Catapleiite Gemstone: Nneɛma, Nkyerɛase, Botae & Nea Ɛkeka Ho

Catapleiite yɛ ɔbo a wonnim no kɛse a wɔtaa hu sɛ ahwehwɛ a ne kɔla yɛ mmerɛw a ɛyɛ tratraa na ɛte sɛ abopon, na ɛtɔ mmere bi a ɛyɛ akuwakuw ma ɛyɛ rosette nsusuwii fɛfɛ. Wonim ahwehwɛ no sɛ ɛwɔ kɔla ahorow ne sɛnea ɛyɛ soronko wɔ plutonic abotan pɔtee bi mu.

So catapleiite ho yɛ na? Aane. Ɛyɛ aboɔden abo a ɛho yɛ na yiye, na ne din da sɛnea wɔtaa hu no wɔ aboɔden abo afoforo a wɔn ho yɛ na ho (ɛka ho asɛm pii akyiri yi!). Sɛ́ aboɔden abo , catapleiite ho yɛ na koraa, efisɛ wɔatwitwa catapleiite aboɔden abo a ɛwɔ afã horow no afi nneɛma nketenkete a wohu wɔ beae biako wɔ Canada nkutoo mu.

After decades in the gemstone business , yɛn a yɛwɔ ha wɔ Gem Rock Auctions no abɛyɛ underdog, aboɔden abo a wɔntaa nhu te sɛ catapleiite akyidifo titiriw. Ɛno nti na yɛn ani agye sɛ yɛbɛkyɛ abakɔsɛm, agyapadeɛ, boɔ, asase ho adesua, ne nea ɛkeka ho a ɛwɔ catapleiite aboɔden abo akyi wɔ akwankyerɛ yi mu no.

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Ɛfa Catapleiite Ɔbo ho

Ɛwom sɛ wɔntaa nhu wɔ ɔkwan a ɛte sɛ aboɔden abo mu de, nanso ɛtɔ mmere bi a wɔde catapleiite di dwuma sɛ aboɔden abo a ɛsom bo fã bi . Edin afoforo a wɔde frɛ catapleiite ne:

• Catapleite — Nkyerɛwde a ɛnteɛ a wɔde kyerɛw catapleiite

• Natroncatapleiite / Natronkatapleït / Soda-Catapleiite — Mfiase no Norwayni asase ho nimdefo Waldemar Christofer Brøgger de dii dwuma wɔ 1884 mu maa catapleiite bruu a efi Norway “a soda [sodium] wom wɔ lime [calcium] ananmu” a osusuwii sɛ ɛyɛ catapleiite soronko; Wɔkyerɛɛ nsonsonoeɛ a ɛda calciocatapleiite ntam akyiri yi, nanso akyiri yi wɔyɛɛ Brøgger nhwɛsoɔ no mu nhwehwɛmu sɛ catapleiite a calcium 3% pɛ na ɛwɔ mu

Sɛ́ ɔbo a enni kɔla anaasɛ ɛtaa yɛ bruu a ɛyɛ bruu kosi kɔkɔɔ no, catapleiite so wɔ mfaso wɔ nsoromma mu hwɛ mu ma asase so nsɛnkyerɛnne: Taurus , Virgo , ne Capricorn .

Catapleiite Nkyerɛkyerɛmu & Su ahorow

Catapleiite aduru a ɛyɛ aban de ne Na2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O, sodium zirconium silicate a nsu wom. Efĩ a ɛtaa ba ne calcium ne iron.

Nea enti a calcium yɛ efĩ a ɛtaa ba no fã bi ne sɛ catapleiite yɛ aduru a ɛyɛ den a ɛtoatoa so a calciocatapleiite, AKA calcium-catapleiite, a catapleiite yɛ sodium analogue. Calciocatapleiite yɛ orthorhombic mineral a ne nsusuwii yɛ CaZrSi3O9·2H2O.

Gaidonnayite nso yɛ orthorhombic dimorph a ɛwɔ catapleiite mu, a ɛkyerɛ sɛ wɔkyɛ nnuru koro nanso ɛsono ahwehwɛ nhyehyɛe.

Sɛ ɛba catapleiite suban so a, ahwehwɛ no taa yɛ pseudohexagonal, teateaa, na ɛyɛ tabular. Catapleiite ahwehwɛ pii a ɛte sɛ mprɛte yɛ akuwakuw a ɛte sɛ rosette. Polysynthetic twinning nso abu so, titiriw wɔ digrii 30, 60, ne 90 mu.

Wɔ saa ahwehwɛ su ahorow yi akyi no, catapleiite nso betumi ayɛ lamellar masses a ɛyɛ ntoatoaso.

Catapleiite no optic character taa yɛ biaxial (+) nanso ebetumi ayɛ uniaxial (+).

Catapleiite agyapadeɛ a wɔakyerɛw nyinaa nie:

• Mohs denden : 5-6

• Kɔla : Enni kɔla anaasɛ fitaa bere a ɛho tew; Tan, bruu, bruu-kɔkɔɔ, kɔkɔɔ a ɛyɛ mmerɛw, kɔkɔɔ-kɔkɔɔ, salmon-pink, nam kɔkɔɔ, borɔdɔma, fitaa a ɛyɛ mmerɛw, bruu a ɛyɛ fitaa, anaa violet

• Ahwehwɛ nhyehyɛe : Monoclinic, pseudohexagonal

• Luster : Vitreous, srade, anaasɛ dull

• Transparency : Ɛyɛ nea ɛda adi pefee kosi nea ɛnyɛ nea ɛda adi pefee

• Nneɛma a ɛma hann yɛ hyew : 1.582-1.639

• Nnipa dodow : 2.65-2.90

• Cleavage : Ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ wɔ {100} so, ɛnyɛ pɛ/ɛnyɛ nea ɛda adi pefee wɔ {101} ne {102} so.

• Fracture : Ɛnyɛ daa/ɛnyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ

• Streak : Fitaa/ɛnyɛ kɔla kosi kɔkɔɔ a ɛyɛ hann

• Luminescence : Biara nni hɔ

• Pleochroism : Ɛntaa mma wɔ nhwɛsode ahorow a ɛwɔ kɔla mu nanso ɛyɛ mmerɛw; Biara nni hɔ wɔ nhwɛsode ahorow a enni kɔla mu

• Nsonsonoe abien : 0.280-0.039

• Dispersion : Ɛyɛ nea ɛkɔ fam kosi biara

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Catapleiite Abakɔsɛm

Norwayni aboɔden abo ho ɔbenfo Paul Christian Weibye kyerɛw catapleiite ho nkyerɛkyerɛmu a edi kan wɔ 1850 mu a egyina nhwɛsode ahorow a efi Låven, Langesundsfjorden, Norway, akyi afe biako akyi bere a odii kan huu no wɔ hɔ no.

Weibye paw edin “catapleiite” no fii Hela nsɛmfua kata ne pleion a ɛkyerɛ “a pii ka ho,” efisɛ wɔtaa hu ɔbo a wɔntaa nhu no ne aboɔden abo afoforo a wɔntaa nhu.

Mfitiaseɛ beaeɛ a Låven wɔ wɔ Norway ne type locality ma catapleiite. Wohuu type ade no wɔ nepheline syenite pegmatite, a ɛne zircon , tritomite-(Ce), leucophanite, mosandrite-(Ce), ne aegirine wɔ abusuabɔ mu.

Wɔ Weibye nkyerɛkyerɛmu no mu no, ɔde aboɔden abo foforo afoforo a akyiri yi wɔsan kyerɛkyerɛɛ mu bio ho nkrataa a edi kan nso mae: tritomite (akyiri yi wɔkyerɛe sɛ aboɔden abo abien tritomite-(Ce) ne tritomite-(Y)), atheriastite (aboɔden abo a ɛnyɛ aban de a wobu no sɛ ɛyɛ scapolite nsakrae), ne eudnophite (wɔyɛɛ mu nhwehwɛmu sɛ ɛyɛ felcime a ɛyɛ birefringent kɛse a wɔde afrafra).

Weibye nkyerɛkyerɛmu no akyi no, wohuu catapleiite wɔ mmeae pii te sɛ:

• Greenland : Swedenni aboɔden abo ho ɔbenfo Gustaf Flink na otintimii wɔ 1893 mu

• Arkansas, U.S.A. : Amerikani asase ho nimdefo William Frederick Foshag na otintimii wɔ 1923 mu

• St. Hilaire Bepɔw a ɛwɔ Quebec, Canada : Canadani aboɔden abo ho ɔbenfo G. B. Pendlebury na otintimii wɔ 1964 mu

Akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ nea etwa to a wohuu no ne agoru a ɛsakraa catapleiite, efisɛ St. Hilaire nkutoo bɛyɛɛ beae a wonim sɛ wonya facetable catapleiite ahwehwɛ fibea.

Catapleiite Ayaresa Nneɛma

Sɛ́ ɔbo a ɛtaa sa yare a enni kɔla no, nea catapleiite kyerɛ no da sɛnea aboɔden abo afoforo a enni kɔla anaa fitaa no yɛ pɛ na ɛtew ho adi.

Wɔntaa mfa catapleiite nni dwuma wɔ ayaresa mu, nanso ahwehwɛ ayaresafo binom kamfo kyerɛ sɛ wɔmfa nyɛ:

• Adwene a wɔde si biribi so a ɛkɔ soro

• Adebɔ a wɔbɛma ayɛ mmerɛw

• Nkɔso a ɛma obi tumi gyina tebea horow ano

• Wɔn ho a wɔbɛda no adi ankasa a wɔhyɛ ho nkuran

• Wobue abotiri chakra a wɔasiw ano

• Nkate bɔne a wobɛma ayɛ duru a wobɛma ayɛ duru

Wɔ ayaresa ahemman no akyi no, mfaso bɛn na catapleiite wɔ?

Mfonini a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ no: Catapleiite ahwehwɛ fitaa a ɛte sɛ ahwehwɛ a ɛhyerɛn te sɛ ahwehwɛ a efi Canada; Marcelle ne Charles Weber Nneɛma a Wɔaboaboa Ano | Mfonini no fi: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0

Catapleiite Aboɔden abo Nneɛma a Ɛwɔ Hɔ

Wɔ nea ɛho yɛ na akyi no, wogyina ne kɔla, sɛnea wɔatwitwa, sɛnea emu da hɔ, sɛnea ɛda adi pefee, ne emu duru a ɛyɛ carat nso bu catapleiite aboɔden abo sɛ ɛsom bo.

Ahosuo

Catapleiite yɛ allochromatic, a ɛkyerɛ sɛ wɔ ne su a ɛho tew sen biara mu no, catapleiite yɛ nea enni kɔla; kɔla afoforo fi efĩ mu. Kɔla afoforo yi bi ne kɔla ahorow a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ, bruu, kɔkɔɔ, borɔdɔma, anaa pink. Ɛntaa mma koraa sɛ catapleiite yɛ bruu a ɛyɛ hann kosi violet.

Ɛwom sɛ ebia kɔla ahorow a wɔntaa nhu no som bo kɛse de, nanso ebia catapleiite a enni kɔla anaasɛ ne kɔla yɛ mmerɛw a ɛda adi kɛse no bo yɛ den.

Twa

Sɛnea wunim mprempren no, wɔntaa nhu catapleiite sɛ ahwehwɛ a ɛwɔ anim. Ɛno ma catapleiite aboɔden abo a ɛwɔ afã horow no som bo kɛse sɛ aguade a wɔntaa nhu. Wɔ catapleiites a ɛwɔ afã horow a ɛwɔ hɔ no mu no, nsusuwii a wɔtaa yɛ ne nsusuwii kurukuruwa, emerald, ne ahinanan a ɛhyerɛn.

Mpɛn pii no, catapleiites a wɔtɔn no yɛ rough (wɔntwitwaa).

Nsɛm a ɛda adi pefee & Nsɛm a ɛda adi pefee

Aboɔden abo a emu da hɔ no kyerɛkyerɛ sɛnea nneɛma a wɔde ka ho a wotumi hu , a ebetumi ama nea ɛda adi pefee na ɛtɔ mmere bi a ne bo akɔ fam no mu. Nneɛma a wɔde ka ho a wotumi hu abu so yiye wɔ catapleiite mu — mpɛn pii no nnade, ahwehwɛ afoforo, akisikuru a wɔasa, anaasɛ mpaapaemu — nanso nhwɛsode ahorow a ɛsom bo sen biara no yɛ nea ɛda adi kɛse a enni nneɛma a wɔde ka ho a wotumi hu wɔ aniwa so.

Carat Mu duru & Ne Kɛse

Mprempren, nneɛma biako pɛ a ama wɔanya aboɔden abo a ɛwɔ afã horow no fi Canada. Saa catapleiite aboɔden abo a ɛwɔ afã horow yi yɛ nketewa, ɛkame ayɛ sɛ bere nyinaa no, emu duru nnu carat 1. Canada nso ayɛ catapleiite ahwehwɛ a eye sen biara no bi, a ne tenten fi sɛntimita 2.5 kosi 15.

Wɔ saa nkyerɛwde no so no, ɔkwan bɛn so na saa catapleiite ahwehwɛ a ɛyɛ nwonwa no ba wɔ nea edi kan no mu?

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Catapleiite Nkyekyɛmu & Nneɛma a Ɛfiri Hɔ

Ɛkame ayɛ sɛ asase ho animdefo hu catapleiite wɔ abotan a ogya wom nkutoo mu, titiriw nepheline syenites, syenites, ne pegmatites.

Crystal no taa ba bere a eudialyte kɔ metasomatism ne/anaasɛ hydrothermal nsakrae mu, a ɛkyerɛ sɛ hydrothermal nsu (nsu a ɛyɛ hyew a ɛwɔ asase ase a wɔde nneɛma a wɔapete afra) sesa eudialyte no nnuru ne ne nhyehyɛe (na ebetumi aba sɛ ɔbotan a atwa ho ahyia no nyinaa de) a ɛde catapleiite anaasɛ ade a wɔde besi catapleiite ananmu ba.

Sɛ eudialyte da nkyɛn a, aboɔden abo afoforo a ɛtaa bata catapleiite ho ne:

• Aegirine a wɔfrɛ no Aegirine

• Microcline a wɔde yɛ nneɛma

• Natrolite a wɔde yɛ adwuma

• Albite na ɔkyerɛwee

• Analcime a wɔde yɛ aduru

• Fluorite a wɔde yɛ adwuma

• Calcite a wɔde yɛ aduru

• Petarasite a wɔfrɛ no Petarasite

• Manganoneptunie a wɔde yɛ aduru

• Serandite a ɔyɛ ɔkyerɛwfo

• Zircon na ɔkyerɛwee

• Leucophanite a wɔde yɛ aduru

• Rinkite na ɔkyerɛwee

• Epididymite a ɛwɔ nipadua no mu

• Låvenite a ɔyɛ ɔbarima

• Nsoromma mu hwɛ

• Sodalite a wɔde yɛ nneɛma

Mmeae a Wɔtu Tuo

Mprempren, beae biako pɛ a wonya catapleiite a ɛyɛ aboɔden abo no wɔ Canada — titiriw Bepɔw Saint Hilaire a ɛwɔ Quebec. Wɔ nneɛma a ɛnyɛ aboɔden abo ho no, nea wonya fi mu titiriw ne Norway.

Nneɛma afoforo a ɛho hia a wonya fi catapleiite ne:

• U.S.A. (Arkansas, Montana, Mexico Foforo) .

• Greenland na ɛwɔ hɔ

• Guinea

• Madagascar

• Russia

• Sweden

Mfonini a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ no: Catapleiite ahwehwɛ a ɛda hɔ a aegirine ahwehwɛ tuntum atwa ho ahyia, a wohu wɔ Greenland; John Ydren Nneɛma a Wɔaboaboa Ano | Mfonini no fi: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0

Catapleiite Bo & Ne Bo

Ɛyɛ den sɛ wobenya catapleiites a ɛwɔ afã horow na ɛtaa bo yɛ kɛse-carat biara, ɛwom sɛ ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ne bo nyinaa bɛyɛ tenten bere nyinaa efisɛ saa aboɔden abo yi mu dodow no ara mu duru nnu carat 1 de.

Sɛ yɛka ne nyinaa bom a, faceted catapleiite aboɔden abo bo taa yɛ bɛyɛ $150 kosi $1,300 wɔ carat biara mu anaasɛ $90 kosi $250 nyinaa.

Wubehu catapleiite ahwehwɛ a ɛyɛ den pii a wɔtɔn wɔ bo ahorow mu. Ɛsono ɛka a wɔbɔ no kɛse esiane sɛnea ɛda adi pefee, ne kɛse, ne sɛnea ɛda nsow wɔ nsusuwii no so nti.

Wubetumi ahu catapleiite ahwehwɛ nketewa a ɛyɛ hann a ɛsono sɛnea wɔahyehyɛ no a emu biara de bɛyɛ dɔla 30 kosi 50. Gem-quality, fully transparent crystals betumi ayɛ bɛyɛ $400 sɛ ɛnyɛ akɛse a. Nhwɛsode akɛse a ɛwɔ adan a wɔpɛ te sɛ rosette ne nea ɛda adi kɛse no betumi ayɛ $4,000 kosi $5,000 biara.

Catapleiite Hwɛ ne Nsiesiei

Sɛ ɛba catapleiite aboɔden abo a wɔhwɛ so , nneɛma atitiriw a ɛsɛ sɛ wosusuw ho ne sɛnea ɛyɛ den, ɛpaapae, ne sɛnea ɛyɛ mmerɛw sɛ acid bɛba. Ɛbɛpete wɔ acid mu, enti ma nnuru a ano yɛ den ntwe mfi ɔbo yi ho.

Bio nso, catapleiite no den yɛ mfinimfini (ɛba fam sen quartz, sɛ yɛbɛhwɛ). Hwɛ hu sɛ catapleiite agude biara wɔ ahobammɔ nhyehyɛe (titiriw nkaa) na wode sie wɔ ɔkwan soronko so fi aboɔden abo a ɛyɛ den ho.

Nea etwa to no, catapleiite mpaapaemu a edi mũ no kyerɛ sɛ ɔhwe a ano yɛ nnam wɔ afã pɔtee bi bɛbubu no wɔ saa mpaapaemu wimhyɛn no so. Sɛ ahobammɔ nhyehyɛe a yɛkaa ho asɛm no da nkyɛn a, eye sɛ wobɛkwati sɛ wobɛhyɛ catapleiite wɔ dwumadi ahorow a emu yɛ den mu wɔ baabi a ebia wobɛbɔ no wɔ biribi so no.

So Catapleiite Twe W’ani?

Ebia na Catapleiite nni wo radar so kan, nanso saa ɔbo yi yɛ aboɔden abo ampa. Esiane sɛ abakɔsɛm a ɛyɛ anigye a ɛtrɛw kɔ Europa kosi Amerika Atifi fam, kɔla ahorow a ɛyɛ fɛ, nhyehyɛe ahorow a ɛyɛ nwonwa, ne nea ɛntaa nsi sɛ wɔde boot? Akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ ɛfata sɛ wode Catapleiite ka aboɔden abo biara a wɔntaa nhu ho!

Kɔtɔ catapleiite ne aboɔden abo afoforo a ɛyɛ nwonwa nnɛ!