General Information:
Chemical Formula:SrCO3
Composition:(Molecular Weight = 147.63 gm)Strontium 59.35 %
SrCarbon 8.14 %
C Oxygen 32.51 %
O Empirical Formula: Sr(CO3)
Locality:Strontian (Scotland).
Name Origin:Named after its containing the element Strontium.
Physical Properties: Cleavage:[110] Good
Color:colorless, greenish, gray, gray white, or yellowish.
Density:3.78
Diaphaniety:Transparent to translucent
Habits:Pseudo Hexagonal - Crystals show a hexagonal outline., Columnar - Forms columns, Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock.
Hardness:3.5 - Copper Penny
Luminescence:None.
Luster:Vitreous (Glassy)
Streak:white
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