Wollastonite
A valid IMA mineral species - grandfathered
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About Wollastonite
William Hyde Wollaston
Formula:
Ca3(Si3O9)
As a Commodity:
Colour:
White, gray-white, light green, pinkish, brown, red, yellow
Lustre:
Vitreous, Pearly
Hardness:
4½ - 5
Specific Gravity:
2.86 - 3.09
Crystal System:
Triclinic
Member of:
Name:
Named in 1818 by J. Léman in honor of William Hyde Wollaston (6 August 1766, East Dereham, Norfolk, England, UK - 22 December 1828, London, England, UK), English chemist and mineralogist who discovered palladium (1804) and rhodium (1809) and invented the reflecting goniometer (1809) and the camera lucida (1812).
Polymorph of:
Several triclinic and monoclinic polytypes are known.
Visually very similar to dalnegorskite and other members of the wollastonite group.
May be confused with tremolite, pectolite and others.
The structure of wollastonite contains dreier single chains with the repeating unit (Si3O9)6-.
Visually very similar to dalnegorskite and other members of the wollastonite group.
May be confused with tremolite, pectolite and others.
The structure of wollastonite contains dreier single chains with the repeating unit (Si3O9)6-.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
4323
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:4323:2
Similar Names
| Wollastonite-1T | A synonym of 'Wollastonite-1A' |
| Wollastonite-3T | A synonym of 'Wollastonite-3A' |
| Wollastonite-4T | A synonym of 'Wollastonite-4A' |
| Wollastonite-5T | A synonym of 'Wollastonite-5A' |
| Wollastonite-7T | A synonym of 'Wollastonite-7A' |
IMA Classification of Wollastonite
Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)
IMA Formula:
CaSiO3
First published:
1962
Classification of Wollastonite
9.DG.05
9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
D : Inosilicates
G : Inosilicates with 3-periodic single and multiple chains
9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
D : Inosilicates
G : Inosilicates with 3-periodic single and multiple chains
65.2.1.1c
65 : INOSILICATES Single-Width,Unbranched Chains,(W=1)
2 : Single-Width Unbranched Chains, W=1 with chains P=3
65 : INOSILICATES Single-Width,Unbranched Chains,(W=1)
2 : Single-Width Unbranched Chains, W=1 with chains P=3
14.5.1
14 : Silicates not Containing Aluminum
5 : Silicates of Ca
14 : Silicates not Containing Aluminum
5 : Silicates of Ca
Mineral Symbols
As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.
Please only use the official IMA–CNMNC symbol. Older variants are listed for historical use only.
Please only use the official IMA–CNMNC symbol. Older variants are listed for historical use only.
| Symbol | Source | Reference for Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Wo | IMA–CNMNC | Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |
| Wo | Kretz (1983) | Kretz, R. (1983) Symbols of rock-forming minerals. American Mineralogist, 68, 277–279. |
| Wo | Siivolam & Schmid (2007) | Siivolam, J. and Schmid, R. (2007) Recommendations by the IUGS Subcommission on the Systematics of Metamorphic Rocks: List of mineral abbreviations. Web-version 01.02.07. IUGS Commission on the Systematics in Petrology. download |
| Wo | Whitney & Evans (2010) | Whitney, D.L. and Evans, B.W. (2010) Abbreviations for names of rock-forming minerals. American Mineralogist, 95, 185–187 doi:10.2138/am.2010.3371 |
| Wo | The Canadian Mineralogist (2019) | The Canadian Mineralogist (2019) The Canadian Mineralogist list of symbols for rock- and ore-forming minerals (December 30, 2019). download |
Pronunciation of Wollastonite
Pronunciation:
| Play | Recorded by | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Jolyon Ralph | United Kingdom |
Physical Properties of Wollastonite
Vitreous, Pearly
Transparency:
Transparent, Translucent
Comment:
Pearly on cleavage
Colour:
White, gray-white, light green, pinkish, brown, red, yellow
Streak:
White
Hardness:
4½ - 5 on Mohs scale
Tenacity:
Brittle
Cleavage:
Perfect
Perfect on {001}
Good on {001} and {102}
Perfect on {001}
Good on {001} and {102}
Fracture:
Irregular/Uneven
Density:
2.86 - 3.09 g/cm3 (Measured) 2.90 g/cm3 (Calculated)
Optical Data of Wollastonite
Type:
Biaxial (-)
RI values:
nα = 1.616 - 1.640 nβ = 1.628 - 1.650 nγ = 1.631 - 1.653
2V:
Measured: 36° to 60°
Max. Birefringence:
δ = 0.013 - 0.015
Based on recorded range of RI values above.
Based on recorded range of RI values above.
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Surface Relief:
High (positive)
Relative to Canada balsam mounting medium (n ≈ 1.537).
Relative to Canada balsam mounting medium (n ≈ 1.537).
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this mineral's 2V. The two small white dots mark the melatopes - the points
where the two optic axes emerge - and are shown only when they fall within the
field of view. The coloured bands are isochromatics, and the dark bands are
isogyres.
Rotate the stage: at 0°/90° the isogyres form a cross through the melatopes; at 45° they pull apart into curved hyperbolas. That splitting on rotation - absent in a uniaxial figure - is the standard diagnostic test for telling biaxial minerals from uniaxial ones. If 2V is large, the melatopes may fall outside the field of view, as they often do at the microscope too.
Rotate the stage: at 0°/90° the isogyres form a cross through the melatopes; at 45° they pull apart into curved hyperbolas. That splitting on rotation - absent in a uniaxial figure - is the standard diagnostic test for telling biaxial minerals from uniaxial ones. If 2V is large, the melatopes may fall outside the field of view, as they often do at the microscope too.
Dispersion:
weak r>v
Chemistry of Wollastonite
Mindat Formula:
Ca3(Si3O9)
Element Weights:
Elements listed:
Chemical Analysis
Oxide wt%:
| 1 | |
|---|---|
| SO3 | 0.01 % |
| P2O5 | 0.04 % |
| SiO2 | 51.50 % |
| Al2O3 | 0.01 % |
| V2O3 | 0.01 % |
| FeO* | 0.24 % |
| MnO | 0.58 % |
| MgO | 0.05 % |
| CaO | 46.76 % |
| SrO | 0.18 % |
| BaO | 0.02 % |
| Na2O | 0.04 % |
| Total: | 99.44 % |
Empirical formulas:
| Sample ID | Empirical Formula |
|---|---|
| 1 | (Ca2.93Mn2+0.03Sr0.02Fe2+0.01)[Si3.01O9] |
Sample references:
| ID | Locality | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Wilson pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA | abundant wollastonite (brilliant yellow cathodoluminescence), accompanied by aegirine-augite. Normalized to ∑(cations) = 6. *Fe3+/∑Fe calculated by charge balance. |
Crystallography of Wollastonite
Polytype:
Formula:
Crystal System:
Class (H-M)
Space Group:
Space Group Setting:
Cell Parameters:
Ratio:
Unit Cell Volume (calc):
Z:
Comment:
| Wollastonite-1A | Wollastonite-2M | Wollastonite-3A | Wollastonite-4A | Wollastonite-5A | Wollastonite-7A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CaSiO3 | CaSiO3 | Ca3(Si3O9) | Ca3(Si3O9) | Ca3(Si3O9) | CaSiO3 |
| Triclinic | Monoclinic | Triclinic | Triclinic | Triclinic | Triclinic |
| 1 - Pinacoidal | 2/m - Prismatic | 1 - Pinacoidal | 1 - Pinacoidal | 1 - Pinacoidal | |
| P1 | P21/b | P1 | P1 | P1 | |
| P21/a | |||||
| a = 7.9233(3) Å, b = 7.3203(3) Å, c = 7.0651(3) Å α = 90.053°, β = 95.208(3)°, γ = 103.384(3)° | a = 15.409(3) Å, b = 7.322(1) Å, c = 7.063(1) Å β = 95.30(2)° | a = 23.2(1) Å, b = 7.30(3) Å, c = 7.06(3) Å α = 90.0°, β = 95.5(2)°, γ = 94.6(2)° | a = 31.2(1) Å, b = 7.30(3) Å, c = 7.06(3) Å α = 90.0°, β = 95.5(2)°, γ = 96.8(2)° | a = 38.6(1) Å, b = 7.30(3) Å, c = 7.06(3) Å α = 90.0°, β = 95.5(2)°, γ = 98.0(2)° | |
| a:b:c = 1.082 : 1 : 0.965 | a:b:c = 2.104 : 1 : 0.965 | a:b:c = 3.178 : 1 : 0.967 | a:b:c = 4.274 : 1 : 0.967 | a:b:c = 5.288 : 1 : 0.967 | |
| V 396.91 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell) | V 793.47 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell) | V 1,186.31 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell) | V 1,589.22 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell) | V 1,960.76 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell) | |
| 6 | 12 | ||||
Crystallographic forms of Wollastonite
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Wollastonite no.10 - {100} - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)
Wollastonite no.27 - {010} - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)
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| ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0010667 | Wollastonite | Trojer F J (1968) The crystal structure of parawollastonite Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 127 291-308 |  | 1968 | Crestmore, California, USA | 0 | 293 |
| 0010870 | Wollastonite | Hesse K-F (1984) Refinement of the crystal structure of wollastonite-2M (parawollastonite) Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 168 93-98 | | 1984 | 0 | 293 | |
| 0007360 | Wollastonite | Ohashi Y (1984) Polysynthetically-twinned structures of enstatite and wollastonite Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 10 217-229 | 1984 | 0 | 293 | ||
| 0007359 | Wollastonite | Ohashi Y (1984) Polysynthetically-twinned structures of enstatite and wollastonite Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 10 217-229 | 1984 | 0 | 293 | ||
| 0000622 | Wollastonite | Ohashi Y, Finger L W (1978) The role of octahedral cations in pyroxenoid crystal chemistry. I. Bustamite, wollastonite, and the pectolite-schizolite-serandite series sample Fe-WO, from Scawt Hill, Antrim County, Ireland American Mineralogist 63 274-288 | | 1978 | 0 | 293 | |
| 0000621 | Wollastonite | Ohashi Y, Finger L W (1978) The role of octahedral cations in pyroxenoid crystal chemistry. I. Bustamite, wollastonite, and the pectolite-schizolite-serandite series sample Mn-WO, from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia American Mineralogist 63 274-288 | | 1978 | 0 | 293 | |
| 0012176 | Wollastonite | Ohashi Y, Finger L W (1976) Stepwise cation ordering in bustamite and disordering in wollastonite Carnegie Institution of Washington: Yearbook 75 746-753 | 1976 | 0 | 293 | ||
| 0015327 | Wollastonite | Ito T, Sadanaga R, Takeuchi Y, Tokonami M (1969) The existence of partial mirrors in wollastonite Proceedings of the Japan Academy 45 913-918 | 1969 | 0 | 293 | ||
| 0012435 | Wollastonite | Mamedov K S, Belov N V (1956) The crystal structure of wollastonite Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 107 463-466 | 1956 | 0 | 293 |
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Powder Diffraction Data:
| d-spacing | Intensity |
|---|---|
| 3.314 Å | (100) |
| 3.83 Å | (84) |
| 3.51 Å | (77) |
| 3.086 Å | (58) |
| 2.302 Å | (52) |
| 2.556 Å | (44) |
| 1.759 Å | (35) |
Comments:
1A polytype
Geological Environment
Geological Setting:
In thermally metamorphosed siliceous carbonates, in igneous rocks, and as a skarn deposit.
Type Occurrence of Wollastonite
Synonyms of Wollastonite
Other Language Names for Wollastonite
Varieties of Wollastonite
| Edelfarse | An impure wollastonite. |
| Ferrowollastonite | An iron-rich variety of wollastonite with iron partially replacing the calcium. |
| Manganoparawollastonite | A Mn-bearing wollastonite. |
Relationship of Wollastonite to other Species
Member of:
Other Members of Wollastonite Group:
| Barrydawsonite-(Y) | Na1.5Y0.5CaSi3O8(OH) | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
| Bustamite | CaMn2+(Si2O6) | Tric. 1 : P1 |
| Cascandite | CaScSi3O8(OH) | Tric. 1 |
| Dalnegorskite | Ca5Mn2+(Si3O9)2 | Tric. 1 : P1 |
| Ferrobustamite | CaFe2+(Si2O6) | Tric. 1 |
| Mendigite | Mn2Mn2MnCa(Si3O9)2 | Tric. 1 : P1 |
| Murakamiite | LiCa2Si3O8(OH) | Tric. 1 : P1 |
| Pectolite | NaCa2Si3O8(OH) | Tric. 1 : P1 |
| Schizolite | NaCaMnSi3O8(OH) | Tric. 1 : P1 |
| Serandite | NaMn2+2Si3O8(OH) | Tric. 1 : P1 |
| Tanohataite | LiMn2Si3O8(OH) | Tric. 1 : P1 |
| Vistepite | SnMn4B2Si4O16(OH)2 | Tric. 1 : P1 |
Common Associates
Associations Based on Photo Data:
| 214 photos of Wollastonite associated with Calcite | CaCO3 |
| 116 photos of Wollastonite associated with Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
| 70 photos of Wollastonite associated with Grossular | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| 53 photos of Wollastonite associated with Vesuvianite | Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9 |
| 48 photos of Wollastonite associated with Quartz | SiO2 |
| 40 photos of Wollastonite associated with Miserite | K1.5-x(Ca,Y,REE)5(Si6O15)(Si2O7)(OH,F)2 · yH2O |
| 35 photos of Wollastonite associated with Sarabauite | CaSb3+10S6O10 |
| 35 photos of Wollastonite associated with Andradite | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 |
| 34 photos of Wollastonite associated with Willemite | Zn2SiO4 |
| 30 photos of Wollastonite associated with Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping
| 9.DG. | Barrydawsonite-(Y) | Na1.5Y0.5CaSi3O8(OH) |
| 9.DG. | Paratobermorite | Ca5AlSi5O16(OH) · 5H2O |
| 9.DG. | Calcinaksite | KNaCa(Si4O10) · H2O |
| 9.DG. | Alvesite | NaKZrSi6O15 · 2H2O |
| 9.DG.02 | Steedeite | NaMn2[Si3BO9](OH)2 |
| 9.DG.02 | Nolzeite | NaMn2[Si3BO9](OH)2 · 2H2O |
| 9.DG.05 | Murakamiite | LiCa2Si3O8(OH) |
| 9.DG.05 | Serandite | NaMn2+2Si3O8(OH) |
| 9.DG.05 | Bustamite | CaMn2+(Si2O6) |
| 9.DG.05 | Pectolite | NaCa2Si3O8(OH) |
| 9.DG.05 | Tanohataite | LiMn2Si3O8(OH) |
| 9.DG.05 | Dalnegorskite | Ca5Mn2+(Si3O9)2 |
| 9.DG.05 | 'Wollastonite-1A' | CaSiO3 |
| 9.DG.05 | Ferrobustamite | CaFe2+(Si2O6) |
| 9.DG.05 | Schizolite | NaCaMnSi3O8(OH) |
| 9.DG.07 | Cascandite | CaScSi3O8(OH) |
| 9.DG.08 | Plombièrite | Ca5Si6O16(OH)2 · 7H2O |
| 9.DG.10 | Clinotobermorite | Ca5Si6O17 · 5H2O |
| 9.DG.10 | Riversideite | Ca5Si6O16(OH)2 · 2H2O |
| 9.DG.10 | Tobermorite | Ca5Si6O17 · 5H2O |
| 9.DG.12 | Jusite | Na2Ca15Al4Si16O54 · 17H2O |
| 9.DG.12 | Kenotobermorite | Ca4Si6O15(OH)2 · 5H2O |
| 9.DG.15 | Foshagite | Ca4(Si3O9)(OH)2 |
| 9.DG.20 | Jennite | Ca9(Si3O9)2(OH)8 · 8H2O |
| 9.DG.20 | Kamenevite | K2TiSi3O9 · H2O |
| 9.DG.25 | Paraumbite | K3Zr2H(Si3O9)2 · nH2O |
| 9.DG.25 | Umbite | K2(Zr,Ti)Si3O9 · H2O |
| 9.DG.30 | Sørensenite | Na4SnBe2Si6O16(OH)4 |
| 9.DG.32 | Escheite | Ca2NaMnTi5[Si12O34]O2(OH)3 · 12H2O |
| 9.DG.35 | Xonotlite | Ca6(Si6O17)(OH)2 |
| 9.DG.40 | Hillebrandite | Ca2(SiO3)(OH)2 |
| 9.DG.45 | Zorite | Na8(Ti,Nb)5(Si6O17)2(OH,O)5 · 14H2O |
| 9.DG.45 | Chivruaiite | Ca4(Ti,Nb)5(Si6O17)2(OH,O)5 · 13-14H2O |
| 9.DG.50 | Haineaultite | (Na,Ca)5Ca(Ti,Nb)5(Si6O17)2(OH,F)8 · 5H2O |
| 9.DG.55 | Epididymite | Na2Be2Si6O15 · H2O |
| 9.DG.60 | Eudidymite | Na2Be2Si6O15 · H2O |
| 9.DG.65 | Elpidite | Na2ZrSi6O15 · 3H2O |
| 9.DG.65 | Patynite | NaKCa4[Si9O23] |
| 9.DG.67 | Whelanite | Cu2+2Ca6[Si6O17(OH)](CO3)(OH)3 · 2H2O |
| 9.DG.70 | Enricofrancoite | KNaCaSi4O10 |
| 9.DG.70 | Yusupovite | Na2Zr(Si6O15) · 2.5H2O |
| 9.DG.70 | Litidionite | KNaCuSi4O10 |
| 9.DG.70 | Fenaksite | (K,Na)4(Fe,Mn)2(Si4O10)2(OH,F) |
| 9.DG.70 | Manaksite | KNaMnSi4O10 |
| 9.DG.75 | Senkevichite | CsKNaCa2TiO[Si7O18](OH) |
| 9.DG.75 | Tinaksite | K2Na(Ca,Mn2+)2TiO[Si7O18(OH)] |
| 9.DG.75 | Tokkoite | K2Ca4[Si7O18(OH)](OH,F) |
| 9.DG.80 | Fluorcanasite | K3Na3Ca5Si12O30F4 · H2O |
| 9.DG.80 | Canasite | K3Na3Ca5Si12O30(OH)4 |
| 9.DG.85 | Miserite | K1.5-x(Ca,Y,REE)5(Si6O15)(Si2O7)(OH,F)2 · yH2O |
| 9.DG.90 | Frankamenite | K3Na3Ca5(Si12O30)(F,OH)4 · H2O |
| 9.DG.92 | Charoite | (K,Sr)15-16(Ca,Na)32[Si6O11(O,OH)6]2[Si12O18(O,OH)12]2[Si17O25(O,OH)18]2(OH,F)4 · ~3H2O |
| 9.DG.95 | Yuksporite | K4(Ca,Na)14(Sr,Ba)2(◻,Mn,Fe)(Ti,Nb)4(O,OH)4(Si6O17)2(Si2O7)3(H2O,OH)3 |
| 9.DG.97 | Eveslogite | (Na,K,Ca,Sr,Ba)48 [(Ti,Nb,Mn,Fe2+)12Si48O144(OH)12](F,OH,Cl)14 |
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Wollastonite in petrology
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References for Wollastonite
Reference List:
Klaproth, M. H. (1802) CIX. Chemische Untersuchung des Tafelspaths. In Beiträge zur chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper Vol. 3. Rottmann. p.289-291.
Gorgeu, Alex. (1887) Production artificielle de la Wollastonite. Bulletin de Minéralogie, 10 (7) 271-278 doi:10.3406/bulmi.1887.2074
Barnick, Max (1935) Strukturuntersuchung des natürlichen Wollastonits. Die Naturwissenschaften, 23 (45). 770-771 doi:10.1007/bf01495977
Schairer, J. F., Bowen, N. L. (1942) The binary system CaSiO3-diopside, and the relations between CaSiO3 and akermanite. American Journal of Science, 240 (10). 725-742 doi:10.2475/ajs.240.10.725
Tilley, C.E. (1948) On iron-wollastonites in contact-skarns: an example from Skye. American Mineralogist, 33 (11-12) 736-738
Greenwood, H. J. (1967) Wollastonite: Stability in H2O-CO2 mixtures and occurrence in a contact-metamorphic aureole near Salmo, British Columbia, Canada. American Mineralogist, 52 (11-12) 1669-1680
Wenk, Hans Rudolf, Wenk, John R. (1967) Baryt und Ankerit aus Ammoniten des Berner Juras (Schweiz) Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 14 (2) 81-85 doi:10.1007/bf00377526
Wenk, Hans-Rudolf (1969) Polymorphism of wollastonite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 22 (3) 238-247 doi:10.1007/bf00387956
Rutstein, Martin S. (1971) Re-examination of the wollastonite-hedenbergite (CaSiO3-CaFeSi2O6) equilibria. American Mineralogist, 56 (11-12) 2040-2052
Shimazaki, Hidehiko, Yamanaka, Takamitsu (1973) Iron-wollastonite from skarns and its stability relation in the CaSiO3-CaFeSi2O6 join. GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 7 (2) 67-79 doi:10.2343/geochemj.7.67
Mason, Brian (1975) Compositional limits of wollastonite and bustamite. American Mineralogist, 60 (3-4) 209-212
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Ohashi, Yoshikazu, Finger, Larry W. (1978) The role of octahedral cations in pyroxenoid crystal chemistry. I. Bustamite, wollastonite, and the pectolite-schizolite-serandite series. American Mineralogist, 63 (3-4) 274-288
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Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA