Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
high-temperature contact metamorphic
- Type locality
- Hatrurim Formation
- Middle East
1recorded occurrences
Physical
- Hardness
- 1Talc
- 2Gypsum
- 3Calcite
- 4Fluorite
- 5Apatite
- 6Orthoclase
- 7Quartz
- 8Topaz
- 9Corundum
- 10Diamond
- Transparency
- Transparent · Translucent
- Colour
- grey-white · colourless
- Streak
- white
Optical
- Optical type
- Biaxial (-)
- Birefringence
- birefringence ~0.006
- Notes
2V(meas.) = Small.
Δ = 0Δmax
PPLpleochroism per grain
XPLindependent extinctions · rotate the stage
PPLpleochroism only · colour blends on rotation
XPLinterference colour · extinct every 90°
Retardation60 nm
Order1st order
XPL colour
Crystallography
- Cell parameters
- a = 7.15 Å · c = 25.56 Å
- Morphology
Crystals pseudohexagonal, to about 50 ¹
- Comment
Point Group: n.d; Space Group: n.d. Z = n.d.
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
- Impurities
- Ti
- Al
- Fe
- Mg
Synonyms
- Alite (of Törnebohm)
- Alith
- Hatruriet
- Jaeneckéit
- Jaeneckéita
- Jaeneckéite
- Jãneckeit
- Jãneckeita
- Jãneckeite
In other languages
- German
- Hatrurit
- Italian
- Hatrurite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.9.AG.65
- 9SilicatesClass
- 9.ANesosilicatesDivision
- 9.AGNesosilicates with additional anions; cations in > [6] +- [6] coordinationGroup
- 9.AG.65HatruriteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.52.04.07.03
- 52Nesosilicates Insular Sio4 Groups and O, Oh, F, H2oClass
- 52.04Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O with cations in [6] and/or >[6] coordinationType
- 52.04.07Afwillite and related speciesGroup
- 52.04.07.03HatruriteSpecies
CIM
—14.5.8
- 14Silicates not Containing AluminumClass
- 14.5Silicates of CaGroup
- 14.5.8HatruriteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1977Gross, S. (1977) The mineralogy of the Hatrurim formation, Israel. Geological Survey of Israel, Bulletin 70: 1-80.
- 1978Fleischer, Michael, Cabri, Louis J., Chao, George Y., Pabst, Adolf (1978) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 63 (3-4) 424-427
- 1984Nishi, F., Takéuchi, Y. (1984) The rhombohedral structure of tricalcium silicate at 1200 degrees °C. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie: 168: 197-212.
- 1985Nishi, F., Takéuchi, Y., Maki, I. (1985) Tricalcium silicate Ca3O[SiO4]: The monoclinic superstructure. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie: 172: 297-314.
- 1993Taylor, J.C., Aldridge, L.P. (1993) Full-profile Rietveld quantitative XRD analysis of Portland cement: Standard XRD profiles for the major phase tricalcium silicate (C3S: 3CaO.SiO2). Powder Diffraction: 8: 138-144.
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Hatrurite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/hatrurite-1828},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}