Table 2: The physical and chemical properties of the common minerals.
|
Mineral |
Chemical Formula |
Molecular mass |
ρb(g/cc) |
U(b/cc) |
|
Quartz |
SiO2 |
60.08 |
2.65 |
4.79 |
|
Albite |
Na[AlSi3O8] |
262.14 |
2.63 |
4.50 |
|
Orthoclase |
K[AlSi3O8] |
278.34 |
2.55 |
7.50 |
|
Anorthite |
Ca[Al2Si2O8] |
278.21 |
2.76 |
8.80 |
|
Diopside |
CaMgSi2O6 |
216.56 |
3.22-3.56 |
8.37 |
|
Augite |
Ca(Mg,Fe,Al)(Al,Si)2O6 |
302.06 |
3.31 |
8.46 |
|
Fayalite |
Fe2[SiO4] |
203.79 |
3.91-4.34 |
23.00 |
|
Muscovite |
KAl3Si3O10(OH)2 |
398.31 |
2.82 |
7.40 |
|
Biotite |
K(Mg,Fe)3[AlSi3O10](OH.F)2 |
511.90 |
3.01 |
19.80 |
|
Calcite |
CaCO3 |
100.09 |
2.71 |
13.77 |
|
Dolomite |
CaCO3MgCO3 |
184.41 |
2.87 |
9.00 |
|
Ankerite |
Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
240.25 |
2.86 |
26.60 |
|
Siderite |
FeCO3 |
115.86 |
3.89 |
57.14 |
|
Magnetite |
Fe3O4 |
231.54 |
5.08 |
112.98 |
|
Hematite |
Fe2O3 |
159.69 |
5.18 |
111.27 |
|
Anhydrite |
CaSO4 |
136.15 |
2.98 |
14.93 |
|
Gypsum |
Ca[SO4]·2H2O |
172.18 |
2.32 |
18.38 |
|
Salt |
NaCl |
58.35 |
2.17 |
12.40 |
|
Barite |
Ba[SO4] |
233.37 |
4.4-4.7 |
1091.00 |
|
Pyrite |
FeS2 |
119.99 |
4.99 |
84.68 |
|
Pyrrhotine |
Fe7S8 |
647.41 |
4.53 |
93.09 |
|
Sphalerite |
ZnS |
97.44 |
3.85 |
133.52 |
|
Galena |
PbS |
239.26 |
6.39 |
10424.00 |
|
chalcopyrite |
CuFeS2 |
183.51 |
4.07 |
108.75 |
|
Kaolinite |
Al2Si2O5(OH)4 |
258.16 |
2.96 |
6.17 |
|
Chlorite |
Y3[Z4O10](OH)2·Y3(OH)6 |
|
3.39 |
23.49 |
|
Illite |
(Al, R2+)2[(Si,Al) Si3O10][OH]2 ·nH2O |
|
2.90 |
11.05 |
|
Montmorllionite |
Al4SiO20(OH)4·nH2O |
|
2.88 |
7.48 |
Note: 1) The Y denotes the Mg2+, Fe2+, Al3+ and Fe3+ in the Chlorite chemical formula; the R2+ denotes the Mg2+ and Fe2+ in the Illite chemical formula.
2) The data collection from published literatures and Wikimedia website.