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Prehnite is a phyllosilicate of calcium and aluminium with the formula: Ca < sub > 2 </ sub > Al ( AlSi < sub > 3 </ sub > O < sub > 10 </ sub >)( OH )< sub > 2 </ sub >.
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Prehnite crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system, and most oftens forms as stalactitic or botryoidal aggregates, with only just the crests of small crystals showing any faces, which are almost always curved or composite.
Image: prehnite-ps-0128. jpg | Sliced Prehnite fragment with calcite core, 9. 0 cm diameter.
Prehnite and 2
Image: prehnite-pp-0134. jpg | Carved yellow Prehnite pendant, 2. 4 cm x 1. 8 cm, 5. 5 grams.
is and phyllosilicate
Bentonite is an absorbent aluminium phyllosilicate, essentially impure clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite.
An absorption feature around 0. 7 μm may also be present, which is indicative of phyllosilicate minerals such as clays or mica.
Pyrophyllite is a phyllosilicate mineral composed of aluminium silicate hydroxide: Al < sub > 2 </ sub > Si < sub > 4 </ sub > O < sub > 10 </ sub >( OH )< sub > 2 </ sub >.
Glauconite is an iron potassium phyllosilicate ( mica group ) mineral of characteristic green color with very low weathering resistance and very friable.
Montmorillonite is a very soft phyllosilicate group of minerals that typically form in microscopic crystals, forming a clay.
These mines produce a very high quality pyrophyllite, which is a phyllosilicate mineral composed of aluminium silicate hydroxide: AlSi < sub > 2 </ sub > O < sub > 5 </ sub > OH.
Celadonite is a mica group mineral, a phyllosilicate of potassium, iron in both oxidation states, aluminium and hydroxide with formula: K ( Mg, Fe < sup > 2 +</ sup >)( Fe < sup > 3 +</ sup >, Al )( OH )< sub > 2 </ sub >.
Sanbornite is a rare barium phyllosilicate mineral with formula BaSi < sub > 2 </ sub > O < sub > 5 </ sub >.
is and calcium
In the subsurface environment, it is also produced through neutron capture by or alpha emission by calcium.
These modifications are often essential for the function or regulation of a protein ; for example, the carboxylation of glutamate allows for better binding of calcium cations, and the hydroxylation of proline is critical for maintaining connective tissues.
The shell of the abalone is exceptionally strong and is made of microscopic calcium carbonate tiles stacked like bricks.
The calcium carbonate dust is a respiratory irritant and the particles can penetrate into the lower respiratory tree and cause irritant bronchitis and other respiratory irritation responses.
Another extrinsic pathway for initiation identified in several toxin studies is an increase in calcium concentration within a cell caused by drug activity, which also can cause apoptosis via a calcium binding protease calpain.
But during the past 15 years, it has been reported in women taking calcium supplements above the recommended range of 1200 to 1500 mg daily, for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, and is exacerbated by dehydration.
When calcium is leached from the needles of red spruce, these trees become less cold tolerant and exhibit winter injury and even death.
The calcium carbonate of the limestone produces pH-neutral calcium sulfate that is physically removed from the scrubber.
In some areas the sulfates are sold to chemical companies as gypsum when the purity of calcium sulfate is high.
Barium is chemically similar to magnesium, calcium, and strontium, being even more reactive.
The primary tissue of bone, osseous tissue, is a relatively hard and lightweight composite material, formed mostly of calcium phosphate in the chemical arrangement termed calcium hydroxylapatite ( this is the osseous tissue that gives bones their rigidity ).
The purpose of remodeling is to regulate calcium homeostasis, repair micro-damaged bones ( from everyday stress ) but also to shape and sculpture the skeleton during growth.
The process of bone resorption by the osteoclasts releases stored calcium into the systemic circulation and is an important process in regulating calcium balance.
Bones, in particular after calcination to bone ash is used as source of calcium phosphate for the production of bone china and previously also phosphorus chemicals.
Movement of calcium ions in and out of the cytoplasm is thought to be a signaling activity for metabolic processes.
Calcium is essential for living organisms, in particular in cell physiology, where movement of the calcium ion Ca < sup > 2 +</ sup > into and out of the cytoplasm functions as a signal for many cellular processes.
As a major material used in mineralization of bone, teeth and shells, calcium is the most abundant metal by mass in many animals.
In chemical terms, calcium is reactive and soft for a metal ( though harder than lead, it can be cut with a knife with difficulty ).
is and aluminium
The acidity of the soil is therefore a result of hydrolysis of aluminium compounds.
Wheat's adaptation to allow aluminium tolerance is such that the aluminium induces a release of organic compounds that bind to the harmful aluminium cations.
It was shown that sorghum's aluminium tolerance is controlled by a single gene, as for wheat.
For laboratory syntheses, Raney nickel ( an alloy of nickel and aluminium ) is often employed.
Owing to the complete absence of mountain building and glaciation since the Permian ( in many areas since the Cambrian ) ages, the outback is extremely rich in iron, aluminium, manganese and uranium ores, and also contains major deposits of gold, nickel, iron, lead and zinc ores.
Amblygonite is a fluorophosphate mineral, ( Li, Na ) AlPO < sub > 4 </ sub >( F, OH ), composed of lithium, sodium, aluminium, phosphate, fluoride and hydroxide.
Aluminium also causes a highly beneficial hard layer of aluminium oxide ( Al < sub > 2 </ sub > O < sub > 3 </ sub >) to be formed on the surface that is thin, transparent and self-healing.
* Arsenical brass contains an addition of arsenic and frequently aluminium and is used for boiler fireboxes.
Bauxite is an aluminium ore and is the main source of aluminium.
The aluminium hydroxide in the lateritic bauxite deposits is almost exclusively gibbsite.
Although aluminium demand is rapidly increasing, known reserves of its bauxite ore are sufficient to meet the worldwide demands for aluminium for many centuries.
Aluminium is also used for the structural metal aluminium bronze.
Calcium has a higher electrical resistivity than copper or aluminium, yet weight-for-weight, due to its much lower density, it is a rather better conductor than either.
The oxidation state + 1 can be reached by dissolving cadmium in a mixture of cadmium chloride and aluminium chloride, forming the Cd < sub > 2 </ sub >< sup > 2 +</ sup > cation, which is similar to the Hg < sub > 2 </ sub >< sup > 2 +</ sup > cation in mercury ( I ) chloride.
Double salts are often less soluble, and the low solubility of caesium aluminium sulfate is exploited in the purification of Cs from its ores.
The choice of source gas depends on the thermal stability of the substrate ; for instance, aluminium is sensitive to high temperature.
A thin layer of aluminium or, more rarely, gold is applied to the surface making it reflective.
Just outside the town is a large aluminium plant operated by Alcan and powered by the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme, in its day the biggest tunnelling project in the world.
The word " felsic " is a term used in geology to refer to silicate minerals, magma, and rocks which are enriched in the lighter elements such as silicon, oxygen, aluminium, sodium, and potassium.
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