Ewaldite Mineral Data

General Ewaldite Information

Chemical Formula:

(Ba,Sr)(Ca,Na,Y,Ce)(CO3)2

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 294.76 gm

Barium 34.94 % Ba 39.01 % BaO

Sodium 2.34 % Na 3.15 % Na₂O

Strontium 7.43 % Sr 8.79 % SrO

Calcium 6.80 % Ca 9.51 % CaO

Cerium 4.75 % Ce 5.57 % Ce₂O₃

Yttrium 3.02 % Y 3.83 % Y₂O₃

Carbon 8.15 % C 29.86 % CO₂

Oxygen 32.57 % O

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100.00 % 99.73 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Ba_0.75Sr_0.25Ca_0.5Na_0.3Y_0.1Ce_0.1(CO₃)₂

Environment:

Eocene-aged lacustrine deposits.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1971

Locality:

Green River Formation, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Paul P. Ewald (1888-1985), German crystallographer, founder of Acta Crystallographica, and professor at Brooklyn Polytechnical Institute, New, York.

Name Pronunciation:

Ewaldite

Synonym:

ICSD 27421

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Ewaldite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:2.41387

Cell Dimensions:

a = 5.318, c = 12.837, Z = 2; V = 314.41 Den(Calc)= 3.11

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Dihexagonal PyramidalH-M Symbol (6mm) Space Group: P 6₃mc

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 6.39(1), 3.72(0.4), 4.58(0.2),1.714(0.1), 2.44(0.1), 3.2(0.1),

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Physical Properties of Ewaldite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Bluish green, Greenish gray, White.

Density:

3.25

Diaphaneity:

Transparent

Habit:

Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Ewaldite

Dichroism (e):

pale yellow green.

Dichroism (w):

dark blue green.

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.128 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.178 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1958,KPDmeas= 0.1874,KC= 0.1662
Ncalc = 1.52 - 1.54

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (-), e=1.572, w=1.646, bire=0.0740.

Calculated Properties of Ewaldite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.97 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Ewaldite =3.25 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.06
Boson Index = 0.94

Photoelectric:

PE_Ewaldite= 191.06 barns/electron
U=PE_Ewaldite x r_electron= 566.67 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 4,627.40 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Concentration of Ewaldite per GRapi unit = 216.10 (PPM)

Ewaldite is Radioactive as defined in 49 CFR 173.403. Greater than 70 Bq / gram.

**Estimated Radioactivity from Ewaldite** - mild
Specimen Size Weight/Volume (Sphere) *	Calculated Activity Becquerels (Bq)	Calculated Activity Curies (Ci)	Estimated Activity GR(api)	Estimated Exposure (mRem**)/hr If Held in Hand For One Hour
1000 gm / 8.38 cm	106,480	2.88E-06	4,627.40	1.52
100 gm / 3.89 cm	10,648	2.88E-07	462.74	0.15
10 gm / 1.80 cm	1,065	2.88E-08	46.27	0.02
1 gm / 8.38 mm	106	2.88E-09	4.63	0.00
0.1 gm / 3.89 mm	11	2.88E-10	0.46	0.00
0.01 gm / 1.80 mm	1	2.88E-11	0.05	0.00
0.001 gm / 0.84 mm	0	2.88E-12	0.00	0.00

Weight of pure Ewaldite in grams (gm) and Calculated Diameter of a Sphere with a Density of 3.25 gm/cc.*
Goverment Estimate of Average Annual Exposure ( 360 mRem) **
Note: 10 microsieverts/hr = 1 mRem/hr **
Max Permissable Adult Dose 50,000 mRem/yr (hands), 15,000 mRem/yr (eyes)
Lethal Dose LD(50) Exposure 400,000 to 500,000 mRem
Estimated Thorium Activity ( 0.24 % Th) From Sum REE Elements ( 4.75 % REE)

Ewaldite Classification

Dana Class:

14.02.04.01 (14)Anhydrous Carbonates

(14.02)with Compound Formula A+ B++ (CO3)2

(14.02.04)Dana Group

14.02.04.01 Ewaldite (Ba,Sr)(Ca,Na,Y,Ce)(CO3)2 P 6₃mc 6mm

Strunz Class:

05.CC.45 05 - CARBONATES (NITRATES)

05.C - Carbonates without Additional Anions, with H2O

05.CC -With rare-earth elements (REE)

05.CC.45 Ewaldite (Ba,Sr)(Ca,Na,Y,Ce)(CO3)2 P 6₃mc 6mm

Other Ewaldite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Ewaldite :
1 - Alkali-Nuts(English)
2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais)
3 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
4 - Athena
5 - EUROmin Project
6 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
7 - GeoScienceWorld
8 - Google Images
9 - Google Scholar
10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
11 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
12 - MinDAT
13 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
14 - Online Mineral Museum
15 - QUT Mineral Atlas
16 - Ruff.Info

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Ewaldite

(Ba,Sr)(Ca,Na,Y,Ce)(CO3)2
Dana No: 14.02.04.01 Strunz No: 05.CC.45
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