A mineral with a blue color similar to sapphire. It has a composition of 8[(Mg,Fe) 2 - xAl4 + 2xSi1 - xO10 ] and is a plate-shaped crystal belonging to the monoclinic system, but depending on the crystal structure it may be triclinic. Both the crystal structure and chemical formula are yet to be determined. It is pale blue to green, and in thin slices it shows pleochroism from colorless to blue. It is a mineral formed when rocks rich in aluminum and poor in silica undergo severe metamorphism. Its specific gravity is 3.4-3.6, and its Mohs hardness is 7.5. It was named after its blue color similar to sapphire. Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
サファイアに類似する青色を呈する鉱物。8[(Mg,Fe)2-xAl4+2xSi1-xO10]の組成をもち単斜晶系に属する板状結晶であるが,結晶構造によって三斜晶系の場合もある。結晶構造,化学式ともに未確定である。淡青~緑色,薄片では無色~青色の多色性を示す。アルミニウムに富みケイ酸に乏しい岩石が高度の変成作用を受けて生成する鉱物である。比重3.4~3.6,モース硬度7.5。サファイアに似た青色を示すのでその名がつけられた。
出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報 |
<<: Surfing - Surfing (English spelling)
>>: Safi al-Din (English spelling)
1799-1881 A Chinese poet from the late Edo to Mei...
...The first to use the term and to establish the...
...With the development of electronic computers, ...
A general term for books printed on a non-profit b...
...The story is best known from Euripides' tr...
...In the same September, Prime Minister Lumumba ...
It is a method of treating diseases by directly i...
A record showing the composition of the Kamakura ...
Also called Tsuzure Nishiki, this is a type of wo...
This refers to the amount of capital per employed...
The allocation of frequencies to be used by radio ...
...The writing system (Kyorei) that borrowed the ...
…A swap transaction is a simultaneous transaction...
A thin silk fabric dyed with crimson, it was used...
...Population: 1,964,000 (1994). In Japan, it is ...