Strontianite | |
Chemical Formula |
SrCO3 |
Species |
Carbonates |
Crystal System |
Orthorhombic |
Mohs Scale |
3 |
Specific Gravity |
3.74-3.78 |
Color |
Colourless, white, gray, light yellow, green, brown; colourless in transmitted light |
Streak |
White |
Luster |
Vitreous, Resinous |
Refractive Index |
n = 1.516 - 1.520 n = 1.664 - 1.667 n = 1.666 - 1.668 |
Diaphaneity |
Transparent, Translucent |
Cleavage |
Very GoodOn nearly perfect; on poor; on in traces. |
Fracture |
Irregular/Uneven, Sub-Conchoidal |
Crystal Habit:Prismatic, acicular, pseudo hexagonal, columnar to fibrous, granular, massive | |
Geological Setting:Forms in low-temperature hydrothermal deposits in limestone and marl or as a gangue mineral in sulfide veins; as geodes or concretionary masses in limestone or clay. |