කුරුවින්ද
| කුරුවින්ද | |
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| General | |
| Category | Oxide mineral – Hematite group |
| රසායනික සූත්රය | Aluminium oxide, Al2O3 |
| Strunz classification | 04.CB.05 |
| Dana classification | 4.3.1.1 |
| Crystal symmetry | Trigonal (32/m) |
| Unit cell | a = 4.75 Å, c = 12.982 Å; Z=6 |
| Identification | |
| පාට / පැහැය | Colorless, gray, brown; pink to pigeon-blood-red, orange, yellow, green, blue to cornflower blue, violet; may be color zoned, asteriated mainly grey and brown |
| Crystal habit | Steep bipyramidal, tabular, prismatic, rhombohedral crystals, massive or granular |
| Crystal system | Trigonal (Hexagonal Scalenohedral) Symbol (32/m) Space group: R3c |
| Twinning | Polysynthetic twinning common |
| Cleavage | None – parting in 3 directions |
| Fracture | Conchoidal to uneven |
| Mohs scale hardness | 9 (defining mineral)[1] |
| Luster | Adamantine to vitreous |
| Streak | White |
| Diaphaneity | Transparent, translucent to opaque |
| Specific gravity | 3.95–4.10 |
| Optical properties | Uniaxial (–) |
| Refractive index | nω = 1.767–1.772 nε = 1.759–1.763 |
| Pleochroism | None |
| Melting point | 2044 °C |
| Fusibility | Infusible |
| Solubility | Insoluble |
| Alters to | May alter to mica on surfaces causing a decrease in hardness |
| Other characteristics | May fluoresce or phosphoresce under UV |
| References | [2][3][4][5] |
| Major varieties | |
| Sapphire | Any color except red |
| Ruby | Red |
| Emery | Black granular corundum intimately mixed with magnetite, hematite, or hercynite |
වර්ග
[සංස්කරණය]- ^ "Moh's scale of hardness". Collector's corner. Mineralogical Society of America. සම්ප්රවේශය 10 January 2014.
- ^ Anthony, John W.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Bladh, Kenneth W. and Nichols, Monte C., ed. (1997). "Corundum". Handbook of Mineralogy (PDF). Vol. III(Halides, Hydroxides, Oxides). Chantilly, VA, US: Mineralogical Society of America. ISBN 0962209724.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) - ^ Corundum. Mindat.org
- ^ Corundum. Webmineral
- ^ Hurlbut, Cornelius S.; Klein, Cornelis, 1985, Manual of Mineralogy, 20th ed., Wiley, pp. 300–302 ISBN 0-471-80580-7