108 V m-1 T: °C
Archerite (36) 6.48 100
(36) 7.50 0
Biphosphammite (36) 22.4 100
(36) 25.1 0
Eulytine (14) 5.78 RT
Paratellurite (14) 10.7 20
Pyrargyrite (22) 25 (31) 11 (33) 61 (15) 21 27
Quartz (11) 43.6 (14) -10.4 20
Notes: The piezoelectric field stress rate (h) is the product of the electric potential per
unit force (per unit area) and pressure, caused by the piezoelectric effect. T signifies
temperature. RT signifies (ambient) room temperature. References are listed in Table 37
in Appendix G, p. 397.
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TABLE 34. Electromechanical Coupling Factors (k) for Minerals
Mineral k: 10-2 T: °C
Barioperovskite (15) 0.570 (31) 0.315 (33) 0.560 25
Berlinite (11) 0.162 (14) 0.240 RT
(26) 0.232 RT
(11) 0.111 (26) 0.175 (t) 0.11 RT
Bournonite (33) 0.16 RT
Cancrinite (14) 0.065 (15) 0.216 (31) 0.020 (33) 0.065 RT
Changbaiite (t) 0.26 RT
Cinnabar (11) 0.235 RT
Diomignite (15) 0.21 (31) 0.093 (33) 0.42 RT
Eulytine (14) 0.0305 RT
Fresnoite (p) 0.14 (t) 0.225 RT
(15) 0.28 (31) 0.10 (33) 0.11 RT
(15) 0.34 (t) 0.23 20
Greenockite (15) 0.1885 (31) -0.1191 (33) 0.262 (t) 0.154 25
(15) 0.166 (31) 0.117 (33) 0.256 (t) 0.135 20
Langbeinite (14) 0.015 RT
Macedonite (15) 0.43 (31) 0.24 (33) 0.64 (p) 0.40 RT
Paratellurite (14) -0.093 20
Proustite (31) 0.18 (33) 0.29 20
Pyrargyrite (15) 0.26 (22) 0.14 (31) 0.17 (33) 0.40 27
(13) 0.363 20
(33) 0.38 -173 to 117
(33) 0.345 -183 to -128
Quartz (11) 0.092 (26) 0.137 (t) 0.0084 RT
(11) 0.10 (14) 0.03 20
Sillénite (14) 0.31 (31) 0.28 (t) 0.20 RT
Sphalerite (14) 0.0795 25
10% Wurtzite (15) 0.049 (31) 0.039 (33) 0.075 (t) 0.051 20
(14) 0.089 -196
Stephanite (33) 0.21
Tourmaline (15) 0.131 (22) 0.02 (31) 0.0214 25
Wurtzite* (15) 0.09 (31) 0.05 (33) 0.13 (t) 0.10 20 .30:.70::Mg:Zn
(15) 0.084 (31) 0.072 (33) 0.14 (t) 0.080 20 .10:.90::Mg:Zn
Notes: The electromechanical coupling factor (k) is a calculated value from which any of
the piezoelectric coefficients can be determined. Parentheses signify the directions in
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TABLE 34. Continued
Notes, continued: Voigt notation. The location of electricity is shown by the first
number, and strain or stress by the second. (See Chapter 3, p. 50.) The poled
electromechanical coupling factor k(p) is taken from a thin disk of the crystal cut normal
to the z axis while under an externally applied electric field. The thickness
compressional coupling factor k(t) is taken from a thin disk cut normal to a symmetry
axis or parallel to a symmetry plane, so that the compressional component is not coupled
to the shear component. The colons by two of the Wurtzite* entries signify percent
ratios. T signifies temperature. RT signifies (ambient) room temperature. The
References are listed in Table 37 in Appendix G, p. 397.
TABLE 35. Ferroelectric Piezoelectric Strain and Stress Rates for Minerals
Mineral Magnitude T: °C
Strain Rate m4 C-2
Sillénite (11) 0.28 (12) -0.125 (13) -0.025 (44) 0.18 (h) 0.12 RT
(12) 2160 -181
Stress Rate 10-18 m2 V-2
Sillénite (11) 0.042 (12) -0.019 (13) -0.037 (44) 0.028 RT
Notes: These square values are used in calculations for ferroelectric materials.
Parentheses signify the directions in Voigt notation. The location of electricity is shown
by the first number, and strain by the second. (See Chapter 3, p. 50.) T signifies
temperature. RT signifies (ambient) room temperature. References are listed in Table 37
in Appendix G, p. 397.
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TABLE 36. Piezoelectric Rates (d, e and k) During Temperature Variations for Minerals
Mineral Magnitude T: °C Notes
Δ(d)/dΔT 10-4 K-1
Berlinite (11) -3.2 (14) 8.7 25
Boracite (14) -10 320
Epsomite (14) ≈ 20 (25) < 2 (36) < 2 -10 to 30
Proustite (22) -18.5 (31) -5.6 (33) -50 (15) -4.2 -40 to 20
Quartz (14) -12.8 585 to 625 β-Quartz
(11) -2.0 (14) 17.7 20 to 100
(11) -2.3 (14) 13.6 25 to 80
(11) -2.15 (14) 12.9 15 to 45
(11) 9.7 -60 to 0
Δ(e)/eΔT 10-4 K-1
Berlinite (11) -2.7 (14) -5.6 RT
Fresnoite (31) 25.81 (15) -1.28 RT
Proustite (22) -23 (31) -210 (33) -90 (15) -4.3 -40 to 20
Quartz (11) -1.6 15 to 45
(Δk)2/k2ΔT 10-4 K-1
Pyrargyrite (13) 55 -40 to 20
Notes: The piezoelectric strain rate (d) is electric charge per unit force due to the
piezoelectric effect. The piezoelectric stress rate (e) is the product of electric charge per
unit force and pressure, caused by the piezoelectric effect. The electromechanical
coupling factor (k) is a calculated value from which any of the piezoelectric coefficients
can be determined. T signifies temperature. RT signifies (ambient) room temperature.
Parentheses signify the directions in Voigt notation. The location of electricity is shown
by the first number, and strain or stress by the second. (See Chapter 3, p. 50.)
References are listed in Table 37 in Appendix G, p. 397.
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TABLE 38. Relative Dielectric Strength (K) of Minerals
Mineral K1 K2 K3 T: °C f: kHz Notes [T: °C][f: kHz]
Archerite 80 50,000 -150 0.8 PeakT [-225 to 25]
Barioperovskite 1,783.00 130 RT
10,000 10,000 120 PeakT [-90 to 120]
168.0 25
7,000 300 -5 PeakT [-90 to 120]
4,000 200 -90 PeakT [-90 to 120]
Berlinite 6.47 200 RT 1
6.40 200 RT 1000
6.05 25
4.73 4.62 RT 1
6.32 20 1
6.32 20 1000
6.15 -175 1
6.22 -175 1000
Biphosphammite 57.6 14.0 18.5 10
100 35 -125 PeakT [-180 to 0]
54 -220 PeakP = 3.0 GPa
Boracite K110= 16.5 265 100 PeakT [0 to 350]
8.0 40 100 Constant Stress
8.1 20 50 Constant Stress
5.4 5.23 5.79 RT
Bournonite 40 27 1.5 x 104 Constant Stress
Cadmoselite 9.7 10.65 RT
Cancrinite 9.5 11.2 RT Constant Stress
Cervantite 1,400 565 PeakT [100 to 700]
Chambersite 16 410 1000 PeakT [0 to 500]
28 135 PeakT [40 to 160]
Changbaiite* 24,000 24,000 560 PeakT
260 27 1 to 104
Cinnabar 15.0 25.5 RT Constant Stress
14.0 25.5 RT Constant Strain
Clinocervantite 1,400 565 PeakT [100 to 700]
Colemanite ≈ 20 -20 to 20
50 RT
Cuprospinel K = 8.65 RT
Diomignite* 25 505 0.1 PeakT [25 to 505]
1,800 195 0.1 PeakT [25 to 325]
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TABLE 38. Continued
Mineral K1 K2 K3 T: °C f: kHz Notes [T: °C][f: kHz]
8.90 8.07 RT Constant Strain
Epsomite 5.40 5.23 5.79 RT
5.26 6.05 8.28 RT
Ericaite* K111 = 43 340 300 PeakT [150 to 450]
Eulytine 16.2 RT
Franklinite 70,000 RT 10 Peakf [10 to 107]
Fresnoite 11.0 RT 1 Constant Stress
15 11 RT Constant Stress
9 RT 1 Constant Stress
12.5 8.55 20 1 x 104
Greenockite* 8.7 9.25 27 Constant Strain
9.02 9.53 25 Constant Strain
10.55 7.80 25 0.05
9.74 7.48 25 1
9.35 10.33 25 10 Constant Stress
9.43 7.77 25 10
9.25 7.68 25 100
8.82 7.96 25 1000
7.96 7.67 25 4 x 104
10.33 RT Constant Stress
in the dark 8.94 9.96 RT Constant Stress
in the dark 8.88 9.93 RT Constant Strain
in the dark 8.92 10.20 20 Constant Stress
in the dark 8.67 9.53 20 Constant Strain
9.33 6.76 -65 0.05
8.76 7.02 -65 1
9.17 6.97 -65 10
9.63 6.95 -65 100
8.02 6.60 -65 300
8.48 9.48 -196 10 Constant Stress
8.45 9.12 -248
8.37 9.00 -265 Constant Strain
Heftetjernite 7,500 5 1 PeakT [-75 to 25]
Koechlinite K = 105 570 PeakT [0 to 700]
102 RT 1.2 x 104 Unpoled Crystal
Lakargiite K = 24.6 RT 1000 Endmember CaZrO3
Langbeinite 6.9 RT
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TABLE 38. Continued
Mineral K1 K2 K3 T: °C f: kHz Notes [T: °C][f: kHz]
Lecontite 14.7 -161 10 Constant Stress
9.3 -161 107 to 1010 Constant Stress
Lueshite* K = 1,600 350 1 PeakT [100 to 460]
K = 1,500 350 PeakT
Macedonite K = 9,500 490 PeakT
K = 3,200 232 PeakT [200 to 265]
210 126 RT Constant Stress
115 51 RT Constant Strain
Magnesioferrite K = 30,000 0.020 Peakf [0.020 to 900]
K = 8.53
Natrolite 6.0 RT 1
Nitratine K = 110 p = 4.3 GPa RT PeakP [0 to 5.5]
Oxycalciopyrochlore 120 580 PeakT [0 to 580]
170 500 RT PeakT [0 to 500]
180 450 PeakT [0 to 600]
Oxyplumbopyrochlore K = 300 -260 1 PeakT [-270 to 25]
Paratellurite 21.4 24.9 RT
22.7 Constant Strain
22.9 24.7 20 100 Constant Stress
Perovskite K = 186 RT 1
Proustite 22 22 RT Constant Strain
44.5 21.4 RT Static Measurement
20 20 RT 2 x 104
20.2 20.2 20 Constant Strain
21.5 22.0 20 1 x 103 Constant Stress
22 -243.2
250 12 -244.5 Monoclinic (m)
Pyrargyrite 21.7 24.7 20 ≈1 Constant Stress
Quartz 4.5208 4.6368 27 1 Constant Stress
4.5208 4.6368 27 10 Constant Stress
4.435 27 Constant Strain
4.51 4.60 20 1
4.520 4.640 20 Constant Stress
4.435 4.640 20 Constant Strain
4.51 4.63 20 9 x 103 Constant Strain
4.430 -193 Constant Strain
Retgersite 6.2 6.8 RT
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TABLE 38. Continued
Mineral K1 K2 K3 T: °C f: kHz Notes [T: °C][f: kHz]
Russellite 3,100 400 920 PeakT [0 to 1000]
Rutile 86 170 RT 100
Schorl* 6.4 30 100
Schultenite 42 35 PeakT
Sillénite 50.0 30 Constant Stress
47 RT Constant Stress
42 RT Constant Strain
56 RT Constant Stress
41 RT Constant Strain
Sphalerite 10.49 25 0.1 Constant Stress
9.41 25 1 Constant Stress
8.37 25 10 Constant Stress
8.32 25 10 Constant Strain
8.12 25 100
7.29 25 1 x 103
7.12 25 1.6 x 104
7.92 25 4 x 107 Constant Strain
10% Wurtzite 8.60 8.57 20 Constant Stress
10% Wurtzite 8.58 8.52 20 Constant Strain
8.14 -196 Constant Stress
8.08 -196 Constant Strain
Spinel K = 8.5 500 PeakT [0 to 500]
K = 8.64 RT 0.1 to 10
Stephanite 20 RT 9.2 x 106 Constant Strain
Stibiotantalite 16,000 420 PeakT
K = 22 400 PeakT [250 to 550]
300 to 450 20
Stibnite 150 44 103
108 44 1 to 4.2 x 106
Stilleite K = 9.1 RT
Tausonite K = 0.1 25
K = 700 RT 2.5 x 109 PeakP [(1 to 7) x 109]
K = 17,000 -263
K = 22,000 -263 100 PeakT [-263 to -168]
Tourmaline 6.4 30 100 Schorl
6.3 7.1 RT
8.2 7.5 RT 1 Constant Stress
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TABLE 38. Continued
Mineral K1 K2 K3 T: °C f: kHz Notes [T: °C][f: kHz]
Trevorite K = 19 RT
Wakefieldite-Nd K = 100 22 1 PeakT [2 to 42]
Wurtzite* 8.64 8.393 25 0.05
8.54 8.170 25 1
8.58 8.001 25 10 Constant Stress
8.48 7.877 25 100
8.58 8.037 25 300
0.103:0.897::Mg:Zn 8.25 8.59 20 Constant Strain
0.103:0.897::Mg:Zn 8.31 8.76 20 Constant Stress
8.92 8.224 -65 0.05
8.65 7.912 -65 1
8.49 7.877 -65 10
8.50 7.895 -65 100
8.81 8.090 -65 300
Zincite K = 8.2 RT
Notes: K signifies relative dielectric strength, with the subscript representing the x, y, or
z axis. T signifies temperature. RT signifies (ambient) room temperature. The frequency
f is of the alternating current used to test the crystal. “Constant Strain” signifies
measurements taken under constant strain conditions. “Constant Stress” signifies
measurements taken under constant stress conditions. The hysteresis loop in
Changbaiite* is not saturated by 6.0 x 106 V m-1 at RT, signifying that the actual value is
higher than what is written. Measurements in Diomignite* displayed a critical point at
445°C where the dielectric strength starts to rise quickly. Measurements for Ericaite*
were taken under a biased electrical field of 5 x 103 V m-1. Greenockite* exhibits
changes in piezoelectric rates (and therefore also dielectric behavior) with light intensity,
as per Ogawa and Kojima (1966). Measurements for Lueshite* were taken under an
electric field of +5 x 103 V m-1. For Schorl*, also see the Tourmaline entry for more
numerical data listings. The colons by two of the Wurtzite* entries signify percent ratios.
References are listed in Table 40 in Appendix G, p. 398.
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TABLE 39. Relative Dielectric Strength (K) of Minerals During Temperature Variation
Mineral ∆K1/K1∆T ∆K3/K3∆T T: °C Notes
Fresnoite 0.05 3.29 RT Constant Strain
Greenockite 1.92 2.12 -93 to 27
Proustite* 3.0 5.8 -40 to 20 Constant Stress
5.3 3.2 -40 to 20 Constant Strain
Pyrargyrite 16.7 8.44 -40 to 20 Constant Stress
Quartz 0.025 0.16 300 to 380
-0.029 0.056 140 to 240
0.28 0.39 25 to 100
Sillénite* K1 = 58.26 – (12.48 x 10-2 T) + (3.04 x 10-4 T2) T > 200
K1 = 45.57 + (6.14 x 10-4 T) T = 130 to 200
6 30 to 150
Sphalerite 3.8 2.2 RT 10% Wurtzite
Wurtzite 1.7 1.8 RT .10:.90::Mg:Zn
Notes: K signifies relative dielectric strength, with the subscript representing the x, y, or
z axis. T signifies temperature. RT signifies (ambient) room temperature. “Constant
Strain” signifies measurements taken under constant strain conditions. “Constant Stress”
signifies measurements taken under constant stress conditions. Proustite* values (i=1
and i=3) seem suspect: They appear to have been transposed for stress and strain for one
set of measurements. The formulas for Sillénite* take T values in °C. References are
listed in Table 40 in Appendix G, p. 398.
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TABLE 41. Magnetic Susceptibility (χ) Data for Minerals
Mineral χ: 10-3 T: °C Notes [T: °C]
Breithauptite 0.104 RT
Carrollite 0.07 RT
Chambersite 0.002 -155 PeakT [-155 to 375]
Clinoferrosilite 31 RT PeakT
Cuprorhodsite 0.0554 RT
Demicheleite-Br -0.0268 -195 to 75
Demicheleite-Cl -0.0242 -195 to 75
Demicheleite-I -0.0283 -195 to 75
Ericaite 20 -195 PeakT [-195 to 725]
Eskolaite 1.6 30 PeakT [-200 to 400]
Fayalite 14 -250 PeakT [-269 to -95]
Ferberite 0.00377 20 PeakT [20 to 260]
Franklinite 3 -185 PeakT [-185 to 525]
Hauerite 1.95 20
2.51 -225 Néel temperature
Hematite 1.3 RT
Ilmenite 40 -217 Néel temperature
Kalininite 20 -26 3 PeakT [-269 to 510]
Kamiokite 1.392 RT
94.5 -214 PeakT
Karelianite 400 -98 PeakT [-263 to 65]
Krut’aite 0.02 RT
Löllingite -0.0064 RT
Magnesiocoulsonite 0.9 -20 PeakT [-20 to 20]
Magnesioferrite 0.365 425 PeakT [425 to 1075]
Mattagamite 0.313 20
Nickeline 0.024 > 25
Nisbite -0.10 RT
Penroseite 0.087 25 Endmember NiSe2
Pyrite 0.020 RT
Pyrite Variety: Bravoite 0.095 to 0.55 25
0.15 to 0.927 -269
Pyrophanite 45 -173 PeakT
Siderite 4.7 20
Srebrodolskite 0.71 450 PeakT
Tistarite 0.076 340 PeakT [-180 to 340]
Uraninite 3.2 -227 PeakT [-253 to -227]
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TABLE 41. Continued
Mineral χ: 10-3 T: °C Notes [T: °C]
Wüstite 8.4 RT
Zincochromite 32 to 17 -263 to 27
Notes: The magnetic susceptibility (χ) of a material is its ability to strengthen (or
weaken) an applied magnetic field. T signifies temperature. RT signifies (ambient) room
temperature. The Néel temperature is a magnetic transition to a paramagnetic state. Data
were taken from Landolt-Börnstein New Series volumes (Hellwege and Hellwege, 1970a,
1970b, 1978, 1980; Wijn, 1988, 1991a, 1991b, 1994, 1995, 1996a, 1996b, 2005). Units
were converted using the chart in Goldfarb and Fickett (1985). To convert mass and
molar magnetic susceptibilities into volume magnetic susceptibilities, density and
molecular weight data for minerals were taken from webmineral (Barthelmy, 2012),
mindat.org (Ralph and Chau, 2012), as well as from Demartin et al. (2009) for
demicheleite-Cl. Cost was prohibitive for obtaining much of the extant, relevant
magnetic data available online (e.g., Springer, 2012). Only a small selection is included
here.
TABLE 42. Spontaneous Magnetization (M0) Data for Minerals
Mineral M0: A m-1 T: °C
Pyrrhotite 6.1 RT
Vaesite 4,400 -269
Xieite 5,000 -183 to 27
96,000 -273 to -233
Notes: Spontaneous magnetization (M0) is a measure of magnetic field strength without
an externally applied magnetic field. T signifies temperature. RT signifies (ambient)
room temperature. References are listed in the notes of Table 41. Cost was prohibitive
for obtaining much of the extant, relevant magnetic data available online (e.g., Springer,
2012). Only a small selection is included here.
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TABLE 43. Saturation Magnetization (MS) Data for Ferromagnetic Minerals
Mineral MS: A m-1 T: °C Notes [T: °C]
Coulsonite 179,000 RT
Cuprokalininite 400,000 525 PeakT [75 to 525]
Cuprospinel 148,400 RT
Hematite ≈ 2,000 RT
Maghemite 370,000 RT
Magnetite 485,000 11.32
492,000 -16.62
496,000 -40.41
500,000 -64.65
504,000 -89.23
506,000 -113.44
508,000 -141.98
509,000 -163.12
510,000 -183.26
511,000 -211.31
511,000 -243.38
512,000 -268.94
Trevorite 245,900 RT
Notes: Saturation magnetization (MS) is the field strength needed to reverse the magnetic
polarity of a ferromagnetic material. T signifies temperature. RT signifies (ambient)
room temperature. References are listed in the notes of Table 41, p. 312. Cost was
prohibitive for obtaining much of the extant, relevant magnetic data available online (e.g.,
Springer, 2012). Only a small selection is included here.
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TABLE 44. Magnetostriction Data for Minerals
Mineral H: A m-1 Strain
Hematite 625,000 9 x 10-7 Expansive
-625,000 7 x 10-7 Expansive
0 to -150,000 2 x 10-7 Contractive
Notes: H is the strength of an applied magnetic field. T signifies temperature. RT
signifies (ambient) room temperature. Values were obtained at ambient room
temperature. References are listed in the notes of Table 41, p. 312. Cost was prohibitive
for obtaining much of the extant, relevant magnetic data available online (e.g., Springer,
2012). Only a small selection is included here.
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APPENDIX C
MINERALS ARRANGED BY MINERAL GROUP AND CHEMISTRY
316
TABLE 12. Ferroelectric Mineral Groups, with All Ferroelectric, Antiferroelectric or
Paraelectric Minerals in Bold Type
- Alum Group -
Alum-K Lanmuchangite
Alum-Na Tschermigite
- Biphosphammite Group -
Archerite Biphosphammite
- Boracite Group -
Boracite Congolite Trembathite
Chambersite Ericaite
- Brownmillerite Group -
Brownmillerite Srebrodolskite
- Cervantite Group -
Bismutocolumbite Cervantite Stibiocolumbite
Bismutotantalite Clinocervantite Stibiotantalite
- Chalcocite-Digenite Group -
Chalcocite Djurleite
Digenite Roxbyite
- Chalcostibite Group -
Chalcostibite Emplectite
- Changbaiite -
- Chrysoberyl Group -
Chrysoberyl Mariinskite
- Demicheleite Group -
Demicheleite-Br Demicheleite-Cl Demicheleite-I
- Diomignite -
- Galena Group -
Alabandite Clausthalite Niningerite
Altaite Galena Oldhamite
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TABLE 12. Continued
- Gwihabaite -
- Ice -
- Koechlinite Group -
Koechlinite Russellite Tungstibite
- Niter –
- Nitratine -
- Perovsksite Group -
Barioperovskite Lueshite Perovskite
Isolueshite Macedonite Tausonite
Lakargiite Megawite
Shulamitite is an intermediate mineral between Perovskite and the Brownmillerite –
Shrebrodolkite series.
- Proustite Group -
Proustite Pyrostilpnite
Pyrargyrite Xanthoconite
- Pyrochlore Supergroup -
- Betafite Group -
Oxycalciobetafite Oxyuranobetafite
- Elsmoreite Group -
Hydrokenoelsmoreite
- Microlite Group -
Fluorcalciomicrolite Hydroxycalciomicrolite Oxystannomicrolite
Fluornatromicrolite Hydroxykenomicrolite Oxystibiomicrolite
Hydrokenomicrolite Kenoplumbomicrolite
Hydromicrolite Oxycalciomicrolite
- Pyrochlore Group -
Fluorcalciopyrochlore Hycroxycalciopyro- Oxycalciopyrochlore
Fluorkenopyrochlore chlore Oxynatropyrochlore
Fluornatropyrochlore Hydroxymanganopyro- Oxyplumbopyrochlore
Fluorstrontiopyrochlore chlore Oxyyttropyrochlore-(Y)
Hydropyrochlore Kenoplumbopyrochlore
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TABLE 12. Continued
- Pyrochlore Supergroup (Continued) -
- Roméite Group -
Cuproroméite Fluornatroroméite Oxycalcioroméite
Fluorcalcioroméite Hydroxycalcioroméite Oxyplumboroméite
- Rutile Group -
Argutite Cassiterite Paratellurite
Plattnerite Rutile Tripuhyite
Pyrolusite Stishovite
- Schultenite -
- Sillénite -
- Stibnite Group -
Antimonselite Guanajuatite Stibnite
Bismuthinite Metastibnite Pääkkönenite
- Wolframite Group –
Ferberite Huanzalaite Sanmartinite
Heftetjernite Hübnerite
- Xenotime Group -
Chernovite-Y Wakefieldite-Ce Wakefieldite-Y
Dreyerite Wakefieldite-La Xenotime-Y
Pretulite Wakefieldite-Nd Xenotime-Yb
Notes: Individual italicized mineral names are from "groups" that have only a single
member, and thus bear no group name. Minerals in bold type are listed in the references
indicated in Table 15 in Appendix G, p. 393.
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TABLE 13. Pyroelectric Mineral Groups, with All Pyroelectric Minerals in Bold Type
- Afwillite -
- Alunite Supergroup -
- Alunite Subgroup -
Alunite Beaverite-Zn
Ammonioalunite Natroalunite
- Beudantite Subgroup -
Beudantite Hidalgoite Schlossmacherite
Corkite Hinsdalite Svanbergite
Gallobeudantite Kemmlitzite Woodhouseite
- Crandallite Subgroup -
Arsenocrandallite Dussertite Philipsbornite
Arsenogorceixite Gorceixite Plumbogummite
Arsenogoyazite Goyazite Segnitite
Crandallite Kintoreite Springcreekite
- Jarosite Subgroup -
Ammoniojarosite Hydroniumjarosite Natrojarosite
Argentojarosite Jarosite Plumbojarosite
- Ardealite -
- Artinite Group -
Artinite Chlorartinite
- Batisite Group -
Batisite Shcherbakovite
Noonkanbahite Benstonite
- Bertrandite -
- Beryl Group -
Bazzite Pezzottaite
Beryl Stoppaniite
- Bournonite Group -
Bournonite Seligmannite Součekite
- Brucite Group -
Brucite Portlandite Pyrochroite
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TABLE 13. Continued
- Brushite -
- Burbankite Varieties -
Burbankite Calcioburbankite Strontioburbankite
- Caledonite -
- Cancrinite Group -
Afghanite Depmeierite Marinellite
Alloriite Franzinite Microsommite
Biachellaite Giuseppettite Pitiglianoite
Bystrite Hydroxycancrinite Quadridavyne
Cancrinite Kircherite Sacrofanite
Cancrisilite Kyanoxalite Tounkite
Davyne Liottite Vishnevite
- Childrenite—Eosphorite Series -
- Clinohedrite -
- Colemanite -
- Coquimbite Group -
Coquimbite Aluminocoquimbite Paracoquimbite
- Creedite -
- Dawsonite -
- Diaboleite -
- Donnayite Group -
Donnayite-Y Weloganite
- Dyscrasite -
- Elpidite -
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TABLE 13. Continued
- Enargite Group -
Enargite Petrukite
- Ettringite Group -
Bentorite Ettringite Micheelsenite
Buryatite Hielscherite Sturmanite
Carraraite Jouravskite Thaumasite
Charlesite Kottenheimite
- Eudialyte Group
Alluaivite Georgbarsanovite Oneillite
Andrianovite Golyshevite Raslakite
Aqualite Ikranite Rastsvetaevite
Carbokentbrooksite Johnsenite-Ce Taseqite
Davinciite Kentbrooksite UM1998-21-
Dualite Khomyakovite SiO:CaCeClHMnNaZr
Eudialyte Labyrinthite Voronkovite
Feklichevite Manganoeudialyte Zirsilite-Ce
Fengchengite Manganokhomyakovite
Ferrokentbrooksite Mogovidite
- Finnemanite -
- Flagstaffite -
- Fresnoite -
- Halotrichite Group -
Apjohnite Dietrichite Pickeringite
Bilinite Halotrichite Wupatkiite
- Hartite -
- Hemimorphite -
- Hilgardite Group -
Hilgardite Leucostaurite
Kurgantaite Tyretskite
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TABLE 13. Continued
- Hydrocalumite -
- Innelite -
- Iodargyrite -
- Junitoite -
- Kaliborite -
- Krennerite Polymorphs -
Calaverite Krennerite
- Larsenite -
- Leucophanite -
- Liebigite -
- Melanovanadite -
- Meliphanite -
- Mesolite -
- Millerite Group -
Millerite Mäkinenite
- Minyulite -
- Moissanite Group -
Moissanite (-6H) Moissanite-4H Moissanite-33R
Moissanite-3C Moissanite-5H
Moissanite-2H Moissanite-15R
- Montmorillonite-Vermiculite Group -
Montmorillonite Vermiculite
- Murmanite Group -
Epistolite Murmanite Vuonnemite
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TABLE 13. Continued
- Muthmannite -
- Nepheline -
- Neptunite -
- Nickeline Group -
Achavalite Freboldite Nickeline
Breithauptite Langisite
- Nolanite Group -
Nolanite Rinmanite Kamiokite
- Parkerite -
- Pharmacolite -
- Pinnoite -
- Pirssonite -
- Prehnite -
- Quenselite -
- Röntgenite-Ce -
- Sarcolite -
- Scapolite Group -
Marialite Meionite Silvialite
- Scheelite Group -
Fergusonite-Y Powellite Wulfenite
Fergusonite-Ce Scheelite
Fergusonite-Nd Stolzite
- Searlesite -
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TABLE 13. Continued
- Serpentine Group -
Amesite Dickite Lizardite
Antigorite Fraipontite Manandonite
Berthierine Greenalite Nacrite
Brindleyite Halloysite-7Å Népouite
Caryopilite Halloysite-10Å Odinite
Chrysotile Kaolinite Pecoraite
Cronstedtite Kellyite
- Shortite -
- Sinoite -
- Spangolite -
- Stephanite Group -
Selenostephanite Stephanite
- Struvite Group -
Hazenite Struvite Struvite-K
- Suolunite -
- Swedenborgite -
- Syngenite Group -
Syngenite Koktaite
- Tilasite Group -
Durangite Maxwellite Tilasite
Isokite Panasqueiraite
- Tourmaline Supergroup -
- Alkali Group -
Buergerite Elbaite Luinaite-OH
Chromium-dravite Fluor-dravite Olenite
Chromo-alumino- Fluor-elbaite Oxy-dravite
povondraite Fluor-schorl Oxy-schorl
Dravite K-Tourmaline
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TABLE 13. Continued
- Tourmaline Supergroup (Continued) -
- Alkali Group (Continued) -
Pb-dominant Povondraite Tsilaisite
Tourmaline Schorl Vanadium-dravite
- Calcic Group -
Feruvite Fluor-liddicoatite Uvite
Fluor-feruvite Liddicoatite
- X-Vacant Group -
Foitite Oxy-rossmanite
Magnesiofoitite Rossmanite
- Tyrolite -
- Uranophane Group -
Boltwoodite Uranophane
Natroboltwoodite β-Uranophane
- Ussingite -
- Whitlockite Group -
Bobdownsite Merrillite Whitlockite
Ferromerrillite Strontiowhitlockite
- Wurtzite Group -
Buseckite Greenockite Wurtzite
Cadmoselite Rambergite
- Zeolite Group -
Amicite Chabazite-Mg Edingtonite
Ammonioleucite Chabazite-Na Epistilbite
Analcime Chabazite-Sr Erionite-Ca
Barrerite Chiavennite Erionite-K
Bellbergite Clinoptilolite-Ca Erionite-Na
Bikitaite Clinoptilolite-K Faujasite-Ca
Boggsite Clinoptilolite-Na Faujasite-Mg
Brewsterite-Ba Cowlesite Faujasite-Na
Brewsterite-Sr Dachiardite-Ca Ferrierite-K
Chabazite-Ca Dachiardite-Na Ferrierite-Mg
Chabazite-K Direnzoite Ferrierite-Na
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TABLE 13. Continued
- Zeolite Group (Continued) -
Flörkeite Lévyne-Ca Phillipsite-K
Garronite Lévyne-Na Phillipsite-Na
Gaultite Lovdarite Pollucite
Gismondine-Ba Maricopaite Roggianite
Gismondine-Ca Mazzite-Mg Scolecite
Gmelinite-Ca Mazzite-Na Stellerite
Gmelinite-K Merlinoite Stilbite-Ca
Gmelinite-Na Mesolite Stilbite-Na
Gobbinsite Montesommaite Terranovaite
Gonnardite Mordenite Thomsonite-Ca
Goosecreekite Mutinaite Thomsonite-Sr
Gottardiite Natrolite Thornasite
Harmotome Offretite Tschernichite
Heulandite-Ba Pahasapaite Tschörtnerite
Heulandite-Ca Paranatrolite Wairakite
Heulandite-K Parthéite Weinebeneite
Heulandite-Na Paulingite-Ca Wenkite
Heulandite-Sr Paulingite-K Willhendersonite
Hsianghualite Paulingite-Na Yugawaralite
Laumontite Perlialite
Leucite Phillipsite-Ca
- Zincite Group -
Bromellite Zincite
- Zinkenite-Scainiite Group -
Zinkenite Pillaite Chovanite
Scainiite Pellouzite Tazieffite
Notes: Individual italicized mineral names are from "groups" that have only a single
member, and thus bear no group name. Minerals in bold type are listed in the references
indicated in Table 16 in Appendix G, p. 394.
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TABLE 14. Piezoelectric Mineral Groups, with All Piezoelectric Minerals in Bold Type
- Aminoffite -
- Apatite Supergroup -
- Apatite Subgroup -
Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite Fluorapatite
Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite Fluorstrophite
Chlorapatite Hydroxylapatite
- Pyromorphite Subgroup -
Mimetite Pyromorphite Vanadinite
- Svabite Subgroup -
Fluorphosphohedyphane Hedyphane Phosphohedyphane
Svabite
- Baryte Group -
Celestite Baryte Anglesite
Olsacherite
- Bastnäsite Group -
Bastnäsite-Ce Bastnäsite-La Bastnäsite-Y
Hydroxylbastnäsite-Ce
- Bavenite–Bohseite Series -
- Berlinite Group -
Berlinite Rodolicoite Alarsite
- Chalcopyrite Group -
Chalcopyrite Gallite Lenaite
Eskebornite Laforêtite Roquesite
- Cinnabar Polymorphs -
Cinnabar Hypercinnabar Metacinnabar
- Dioptase -
- Edingtonite -
- Epsomite Group -
Epsomite Goslarite Morenosite
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TABLE 14. Continued
- Eulytine -
- Helvine Group -
Danalite Genthelvine Helvine
- Jeremejevite -
- Langbeinite Group -
Langbeinite Manganolangbeinite Efremovite
- Leucophanite -
- Melilite Group -
Åkermanite Gehlenite Hardystonite
Alumoåkermanite Gugiaite Okayamalite
- Nitrobarite -
- Pharmacosiderite Supergroup -
- Ivanyukite Group -
Ivanyukite-Cu Ivanyukite-K Ivanyukite-Na-C
- Pharmacoalumite Group -
Bariopharmacoalumite Natropharmacoalumite Pharmacoalumite
- Pharmacosiderite Group -
Bariopharmacosiderite Pharmacosiderite
Hydroniumpharmacosiderite Strontiopharmacosiderite
Natropharmacosiderite
- Quartz Polymorphs -
Coesite α-Quartz Stishovite
Cristobalite β-Quartz Tridymite
Mogánite Seifertite
- Retgersite Polymorphs -
Nickelhexahydrite Retgersite
- Rhodizite Group -
Londonite Rhodizite
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TABLE 14. Continued
- Sal Ammoniac Group -
Sal Ammoniac Lafossaite
- Selenium Group -
Selenium Tellurium
- Sodalite Group -
Haüyne Sodalite Vladimirivanovite
Lazurite Tsaregorodtsevite
Nosean Tugtupite
- Sphalerite Group -
Coloradoite Metacinnabar Stilleite
Hawleyite Sphalerite Tiemannite
- Topaz -
- Zeolite Group -
Amicite Direnzoite Gonnardite
Ammonioleucite Edingtonite Goosecreekite
Analcime Epistilbite Gottardiite
Barrerite Erionite-Ca Harmotome
Bellbergite Erionite-K Heulandite-Ba
Bikitaite Erionite-Na Heulandite-Ca
Boggsite Faujasite-Ca Heulandite-K
Brewsterite-Ba Faujasite-Mg Heulandite-Na
Brewsterite-Sr Faujasite-Na Heulandite-Sr
Chabazite-Ca Ferrierite-K Hsianghualite
Chabazite-K Ferrierite-Mg Laumontite
Chabazite-Mg Ferrierite-Na Leucite
Chabazite-Na Flörkeite Lévyne-Ca
Chabazite-Sr Garronite Lévyne-Na
Chiavennite Gaultite Lovdarite
Clinoptilolite-Ca Gismondine-Ba Maricopaite
Clinoptilolite-K Gismondine-Ca Mazzite-Mg
Clinoptilolite-Na Gmelinite-Ca Mazzite-Na
Cowlesite Gmelinite-K Merlinoite
Dachiardite-Ca Gmelinite-Na Mesolite
Dachiardite-Na Gobbinsite Montesommaite
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TABLE 14. Continued
- Zeolite Group (Continued) -
Mordenite Paranatrolite Perlialite
Mutinaite Parthéite Phillipsite-Ca
Natrolite Paulingite-Ca Phillipsite-K
Offretite Paulingite-K Phillipsite-Na
Pahasapaite Paulingite-Na Pollucite
Roggianite Thomsonite-Ca Weinebeneite
Scolecite Thomsonite-Sr Wenkite
Stellerite Thornasite Willhendersonite
Stilbite-Ca Tschernichite Yugawaralite
Stilbite-Na Tschörtnerite
Terranovaite Wairakite
- Zunyite -
Notes: Individual italicized mineral names are from "groups" that have only a single
member, and thus bear no group name. Minerals in bold type are listed in the references
indicated in Table 17 in Appendix G, p. 395.
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TABLE 18. The 10th Edition Nickel-Strunz Classification of Minerals, with All
Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric or Piezoelectric Minerals in Bold Type and Thermoelectric
Minerals in Italic
1.A - ELEMENTS: METALS AND INTERMETALLIC ALLOYS
Copper-Cupralite 1.AC.10 Iron-Chromium 1.AG.15
Family 1.AC.15 Family 1.AG.20
1.AA.05 1.AE.05 1.AG.25
1.AA.10a Mercury-Amalgam 1.AE.10 1.AG.30
1.AA.10.b Family 1.AE.15 1.AG.35
1.AA.15 1.AD.05 1.AE.20 1.AG.40
1.AA.20 1.AD.10 1.AE.25 1.AG.45
1.AA.25 1.AD.15a 1.AE.30 1.AG.50
1.AD.15b 1.AG.55
Zinc-Brass Family 1.AD.15c Platinum Group 1.AG.60
1.AB.05 1.AD.15d Elements (PGE) 1.AG.65
1.AB.10 1.AD.20a 1.AF.05 1.AG.70
1.AB.10a 1.AD.20b 1.AF.10
1.AB.10b 1.AD.25 Miscellaneous
1.AD.30 PGE-Metal Alloys Elements,
Indium-Tin Family 1.AG.05 Alloys
1.AC.05 1.AG.10 1.AH
1.B - ELEMENTS: METALLIC CARBIDES, SILICIDES, NITRIDES AND PHOSPHIDES
Carbides Silicides 1.BB.35 1.BC.20
1.BA.05 1.BB. 1.BB.40
1.BA.10 1.BB.05 Phosphides
1.BA.15 1.BB.10 Nitrides 1.BD.05
1.BA.20 1.BB.15 1.BC. 1.BD.10
1.BA.25 1.BB.20 1.BC.05 1.BD.15
1.BA.30 1.BB.25 1.BC.10 1.BD.20
1.BB.30 1.BC.15
1.C - ELEMENTS: METALLOIDS AND NONMETALS
Arsenic Group 1.CA.10 Carbon-Silicon 1.CB.05b
Elements 1.CA.15 Family 1.CB.05c
1.CA.05 1.CB.05a 1.CB.10a
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TABLE 18. Continued
1.C - ELEMENTS: METALLOIDS AND NONMETALS, CONTINUED
Carbon-Silicon 1.CB.15 1.CC.05 Se
Family (Continued) Sulfur-Selenium- 1.CC.10 Tellurium
1.CB.10b Iodine Selenium Te
1.D - ELEMENTS: NONMETALLIC CARBIDES AND NITRIDES
Nonmetallic Moissanite Nonmetallic 1.DB.10
Carbides SiC Nitrides Sinoite
1.DA. 1.DB.05 Si2N2O
2.A - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: ALLOYS
Alloys of Ag3Sb 2.AC.05a 2.AC.25d
Metalloids with 2.AA.40 2.AC.05b 2.AC.25e
Copper, Silver or 2.AA.45 2.AC.10a 2.AC.25f
Gold 2.AC.10b 2.AC.30
2.AA.10a Nickel-Metalloid 2.AC.10c 2.AC.35a
2.AA.10b Alloys 2.AC.15a 2.AC.35b
2.AA.10d 2.AB.10 2.AC.15b 2.AC.40
2.AA.15 2.AB.15 2.AC.20a 2.AC.45a
2.AA.20 2.AC.20b 2.AC.45b
2.AA.25 Alloys of 2.AC.20c 2.AC.45c
2.AA.30 Metalloids with 2.AC.25a
2.AA.35 Platinum Group 2.AC.25b
Dyscrasite Elements 2.AC.25c
2.B - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: METAL SULFIDES, METAL:SULFUR > 1:1 (MAINLY 2:1)
With Copper, Silver 2.BA.20 2.BA.50 With Nickel
and Gold 2.BA.25 2.BA.55 2.BB.
2.BA.05 2.BA.30 2.BA.60 2.BB.05
Chalcocite 2.BA.35 2.BA.65 2.BB.10
Cu2S 2.BA.40 2.BA.70 2.BB.15
2.BA.10 2.BA.40d 2.BA.75
2.BA.15 2.BA.45 2.BA.80
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TABLE 18. Continued
2.B - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: METAL SULFIDES, METAL:SULFUR > 1:1 (MAINLY 2:1),
CONTINUED
With Rhodium, 2.BC.35 2.BD.05
Palladium, 2.BC.40 2.BD.10 With Lead and
Platinum and 2.BC.45 2.BD.15 Bismuth
Similar 2.BC.50 2.BD.20 2.BE.05
2.BC. 2.BC.55 2.BD.25 2.BE.10
2.BC.05 2.BC.60 2.BD.30 2.BE.15
2.BC.10 2.BC.65 2.BD.35 2.BE.20
2.BC.15 2.BD.40 Parkerite
2.BC.20 With Mercury and 2.BD.45 Ni3Bi2S2
2.BC.25 Thallium 2.BD.50 2.BE.25
2.BC.30 2.BD. 2.BD.55 2.BE.30
2.C - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: METAL SULFIDES, METAL:SULFUR = 1:1 AND SIMILAR
With Copper 2.CB.10a 2.CB.55a NiAs
2.CA.05a Gallite 2.CB.55b 2.CC.10
2.CA.05b CuGaS2 2.CB.60 Pyrrhotite
2.CA.05c Roquesite 2.CB.65 Fe1-(0 to 0.17)S
2.CA.05d CuInS2 2.CB.70 2.CC.15
2.CA.10 2.CB.10b 2.CB.75 2.CC.20
2.CA.15 2.CB.15a 2.CB.80 Millerite
2.CB.15b 2.CB.85 NiS
With Zinc, Iron, 2.CB.15c Muthmannite 2.CC.25
Copper, Silver 2.CB.20 AuAgTe2 2.CC.30
and Similar 2.CB.30 2.CC.35a
2.CB.05 2.CB.35a With Nickel, 2.CC.35b
2.CB.05a 2.CB.35b Iron, Cobalt,
Sphalerite 2.CB.40 Platinum Group With Tin, Lead,
ZnS 2.CB.45 Elements and Mercury and
Stilleite Cadmoselite Similar Similar
ZnSe CdSe 2.CC. 2.CD.05
Tiemannite Greenockite 2.CC.05 2.CD.10
HgSe CdS Breithauptite Altaite
2.CB.05b Wurtzite NiSb PbTe
2.CB.05c (Zn,Fe)S Nickeline
334
TABLE 18. Continued
2.C - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: METAL SULFIDES, METAL:SULFUR = 1:1 AND SIMILAR,
CONTINUED
With Tin, Lead, 2.CD.15a 2.CD.15b
Mercury and Cinnabar
Similar (Continued) HgS
2.D - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: METAL:SULFUR = 3:4 AND 2:3
Metal:Sulfur = 3:4 FeCr2S4 2.DA.15 2.DB.15
2.DA.05 Indite 2.DA.20 2.DB.20
Cadmoindite FeIn2S4 2.DA.25 2.DB.25
CdIn2S4 Kalininite 2.DB.30
Carrollite ZnCr2S4 Metal:Sulfur = 2:3 2.DB.35
Cu(Co,Ni)2S4 Linnaeite 2.DB.05
Cuprokalininite Co3S4 Bismuthinite Variable
CuCr2S4 Siegenite Bi2S3 Metal:Sulfur
Cuprorhodsite CoNi2S4 – Stibnite Ratio
(Cu,Fe)Rh2S4 NiCo2S4 Sb2S3 2.DC.05
Daubréelite 2.DA.10 2.DB.10
2.E - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: METAL SULFIDES, METAL:SULFUR ≤ 1:2
Metal:Sulfur = 1:2 2.EA.30 2.EB.10b 2.EB.30
with Copper, Silver 2.EB.10c 2.EB.35
and Gold Metal:Sulfur = 1:2 2.EB.10d
2.EA.05 with Iron, Cobalt, 2.EB.10e Metal:Sulfur =
2.EA.10 Nickel, Platinum 2.EB.10f 1:(>2)
2.EA.15 Group Elements 2.EB.15a 2.EC.05
Krennerite and Similar 2.EB.15b 2.EC.10
(Au,Ag)Te2 2.EB.05a 2.EB.15c
2.EA.20 2.EB.05b 2.EB.20
2.EA.25 2.EB.10a 2.EB.25
335
TABLE 18. Continued
2.F - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: SULFIDES OF ARSENIC, ALKALIES; SULFIDES WITH
HALIDE, OXIDE, HYDROXIDE AND H2O
With Arsenic, 2.FA.35 With Chlorine, 2.FC.25
Antimony and 2.FA.40 Bromine and Iodine Demicheleite-
Sulfur (Halide-Sulfides) Br
2.FA.05 With Alkalies, 2.FC.05 BiSBr
2.FA.10 Without Chlorine 2.FC.10 Demicheleite-
2.FA.15a and Similar Halides 2.FC.15a Cl
2.FA.15b 2.FB.05 2.FC.15b BiSCl
2.FA.15c 2.FB.10 2.FC.15c Demicheleite-I
2.FA.15d 2.FB.15 2.FC.15d BiSI
2.FA.20 2.FB.20 2.FC.20a
2.FA.25 2.FB.25 2.FC.20b
2.FA.30 2.FC.20c
2.F - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: SULFIDES OF ARSENIC, ALKALIES; SULFIDES WITH
HALIDE, OXIDE, HYDROXIDE AND H2O, CONTINUED
With Oxygen, 2.FD.05 2.FD.25 2.FD.40
OH and H2O 2.FD.10 2.FD.30 2.FD.45
2.FD. 2.FD.20 2.FD.35 2.FD.50
2.G - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: SULFARSENITES, SULFANTIMONITES AND
SULFBISMUTHITES
Neso-Sulfarsenites 2.GA.30 Neso-Sulfarsenites 2.GC.10
and Similar Without 2.GA.35 and Similar with 2.GC.15
Additional Sulfur 2.GA.40 Additional Sulfur 2.GC.20
2.GA.05 2.GA.45 2.GB.05 2.GC.25
Proustite 2.GA.50 2.GB.10 2.GC.30
Ag3AsS3 Bournonite Stephanite 2.GC.35
Pyrargyrite CuPbSbS3 Ag5SbS4 2.GC.40a
Ag3SbS3 Seligmannite 2.GB.15 2.GC.40b
2.GA.10 PbCuAsS3 2.GB.20 2.GC.40c
2.GA.15 2.GC.40d
2.GA.20 Poly-Sulfarsenites 2.GC.40e
2.GA.25 2.GC.05 2.GC.45
336
TABLE 18. Continued
2.G - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: SULFARSENITES, SULFANTIMONITES AND
SULFBISMUTHITES, CONTINUED
Poly-Sulfarsenites 2.GC.50
(Continued)
2.H - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: SULFOSALTS OF SNS ARCHETYPE
With Copper, Silver 2.HB.10b 2.HC.10b 2.HD.45
and Iron, Without 2.HB.10c 2.HC.10c 2.HD.50
Lead 2.HB.15 2.HC.10d 2.HD.55
2.HA.05 2.HB.20a 2.HC.15 2.HD.60
Chalcostibite 2.HB.20b 2.HC.20
CuSbS2 2.HB.20c 2.HC.25 With Alkalies
2.HA.10 2.HB.20d 2.HC.30 and H2O
2.HA.20 2.HB.20e 2.HC.35 2.HE.05
2.HA.25 2.HC.40 2.HE.10
With Only Lead
With Copper, 2.HC.05a With Thallium With SnS and
Silver, Iron, Tin and 2.HC.05b 2.HD.05 PbS Archetype
Lead 2.HC.05c 2.HD.15 Structure Units
2.HB.05 2.HC.05d 2.HD.20 2.HF.20
2.HB.05a 2.HC.05e 2.HD.25 2.HF.25a
2.HB.05b 2.HC.05f 2.HD.30 2.HF.25b
2.HB.05c 2.HC.05g 2.HD.35 2.HF.30
2.HB.10a 2.HC.10a 2.HD.40
2.J - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: SULFOSALTS OF PBS ARCHETYPE
Galena Derivatives 2.JA.05f 2.JA.15 2.JB.25a
with Little or No 2.JA.05g 2.JA.20 2.JB.25b
Lead 2.JA.05h 2.JB.25c
2.JA.05 2.JA.05i Galena Derivatives 2.JB.25d
2.JA.05a 2.JA.10a with Lead 2.JB.25f
2.JA.05b 2.JA.10b 2.JB.05 2.JB.25g
2.JA.05c 2.JA.10c 2.JB.10 2.JB.25h
2.JA.05d 2.JA.10d 2.JB.15 2.JB.25i
2.JA.05e 2.JA.10e 2.JB.20 2.JB.25j
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TABLE 18. Continued
2.J - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: SULFOSALTS OF PBS ARCHETYPE, CONTINUED
Galena Derivatives Pb9Sb22S42 2.JB.40d Galena
with Lead 2.JB.35b 2.JB.40e Derivatives with
(Continued) 2.JB.35d 2.JB.55 Thallium
2.JB.30a 2.JB.35e 2.JB.60 2.JC.05
2.JB.30b 2.JB.40 2.JB.65 2.JC.10
2.JB.30c 2.JB.40a 2.JC.25e
2.JB.35a 2.JB.40b 2.JC.40a
Zinkenite 2.JB.40c
2.K - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: SULFARSENATES AND SULFANTIMONATES
Sulfarsenates with Enargite Sulfarsenates with
(As,Sb)S4 Cu3AsS4 Additional Sulfur
Tetrahedra 2.KA.10 2.KB.05
2.KA.05 2.KA.15
2.L - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: UNCLASSIFIED SULFOSALTS
Without Essential 2.LA.30 2.LA.60 2.LB.35
Lead 2.LA.35 2.LA.65 2.LB.40
2.LA.10 2.LA.40 2.LB.45
2.LA.15 2.LA.45 With Essential Lead
2.LA.20 2.LA.50 2.LB.05
2.LA.25 2.LA.55 2.LB.30
2.M - SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS: OXYSULFOSALTS
Oxysulfosalts
2.MA.05
2.MA.10
3.A - HALIDES: SIMPLE HALIDES WITHOUT H2O
Metal:Halogen = 3.AA.05 AgI 3.AA.25
1:1, 2:3, 3:5 and 3.AA.10 3.AA.15 Sal Ammoniac
Similar Iodargyrite 3.AA.20 NH4Cl
338
TABLE 18. Continued
3.A - HALIDES: SIMPLE HALIDES WITHOUT H2O, CONTINUED
Metal:Halogen = 3.AA.50 3.AB.10 Metal:Halogen
1:1, 2:3, 3:5 and 3.AA.55 3.AB.15 = 1:3
Similar 3.AA.60 3.AB.20 3.AC.05
(Continued) 3.AB.25 3.AC.10
3.AA.30 Metal:Halogen = 3.AB.30 3.AC.15
3.AA.35 1:2 3.AB.35 3.AC.20
3.AA.40 3.AB.
3.AA.45 3.AB.05
3.B - HALIDES: SIMPLE HALIDES WITH H2O
Metal:Halogen = 3.BB.10 Metal:Halogen = 3.BD.10
1:1 and 2:3 3.BB.15 1:3 3.BD.15
3.BA.05 3.BB.20 3.BC.05 3.BD.20
3.BA.10 3.BB.25 3.BD.25
3.BB.30 Simple Halides with
Metal:Halogen = 3.BB.35 H2O and Additional
1:2 OH
3.BB.05 3.BD.05
3.C - HALIDES: COMPLEX HALIDES
Borofluorides 3.CB.35 Ino- 3.CF.05
3.CA.05 3.CB.40 Aluminofluorides 3.CF.10
3.CA.10 3.CB.45 3.CD.05 3.CF.15
3.CB.50 3.CD.10
Neso- Alumino-
Aluminofluorides Soro- Phyllo- fluorides with
3.CB.05 Aluminofluorides Aluminofluorides CO3, SO4 and
3.CB.15 3.CC.05 3.CE.05 PO4
3.CB.20 3.CC.10 3.CG.05
3.CB.25 3.CC.15 Tecto- 3.CG.10
3.CB.30 3.CC.20 Aluminofluorides
339
TABLE 18. Continued
3.C - HALIDES: COMPLEX HALIDES, CONTINUED
Alumino-fluorides Silicofluorides Iron, Manganese Halides of
with CO3, SO4 and 3.CH.05 and Copper; X = Bismuth and
PO4 (Continued) 3.CH.10 Halogen Similar
3.CG.15 3.CH.15 3.CJ.05 3.CK.05
Creedite 3.CH.20 3.CJ.10
Ca3SO4Al2F8 3.CH.25 3.CJ.15
(OH)2•2H2O 3.CJ.20
3.CG.20 With MX6 3.CJ.25
3.CG.25 Complexes; M = 3.CJ.30
3.D - HALIDES: OXYHALIDES, HYDROXYHALIDES AND RELATED DOUBLE HALIDES
With Copper and With Lead, Copper 3.DC.05 With Mercury
Similar, Without and Similar 3.DC.10 3.DD.05
Lead 3.DB. 3.DC.15 3.DD.10
3.DA.05 3.DB.05 3.DC.20 3.DD.15
3.DA.10a Diaboleite 3.DC.25 3.DD.20
3.DA.10b Pb2CuCl2(OH)4 3.DC.30 3.DD.25
3.DA.10c 3.DB.10 3.DC.35 3.DD.30
3.DA.10d 3.DB.15 3.DC.37 3.DD.35
3.DA.15 3.DB.20 3.DC.40 3.DD.40
3.DA.20 3.DB.25 3.DC.45 3.DD.45
3.DA.25 3.DB.30 3.DC.50 3.DD.50
3.DA.30 3.DB.35 3.DC.55 3.DD.55
3.DA.35 3.DB.40 3.DC.60 3.DD.60
3.DA.40 3.DB.45 3.DC.65 3.DD.65
3.DA.45 3.DB.50 3.DC.70
3.DA.50 3.DC.75 With Rare Earth
3.DA.55 With Lead, Arsenic, 3.DC.80 Elements
3.DA.60 Antimony and 3.DC.85 3.DE.05
Bismuth, Without 3.DC.90
Copper 3.DC.95
340
TABLE 18. Continued
4.A - OXIDES: METAL:OXYGEN = 2:1 AND 1:1
Cation:Anion Metal:Oxygen = 1:1 BeO (± Smaller
(Metal:Oxygen) = (and up to 1:1.25) Zincite Ones)
2:1 (and 1.8:1) with Small to (Zn,Mn,Fe)O 4.AC.05
4.AA.05 Medium-Sized 4.AB.25 Swedenborgite
Ice Cations Only 4.AB.30 NaBe4SbO7
H2O 4.AB.05 4.AC.10
4.AA.10 4.AB.10 Metal:Oxygen 4.AC.15
4.AA.15 4.AB.15 = 1:1 (and up 4.AC.20
4.AB.20 to 1:1.25) with 4.AC.25
Bromellite Large Cations
4.B - OXIDES: METAL:OXYGEN = 3:4 AND SIMILAR
With Small and With Only Magnesiocoulsonite With Medium-
Medium-Sized Medium-Sized MgV2O4 Sized and Large
Cations Cations Trevorite Cations
4.BA.05 4.BB.05 NiFe2O4 4.BC.05
Mariinskite Coulsonite 4.BB.10 4.BC.10
BeCr2O4 FeV2O4 4.BB.15
4.BA.05 Cuprospinel 4.BB.20 With Only
CuFe2O4 4.BB.25 Large Cations
Jacobsite 4.BD.05
MnFe2O4
4.C - OXIDES: METAL:OXYGEN = 2:3, 3:5 AND SIMILAR
With Small Cations 4.CB.30 4.CB.65 4.CC.05
4.CA 4.CB.35 4.CB.70 4.CC.10
4.CB.40 Sillénite 4.CC.15
With Medium- Nolanite Bi12SiO20 4.CC.20
Sized Cations (V,Fe,Fe,T)10O14 4.CB.75 4.CC.25
4.CB.05 (OH)2 4.CB.80 4.CC.30
4.CB.10 4.CB.45 Barioperov-
4.CB.15 4.CB.50 With Large and skite
4.CB.20 4.CB.55 Medium-Sized BaTiO3
4.CB.25 4.CB.60 Cations
341
TABLE 18. Continued
4.C - OXIDES: METAL:OXYGEN = 2:3, 3:5 AND SIMILAR, CONTINUED
With Large and Ca(Zr,Sn,Ti)O3 4.CC.35 4.CC.40
Medium-Sized Lueshite Macedonite 4.CC.45
Cations (Continued) NaNbO3 PbTiO3 4.CC.50
4.CC.30 Continued Perovskite Tausonite 4.CC.55
Lakargiite CaTiO3 SrTiO3 4.CC.60
4.D - OXIDES: METAL:OXYGEN = 1:2 AND SIMILAR
With Small Cations, 4.DB.20 With Medium-Sized Dimers and
Silica Family 4.DB.25 Cations, with Trimers of
4.DA.05 4.DB.30 Various Polyhedra Edge-Sharing
Quartz Heftetjernite 4.DE.05 Octahedra
SiO2 ScTaO4 4.DE.10 4.DF.05
4.DA.10 4.DB.35 4.DE.15 4.DF.10
4.DA.15 4.DB.40 Koechlinite Changbaiite
4.DA.20 4.DB.45 Bi2MoO6 PbNb2O6
4.DA.25 4.DB.50 Russellite 4.DF.15
4.DA.30 4.DB.55 Bi2WO6
4.DA.35 4.DB.60 4.DE.20 With Large (±
4.DA.40 4.DE.25 Medium-Sized)
4.DA.45 With Medium-Sized Paratellurite Cations and
4.DA.50 Cations and Sheets TeO2 Chains of Edge-
of Edge-Sharing 4.DE.30 Sharing
With Medium-Sized Octahedra Cervantite Octahedra
Cations and Chains 4.DC.05 Sb2O4 4.DG.05
of Edge-Sharing 4.DC.10 Clinocervantite 4.DG.10
Octahedra Sb2O4 4.DG.15
4.DB.05 With Medium-Sized Stibiocolumbite 4.DG.20
Cassiterite Cations and Sb(Nb,Ta)O4
SnO2 Frameworks of Stibiotantalite With Large (±
Pyrolusite Edge-Sharing Sb(Ta,Nb)O4 Medium-Sized)
MnO2 Octahedra 4.DE.35 Cations and
4.DB.10 4.DD.05 Sheets of Edge-
4.DB.15a 4.DD.10 With Large (± Sharing
4.DB.15b Medium-Sized) Octahedra
4.DB.15c Cations and 4.DH.05
342
TABLE 18. Continued
4.D - OXIDES: METAL:OXYGEN = 1:2 AND SIMILAR, CONTINUED
With Large (± Hydroxycalcio- 4.DJ.05 Fluorite-Type
Medium-Sized) roméite Structures
Cations and Sheets (Ca,Sb)2(Sb,Fe, With Large (± 4.DL.05
of Edge-Sharing Ti)2O6(OH) Medium-Sized) 4.DL.10
Octahedra 4.DH.25 Cations and
(Continued) 4.DH.30 Tunnel Structures With Large (±
4.DH.10 4.DH.35 4.DK.05 Medium-Sized)
4.DH.15 4.DH.40 4.DK.05a Cations,
Oxycalciopyro- 4.DH.45 4.DK.05b Unclassified
chlore 4.DK.10 4.DM.05
Ca2Nb2O7 With Large (± 4.DM.15
Oxyplumbopyro- Medium-Sized) With Large (± 4.DM.20
chlore Cations and Medium-Sized) 4.DM.25
Pb2Nb2O7 Polyhedral Cations and
4.DH.20 Frameworks
4.E - OXIDES: METAL:OXYGEN ≤ 1:2
Metal:Oxygen ≤ 1:2
4.EA
4.F - OXIDES: HYDROXIDES WITHOUT VANADIUM OR URANIUM
Hydroxides with 4.FB.05 Hydroxides with Hydroxides with
OH, Without H2O, 4.FB.10 OH, Without H2O, OH, Without
with Corner-Sharing with Chains of H2O, with
Tetrahedra Hydroxides with Edge-Sharing Sheets of Edge-
4.FA.05a OH, Without H2O, Octahedra Sharing
4.FA.05b with Corner-Sharing 4.FD.05 Octahedra
4.FA.10 Octahedra 4.FD.10 4.FE.05
4.FC.05 4.FD.15 Brucite
Hydroxides with 4.FC.10 4.FD.20 Mg(OH)2
OH, Without H2O, 4.FC.15 4.FD.25 Pyrochroite
with Insular 4.FC.20 4.FD.30 Mn(OH)2
Octahedra 4.FC.25 4.FE.10
4.FB. 4.FE.15
343
TABLE 18. Continued
4.F - OXIDES: HYDROXIDES WITHOUT VANADIUM OR URANIUM, CONTINUED
Hydroxides with Hydroxides with Chains of Edge- 4.FL.70
OH, Without H2O, OH, Without H2O, Sharing Octahedra 4.FL.75
with Sheets of Unclassified 4.FK.05 4.FL.80
Edge-Sharing 4.FG.05 4.FL.85
Octahedra 4.FG.10 Hydroxides with
(Continued) 4.FG.15 H2O ± OH, with Hydroxides with
4.FE.20 Sheets of Edge- H2O ± OH,
4.FE.25 Hydroxides with Sharing Octahedra Unclassified
4.FE.30 H2O ± OH, with 4.FL. 4.FM.15
Quenselite Insular Octahedra 4.FL.05 4.FM.25
PbMnO2(OH) 4.FH.05 4.FL.10 4.FM.30
4.FE.35 Hydrocalumite 4.FM.35
4.FE.40 Hydroxides with Ca2Al(OH)7•2H2O
4.FE.45 H2O ± OH, with 4.FL.15 Hydroxides with
Corner-Sharing 4.FL.20 H2O ± OH, with
Hydroxides with Octahedra 4.FL.25 Frameworks of
OH, Without H2O, 4.FJ.05 4.FL.30 Corner and/or
with Various 4.FJ.10 4.FL.35 Face-Sharing
Polyhedra 4.FJ.15 4.FL.40 Octahedra
4.FF.05 4.FJ.20 4.FL.45 4.FN.05
4.FL.55
Hydroxides with 4.FL.60
H2O ± OH, with 4.FL.65
4.G - OXIDES: URANYL HYDROXIDES
Without Additional with Mainly 4.GB.35 With Additional
Cations UO2(O,OH)5 4.GB.40 Cations with
4.GA.05 Pentagonal 4.GB.45 Mainly
4.GA.10 Polyhedra 4.GB.50 UO2(O,OH)6
4.GA.15 4.GB.05 4.GB.55 Hexagonal
4.GB.10 4.GB.60 Polyhedra
With Additional 4.GB.15 4.GB.65 4.GC.05
Cations (Potassium, 4.GB.20 4.GB.70 4.GC.10
Calcium, Barium, 4.GB.25 4.GC.15
Lead and Similar) 4.GB.30
344
TABLE 18. Continued
4.H - OXIDES: V [5,6] VANADATES
V [> 4] Neso- V [6] Soro- 4.HE.05 Unclassified
Vanadates Vanadates Melanovanadite Vanadium
4.HA 4.HC.05 CaV4O10•5H2O Oxides
4.HC.10 4.HE.10 4.HG.05
Uranyl Soro- 4.HC.15 4.HE.15 4.HG.10
Vanadates 4.HE.20 4.HG.15
4.HB.05 Ino-Vanadates 4.HE.25 4.HG.20
4.HB.10 4.HD.05 4.HE.30 4.HG.25
4.HB.15 4.HD.10 4.HE.35 4.HG.30
4.HB.20 4.HD.15 4.HE.40 4.HG.35
4.HB.25 4.HD.20 4.HG.40
4.HB.30 4.HD.25 Tecto- 4.HG.45
4.HB.35 4.HD.30 Vanadates 4.HG.50
4.HB.40 4.HF.05 4.HG.55
Phyllo- 4.HG.60
Vanadates 4.HG.65
4.J - OXIDES: ARSENITES, ANTIMONITES, BISMUTHITES, SULFITES, SELENITES,
TELLURITES AND IODATES
Arsenites, 4.JA.55 4.JB.45 Anions, with
Antimonites, 4.JA.60 Finnemanite H2 O
Bismuthites Pb5(AsO3)5Cl 4.JC.05
Without Additional Arsenites, 4.JB.50 4.JC.10
Anions, Without Antimonites, 4.JB.55 4.JC.15
H2 O Bismuthites with 4.JB.60 4.JC.20
4.JA.05 Additional Anions, 4.JB.65
4.JA.10 Without H2O 4.JB.70 Arsenites,
4.JA.15 4.JB.05 4.JB.75 Antimonites,
4.JA.20 4.JB.10 Bismuthites
4.JA.25 4.JB.15 Arsenites, with Additional
4.JA.30 4.JB.20 Antimonites, Anions, with
4.JA.35 4.JB.25 Bismuthites H2 O
4.JA.40 4.JB.30 Without 4.JD.05
4.JA.45 4.JB.35 Additional 4.JD.10
4.JA.50 4.JB.40 4.JD.15
345
TABLE 18. Continued
4.J - OXIDES: ARSENITES, ANTIMONITES, BISMUTHITES, SULFITES, SELENITES,
TELLURITES AND IODATES, CONTINUED
Sulfites 4.JK.10 4.JL.30
4.JE.05 Selenites Without 4.JK.15
4.JE.10 Additional Anions, 4.JK.20 Tellurites
4.JE.15 with H2O 4.JK.25 Without
4.JE.20 4.JH.05 4.JK.30 Additional
4.JH.10 4.JK.35 Anions, with
Selenites Without 4.JH.15 4.JK.40 H2 O
Additional Anions, 4.JH.20 4.JK.45 4.JM.05
Without H2O 4.JH.25 4.JK.50 4.JM.10
4.JF.05 4.JK.55 4.JM.15
Selenites with 4.JK.60 4.JM.20
Selenites with Additional Anions, 4.JK.65
Additional Anions, with H2O 4.JK.70 Tellurites with
Without H2O 4.JJ.05 4.JK.75 Additional
4.JG. 4.JJ.10 Anions, with
4.JG.05 4.JJ.15 Tellurites with H2 O
4.JG.10 4.JJ.20 Additional Anions, 4.JN.05
4.JG.15 4.JJ.25 Without H2O 4.JN.10
4.JG.20 4.JL.05 4.JN.15
4.JG.25 Tellurites Without 4.JL.10 4.JN.20
4.JG.30 Additional Anions, 4.JL.15 4.JN.25
4.JG.35 Without H2O 4.JL.20 4.JN.30
4.JG.40 4.JK.05 4.JL.25
4.K - OXIDES: IODATES, TRIGONAL (IO3) PYRAMIDS (MOSTLY)
Iodates Without Iodates with Iodates Without Iodates with
Additional Anions, Additional Anions, Additional Anions, Additional
Without H2O Without H2O with H2O Anions, with
4.KA.05 4.KB.05 4.KC.05 H2 O
4.KB.10 4.KC.10 4.KD.05
4.KB.15 4.KD.10
346
TABLE 18. Continued
5.A - CARBONATES (NITRATES): CARBONATES WITHOUT ADDITIONAL ANIONS, WITHOUT
H2 O
Alkali Carbonates 5.AB.10 Benstonite Shortite
5.AA.05 5.AB.15 (Ba,Sr)6(Ca,Mn)6 Na2Ca2(CO3)3
5.AA.10 5.AB.20 Mg(CO3)13 5.AC.30
5.AA.15 5.AB.25 5.AB.60 Burbankite
5.AA.20 5.AB.30 (Na,Ca)3(Sr,
5.AA.25 5.AB.35 Alkali and Alkali- Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5
5.AA.30 5.AB.40 Earth Carbonates
5.AB.45 5.AC.05 With Rare Earth
Alkali-Earth (and 5.AB.50 5.AC.10 Elements
Other Metal2+) 5.AB.55 5.AC.15 5.AD.05
Carbonates 5.AC.20 5.AD.15
5.AB.05 5.AC.25 5.AD.20
5.B - CARBONATES (NITRATES): CARBONATES WITH ADDITIONAL ANIONS, WITHOUT H2O
With Copper, 5.BB.15 (Ce,La)(CO3)F 5.BE.30
Cobalt, Nickel, 5.BB.20 5.BD.20b 5.BE.35
Zinc, Magnesium 5.BD.20c
and Manganese With Alkali-Earth 5.BD.20d With Chlorine,
5.BA.05 Cations Röntgenite-Ce SO4, PO4 and
5.BA.10 5.BC.05 Ca2(Ce,La)3 TeO3
5.BA.15 5.BC.10 (CO3)5F3 5.BF.05
5.BA.20 5.BC.15 5.BD.25 5.BF.10
5.BA.25 5.BD.35 5.BF.15
5.BA.30 With Rare Earth 5.BF.20
Elements With Lead and 5.BF.25
With Alkalies and 5.BD.05 Bismuth 5.BF.30
Similar 5.BD.10 5.BE.05 5.BF.35
5.BB.05 5.BD.15 5.BE.10 5.BF.40
5.BB.10 5.BD.18 5.BE.15
Dawsonite 5.BD.20a 5.BE.20
NaAlCO3(OH)2 Bastnäsite-Ce 5.BE.25
347
TABLE 18. Continued
5.C - CARBONATES (NITRATES): CARBONATES WITHOUT ADDITIONAL ANIONS, WITH H2O
With Medium-Sized 5.CB.05 5.CB.40 5.CC.10
Cations 5.CB.10 5.CB.45 5.CC.15
5.CA.05 5.CB.15 5.CB.50 5.CC.20
5.CA.10 5.CB.20 5.CC.25
5.CA.15 5.CB.25 With Rare Earth 5.CC.30
5.CA.20 5.CB.30 Elements 5.CC.35
Pirssonite 5.CC.05 5.CC.40
With Large Cations Na2Ca(CO3)2 Weloganite
(Alkali and Alkali- •2H2O Na2Sr3Zr(CO3)6
Earth Carbonates) 5.CB.35 •3H2O
5.D - CARBONATES (NITRATES): CARBONATES WITH ADDITIONAL ANIONS, WITH H2O
With Medium- 5.DA.30 5.DB.05 5.DC.10
Sized Cations 5.DA.35 5.DB.10 5.DC.15
5.DA.05 5.DA.40 5.DB.15 5.DC.20
5.DA.10 5.DA.45 5.DB.20 5.DC.25
Artinite 5.DA.50 5.DB.25 5.DC.30
Mg2(CO3)(OH)2 5.DA.55 5.DB.30 5.DC.35
•3H2O
5.DA.15 With Large and With Large
5.DA.20 Medium-Sized Cations
5.DA.25 Cations 5.DC.05
5.E - CARBONATES (NITRATES): URANYL CARBONATES
UO2:CO3 > 1:1 UO2:CO3 = 1:1 UO2:CO3 = 1:3 5.ED.35
5.EA.05 5.EB.05 5.ED.05 5.ED.40
5.EA.10 5.EB.10 5.ED.10 5.ED.45
5.EA.15 5.EB.15 5.ED.15 5.ED.50
5.EA.20 5.EB.20 5.ED.20
5.EA.25 Liebigite UO2:CO3 = 1:4
5.EA.30 UO2:CO3 < 1:1 to Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3 5.EE.05
5.EA.35 1:2 •11H2O 5.EE.10
5.EC.05 5.ED.25
5.EC.10 5.ED.30
348
TABLE 18. Continued
5.E - CARBONATES (NITRATES): URANYL CARBONATES, CONTINUED
UO2:CO3 = 1:5 With SO4 or SiO4 5.EG.10
5.EF.05 5.EG.05
5.N - CARBONATES (NITRATES): NITRATES
Without OH or H2O Niter With OH With OH (and
5.NA.05 KNO3 5.NB.05 Similar) and
Nitratine 5.NA.15 H2 O
NaNO3 Gwihabaite With H2O 5.ND.05
Nitrobarite (NH4,K)NO3 5.NC.05 5.ND.10
Ba(NO3)2 5.NA.20 5.NC.10 5.ND.15
5.NA.10 5.ND.20
6.A - BORATES: MONOBORATES
BO3 Without 6.AB.10 6.AB.65 6.AC.15
Additional Anions, 6.AB.15 6.AB.70 6.AC.20
with Single Triangle Jeremejevite 6.AB.75 6.AC.25
6.AA.05 Al6(BO3)5(F,OH)3 6.AB.80 6.AC.30
6.AA.15 6.AB.20 6.AB.85 6.AC.35
6.AA.35 6.AB.25 6.AC.40
6.AA.40 6.AB.30 B(O,OH)4 Without 6.AC.45
6.AB.35 and with Additional 6.AC.50
BO3 with 6.AB.40 Anions; with Single 6.AC.55
Additional Anions, 6.AB.45 Tetrahedron plus 6.AC.60
with Single Triangle 6.AB.50 OH and Similar 6.AC.65
plus OH and Similar 6.AB.55 6.AC.05 6.AC.70
6.AB.05 6.AB.60 6.AC.10
6.B - BORATES: DIBORATES
Neso-Diborates 6.BA.05 Neso-Diborates Pinnoite
with Double 6.BA.10 with Double Mg[B2O(OH)6]
Triangles 6.BA.15 Tetrahedra 6.BB.10
B2(O,OH)5 and 6.BA.20 B2O(OH)6
Similar 6.BB.05
349
TABLE 18. Continued
6.B - BORATES: DIBORATES, CONTINUED
Ino-Diborates with 6.BC.10 Tecto-Diborates
Triangles and/or 6.BC.15 with Tetrahedra
Tetrahedra 6.BC.20 6.BD.05
6.C - BORATES: TRIBORATES
Neso-Triborates 6.CA.35 Ino-Triborates 6.CB.20
6.CA.10 6.CA.40 6.CB.10 6.CB.25
6.CA.15 6.CA.45 Colemanite
6.CA.20 6.CA.50 Ca[B3O4(OH)3] Phyllo-
6.CA.25 6.CA.55 •H2O Triborates
6.CA.30 6.CB.15 6.CC.05
6.D - BORATES: TETRABORATES
Neso-Tetraborates 6.DA.35 Phyllo-Tetraborates Diomignite
6.DA.10 6.DA.40 6.DC Li2B4O7
6.DA.15 6.DA.60
6.DA.20 Tecto-
6.DA.25 Ino-Tetraborates Tetraborates
6.DA.30 6.DB.05 6.DD.05
6.E - BORATES: PENTABORATES
Neso-Pentaborates 6.EB.10 6.EC.10 Tecto-
6.EA.05 6.EB.15 6.EC.15 Pentaborates
6.EA.10 6.EB.20 6.EC.20 6.ED.05
6.EA.15 6.EB.25 6.EC.25 Hilgardite
6.EA.25 6.EC.30 Ca2B5O9Cl
Phyllo- 6.EC.35 •H2O
Ino-Pentaborates Pentaborates
6.EB.05 6.EC.05
350
TABLE 18. Continued
6.F - BORATES: HEXABORATES
Neso-Hexaborates Ino-Hexaborates Phyllo-
6.FA.05 6.FB.05 Hexaborates
6.FA.10 6.FB.10 6.FC.05
6.FA.15 Kaliborite 6.FC.10
6.FA.20 KMg2H[B6O8 6.FC.15
6.FA.25 (OH)5]2(H2O)4 6.FC.20
6.G - BORATES: HEPTABORATES AND OTHER MEGABORATES
Tecto-Heptaborates 6.GA.10 6.GB.20 Rhodizite
6.GA.05 6.GA.30 (K,Cs)Al4Be4
Boracite Tecto- (B,Be)12O28
Mg3B7O13Cl Phyllo-Nonaborates Dodecaborates
Chambersite and Similar 6.GC.05 Mega-
Mn3B7O13Cl 6.GB.05 Londonite Tectoborates
Ericaite 6.GB.10 (Cs,K,Rb)Al4Be4 6.GD.05
Fe3B7O13Cl 6.GB.15 (B,Be)12O28 6.GD.10
6.H - BORATES: UNCLASSIFIED BORATES
Unclassified 6.HA
Borates
7.A - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES, CHROMATES, MOLYBDATES AND
WOLFRAMATES): SULFATES (SELENATES AND SIMILAR) WITHOUT ADDITIONAL ANIONS,
WITHOUT H2O
With Small Cations With Medium-Sized 7.AC.25 7.AD.20
7.AA and Large Cations 7.AC.30 7.AD.25
7.AC.05 7.AC.35 7.AD.30
With Medium- 7.AC.08 7.AD.35
Sized Cations 7.AC.10 With Only Large Olsacherite
7.AB.05 Langbeinite Cations Pb2(SeO4)
7.AB.10 K2Mg2(SO4)3 7.AD.05 (SO4)
7.AC.15 7.AD.10 7.AD.40
7.AC.20 7.AD.15
351
TABLE 18. Continued
7.B - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES, CHROMATES, MOLYBDATES AND
WOLFRAMATES): SULFATES (SELENATES AND SIMILAR) WITH ADDITIONAL ANIONS,
WITHOUT H2O
With Small Cations With Medium-Sized Plumbojarosite 7.BC.80
7.BA and Large Cations Pb0.5Fe3(SO4)2
7.BC.05 (OH)6 With Only
With Medium- 7.BC.10 7.BC.15 Large Cations
Sized Cations Alunite 7.BC.20 7.BD.05
7.BB.05 KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 7.BC.25 7.BD.10
7.BB.10 Ammoniojarosite 7.BC.30 7.BD.15
7.BB.15 (NH4)Fe3(SO4)2 7.BC.35 7.BD.20
7.BB.20 (OH)6 7.BC.40 7.BD.25
7.BB.25 Argentojarosite 7.BC.45 7.BD.30
7.BB.30 AgFe3(SO4)2 7.BC.50 7.BD.35
7.BB.35 (OH)6 Caledonite 7.BD.40
7.BB.40 Jarosite Pb5Cu2(SO4)3 7.BD.45
7.BB.45 KFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 (CO3)(OH)6 7.BD.50
7.BB.50 Natroalunite 7.BC.55 7.BD.55
7.BB.55 (Na,K)Al3(SO4)2 7.BC.60 7.BD.60
7.BB.60 (OH)6 7.BC.65 7.BD.65
Natrojarosite 7.BC.70 7.BD.70
NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 7.BC.75
7.C - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES, CHROMATES, MOLYBDATES AND
WOLFRAMATES): SULFATES (SELENATES AND SIMILAR) WITHOUT ADDITIONAL ANIONS,
WITH H2O
With Small Cations 7.CB.25 Morenosite 7.CB.70
7.CA 7.CB.30 NiSO4•7H2O 7.CB.75
Retgersite 7.CB.45 7.CB.80
With Only Medium- NiSO4•6H2O 7.CB.50 7.CB.85
Sized Cations 7.CB.35 7.CB.55 Halotrichite
7.CB.05 7.CB.40 Coquimbite FeAl2(SO4)4
7.CB.07 Epsomite Fe1.5Al0.5(SO4)3 •22H2O
7.CB.10 MgSO4•7H2O •9H2O Pickeringite
7.CB.15 Goslarite 7.CB.60 MgAl2(SO4)4
7.CB.20 ZnSO4•7H2O 7.CB.65 •22H2O
352
TABLE 18. Continued
7.C - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES, CHROMATES, MOLYBDATES AND
WOLFRAMATES): SULFATES (SELENATES AND SIMILAR) WITHOUT ADDITIONAL ANIONS,
WITH H2O, CONTINUED
With Only Medium- NaAl(SO4)2 7.CC.75 7.CD.35
Sized Cations •12H2O 7.CC.80 Syngenite
(Continued) 7.CC.25 7.CC.85 K2Ca(SO4)2
7.CB.90 7.CC.30 •H2O
7.CC.35 With Only Large 7.CD.40
With Medium-Sized 7.CC.40 Cations 7.CD.45
and Large Cations 7.CC.45 7.CD.05 7.CD.50
7.CC.05 7.CC.50 7.CD.10 7.CD.55
7.CC.10 7.CC.55 7.CD.15 7.CD.60
7.CC.15 7.CC.60 7.CD.20 7.CD.65
7.CC.20 7.CC.65 7.CD.25
Alum-Na 7.CC.70 7.CD.30
7.D - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES, CHROMATES, MOLYBDATES AND
WOLFRAMATES): SULFATES (SELENATES AND SIMILAR) WITH ADDITIONAL ANIONS, WITH
H2 O
With Small Cations Cations, with Spangolite 7.DD.85
7.DA Chains of Edge- Cu6Al(SO4)Cl
Sharing Octahedra (OH)12•3H2O With Only
With Only Medium- 7.DC.05 7.DD.20 Medium-Sized
Sized Cations, with 7.DC.10 7.DD.25 Cations,
Insular Octahedra 7.DC.15 7.DD.30 Unclassified
and Finite Units 7.DC.20 7.DD.35 7.DE.05
7.DB.05 7.DC.25 7.DD.40 7.DE.10
7.DB.10 7.DC.30 7.DD.45 7.DE.15
7.DB.15 7.DD.50 7.DE.20
7.DB.20 With Only Medium- 7.DD.55 7.DE.25
7.DB.25 Sized Cations, with 7.DD.60 7.DE.35
7.DB.30 Sheets of Edge- 7.DD.65 7.DE.40
7.DB.35 Sharing Octahedra 7.DD.70 7.DE.45
7.DD.05 7.DD.75 7.DE.50
With Only 7.DD.10 7.DD.80 7.DE.55
Medium-Sized 7.DD.15 7.DE.60
353
TABLE 18. Continued
7.D - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES, CHROMATES, MOLYBDATES AND
WOLFRAMATES): SULFATES (SELENATES AND SIMILAR) WITH ADDITIONAL ANIONS, WITH
H2O, CONTINUED
With Only Medium- 7.DF.05 7.DF.65 7.DG.10
Sized Cations, 7.DF.10 7.DF.70 7.DG.15
Unclassified 7.DF.15 7.DF.75 Thaumasite
(Continued) 7.DF.20 7.DF.80 Ca3(SO4)
7.DE.62 7.DF.25 7.DF.85 [Si(OH)6]
7.DE.65 7.DF.30 (CO3)•12H2O
7.DE.70 7.DF.35 With Large and 7.DG.20
7.DE.75 7.DF.40 Medium-Sized 7.DG.25
7.DF.45 Cations, with NO3, 7.DG.30
With Large and 7.DF.50 CO3, B(OH)4, SiO4 7.DG.35
Medium-Sized 7.DF.55 and IO3 7.DG.40
Cations 7.DF.60 7.DG.05 7.DG.45
7.E - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES, CHROMATES, MOLYBDATES AND
WOLFRAMATES): URANYL SULFATES
Without Cations With Medium- With Medium-Sized 7.EC.15
7.EA.05 Sized Cations and Large Cations 7.EC.20
7.EA.10 7.EB.05 7.EC.05
7.EB.10 7.EC.10
7.F - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES, CHROMATES, MOLYBDATES AND
WOLFRAMATES): CHROMATES
With Additional With Additional 7.FB.25 7.FC.20
Anions Oxygen, Vanadium,
7.FA.05 Sulfur and Chlorine With PO4, AsO4 and Dichromates
7.FA.10 7.FB.05 SiO4 7.FD.05
7.FA.15 7.FB.10 7.FC.05
7.FA.20 7.FB.15 7.FC.10
7.FB.20 7.FC.15
354
TABLE 18. Continued
7.G - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES, CHROMATES, MOLYBDATES AND
WOLFRAMATES): MOLYBDATES, WOLFRAMATES AND NIOBATES
Without Additional 7.GA.10 7.GB.05 7.GB.30
Anions or H2O 7.GA.15 7.GB.10 7.GB.35
7.GA.05 7.GB.15 7.GB.40
Wulfenite With Additional 7.GB.20 7.GB.45
PbMoO4 Anions and/or H2O 7.GB.25 7.GB.50
7.H - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES, CHROMATES, MOLYBDATES AND
WOLFRAMATES): URANIUM AND URANYL MOLYBDATES AND WOLFRAMATES
With Uranium4+ 7.HA.15 7.HB.15
7.HA.05 7.HB.20
7.HA.10 With Uranium6+ 7.HB.25
7.J - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES, CHROMATES, MOLYBDATES AND
WOLFRAMATES): THIOSULFATES
Thiosulfates of Pb 7.JA.05 7.JA.10
8.A - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES: PHOSPHATES AND SIMILAR WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL ANIONS, WITHOUT H2O
With Small Cations 8.AB.05 8.AC.15 8.AC.65
(Some Also with 8.AB.10 8.AC.18 8.AC.70
Larger Ones) 8.AB.15 8.AC.20 8.AC.75
8.AA.05 8.AB.20 8.AC.25 8.AC.80
Berlinite 8.AB.25 8.AC.30 8.AC.85
AlPO4 8.AB.30 8.AC.35
8.AA.10 8.AB.35 8.AC.40 With Only
8.AA.15 8.AB.40 8.AC.45 Large Cations
8.AA.20 Whitlockite 8.AD.05
8.AA.25 With Medium- Ca9(Mg,Fe)(PO4)6 8.AD.10
8.AA.30 Sized and Large [PO3(OH)] 8.AD.15
Cations 8.AC.50 Archerite
With Medium-Sized 8.AC.05 8.AC.55 K(H2PO4)
Cations 8.AC.10 8.AC.60
355
TABLE 18. Continued
8.A - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES: PHOSPHATES AND SIMILAR WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL ANIONS, WITHOUT H2O, CONTINUED
With Only Large 8.AD.20 Wakefieldite-Nd 8.AD.60
Cations 8.AD.25 NdVO4 8.AD.65
(Continued) 8.AD.30 8.AD.40
8.AD.15 Continued Schultenite 8.AD.45
Biphosphammite Pb(HAsO4) 8.AD.50
NH4(H2PO4) 8.AD.35 8.AD.55
8.B - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES: PHOSPHATES AND SIMILAR WITH
ADDITIONAL ANIONS, WITHOUT H2O
With Small and 8.BB.75 With Only Medium- and
Medium-Sized 8.BB.80 Sized Cations, (OH Similar):XO4 <
Cations 8.BB.85 and Similar):XO4 > 0.5:1
8.BA.05 8.BB.90 2:1 8.BF.05
8.BA.10 8.BE.05 8.BF.10
8.BA.15 With Only Medium- 8.BE.10 8.BF.15
Sized Cations, (OH 8.BE.15 8.BF.20
With Only Medium- and Similar):XO4 > 8.BE.20
Sized Cations, (OH 1:1 and < 2:1 8.BE.25 With Medium-
and Similar):XO4 8.BC.05 8.BE.30 Sized and Large
about 1:1 8.BC.10 8.BE.35 Cations, (OH
8.BB.05 8.BC.15 8.BE.40 and
8.BB.10 8.BE.45 Similar):XO4 =
8.BB.15 With Only Medium- 8.BE.50 0.5:1
8.BB.20 Sized Cations, (OH 8.BE.55 8.BG.05
8.BB.25 and Similar):XO4 = 8.BE.60 8.BG.10
8.BB.30 2:1 8.BE.65 8.BG.15
8.BB.35 8.BD.05 8.BE.70
8.BB.40 8.BD.10 8.BE.75 With Medium-
8.BB.45 8.BD.15 8.BE.80 Sized and Large
8.BB.50 8.BD.20 8.BE.85 Cations, (OH
8.BB.55 8.BD.25 and
8.BB.60 8.BD.30 With Medium- Similar):XO4 =
8.BB.65 Sized and Large 1:1
8.BB.70 Cations, (OH 8.BH.05
356
TABLE 18. Continued
8.B - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES: PHOSPHATES AND SIMILAR WITH
ADDITIONAL ANIONS, WITHOUT H2O, CONTINUED
With Medium-Sized Similar):XO4 = (OH)5•H2O 8.BN.05
and Large Cations, 1.5:1 Crandallite Mimetite
(OH and 8.BJ CaAl3(PO4)2•H2O Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Similar):XO4 = 1:1 Goyazite Pyromorphite
(Continued) With Medium-Sized SrAl3(PO4)2 Pb5(PO4)3Cl
8.BH.10 and Large Cations, (OH)5•H2O 8.BN.10
Tilasite (OH and 8.BL.13
CaMg(AsO4)F Similar):XO4 = 2:1 8.BL.15 With Only
8.BH.15 and 2.5:1 8.BL.25 Large Cations,
8.BH.20 8.BK.05 (OH and
8.BH.25 8.BK.10 With Medium-Sized Similar):XO4
8.BH.30 8.BK.15 and Large Cations, about 1:1
8.BH.35 8.BK.20 (OH and 8.BO.05
8.BH.40 8.BK.25 Similar):XO4 = 4:1 8.BO.10
8.BH.45 8.BM.05 8.BO.15
8.BH.50 With Medium-Sized 8.BM.10 8.BO.20
8.BH.55 and Large Cations, 8.BM.15 8.BO.25
8.BH.60 (OH and 8.BO.30
8.BH.65 Similar):XO4 = 3:1 With Only 8.BO.35
8.BL.05 Large Cations, 8.BO.40
With Medium-Sized 8.BL.10 (OH and 8.BO.45
and Large Cations, Arsenogoyazite Similar):XO4 =
(OH and SrAl3(AsO4)2 0.33:1
8.C - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES: PHOSPHATES AND SIMILAR WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL ANIONS, WITH H2O
With Small and 8.CA.30 8.CA.70 8.CB.20
Large/Medium 8.CA.35 8.CB.25
Cations 8.CA.40 With Only Medium- 8.CB.30
8.CA.05 8.CA.45 Sized Cations, 8.CB.35
8.CA.10 8.CA.50 XO4:H2O = 1:1 8.CB.40
8.CA.15 8.CA.55 8.CB.05 8.CB.45
8.CA.20 8.CA.60 8.CB.10 8.CB.50
8.CA.25 8.CA.65 8.CB.15 8.CB.55
357
TABLE 18. Continued
8.C - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES: PHOSPHATES AND SIMILAR WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL ANIONS, WITH H2O, CONTINUED
With Only Medium- 8.CE.10 8.CG.05 With Only
Sized Cations, 8.CE.15 8.CG.10 Large Cations
XO4:H2O = 1:1 8.CE.20 8.CG.15 8.CJ.05
(Continued) 8.CE.25 8.CG.20 8.CJ.10
8.CB.60 8.CE.30 8.CG.25 8.CJ.15
8.CE.35 8.CG.35 8.CJ.20
With Only Medium- 8.CE.40 8.CJ.25
Sized Cations, 8.CE.45 With Large and 8.CJ.30
XO4:H2O = 1:1.5 8.CE.50 Medium-Sized 8.CJ.35
8.CC.05 8.CE.55 Cations, XO4:H2O 8.CJ.40
8.CC.10 8.CE.60 < 1:1 8.CJ.45
8.CC.15 8.CE.65 8.CH.05 8.CJ.50
8.CE.70 8.CH.10 Ardealite
With Only Medium- 8.CE.75 8.CH.15 Ca2(HPO4)
Sized Cations, 8.CE.80 8.CH.20 (SO4)•4H2O
XO4:H2O = 1:2 8.CE.85 8.CH.25 Brushite
8.CD.05 8.CH.30 Ca(HPO4)
8.CD.10 With Large and 8.CH.35 •2H2O
8.CD.15 Medium-Sized 8.CH.40 Pharmacolite
8.CD.20 Cations, XO4:H2O > Struvite Ca(HAsO4)
8.CD.25 1:1 (NH4)Mg(PO4) •2H2O
8.CD.30 8.CF.05 •6H2O 8.CJ.55
8.CF.10 8.CH.45 8.CJ.60
With Only Medium- 8.CH.50 8.CJ.65
Sized Cations, With Large and 8.CH.55 8.CJ.70
XO4:H2O about Medium-Sized 8.CH.60 8.CJ.75
1:2.5 Cations, XO4:H2O = 8.CJ.85
8.CE.05 1:1
8.D - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES: PHOSPHATES AND SIMILAR, WITH
ADDITIONAL ANIONS, WITH H2O
With Small (and 8.DA.05 8.DA.20 8.DA.35
Occasionally 8.DA.10 8.DA.25 8.DA.40
Larger) Cations 8.DA.15 8.DA.30 8.DA.45
358
TABLE 18. Continued
8.D - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES: PHOSPHATES AND SIMILAR, WITH
ADDITIONAL ANIONS, WITH H2O, CONTINUED
With Small (and 8.DC.17 and Similar):XO4 = Similar):XO4 <
Occasionally 8.DC.20 3:1 1:1
Larger) Cations 8.DC.22 8.DE.05 8.DH.05
(Continued) 8.DC.25 8.DE.10 Minyulite
8.DA.50 8.DC.27 8.DE.15 KAl2(PO4)2
8.DC.30 8.DE.20 (OH,F)•4H2O
With Only 8.DC.32 8.DE.25 8.DH.10
Medium-Sized 8.DC.35 8.DE.35 8.DH.15
Cations, (OH and 8.DC.37 8.DE.40 8.DH.20
Similar):XO4 < 1:1 8.DC.40 8.DE.45 8.DH.25
8.DB.05 8.DC.45 8.DH.30
8.DB.10 8.DC.47 With Only 8.DH.35
8.DB.15 8.DC.50 Medium-Sized 8.DH.40
8.DB.20 8.DC.52 Cations, (OH and 8.DH.45
8.DB.25 8.DC.55 Similar):XO4 > 3:1 8.DH.50
8.DB.30 8.DC.57 8.DF.05 8.DH.55
8.DB.35 8.DC.60 8.DF.10 8.DH.60
8.DB.40 8.DF.15
8.DB.45 With Only Medium- 8.DF.20 With Large and
8.DB.50 Sized Cations, (OH 8.DF.25 Medium-Sized
8.DB.55 and Similar):XO4 = 8.DF.30 Cations, (OH
8.DB.60 2:1 8.DF.35 and
8.DB.65 8.DD.05 8.DF.40 Similar):XO4 =
8.DB.70 8.DD.10 1:1
8.DB.75 8.DD.15 With Large and 8.DJ.05
8.DD.20 Medium-Sized 8.DJ.10
With Only Medium- Childrenite Cations, (OH and 8.DJ.15
Sized Cations, (OH (Fe,Mn)Al(PO4) Similar):XO4 < 8.DJ.20
and Similar):XO4 = (OH)2•H2O 0.5:1 8.DJ.25
1:1 and < 2:1 Eosphorite 8.DG.05 8.DJ.30
8.DC.05 (Mn,Fe)Al(PO4) 8.DJ.35
8.DC.07 (OH)2•H2O With Large and 8.DJ.40
8.DC.10 Medium-Sized 8.DJ.45
8.DC.12 With Only Medium- Cations, (OH
8.DC.15 Sized Cations, (OH and
359
TABLE 18. Continued
8.D - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES: PHOSPHATES AND SIMILAR, WITH
ADDITIONAL ANIONS, WITH H2O, CONTINUED
With Large and With Large and Tyrolite 8.DN.20
Medium-Sized Medium-Sized Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4
Cations, (OH and Cations, (OH and (CO3)(OH)8 With CO3, SO4
Similar):XO4 > 1:1 Similar):XO4::2:1 •11H2O and SiO4
and < 2:1 8.DL.05 8.DM.15 8.DO.05
8.DK. 8.DL.10 8.DM.20 8.DO.10
8.DK.10 8.DL.15 8.DM.25 8.DO.15
Pharmacosiderite 8.DL.20 8.DM.30 8.DO.20
KFe4(AsO4)3 8.DL.25 8.DM.35 8.DO.25
(OH)4•6-7H2O 8.DM.40 8.DO.30
8.DK.12 With Large and 8.DO.40
8.DK.15 Medium-Sized With Only Large 8.DO.45
8.DK.20 Cations, (OH and Cations
8.DK.25 Similar):XO4 > 2:1 8.DN.05
8.DK.30 8.DM.05 8.DN.10
8.DK.35 8.DM.10 8.DN.15
8.E - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES: URANYL PHOSPHATES AND ARSENATES
UO2:XO4 = 1:2 8.EB.15 UO2:XO4 = 3:2 Unclassified
8.EA.05 8.EB.20 8.EC.05 8.ED.05
8.EA.10 8.EB.25 8.EC.10 8.ED.10
8.EA.15 8.EB.30 8.EC.15 8.ED.15
8.EA.20 8.EB.35 8.EC.20
8.EB.40 8.EC.25
UO2:XO4 = 1:1 8.EB.45 8.EC.30
8.EB.05 8.EB.50 8.EC.35
8.EB.10 8.EB.55 8.EC.40
8.F - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES: POLYPHOSPHATES, POLYARSENATES
AND [4]-POLYVANADATES
Polyphosphates and Dimers of Corner- 8.FA.05 8.FA.20
Similar, Without Sharing XO4 8.FA.10 8.FA.25
OH and H2O, with Tetrahedra 8.FA.15
360
TABLE 18. Continued
8.F - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES: POLYPHOSPHATES, POLYARSENATES
AND [4]-POLYVANADATES, CONTINUED
Polyphosphates and Polyphosphates and 8.FC.25 Ino-[4]-
Similar, with OH Similar, with H2O 8.FC.30 Vanadates
Only Only 8.FE.05
8.FB.05 8.FC.05 Polyphosphates and
8.FC.10 Similar, with OH
8.FC.15 and H2O
8.FC.20 8.FD.05
9.A - SILICATES (GERMANATES): NESOSILICATES
Nesosilicates Cations in Nesosilicates with (Single)
Without Additional Octahedral [6] Additional Anions Coordination
Anions, with Coordination (Oxygen, OH, 9.AF.05
Cations in 9.AC.05 Fluorine and H2O), 9.AF.10
Tetrahedral [4] 9.AC.10 with Cations in 9.AF.15
Coordination 9.AC.15 Tetrahedral [4] 9.AF.20
9.AA.05 9.AC.20 Coordination 9.AF.23
9.AA.10 9.AE.05 9.AF.25
Nesosilicates 9.AE.10 9.AF.30
Nesosilicates Without Additional 9.AE.15 9.AF.35
Without Additional Anions, with 9.AE.20 Topaz
Anions, with Cations in [6] 9.AE.25 Al2SiO4
Cations in [4] and and/or Greater 9.AE.30 (F,OH)2
Greater Coordination Clinohedrite 9.AF.40
Coordination 9.AD.05 CaZnSiO4•H2O 9.AF.45
9.AB.05 9.AD.10 9.AE.35 9.AF.50
9.AB.10 9.AD.15 9.AE.40 9.AF.55
Larsenite 9.AD.20 9.AE.45 9.AF.60
PbZnSiO4 9.AD.25 9.AE.50 9.AF.65
9.AB.15 9.AD.30 9.AF.70
9.AB.20 9.AD.35 Nesosilicates 9.AF.75
9.AD.40 with Additional 9.AF.80
Nesosilicates Eulytine Anions, with 9.AF.85
Without Additional Bi4(SiO4)3 Cations in [4], 9.AF.90
Anions, with 9.AD.45 [5] and/or [6]
361
TABLE 18. Continued
9.A - SILICATES (GERMANATES): NESOSILICATES, CONTINUED
Nesosilicates with 9.AG.70 9.AH.20 Uranyl Neso-
Additional Anions, 9.AG.75 9.AH.25 and Polysilicates
with Cations in [6] Afwillite 9.AK.05
± [6] Coordination Ca3(HSiO4)2 Nesosilicates with 9.AK.10
9.AG.05 •2H2O BO3 Triangles 9.AK.15
9.AG.10 9.AG.80 and/or Boron[4], Uranophane
9.AG.15 Bultfonteinite Beryllium[4] Ca(UO2)2
9.AG.20 Ca2(HSiO4)F Tetrahedra, (HSiO4)2
9.AG.25 •H2O Cornersharing with •5H2O
9.AG.30 9.AG.85 SiO4 9.AK.20
9.AG.35 9.AG.90 9.AJ.05 9.AK.25
9.AG.40a 9.AJ.10 9.AK.30
9.AG.40b Nesosilicates with 9.AJ.15 9.AK.35
9.AG.45 CO3, SO4, PO4 and 9.AJ.20 9.AK.40
9.AG.50 Similar 9.AJ.25
9.AG.55 9.AH.05 9.AJ.30
9.AG.60 9.AH.10 9.AJ.35
9.AG.65 9.AH.15 9.AJ.40
9.B - SILICATES (GERMANATES): SOROSILICATES
Si2O7 Groups 9.BB.10 9.BC.10 Be4Si2O7(OH)2
Without Non- Gugiaite 9.BC.15 9.BD.10
Tetrahedral Anions, Ca2BeSi2O7 9.BC.20 Hemimorphite
with Cations in 9.BB.15 9.BC.25 Zn4Si2O7
Tetrahedral [4] 9.BB.20 9.BC.30 (OH)2•H2O
Coordination 9.BC.35 9.BD.15
9.BA Si2O7 Groups Junitoite
Without Non- Si2O7 Groups with CaZn2Si2O7
Si2O7 Groups Tetrahedral Additional Anions, •H2O
Without Non- Anions, with with Cations in 9.BD.20
Tetrahedral Anions, Cations in Tetrahedral [4] and 9.BD.25
with Cations in Octahedral [6] and Greater 9.BD.30
Tetrahedral [4] and Greater Coordination 9.BD.35
Greater Coordination 9.BD.05
Coordination 9.BC.05 Bertrandite
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TABLE 18. Continued
9.B - SILICATES (GERMANATES): SOROSILICATES, CONTINUED
Si2O7 Groups with Innelite 9.BH.15
Additonal Anions, Na2CaBa4Ti3 Sorosilicates with 9.BH.20
with Cations in (Si2O7)2(SO4)2O4 mixed SiO4 and
Octahedral [6] and 9.BE.42 Si2O7 Groups, with Sorosilicates
Greater 9.BE.45 Cations in with Si3O10,
Coordination 9.BE.47 Octahedral [6] and Si4O11 and
9.BE.02 9.BE.50 Greater Similar Groups,
9.BE.05 9.BE.55 Coordination with Cations in
9.BE.07 9.BE.60 9.BG.05 Octahedral [6]
9.BE.10 9.BE.65 9.BG.05a and Greater
Suolunite 9.BE.67 9.BG.05b Coordination
Ca2(H2Si2O7) 9.BE.70 9.BG.10 9.BJ.05
•H2O 9.BE.72 9.BG.15 9.BJ.10
9.BE.12 9.BE.75 9.BG.20 9.BJ.15
9.BE.15 9.BE.77 9.BG.25 9.BJ.20
Fresnoite 9.BE.80 9.BG.30 9.BJ.25
Ba2Ti(Si2O7)O 9.BE.82 9.BG.35 9.BJ.30
9.BE.17 9.BE.85 9.BG.40 9.BJ.35
9.BE.20 9.BE.87 9.BG.45 9.BJ.40
9.BE.22 9.BE.90 9.BG.50 9.BJ.45
9.BE.23 9.BE.92 9.BG.55 9.BJ.50
9.BE.25 9.BE.95 9.BJ.55
9.BE.27 Sorosilicates with Zunyite
Murmanite Sorosilicates with Si3O10, Si4O11 and Al13Si5O20Cl
Na2Ti2(Si2O7)O2 mixed SiO4 and Similar Groups, (OH,F)18
•2H2O Si2O7 Groups, with with Cations in 9.BJ.60
9.BE.30 Cations in Tetrahedral [4] and 9.BJ.65
Epistolite Tetrahedral [4] and Greater
Na2(Nb,Ti)2 Greater Coordination Unclassified
(Si2O7)O2•nH2O Coordination 9.BH.05 Sorosilicates
9.BE.32 9.BF.05 Aminoffite 9.BK
9.BE.35 9.BF.10 Ca3Be(OH)2
9.BE.37 9.BF.15 Si3O10
9.BE.40 9.BF.20 9.BH.10
363
TABLE 18. Continued
9.C - SILICATES (GERMANATES): CYCLOSILICATES
[Si3O9]6 Three- Without Insular 9.CH.10 Chromium-
Membered Single Complex Ions dravite
Rings (Dreier- 9.CE.05 [Si6O18]12 Six- NaMg3Cr6
Einfachringe), 9.CE.10 Membered Single (BO3)3Si6O18
Without Insular 9.CE.15 Rings (Sechser- (OH)4
Complex Ions 9.CE.20 Einfachringe), Dravite
9.CA.05 9.CE.25 Without Insular NaMg3Al6
9.CA.10 9.CE.30a Complex Ions (BO3)3Si6O18
9.CA.15 9.CE.30b 9.CJ.05 (OH)4
9.CA.20 9.CE.30c Beryl Elbaite
9.CA.25 9.CE.30d Be3Al2(Si6O18) Na(Li1.5Al1.5)
9.CA.30 9.CE.30e 9.CJ.10 Al6(BO3)3
9.CE.30f 9.CJ.15a Si6O18(OH)4
[Si3O9]6 Three- 9.CE.30g 9.CJ.15b Feruvite
Membered Single 9.CE.30h 9.CJ.15c CaFe3MgAl5
Rings, with Insular 9.CE.45 9.CJ.25 (BO3)3Si6O18
Complex Ions 9.CJ.30 (OH)4
9.CB.05 [Si4O12]8 Four- Dioptase Fluor-dravite
9.CB.10 Membered Single CuSiO3•H2O NaMg3Al6
9.CB.15 Rings, with Insular 9.CJ.35 (BO3)3Si6O18
Complex Ions 9.CJ.40 (OH)3F
[Si3O9]6 Branched 9.CF.05 9.CJ.45 Fluor-
Three-Membered 9.CF.10 9.CJ.50 liddicoatite
Single Rings 9.CF.15 9.CJ.55 Ca(Li2Al)Al6
9.CC 9.CF.20 9.CJ.60 (BO3)3Si6O18
9.CF.25 (OH)3F
[Si3O9]6 Three- [Si6O18]12 Six- Fluor-schorl
Membered Double [Si4O12]8 Branched Membered Single NaFe3Al6
Rings Four-Membered Rings, with Insular (BO3)3Si6O18
9.CD.05 Single Rings Complex Ions (OH)3F
9.CG.05 9.CK. Foitite
[Si4O12]8 Four- 9.CK.05 ([],Na)Fe2Al7
Membered [Si4O12]8 Four- Buergerite (BO3)3Si6O18
Single Rings Membered Double Na(Fe3)Al6(BO3)3 (OH)4
(Vierer- Rings Si6O18O3F
Einfachringe), 9.CH.05
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TABLE 18. Continued
9.C - SILICATES (GERMANATES): CYCLOSILICATES, CONTINUED
[Si6O18]12 Six- (OH)3O 9.CL.05 Georgbarsano-
Membered Single Schorl vite
Rings, with Insular NaFe3Al6(BO3)3 [Si6O18]12 Six- Na12
Complex Ions Si6O18(OH)4 Membered Double (Mn,Sr,REE)3
(Continued) Uvite Rings (Sechser- Ca6Fe3Zr3Nb
9.CK.05 Continued CaMg4Al5 Doppelringe) Si25O76Cl2
Olenite (BO3)3Si6O18 9.CM.05 •H2O
NaAl9(BO3)3 (OH)4
(Si6O18)O3(OH) 9.CK.10 [Si8O24]16 Eight- Twelve-
Oxy-schorl 9.CK.15 Membered Rings Membered and
Na(Fe,Al)3Al6 9.CK.20 9.CN.05 Larger Rings
(BO3)3Si6O18 9.CP.05
(OH)3O [Si6O18]12 [Si9O27]18 Nine- 9.CP.10
Povondraite Branched Six- Membered
NaMg2Fe7 Membered Single Rings
(BO3)3Si6O18 Rings 9.CO.10
9.D - SILICATES (GERMANATES): INOSILICATES
Inosilicates with 9.DB.05 9.DC.05 9.DE.20
Two-Periodic 9.DB.10 9.DE.25
Single Chains, 9.DB.15 Inosilicates with
Si2O6: Pyroxene 9.DB.17 Two-Periodic Inosilicates with
Family 9.DB.20 Double Chains, Two-Periodic
9.DA.05 9.DB.25 Si4O11: Multiple Chains
9.DA.10 9.DB.30 Orthoamphiboles 9.DF.05
9.DA.15 9.DB.35 9.DD.05 9.DF.15
9.DA.20 9.DB.40 9.DF.20
9.DA.25 9.DB.45 Inosilicates with 9.DF.25
9.DA.30 9.DB.50 Two-Periodic Bavenite
Double Chains, Ca4Be2Al2
Inosilicates with Inosilicates with Si4O11: Si9O26(OH)2
Two-Periodic Branched Two- Clinoamphiboles 9.DF.30
Single Chains, Periodic Single 9.DE.05
Si2O6: Pyroxene- Chains, Si2O6 plus 9.DE.10
Related Minerals 2SiO3 and Si4O12 9.DE.15
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TABLE 18. Continued
9.D - SILICATES (GERMANATES): INOSILICATES, CONTINUED
Inosilicates with Single Chains, Inosilicates with Inosilicates with
Three-Periodic Si4O12 Five-Periodic Single Seven-, Eight-,
Single and Multiple 9.DH.05 Chains Ten-, Twelve-,
Chains Leucophanite 9.DK.05 and Fourteen-
9.DG.05 NaCaBeSi2O6F 9.DK.10 Periodic Chains
9.DG.07 9.DH.10 9.DK.15 9.DO.05
9.DG.08 9.DH.15 9.DK.20 9.DO.10
9.DG.10 9.DH.20 9.DO.15
9.DG.15 Batisite Inosilicates with 9.DO.20
9.DG.20 BaNa2Ti2 Five-Periodic 9.DO.25
9.DG.25 (Si4O12)O2 Double Chains,
9.DG.30 9.DH.25 Si10O28 Transitional Ino-
9.DG.35 9.DH.30 9.DL.05 Phyllosilicate
9.DG.40 9.DH.35 9.DL.10 Structures
9.DG.45 9.DH.40 9.DP.05
9.DG.50 9.DH.45 Inosilicates with Meliphanite
9.DG.55 9.DH.50 Six-Periodic Single (Ca,Na)2
9.DG.60 9.DH.55 Chains (Be,Al)
9.DG.65 9.DH.60 9.DM.05 [Si2O6(OH,F)]
Elpidite 9.DH.65 9.DM.10 9.DP.15
Na2ZrSi6O15 9.DH.70 9.DM.15 9.DP.20
•3H2O 9.DH.75 9.DM.20 Prehnite
9.DG.70 9.DM.25 Ca2Al2Si3O10
9.DG.75 Inosilicates with 9.DM.30 (OH)2
9.DG.80 Four-Periodic 9.DM.35 9.DP.25
9.DG.85 Double and Triple 9.DM.40 9.DP.30
9.DG.90 Chains 9.DP.35
9.DG.92 9.DJ.05 Inosilicates with 9.DP.40
9.DG.95 9.DJ.10 Six-Periodic Double
9.DG.97 9.DJ.15 Chains Modular
9.DJ.20 9.DN.05 Inosilicate-
Inosilicates with 9.DJ.25 9.DN.10 Sorosilicate
Four-Periodic 9.DJ.30 9.DN.15 Structures
9.DQ.05
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TABLE 18. Continued
9.E - SILICATES (GERMANATES): PHYLLOSILICATES
Single Nets of 9.EC.05
Tetrahedra with 9.EC.10 9.ED.15 Single Nets with
Four-, Five-, Six- 9.EC.15 Cronstedtite Six-Membered
and Eight- 9.EC.20 Fe3[(SiFe)2O5] Rings,
Membered Rings 9.EC.25 (OH)4 Connected by
9.EA.05 9.EC.30 Amesite Metal[4],
9.EA.10 9.EC.35 Mg2Al(AlSiO5) Metal[8], and
9.EA.15 9.EC.40 Berthierine Similar
9.EA.20 9.EC.45 (Fe,Al,Mg)2-3 9.EF.05
9.EA.25 9.EC.50 [(Si,Al)2O5](OH)4 9.EF.10
9.EA.30 Vermiculite 9.ED.20 9.EF.15
9.EA.35 (Mg,Fe,Al)3 9.ED.25 Searlesite
9.EA.40 [(Al,Si)4O10] Na(H2BSi2O7)
9.EA.45 (OH)2•4H2O Single Tetrahedral 9.EF.20
9.EA.50 9.EC.55 Nets of Six- 9.EF.25
9.EA.55 9.EC.60 Membered Rings 9.EF.30
9.EA.60 9.EC.65 Connected by
9.EA.65 9.EC.70 Octahedral Nets or Double Nets
9.EA.70 9.EC.75 Octahedral Bands with Six-
9.EA.75 9.EC.80 9.EE.05 Membered and
9.EA.80 9.EE.10 Larger Rings
9.EA.85 Phyllosilicates with 9.EE.15 9.EG.05
Kaolinite Layers 9.EE.20 9.EG.10
Double Nets with Composed of 9.EE.25 9.EG.15
Four- and Six- Tetrahedral and 9.EE.30 9.EG.20
Membered Rings Octahedral Nets 9.EE.35 9.EG.25
9.EB.05 9.ED.05 9.EE.40 9.EG.30
9.EB.10 Nacrite 9.EE.45 9.EG.35
9.EB.15 Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 9.EE.50 9.EG.40
9.EB.20 9.ED.10 9.EE.55 9.EG.45
Halloysite-7Å 9.EE.60 9.EG.50
Phyllosilicates with Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 9.EE.65 9.EG.55
Mica Sheets, Halloysite-10Å 9.EE.70 9.EG.60
Composed of Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 9.EE.75 9.EG.65
Tetrahedral and •2H2O 9.EE.80 9.EG.70
Octahedral Nets 9.EE.85 9.EG.75
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TABLE 18. Continued
9.E - SILICATES (GERMANATES): PHYLLOSILICATES, CONTINUED
Transitional Na2KLi(Fe,Mn)2 9.EH.20 9.EJ.05
Structures Ti2(Si8O24) Ussingite 9.EJ.10
Between 9.EH.10 Na2AlSi3O8OH
Phyllosilicate 9.EH.15 9.EH.25
and Other Sarcolite 9.EH.30
Silicate Units Na2Ca12
9.EH.05 (Ca,K,Fe,Sr,Mg)2 Unclassified
Neptunite Al8Si12(P,Si)O52F2 Phyllosilicates
9.F - SILICATES (GERMANATES): TECTOSILICATES WITHOUT ZEOLITIC H2O
Tectosilicates 9.FA.40 Cancrinite Na4AlBeSi4O12
Without Additional 9.FA.45 NaxCay(AlSiO4)6 Cl
Non-Tetrahedral 9.FA.50 (CO3)•nH2O 9.FB.15
Anions 9.FA.55 9.FB.10 Marialite
9.FA.05 9.FA.60 Helvine Na4(Al3Si9O24)
Nepheline 9.FA.65 Mn4 Cl
(Na,K)AlSiO4 9.FA.70 (Be3Si3O12)S Meionite
9.FA.10 9.FA.75 Sodalite Ca4Al6Si6O24
9.FA.15 Na8(Al6Si6O24) CO3
9.FA.25 Tectosilicates with Cl2
9.FA.30 Additional Anions Tugtupite
9.FA.35 9.FB.05
9.G - SILICATES (GERMANATES): TECTOSILICATES WITH ZEOLITIC H2O: ZEOLITE FAMILY
Zeolites with X5O10 •2H2O Edingtonite Analcime
Units: The Fibrous Scolecite BaAl2Si3O10 Na8
Zeolites CaAl2Si3O10 •4H2O (Al8Si16O48)
9.GA.05 •3H2O •8H2O
Mesolite 9.GA.10 Chains of Singly 9.GB.10
Na2Ca2Al6Si9O30 Thomsonite-Ca Connected Four- 9.GB.15
•8H2O NaCa2Al5Si5O20 Membered Yugawaralite
Natrolite •7H2O Rings CaAl2Si6O16
Na2Al2Si3O10 9.GA.15 9.GB.05 •4H2O
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TABLE 18. Continued
9.G - SILICATES (GERMANATES): TECTOSILICATES WITH ZEOLITIC H2O: ZEOLITE
FAMILY, CONTINUED
Chains of Singly 9.GC.20 9.GD.40 9.GF.05
Connected Four- 9.GC.25 9.GD.45 9.GF.10
Membered Rings 9.GC.30 Epistilbite 9.GF.15
(Continued) 9.GC.35 CaAl2Si6O16 9.GF.20
9.GB.20 •5H2O 9.GF.25
9.GB.25 Chains of Six- 9.GD.50 9.GF.30
9.GB.30 Membered Rings: 9.GD.55 9.GF.35
9.GB.35 Tabular Zeolites 9.GF.40
9.GD.05 Chains of X10O20 9.GF.50
Chains of Doubly- Gmelinite-Na Tetrahedra Thornasite
Connected Four- (Na2,Ca)Al2Si4O12 9.GE.05 (Na,K)12Th3
Membered Rings •6H2O Heulandite-Ca (Si8O19)4
9.GC.05 9.GD.10 (Ca,Na)2-3Al3 •18H2O
Gismondine-Ca 9.GD.15 (Al,Si)2Si13O36 9.GF.55
CaAl2Si2O8•4H2O 9.GD.20 •12H2O
9.GC.10 9.GD.25 9.GE.10 Unclassified
Harmotome 9.GD.30 9.GE.15 Zeolites
(Ba0.5,Ca0.5,K,Na)5 9.GD.35 9.GE.20 9.GG.05
(Al5Si11O32) Mordenite 9.GG.10
•12H2O (Na2,Ca,K2) Other Rare
9.GC.15 Al2Si10O24•7H2O Zeolites
9.H - SILICATES (GERMANATES): UNCLASSIFIED SILICATES
With Alkali and 9.HA.55 With Titanium,
Alkali-Earth 9.HA.60 Vanadium and With Cobalt and
Elements 9.HA.65 Chromium Nickel
9.HA.05 9.HA.70 9.HB.05 9.HD
9.HA.10 9.HA.75 9.HB.10
9.HA.20 9.HA.80 With Copper
9.HA.25 9.HA.85 With Manganese and Zinc
9.HA.30 9.HA.90 and Iron 9.HE.05
9.HA.40 9.HC.05 9.HE.10
9.HA.50 9.HC.10
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TABLE 18. Continued
9.H - SILICATES (GERMANATES): UNCLASSIFIED SILICATES, CONTINUED
With Niobium, With Rare Earth 9.HH.20
Tantalum and Elements and With Lead 9.HH.25
Zirconium Thorium 9.HH.05
9.HF.05 9.HG.15 9.HH.10
9.HF.10 9.HG.20 9.HH.15
9.J - SILICATES (GERMANATES): GERMANATES
Germanates
9.JA
10.A - ORGANIC COMPOUNDS: SALTS OF ORGANIC ACIDS
Formates, Acetates Oxalates 10.AB.45 Benzine Salts
and Similar 10.AB.05 10.AB.50 10.AC.05
10.AA.05 10.AB.10 10.AB.55 10.AC.10
10.AA.10 10.AB.15 10.AB.60 10.AC.15
10.AA.20 10.AB.20 10.AB.65
10.AA.25 10.AB.25 10.AB.70 Cyanates
10.AA.30 10.AB.30 10.AB.75 10.AD.05
10.AA.35 10.AB.35 10.AB.80 10.AD.10
10.AB.40
10.B - ORGANIC COMPOUNDS: HYDROCARBONS
Hydrocarbons C20H34 10.BA.30 10.BA.50
10.BA.05 10.BA.15 10.BA.35
10.BA.10 10.BA.20 10.BA.40
Hartite 10.BA.25 10.BA.45
10.C - ORGANIC COMPOUNDS: MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIC MINERALS
Miscellaneous 10.CA.10 10.CA.15 10.CA.30
Organic Minerals Flagstaffite 10.CA.20 10.CA.35
10.CA.05 C10H22O3 10.CA.25 10.CA.40
370
TABLE 18. Continued
Notes: The categories and numerical codes are from mindat.org (Ralph and Chau, 2012).
The electrical activity of minerals in bold codes can be found in references listed in
Tables 15, 16 and 17 in Appendix G, p. 393 through 395.
371
APPENDIX D
MINERALS ARRANGED BY SYMMETRY
372
TABLE 19. Minerals Exhibiting Ferro-, Pyro- or Piezoelectricity Arranged by Crystal
System, Crystal Class and Overall Symmetry
System Class Symmetry
Triclinic 1 Polar, Chiral
Amesite
Epistilbite
Hartite
Hilgardite
Weloganite
Triclinic 1 Centrosymmetric
Bultfonteinite
Epistolite
Innelite
Melanovanadite
Murmanite
Ussingite
Monoclinic 2 Polar, Chiral
Colemanite
Epistilbite
Halotrichite
Hydrocalumite
Oxycalciopyrochlore
Oxyplumbopyrochlore*
Pickeringite
Searlesite
Uranophane
Monoclinic m Polar
Afwillite Halloysite-10Å Schultenite
Berthierine Nacrite Tilasite
Brushite Neptunite Yugawaralite
Clinohedrite Pharmacolite
Halloysite-7Å Scolecite
373
TABLE 19. Continued
System Class Symmetry
Monoclinic 2/m Centrosymmetric
Artinite Heftetjernite Parkerite
Chalcocite Heulandite-Ca Quenselite
Creedite Innelite Syngenite
Gismondine-Ca Kaliborite Vermiculite
Harmotome Muthmannite
Orthorhombic 222 Polar, Chiral
Edingtonite
Epsomite
Goslarite
Leucophanite
Morenosite
Olsacherite
Orthorhombic mm2 Polar
Batisite* Hemimorphite Prehnite
Bertrandite Junitoite Russellite
Boracite Koechlinite Shortite
Bournonite Krennerite Sinoite
Caledonite Larsenite Stephanite
Chambersite Liebigite Stibiocolumbite
Changbaiite Mesolite Stibiotantalite
Childrenite Minyulite Stibnite
Dyscrasite Mordenite Struvite
Enargite Natrolite Suolunite
Flagstaffite Pirssonite
Orthorhombic mmm Centrosymmetric
Analcime Demicheleite-Cl Niter
Bavenite Demicheleite-I Perovskite
Bismuthinite Elpidite Seligmannite
Cervantite Eosphorite Srebrodolskite
Chalcostibite Gwihabaite Stibnite
Clinocervantite Lakargiite Thomsonite-Ca
Dawsonite Lueshite Topaz
Demicheleite-Br Mariinskite Tyrolite
374
TABLE 19. Continued
System Class Symmetry
Tetragonal 4 Polar, Chiral
(No Listings)
Tetragonal 4 Non-centrosymmetric
Meliphanite
Tugtupite
Tetragonal 4/m Centrosymmetric
Aminoffite
Analcime
Marialite
Meionite
Pinnoite
Sarcolite
Wakefieldite-Nd
Wulfenite
Tetragonal 422 Chiral
Paratellurite
Retgersite
Tetragonal 4mm Polar
Barioperovskite
Diaboleite
Diomignite
Fresnoite
Macedonite
Tetragonal 42m Non-centrosymmetric
Archerite
Biphosphammite
Edingtonite
Gallite
Gugiaite
Roquesite
375
TABLE 19. Continued
System Class Symmetry
Tetragonal 4/mmm Centrosymmetric
Cassiterite
Pyrolusite
Trigonal 3 Polar, Chiral
Jarosite
Röntgenite-Ce
Trigonal 3 Centrosymmetric
Analcime
Benstonite
Dioptase
Trigonal 32 Chiral
Berlinite
Cinnabar
α-Quartz
Selenium
Tellurium
Trigonal 3m Polar
Alunite Fluor-dravite Oxy-schorl
Ammoniojarosite Fluor-liddicoatite Povondraite
Argentojarosite Fluor-schorl Pyrargyrite
Buergerite Foitite Schorl
Cronstedtite Georgbarsanovite Spangolite
Dravite Millerite Uvite
Ericaite Natroalunite Whitlockite
Elbaite Natrojarosite
Feruvite Olenite
Trigonal 3m Centrosymmetric
Arsenogoyazite
Brucite
Coquimbite
376
TABLE 19. Continued
System Class Symmetry
Trigonal 3m Centrosymmetric (Continued)
Crandallite
Goyazite
Nitratine
Plumbojarosite
Proustite
Pyrochroite
Thornasite
Hexagonal 6 Polar, Chiral
Cancrinite
Nepheline
Zinkenite
Hexagonal 6 Non-centrosymmetric
(No Listings)
Hexagonal 6/m Centrosymmetric
Jeremejevite
Mimetite
Pyromorphite
Thaumasite
Hexagonal 622 Chiral
β-Quartz
Hexagonal 6mm Polar
Bromellite Iodargyrite Wurtzite
Burbankite Moissanite Zincite
Cadmoselite Nolanite
Greenockite Swedenborgite
Hexagonal 6m2 Non-centrosymmetric
Bastnäsite-Ce
Hexagonal 6/mmm Centrosymmetric
Beryl Finnemanite Nickeline
Breithauptite Gmelinite-Na
Chalcocite Ice
377
TABLE 19. Continued
System Class Symmetry
Cubic 23 Chiral
Langbeinite
Sillénite
Cubic 43m Non-centrosymmetric
Eulytine Rhodizite Tiemannite
Helvine Sodalite Zunyite
Londonite Sphalerite
Pharmacosiderite Stilleite
Cubic m3 Centrosymmetric
Alum-Na
Nitrobarite
Cubic 432 Chiral
(No Listings)
Cubic m3m Centrosymmetric
Altaite
Analcime
Hydroxycalcioroméite
Sal Ammoniac
Tausonite
Notes: The asterisk* denotes minerals whose crystal structure is poorly
constrained. References are listed in Table 11 in Appendix G, p. 390.
378
APPENDIX E
MINERALS ARRANGED BY PETROLOGIC SETTING
379
TABLE 45. Minerals Listed by Petrologic Setting
METEORITES: PRIMARY MINERALS
Eskolaite, Daubréelite, Moissanite, Pyrophanite, Pyrrhotite, Sinoite,
Tistarite, Wüstite
INCLUSION MINERALS
Barioperovskite, Diomignite, Macedonite, Moissanite, Perovskite,
Stilleite, Wüstite
ULTRAMAFIC MINERALS: IGNEOUS INTRUSIVE ROCK
Fayalite, Ilmenite, Magnesioferrite, Moissanite, Nickeline, Perovskite,
Shortite, Spinel
ULTRAMAFIC MINERALS: IGNEOUS EXTRUSIVE ROCK
Fayalite
ULTRAMAFIC ROCK: SECONDARY MINERALS
Maghemite, Suolunite
KIMBERLITE MINERALS
Bultfonteinite, Moissanite
MAFIC MINERALS: IGNEOUS INTRUSIVE ROCK
Burbankite, Cadmoindite, Coulsonite, Cuprorhodsite, Ilmenite, Magnetite,
Natrolite, Nickeline, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Scolecite, Spinel
MAFIC MINERALS: PEGMATITES
Batisite, Coulsonite, Feruvite, Gmelinite, Ilmenite, Innelite, Löllingite,
Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
MAFIC MINERALS: IGNEOUS EXTRUSIVE
Analcime, Bismuthinite, Coquimbite, Coulsonite, Edingtonite, Epistilbite,
Gismondine, Gmelinite, Greenockite, Magnesioferrite, Magnetite,
Mesolite, Pyrite, Scolecite, Selenium, Spinel, Tellurium, Trevorite,
Wüstite, Zincite
MAFIC ROCK: SECONDARY MINERALS
Analcime, Coquimbite, Demicheleite-Br, Demicheleite-Cl, Demicheleite-
I, Fayalite, Greenockite, Harmotome, Heulandite, Jarosite, Maghemite,
Marialite, Meionite, Mordenite, Natroalunite, Nisbite, Prehnite, Tellurium,
Thomsonite-Ca, Vermiculite, Yugawaralite
INTERMEDIATE MINERALS: IGNEOUS INTRUSIVE ROCK
Pyrite
INTERMEDIATE MINERALS: IGNEOUS EXTRUSIVE ROCK
Analcime, Bismuthinite, Cadmoindite, Coulsonite, Halotrichite,
Magnetite, Mattagamite, Mesolite, Pickeringite, Pyrite, Sal Ammoniac,
Selenium
INTERMEDIATE ROCK: SECONDARY MINERALS
Heulandite, Jarosite, Natrojarosite, Mordenite, Vermiculite
FELSIC MINERALS: IGNEOUS INTRUSIVE ROCK
Bastnäsite, Beryl, Cassiterite, Elbaite, Elpidite, Fluor-schorl, Helvine,
Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Mariinskite, Pickeringite, Pyrite,
Pyrophanite, Quartz, Rutile, Schorl, Topaz
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TABLE 45. Continued
FELSIC MINERALS: GRANITIC PEGMATITES
Bastnäsite-Ce, Bavenite, Beryl, Cassiterite, Childrenite, Coulsonite,
Crandallite, Diomignite, Elbaite, Eosphorite, Fayalite, Ferberite, Fluor-
dravite, Fluor-liddicoatite, Fluor-schorl, Foitite, Goyazite, Heftetjernite,
Helvine, Jeremejevite, Kamiokite, Londonite, Magnetite, Mariinskite,
Olenite, Oxycalciopyrochlore, Oxyplumbopyrochlore, Oxy-schorl, Pyrite,
Quartz, Rhodizite, Röntgenite-Ce, Rutile, Schorl, Siderite,
Stibiocolumbite, Stibiotantalite, Uraninite, Whitlockite
FELSIC MINERALS: IGNEOUS EXTRUSIVE ROCK
Bertrandite, Bismuthinite, Buergerite, Cadmoindite, Cassiterite,
Halotrichite, Hematite, Londonite, Magnetite, Mattagamite, Moissanite,
Pyrite, Quartz, Sal Ammoniac, Selenium, Tellurium, Topaz
FELSIC ROCK: SECONDARY MINERALS
Beryl, Changbaiite, Clinoferrosilite, Eosphorite, Jarosite, Mariinskite,
Mordenite, Natroalunite, Natrojarosite, Quartz, Russellite, Tellurium,
Vermiculite
ALKALIC (SI-POOR) MINERALS: IGNEOUS INTRUSIVE ROCK
Bastnäsite-Ce, Beryl, Burbankite, Cancrinite, Coulsonite, Elpidite,
Lueshite, Magnesioferrite, Magnetite, Mariinskite, Murmanite,
Meliphanite, Nepheline, Pyrite, Rutile, Scolecite, Shortite, Sodalite,
Tausonite, Thornasite, Ussingite, Weloganite
ALKALIC (SI-POOR) MINERALS: PEGMATITES
Bastnäsite-Ce, Bromellite, Coulsonite, Elpidite, Epistolite,
Georgbarsanovite, Leucophanite, Macedonite, Magnetite, Murmanite,
Nepheline, Oxycalciopyrochlore, Oxyplumbopyrochlore, Perovskite,
Pyrite, Röntgenite-Ce, Siderite, Sodalite, Tugtupite, Uraninite, Ussingite
ALKALIC (SI-POOR) MINERALS: IGNEOUS EXTRUSIVE ROCK
Bromellite, Cadmoindite, Coulsonite, Edingtonite, Gismondine,
Magnetite, Natrolite, Nepheline, Pyrite, Selenium, Tellurium
ALKALIC (SI-POOR) ROCK: SECONDARY MINERALS
Analcime, Demicheleite, Cancrinite, Dawsonite, Harmotome, Jarosite,
Murmanite, Natroalunite, Natrojarosite, Nepheline, Prehnite, Searlesite,
Sodalite, Tellurium, Thomsonite-Ca, Tugtupite
CARBONATITE MINERALS
Bastnäsite-Ce, Benstonite, Burbankite, Crandallite, Goyazite, Ilmenite,
Magnesioferrite, Oxycalciopyrochlore, Oxyplumbopyrochlore, Perovskite,
Shortite, Siderite, Tausonite
METAMORPHIC (AND HYDROTHERMAL) ORE MINERALS
Altaite, Argentojarosite, Arsenogoyazite, Bastnäsite-Ce, Bismuthinite,
Bournonite, Breithauptite, Carrollite, Chalcocite, Chalcostibite, Cinnabar,
Clinohedrite, Coulsonite, Cronstedtite, Cuprokalininite, Cuprospinel,
Dyscrasite, Enargite, Epistolite, Eskolaite, Eulytine, Ferberite,
381
TABLE 45. Continued
METAMORPHIC (AND HYDROTHERMAL) ORE MINERALS, CONTINUED
Finnemanite, Franklinite, Gallite, Harmotome, Hauerite, Hematite,
Hydroxycalcioroméite, Ilmenite, Indite, Jacobsite, Kalininite, Kamiokite,
Karelianite, Krennerite, Krut’aite, Linnaeite, Löllingite, Maghemite,
Magnesiocoulsonite, Magnetite, Morenosite, Nickeline, Nisbite, Nolanite,
Paratellurite, Parkerite, Penroseite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrite
(variety: Bravoite), Pyrochroite, Pyrolusite, Pyrophanite, Pyrrhotite,
Quartz, Quenselite, Retgersite, Roquesite, Selenium, Siderite, Siegenite,
Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stibnite, Stilleite, Tellurium, Thaumasite,
Tiemannite, Tilasite, Trevorite, Uraninite, Wakefieldite-Nd, Wurtzite,
Zincite, Zinkenite
HYDROTHERMAL: LOW-TEMPERATURE MINERALS
Artinite, Benstonite, Beryl, Bismuthinite, Brucite, Chalcocite,
Chalcostibite, Childrenite, Cinnabar, Clinohedrite, Cronstedtite, Goyazite,
Halloysite-7Å, Halloysite-10Å, Hauerite, Jarosite, Mariinskite, Millerite,
Minyulite, Morenosite, Muthmannite, Nacrite, Pyrargyrite, Retgersite,
Sphalerite, Stibnite, Wurtzite
HYDROTHERMAL: MEDIUM-TEMPERATURE MINERALS
Benstonite, Beryl, Bismuthinite, Bournonite, Cassiterite, Creedite,
Enargite, Jeremejevite, Löllingite, Mariinskite, Mesolite, Sphalerite,
Stibnite, Uraninite
HYDROTHERMAL: HIGH-TEMPERATURE MINERALS
Aminoffite, Bastnäsite-Ce, Bavenite, Berlinite, Bertrandite, Beryl,
Bismuthinite, Bromellite, Cassiterite, Coulsonite, Elbaite, Ferberite,
Feruvite, Fluor-schorl, Greenockite, Hematite, Hydrocalumite, Magnetite,
Mariinskite, Nickeline, Olenite, Povondraite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Rutile,
Schorl, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Uraninite
SECONDARY ORE MINERALS
Argentojarosite, Arsenogoyazite, Caledonite, Cervantite, Chalcocite,
Clinocervantite, Coquimbite, Cuprospinel, Diaboleite, Dioptase,
Dyscrasite, Goslarite, Greenockite, Halotrichite, Hematite, Hemimorphite,
Hydroxycalcioroméite, Indite, Iodargyrite, Jacobsite, Jarosite, Junitoite,
Koechlinite, Larsenite, Liebigite, Linnaeite, Melanovanadite, Millerite,
Mimetite, Morenosite, Muthmannite, Natrojarosite, Nolanite, Olsacherite,
Parkerite, Pharmacolite, Pharmacosiderite, Pickeringite, Plumbojarosite,
Pyrargyrite, Pyrochroite, Pyrolusite, Pyromorphite, Quenselite, Retgersite,
Russellite, Schultenite, Selenium, Sillénite, Spangolite, Tellurium,
Tyrolite, Uranophane, Vaesite, Wulfenite, Wüstite, Zincite
MAFIC SOURCEROCK: PRIMARY METAMORPHIC MINERALS
Eskolaite, Fayalite, Ferberite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Kamiokite, Karelianite,
Mariinskite, Neptunite, Pyrite, Pyrophanite, Thaumasite, Thomsonite-Ca,
Trevorite, Zincite
382
TABLE 45. Continued
MAFIC SOURCEROCK: SECONDARY METAMORPHIC MINERALS
Amesite, Artinite, Artinite, Berthierine, Beryl, Brucite, Cronstedtite,
Eskolaite, Halloysite-7Å, Halloysite-10Å, Hematite, Jarosite, Junitoite,
Marialite, Meionite, Millerite, Nacrite, Natrojarosite, Neptunite, Nolanite,
Prehnite, Pyrophanite, Trevorite, Vermiculite, Zincite
SI-RICH SOURCEROCK: HIGH-GRADE PRIMARY METAMORPHIC MINERALS
Coulsonite, Cuprokalininite, Crandallite, Elbaite, Epistilbite, Ferberite,
Fluor-schorl, Fresnoite, Harmotome, Helvine, Ilmenite, Maghemite,
Magnetite, Natrolite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Schorl, Scolecite, Spinel,
Topaz
SI-RICH SOURCEROCK: CONTACT AND LOW GRADE PRIMARY METAMORPHIC
MINERALS
Amesite, Cassiterite, Eskolaite, Prehnite, Pyrite, Thaumasite, Thomsonite-
Ca
SI-RICH SOURCEROCK: SECONDARY METAMORPHIC MINERALS
Alunite, Changbaiite, Halloysite-7Å, Halloysite-10Å, Jarosite,
Natrojarosite, Pickeringite, Prehnite, Quartz, Vermiculite, Zunyite
ALKALIC (SI-POOR) SOURCEROCK: METAMORPHIC MINERALS
Coulsonite, Gugiaite, Lueshite, Magnetite, Natrolite, Nepheline, Pyrite,
Thomsonite-Ca
CARBONATE REGIONAL METAMORPHISM: MINERALS
Breithauptite, Brucite, Dravite, Franklinite, Kalininite, Löllingite,
Magnesioferrite, Marialite, Meionite, Rutile
SKARN AND CARBONATE CONTACT METAMORPHISM: MINERALS
Afwillite, Aminoffite, Bastnäsite-Ce, Bavenite, Benstonite, Bromellite,
Brucite, Bultfonteinite, Coulsonite, Eskolaite, Gugiaite, Helvine,
Hydrocalumite, Lakargiite, Leucophanite, Liebigite, Maghemite,
Magnetite, Magnesioferrite, Marialite, Meionite, Perovskite, Roquesite,
Sarcolite, Sillénite, Spinel, Srebrodolskite, Swedenborgite
METASOMATIC MINERALS
Alum-Na, Ammoniojarosite, Berlinite, Chromium-dravite, Dravite,
Jarosite, Natrojarosite, Nepheline, Sodalite, Uvite
SULFATE-WATER PROCESSES: SECONDARY MINERALS
Alum-Na, Alunite, Ammoniojarosite, Cadmoselite, Hauerite, Jarosite,
Morenosite, Natroalunite, Natrojarosite, Retgersite, Thaumasite
EVAPORITE MINERALS
Boracite, Chambersite, Colemanite, Epsomite, Ericaite, Hilgardite,
Kaliborite, Langbeinite, Nitratine, Pinnoite, Searlesite, Syngenite
AUTHIGENIC PRECIPITATE PROCESSES: MINERALS
Analcime, Boracite, Burbankite, Colemanite, Crandallite, Dawsonite,
Dravite, Eskolaite, Greenockite, Hematite, Langbeinite, Magnetite,
Mordenite, Natroalunite, Nitratine, Pirssonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite,
Sphalerite, Suolunite, Thomsonite-Ca, Wurtzite, Wüstite
383
TABLE 45. Continued
MARL AND DOLOSTONE: MINERALS
Magnesioferrite, Searlesite, Seligmannite, Shortite, Vaesite
MARINE REDUCING SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT: MINERALS
Ammoniojarosite, Berthierine, Cadmoselite, Crandallite, Pyrolusite
PLACER DEPOSIT MINERALS
Bastnäsite-Ce, Cassiterite, Cuprorhodsite, Elbaite, Eskolaite, Ferberite,
Fluor-liddicoatite, Fluor-schorl, Goyazite, Ilmenite, Magnetite,
Mariinskite, Moissanite, Oxy-schorl, Quartz, Rutile, Schorl, Spinel,
Topaz, Uraninite
GLACIAL DEPOSITS
Eskolaite, Hydroxycalcioroméite, Karelianite
DEPLETED SOIL MINERALS
Berthierine, Crandallite, Vermiculite
PLANT MATTER PROCESSES: SECONDARY MINERALS
Alum-Na, Ammoniojarosite, Flagstaffite, Halotrichite, Hartite, Millerite,
Niter, Pickeringite, Sal Ammoniac, Selenium, Sphalerite, Srebrodolskite
GUANO MINERALS
Archerite, Ardealite, Biphosphammite, Gwihabaite, Lecontite, Niter,
Nitratine, Nitrobarite, Sal Ammoniac, Syngenite, Whitlockite
MINERALS WITH A MICROBIAL COMPONENT
Magnetite, Siderite
Notes: Underlined minerals are listed in the scientific literature as exhibiting symmetry-
based electrical phenomena.
384
APPENDIX F
LIST AND SOURCES OF SUPPLIES FOR PREPARING SAMPLES
385
TABLE 5. List of Supplies for Preparing Samples and Retail Contact Information
Equipment Make and Model Cost Retail Outlet
Alumina Suspension 0.05 Micron $40 South Bay
Product #AS0005-16 Technology
16 oz.
Colloidal Silica Type SBT $25 South Bay
16 oz. Technology
Diamond Blade Diameter: 7” $200 UKAM Industrial
Arbor: 5/8” Superhard Tools
Thickness: 0.025”
Diamond Suspension 3 Micron $120 South Bay
MicroDi Poly Technology
Product #DSP030-16
16 oz.
Digital Angle Gauge Unbranded $12 Harbor Freight Tools
Digital Caliper Cen Tech $10 Harbor Freight Tools
Digital Thickness Gauge
Accuracy: 0.1 mm
Item #66319
Digital Caliper Pittsburgh $18 Harbor Freight Tools
4” Digital Caliper
Accuracy: 0.0254 mm (0.001”)
Model #47256
Electron Backscatter HKL Guest Oxford Instruments
Diffraction (EBSD) $45/hr
Heat Gun Drill Master $25 Harbor Freight Tools
Model #96289
Lapping and South Bay Technology Guest South Bay
Polishing Machine Model #920 $75 Technology
Melamine-Coated Unbranded $8 Home Depot, Lowe’s
Particle Board
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TABLE 5. Continued
Equipment Make and Model Cost Retail Outlet
Mini Cut-Off Saw Drill Master $25 Harbor Freight Tools
Model #42307
Polishing Cloth Rayon $40 South Bay
(for Lapper) Diameter: 20 cm (8”) Technology
Product #PRA08A-10
Scanning Electron FEI Guest FEI
Microscope (SEM) Quanta 3D FEG Dual Beam SEM $45/hr
with FIB
Silicon Carbide 50.0 Micron (240 Grit) $20 South Bay
Powder 1 lb. Technology
600 Grit $12 Michael’s Lapidary &
1 lb. Gift Shop
1200 Grit $8 Michael’s Lapidary &
4 oz. Gift Shop
Steel Plate Length: 4 ½” n/a Scrap
Width: 4 ½”
Thickness: ¼”
Table Saw Chicago Electric Power Tools $200 Harbor Freight Tools
1.5 HP Bridge Tile Saw with Stand
Model #97360
Teflon® Rod Unbranded $11 ebay
Teflon® Sheet Unbranded $15 ebay
Thermocouple K-Type $20 Omega Engineering
Thermocouple Connector $75 Omega Engineering
UTC-USB
Notes: Retail contact information is listed on the following page, in Table 6. Prices are
rounded off (or approximate values) from 2012.
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TABLE 6. Retail Contact Information for Supplies Listed in Table 5
ebay Omega Engineering, Inc.
http://www.ebay.com/ One Omega Drive, Box 4047
Stamford, CT 06907-0047
Harbor Freight Tools (203) 359-1660
http://www.harborfreight.com/ http://www.omega.com/
Home Depot South Bay Technology
http://www.homedepot.com/ 1120 Via Callejon
Lowe’s San Clemente, CA 92673
http://www.lowes.com/ www.southbaytech.com
Michael’s Lapidary & Gift Shop UKAM Industrial Superhard Tools
2406 North Glassell St. Valencia, CA
Orange, CA 92865 http://www.ukam.com/
(714) 998-7209
Notes: Web addresses are current as of 2012.
388
APPENDIX G
SOURCES OF MINERAL DATA FOR THE TABLES
389
TABLE 11. References for Crystal Structure Data in the List of Minerals in Table 4,
Page 193
Reference Minerals
Akizuki et al., 1979 Topaz
Armbruster and Gunter, 2001 Analcime, Edingtonite, Epistilbite, Gismondine-Ca,
Gmelinite-Na, Goyazite, Harmotome, Heulandite-
Ca, Mesolite, Mordenite, Scolecite, Thomsonite-Ca,
Yugawaralite
Badreddine et al., 2002 Vermiculite
Bahfenne and Frost, 2010 Finnemanite
Baranov et al., 2001 Parkerite
Barnett et al., 2000 Thaumasite
Barthelmy, 2012 Minerals not Otherwise Listed
Bell et al., 2010 Cinnabar
Belokoneva et al., 2002 Dioptase
Belovitskaya et al., 2000 Burbankite
Bindi and Cipriani, 2004 Muthmannite
Birnstock, 1967 Nitrobarite
Breitinger et al., 2006 Crandallite, Goyazite
Burns and Hawthore, 1994 Kaliborite
Cámara et al., 2008 Murmanite
Capitani et al., 2007 Moissanite
Curry and Jones, 1971 Brushite
Frost and Bouzaid, 2007 Dawsonite
Frost et al., 2009 Artinite
Frost et al., 2013a Arsenogoyazite
Frost et al., 2013b Creedite
Gilberg, 1981 Sal Ammoniac
Goreaud and Raveau, 1980 Crandallite
Grice and Hawthorne, 1989 Leucophanite
Gritsenko and Spiridonov, 2005 Nickeline
Hashimoto and Matsumoto, 1998 Pyromorphite
Hawthorne et al., 2000 Alum-Na
Heller, 1970 Pinnoite
Hellwege and Hellwege, 1970a Hematite, Siderite, Srebrodolskite, Wüstite
Hellwege and Hellwege, 1970b Ferberite
Hellwege and Hellwege, 1978 Clinoferrosilite, Eskolaite, Fayalite, Franklinite,
Kalininite, Kamiokite, Xieite, Zincochromite
Hewitt, 1948 Breithauptite
390
TABLE 11. Continued
Reference Minerals
Hibbs et al., 2000 Wulfenite
Hoyos et al., 1993 Eosphorite
Huminicki and Hawthorne, 2002a Amnoffite
Huminicki and Hawthorne, 2002b Brushite
Johnson and Rossman, 2004 Ussingite
Kloprogge et al., 2002 Syngenite
Konnert and Evans, 1987 Melanovanadite
Krivovichev, et al., 2006 Tyrolite
Krogh-Moe, 1967 Pinnoite
Libowitzky and Beran, 2006 Beryl
Lussier and Hawthorne, 2011 Bavenite
Majzlan et al., 2010 Coquimbite
Malik and Jeffery, 1976 Afwillite
Manseau et al., 2002 Quenselite
Maras and Paris, 1987 Sarcolite
Matsumoto, 1998 Pyromorphite
McIver, 1963 Bultfonteinite
Nowotny and Heger, 1983 Nitrobarite
Parise et al., 1998 Pyrochroite
Pepinsky et al., 1956 Alum-Na
Peterson et al., 1979 Brucite
Pramana et al., 2008 Finnemanite
Ralph and Chau, 2012 Minerals not Otherwise Listed
Rastsvetaeva, 2009 Georgbarsanovite
Rodellas et al., 1983 Jeremejevite
Rodríguez-Blanco et al., 2007 Pharmacolite
Rouse, 1971 Quenselite
Ruiz-Salvador et al., 2000 Heulandite-Ca
Scheetz and White, 1977 Benstonite
Sherriff et al., 2000 Meionite
Shiozaki et al., 2002a Barioperovskite, Lakargiite, Lueshite, Macedonite,
Perovskite, Tausonite
Shiozaki et al., 2002b Cervantite, Chambersite, Changbaiite,
Clinocervantite, Diomignite, Ericaite, Heftetjernite,
Mariinskite, Oxycalciopyrochlore,
Oxyplumbopyrochlore, Russellite, Stibiotantalite,
Uraninite, Wakefieldite-Nd
391
TABLE 11. Continued
Reference Minerals
Shiozaki et al., 2004 Archerite, Biphosphammite, Demicheleite-Br,
Demicheleite-I, Gwihabaite, Niter, Nitratine,
Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Schultenite
Shiozaki et al., 2005 Stibnite
Sokolova and Hawthorne, 2004 Epistolite
Sokolova et al., 1996 Marialite
Sokolova et al., 2011 Innelite
Sowa et al., 2004 Millerite
Szymanski, J.T., 1985 Plumbojarosite
Takeuchi and Haga, 1969 Seligmannite
Tančić et al., 2010 Beryl
Uvarova et al., 2003 Batisite
Venetopoulos and Rentzeperis, 1976 Clinohedrite
Wijn, 1988 Cuprokalininite, Cuprorhodsite, Daubréelite,
Hauerite, Krut’aite, Linnaeite, Nickeline, Pyrrhotite,
Vaesite
Wijn, 1991a Cuprospinel, Jacobsite, Karelianite, Maghemite,
Magnesioferrite, Magnetite, Trevorite
Wijn, 1994 Ilmenite
Wolfram Alpha, 2012 Minerals not Otherwise Listed
Wu Ziuling et al., 1998 Röntgenite-Ce
Xiaodong Zhang et al., 2011 Nolanite
Yaping Li et al., 2000 Thornasite
Yongshan Dai et al., 1991 Mimetite
Yunxiang Ni et al., 1993 Röntgenite-Ce
Yuodvershis et al., 1969 Bismuthinite
Zubkova et al., 2011 Elpidite
Zuo et al., 1990 Magnetite
Notes: Data sources that are part of the Landolt-Börnstein Database in SpringerMaterials
are underlined, for ease in distinguishing these (Springer, 2012). Wolframalpha.com
does a meta-search of five sites: webmineral.com, minerals.net, mineralatlas.com,
mindat.org, and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) mineral resources on-line
spatial data website.
392
TABLE 15. References for Ferroelectric, Antiferroelectric and Paraelectric Minerals
Included in Table 7, Page 88, and Table 12, Page 317
Reference Minerals
Bhide and Damle, 1960 Pyrolusite
Bieniulis et al., 1987 Chalcocite
Buch et al., 1998 Ice
Dengel et al., 1964 Ice
Deshpande and Bhide, 1961 Cassiterite
Grigas et al., 1976 Chalcostibite
Hellwege and Hellwege, 1970a Srebrodolskite
Howe and Whitworth, 1989 Ice
Kuhs et al., 1987 Ice
Lines and Glass, 1977 Altaite
Nelson, 1993 Boracite, Pyrargyrite, Sillénite
Parkhomenko, 1971 Hydroxycalcioroméite
Pepinsky et al., 1956 Alum-Na
Shiozaki et al., 2002a Barioperovskite, Lakargiite, Lueshite, Macedonite,
Perovskite, Tausonite
Shiozaki et al., 2002b Boracite, Cervantite, Chambersite, Changbaiite,
Clinocervantite, Diomignite, Ericaite, Heftetjernite,
Koechlinite, Mariinskite, Oxycalciopyrochlore,
Oxyplumbopyrochlore, Russellite, Stibiotantalite,
Wakefieldite-Nd
Shiozaki et al., 2004 Archerite, Biphosphammite, Demicheleite-Br,
Demicheleite-I, Gwihabaite, Niter, Nitratine,
Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Schultenite
Shiozaki et al., 2005 Stibnite
Yuodvershis et al. 1969 Bismuthinite
Notes: Data sources that are part of the Landolt-Börnstein Database in SpringerMaterials
are underlined, for ease in distinguishing these (Springer, 2012).
393
TABLE 16. References for Pyroelectric Minerals Included in Table 8, Page 89 and Table
13, Page 320
Reference Minerals
Bond, 1943 Iodargyrite
Hawkins et al., 1995 Tourmaline
Nelson, 1993 Bournonite, Cancrinite, Fresnoite, Greenockite,
Schorl, Stephanite, Tourmaline, Wurtzite
Mirgorodsky et al., 1989 Sinoite
Parkhomenko, 1971 Amesite, Ammoniojarosite, Ardealite,
Argentojarosite, Arsenogoyazite, Artinite,
Benstonite, Berthierine, Beryl, Breithauptite,
Brucite, Bultfonteinite, Cadmoselite, Childrenite,
Colemanite, Coquimbite, Crandallite, Creedite,
Cronstedtite, Dawsonite, Diaboleite, Dyscrasite,
Elpidite, Enargite, Eosphorite, Epistolite,
Finnemanite, Georgbarsanovite, Goyazite,
Halloysite-7Å, Halloysite-10Å, Halotrichite,
Harmotome, Hartite, Heulandite-Ca, Innelite,
Kaliborite, Krennerite, Liebigite, Marialite,
Meionite, Melanovanadite, Meliphanite, Millerite,
Minyulite, Moissanite, Mordenite, Murmanite,
Muthmannite, Nacrite, Natrojarosite, Natrolite,
Nepheline, Nickeline, Nolanite, Parkerite,
Pharmacolite, Pickeringite, Pinnoite,
Plumbojarosite, Prehnite, Pyrochroite,
Pyromorphite, Pyrrhotite (hexagonal), Quenselite,
Röntgenite-Ce, Sarcolite, Seligmannite,
Swedenborgite, Syngenite, Thaumasite,
Thomsonite-Ca, Tyrolite, Uranophane, Ussingite,
Vermiculite, Wulfenite, Zinkenite
Ralph and Chau, 2012 Chromium-dravite, Feruvite, Fluor-dravite, Fluor-
liddicoatite, Fluor-schorl, Foitite, Natroalunite,
Olenite, Oxy-schorl, Povondraite, Sinoite
Shannon, 2011 Afwillite, Alunite, Batisite, Bertrandite, Bromellite,
Brushite, Buergerite, Burbankite, Caledonite,
Clinohedrite, Dravite, Elbaite, Epistilbite,
Flagstaffite, Hemimorphite, Hilgardite,
Hydrocalumite, Innelite, Jarosite, Junitoite,
Larsenite, Mesolite, Neptunite, Pirssonite, Schorl,
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TABLE 16. Continued
Reference Minerals
Shannon, 2011 (Continued) Scolecite, Searlesite, Shortite, Spangolite,
Stibiocolumbite, Struvite, Suolunite, Tilasite, Uvite,
Weloganite, Whitlockite, Yugawaralite
Notes: Iodargyrite is listed in Bond (1943) as exhibiting piezoelectricity, but is
pyroelectric as well, since it belongs to a polar crystal class. Data sources that are part of
the Landolt-Börnstein Database in SpringerMaterials are underlined, for ease in
distinguishing these (Springer, 2012).
TABLE 17. References for Piezoelectric Minerals Included in Table 9, Page 90 and
Table 14, Page 328
Reference Minerals
Barthelmy, 2012 Gallite
Bond, 1943 Tiemannite, Topaz, Zunyite
Cady, 1946 Topaz
Nelson, 1993 Analcime, Berlinite, Cinnabar, Epsomite, Eulytine,
Goslarite, Langbeinite, Paratellurite, Quartz,
Sphalerite
Parkhomenko, 1971 Morenosite, Retgersite, Sal Ammoniac, Selenium,
Sodalite, Stilleite, Tellurium, Zincite
Ralph and Chau, 2012 Roquesite
Shannon, 2011 Aminoffite, Analcime, Bastnäsite-Ce, Bavenite,
Dioptase, Edingtonite, Gismondine-Ca, Gmelinite-
Na, Gugiaite, Helvine, Jeremejevite, Leucophanite,
Londonite, Mimetite, Nitrobarite, Olsacherite,
Pharmacosiderite, Quartz, Rhodizite, Thornasite,
Tugtupite
Notes: Data sources that are part of the Landolt-Börnstein Database in SpringerMaterials
are underlined, for ease in distinguishing these (Springer, 2012).
395
TABLE 27. References for Ferroelectric Data (from Minerals) Included in Tables 22
through 24, Pages 293 through 294
Reference Minerals
Bhide and Damle, 1960 Pyrolusite
Grigas et al., 1976 Chalcostibite
Nelson, 1993 Boracite
Shiozaki et al., 2002a Barioperovskite, Lueshite, Macedonite, Tausonite
Shiozaki et al., 2002b Boracite, Heftetjernite, Oxyplumbopyrochlore,
Stibiotantalite, Wakefieldite-Nd
Shiozaki et al., 2004 Archerite, Demicheleite-Br, Demicheleite-I,
Gwihabaite, Niter, Nitratine
Notes: Data sources that are part of the Landolt-Börnstein Database in SpringerMaterials
are underlined, for ease in distinguishing these (Springer, 2012).
TABLE 28. References for Pyroelectric Data (from Minerals) Included in Table 25, Page
295
Reference Minerals
Hawkins et al., 1995 Tourmaline
Nelson, 1993 Boracite, Fresnoite, Greenockite, Tourmaline,
Wurtzite
Parkhomenko, 1971 Cadmoselite
Shiozaki et al., 2002a Macedonite
Shiozaki et al., 2002b Boracite, Chambersite, Diomignite
Shiozaki et al., 2004 Proustite
Notes: Data sources that are part of the Landolt-Börnstein Database in SpringerMaterials
are underlined, for ease in distinguishing these (Springer, 2012).
396
TABLE 29. References for Thermoelectric Data (from Minerals) Included in Table 26,
Page 296
Reference Minerals
Hellwege and Hellwege, 1970b Cuprospinel, Magnetite
Hellwege and Hellwege, 1978 Kalininite
Shiozaki et al., 2002a Cadmoindite, Carrollite, Lueshite, Macedonite
Wijn, 1988 Cuprokalininite, Cuprorhodsite, Daubréelite, Indite,
Linnaeite, Siegenite
Wijn, 1991a Coulsonite, Jacobsite, Magnesiocoulsonite,
Trevorite
Notes: Data sources that are part of the Landolt-Börnstein Database in SpringerMaterials
are underlined, for ease in distinguishing these (Springer, 2012).
TABLE 37. References for Piezoelectric Data (from Minerals) Included in Tables 30
through 36, Pages 297 through 305
Reference Minerals
Bhide and Damle, 1960 Pyrolusite
Hellwege et al., 1990 Barioperovskite
Nelson, 1993 Analcime, Berlinite, Boracite, Bournonite,
Cancrinite, Cinnabar, Epsomite, Eulytine, Fresnoite,
Greenockite, Langbeinite, Magnetite, Paratellurite,
Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Quartz, Schorl, Sillénite,
Sphalerite, Stibiotantalite, Tourmaline, Wurtzite
Parkhomenko, 1971 Bromellite, Cadmoselite, Ice, Morenosite,
Nepheline, Retgersite, Sal Ammoniac, Selenium,
Sodalite, Stilleite, Tellurium, Zincite
Shiozaki et al., 2002a Macedonite, Tausonite
Shiozaki et al., 2002b Changbaiite, Diomignite, Russellite
Shiozaki et al., 2004 Archerite, Biphosphammite
Notes: Data sources that are part of the Landolt-Börnstein Database in SpringerMaterials
are underlined, for ease in distinguishing these (Springer, 2012).
397
TABLE 40. References for Dielectric Data (from Minerals) Included in Table 38, Page
306, and Table 39, Page 311
Reference Minerals
Hellwege and Hellwege, 1970b Cuprospinel
Hellwege and Hellwege, 1978 Spinel
Hellwege et al., 1990 Barioperovskite
Nelson, 1993 Berlinite, Boracite, Bournonite, Cancrinite,
Cinnabar, Colemanite, Epsomite, Eulytine,
Fresnoite, Greenockite, Koechlinite, Langbeinite,
Lecontite, Natrolite, Paratellurite, Proustite,
Pyrargyrite, Quartz, Schorl, Sillénite, Sphalerite,
Stephanite, Stibiotantalite, Stibnite, Tourmaline,
Wurtzite
Parkhomenko, 1971 Cadmoselite, Retgersite, Stilleite, Zincite
Shiozaki et al., 2002a Lakargiite, Lueshite, Macedonite, Perovskite,
Tausonite
Shiozaki et al., 2002b Cervantite, Chambersite, Changbaiite,
Clinocervantite, Diomignite, Ericaite, Heftetjernite,
Koechlinite, Oxycalciopyrochlore,
Oxyplumbopyrochlore, Russellite, Rutile,
Stibiotantalite, Wakefieldite-Nd
Shiozaki et al., 2004 Archerite, Biphosphammite, Nitratine, Schultenite
Wijn, 1991a Franklinite, Magnesioferrite, Trevorite
Notes: Data sources that are part of the Landolt-Börnstein Database in SpringerMaterials
are underlined, for ease in distinguishing these (Springer, 2012).
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