General Information:
Chemical Formula:
SrCO3
Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 147.63 gm)
Strontium 59.35 % Sr
Carbon 8.14 % C
Oxygen 32.51 % O
Empirical Formula:
Sr(CO3)
Locality:
Strontian (Scotland).
Name Origin:
Named after its containing the element Strontium.
Physical Properties:
Cleavage:
[110] Good
Color:
colorless, greenish, gray, gray white, or yellowish.
Density:
3.78
Diaphaniety:
Transparent to translucent
Habits:
Pseudo Hexagonal - Crystals show a hexagonal outline., Columnar - Forms columns, Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock.
Hardness:
3.5 - Copper Penny
Luminescence:
None.
Luster:
Vitreous (Glassy)
Streak:
white
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