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yugawaralite

It was discovered in 1952 at Yugarawa, in Japan



CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS

CaAl2[Si6O16] - 4H2O

calcium hydrated alumino-silicate



PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Main color

colourless

Other colors

white, pink

Color of streak

white

Luster

vitreous

Hardness

4.5 to 0.0

Density

2.18 to 2.25

Cleavage

indistinct

Fracture

conchoidal



OPTICAL PROPERTIES

Transparency

translucent, transparent

Refractive index

1.490 - 1.510

Double refraction

0.010

weak, biaxial (+)

visible double refraction

No

Dispersion

-

Pleochroism

absent

Number of colors

1

Fluorescence

none



CRYSTALS PROPERTIES

elongated flattened prisms

crystals system

monoclinic



OTHER INFORMATIONS

Exploited
sites

It is found in Iceland, Argentina, Japan, India (Poona), United States (Alaska and Wyoming).

use in jewelry

only a collection stone

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