Scapolite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Scapolite [ (Na,Ca)₄[Al₃Si₉O₂₄]Cl ]

Images of Scapolite

Longwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of scapolite from Greenville, Quebec, Canada. Size: 12cm

Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Faceted scapolite

Photo by Мухин Кирилл (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 4.0

Photograph of a specimen of scapolite from Greenville, Quebec, Canada. Size: 12cm

Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Material properties

Formula	(Na,Ca)₄[Al₃Si₉O₂₄]Cl
Abbreviation	Scp
Classification	Scapolite (group)
Luminescence emitters	Ce, Eu, Fe, Mn, O, O2, S2, Triplet-singlet
IMA Status	Approved group
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Crystal symmetry	Tetragonal
Tags	Series, Aluminosilicate

Composition

Element	Atoms
Cl	1
Al	3
O	24
Si	9
Na	~2
Ca	~2

References for Scapolite

Gorobets and Rogojine 2002

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Sidike et al. 2008(a)

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Tarashchan 1978

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Specimens of Scapolite

Name	Owner	Materials	Image
Scapolite (#1, Quebec)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Diopside, Scapolite	Scapolite (#1, Quebec) Photograph of a specimen of scapolite from Greenville, Quebec, Canada. Size: 12cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.