A SPECIFIC

GRAVITYINDEX FOR MINERATS

c. A. MURSKyI ern R. M. THOMPSON,
Un'fuersityof Bri.ti,sh Col,umb,in,Voncouver,Canad,a

This work was undertaken in order to provide a practical, and as far

as possible,a complete list of specific gravities of minerals. An accurate
speciflc cravity determination can usually be made quickly and this
information when combined with other physical properties commonly
leads to rapid mineral identification. Early complete but now outdated
specificgravity lists are those of Miers given in his mineralogy textbook
(1902),and Spencer(M,i,n.Mag.,2!, pp. 382-865,I}ZZ). A more recent
list by Hurlbut (Dana's Manuatrof M,i,neral,ogy, LgE2)is incomplete and
others are limited to rock forming minerals,Trdger (Tabel,l,en ntr-optischen
Best'i,mmungd,ergeste,i,nsb.ildend,enM,ineral,e,1952) and Morey (Encycto-
ped,iaof Cherni,cal, Technol,ogy, Vol. 12, 19b4).
In his mineral identification tables, smith (rd,entifi,cati,on
and.qual,itatioe
cherai,cal, of mineral,s,second edition, New york, 19bB) groups
anal,ys'i,s
minerals on the basis of specificgravity but in each of the twelve groups
the minerals are listed in order of decreasinghardness.
The present work should not be regarded as an index of all known
minerals as the specificgravities of many minerals are unknown or known
only approximately and are omitted from the current list.
The list, in order of increasing specific gravity, includes all minerals
without regard to other physical properties or to chemical composition.
The designation I or II after the name indicates that the mineral falls
in the classesof minerals describedin Dana Systemof M'ineralogyEdition
7, volume I (Native elements, sulphides, oxides, etc.) or II (Halides,
carbonates, etc.) (L944 and 1951). Those not so designated are there-
fore silicates which will appear in volume III (in preparation). Hydro-
carbons have been omitted.
As a check on published values, numerous specificgravity determina-
tions were made on minerals from tjre collections of the university of
British columbia, using t]le Berman Gravity Balance.The determinations
of most specificgravities were made on natural material but a few, made
on synthetic material, are indicated by the letter s after the value. In
a few casesthe calculated value is given, indicated by the letter c after
the value.
fQeologrst, Eldorado Mining and Refining Company, port Radium, N.W.T.
sAssociate
_ Professor, Division of Geology, uoiver.itytf British columbia, Vancouver,
B.C.
274 THE CANADIAN MINERALOGIST

In the caseof some isomorphous seriesand complicated groups such

as apatite, amphiboles, pyroxenes, and clay minerals, only well-known
members are listed. Specific gravities for yarietal names or unnamed
minerals are generally omitted.
Dana's System of M'i'neral,ogy,Vols. 1 and 2, furnished most of the
data for minerals other than silicates. El,ementsof Ohti'cal,Mineral,og,
Part II, by Winchell, proved useful for silicate data. Mineral names
obtained from the above were checked in the Chm,ical' Ind,ex of Mineral,s
by Hey, 1950, to eliminate any possible synonyms. The Amer'i'm'n
Mineral'ogi,sl and the M'ineral'ogi'cal,Magazi,ne provided data on new
minerals, new data on existing minerals, and discredited minerals,
thus bringing the index up to September, 1957.
Mtt-"*t A"- ,tt" A""a-"t"" .a

Mineral Measured Mineral Measured

Ice I 0.9167 Mascagnite II 1.768

Nitromagnesite II t.46 Ettringite II L.n
Kladnoite II t.47 Alunogen II L.77
Natron II t.M8 Apjohnite II 1.78
Sassolite I 1.48 Lesserite II r.785
Mirabilite U 1.490 Evansite II r.8-2.2
Calclacite II 1.5 Moraesite II 1.805
Oxammite II 1.5 Wattevilleite II 1.81
Salammoniac II L.532 Idrizite II 1.829
Teschemacherite II 1 . 5 7( S ) Letovicite II 1.&j (s)
Carnalite II 1.602 Fibroferrite II 1.8+-2.62
Bischofite II 1.604 Mallardite II 1.846(S)
Stepanovite II 1. 6 1 Kurnakovite II 1.85
Stercorite II 1 . 6 1 6, Allophane 1.85-1.89
Mellite II 1.64 Nesquehonite II 1.862
Ammonia alum II 1.645 Inderite II 1.860
Julienite II 1.648(S) Pascoite II r.87
Cadwaladerite II 1.66 Inyoite II 1.876
Aluminite II 1r66-1 .82 Bilinite II 1.875
Tachyhydrite II L.867 Tincalconite II L.880
Soda alum II L.67 Halotrichite II 1.89
Epsomite II 1.677(S) Hannayite II 1.893
Lansfordite II 1.692 Melanterite II 1.898
Struvite II 1. 7 1 1 Nitrocalcite II 1.90
Borax II 1.716 Slavikite II 1.905-1 .99
Pentahydrite II 1 . 7 1 8( S ) Kernite II 1.908
Ammonia-niter II L.72 Pisanite II 1. 9 r
Boussingaultite II r.In (s) Faujasite t.s2
Phosphorroesslerite II r.725 Kribergite II t.g2
Mendozite II 1.730-1.765 Trudellite II r".93
Pickeringite II L.73-1.79 Weddellite II t.g4
Pentahydrocalcite II r.76 Racewinite 1.94-1 .98
Hexahydrite II r.767 Roesslerite II 1.e43(S)
Potash alum II r.767 Earlandite II 1.95
Redingtonite II 1.76L Sulphur I L.96-2.07
 A SPECIFIC GRAVITY INDEX FOR MINERALS 275
Mrrnnar,s AnnaNcBo Acconorws ro Ixcnresrwc Srncrrrc Gnevrry

Mineral Measured Mineral Measured

Morenosite II 1.953 Kaliborite II 2.t28
Ulorite II 1.955 Fluellite II 2.135-2.L7
Vashegyite II 1.96 Probertite II 2.L4
Bieberite II 1.96 Trona II 2,t4
Goslarite II 1.978 Botryogen II 2.r4
Koenenite II 1.98 Brugnatellite I 2.L4
Gaylussite II r.991 Quenstedtite II 2.L47
Sylvite II 1.993 Ferrierite 2.150
Inderborite II 2.m Taranakite II 2.L6
IGemersite II 2.00(s) Hydrocalumite I \ 2.L6
Erionite 2.0 Kainite II 2.L5
Sepiolite 2. Sideronatrite II 2.15-2.56
Diadochite II 2.0-2.4 Bararite II 2.L62
Lindackerite II 2.0-2.6 Ezcurrite II 2.t53
Cryptohalite II 2.N4 Stichtite I 2.L6
Zinc-melanterite II 2.02 Dachiardite 2.L65
Artinite II ,2.02 Hydroboracite II 2.167
Picromerite II 2.028 (S) Halite II 2.168
Retgersite II 2.04 Kalicinite II 2 . 1 6 8( S )
Gmelinite 2.0+-2.17 Roemerite II 2.r74
Lueneburgite II 2.05 Amarantite II 2.189
Manasseite I 2.O5 Gonnardite 2.19
Bayleyite II 2.05 Lechatelierite 2.19
Hydrotalcite I 2.06 Amarillite II 2.ts
Tamarugite II 2.07 Bobierite II 2.1e6 (S)
Bianchite II 2.07 Berillite 2.196
Teepleite II 2.076 Yugawaralite 2.198-2.20
Minguzzite II 2.08-2.092 Darapskite II 2.N
Chabazite 2.08-2.16 Heulandite 2.2
Copiapite II 2.0&-2.t7 Laubanite 2.2
Cuprocopiapite II 2.O8--z.17 Phillipsite 2.2
Magnesiocopiapite II 2.08-2.17 Spadaite 2.2
Ginorite II 2.W Hohmannite II 2.2
Koktaite II 2.09 Dewelyite 2.2-2.4
Levynite 2.09-2.16 Cacoxenite II 2.2-2.4
Stilbite 2.09-2.20 Pirticite II 2.2-2.5
Graphite I 2.W-2.23 Montmorillonite 2.2-2.7
Newberyite II 2.L0 Leonite II 2.20r
Barbertonite I 2.to Nahcolite II 2.2L
Mordenite 2.t Ondrejite 2.2r7
Miloschite 2,L Hydrophilite II 2.22
Boothite II 2.t Analcite 2.22-2.n
Opal 2.L Cyanochroite II 2.n4 (S)
Halloysite 2.I-2.6 Knipovichite II 2.n9
Niter II 2.109 Porttandite I 2.230
Paternoite II 2.tt Lotrite 2.23
Sjdgrenite I 2.lt Whewellite II 2.Xl
Paracoquimbite II 2.tr Gordonite II 2.23
Coquimbite II 2.LL Rhomboclase II 2.23
Meyerhofferite II 2.rn Laumontite 2.23
Pyroaurite I 2.12 Alumohydrocalcite II 2.231
Basaluminite II 2.L2 Hydromagnesite II 2.236
276 THE cANADTAN MrNERALoGrsr

Mrrtsnar-s AttaNcso AcconorNc to IxcnpAsruc Srscrrrc Gnevrw

Mineral Measured Mineral Measured

Bobkovite 2.238 Loeweite II 2.374

Soda-niter II 2.24-2.29 Northupite II 2.380
Epistilbite 2.25 Woodwardite II 2.34
Natrolite 2.25 Lazuite 2.38-2.45
Ilesite II 2.25(S) Sulphoborite II 2.38-2.45
Bloedite II 2.25 Brucite I 2.39
Thomsonite 2.25-2.N Vauxite II 2.39
Thermonatrite II 2.256 (S) Kolbeckite II 2.39
Wairakite 2.26 Vermiculite 2.4
Zincaluminite II 2.26 Chrysocolla 2.4
Saponite 2.26 Hauynite 2.+-2.5
Gismondite 2.27 Xylotile 2.+-2.56
Mesolite 2.27 Pholidolite 2.4L
Tridymite 2.27 Liebigite II 2.4L
Pinnoite II 2.27 Mitscherlichite II 2.4L8
Chalconatronite II 2.27'. Petalite 2.42
Humboldtine II ,t9 Priceite II 2.42
Okenite 2.28-2.33 Cancrinite 2.42--2.6
Wellsite 2.2&-2.37 Colemanite II 2.423
Chalcanthite II 2.286 (S) Goldichite II 2.43
Ungemachite II 2.287 Smolianinovite II 2.43-2.45
Chalcoalumite II 2.29 Dawsonite II 2.M
Kingite II 2.30 Sterrettite II 2,M
Ardealite II 2.300 Laueite II 2.44-2.49
Scolecite 2.3 Harmotome 2.4e-2.60
Swartzite II 2.3 Brewsterite 2.46
Noselite 2.3-2.4 Searlesite 2.45
Apophyllite 2.3-2.4 Rossite II 2.45
Gibbsite I 2.3-2.4 Minyulite II 2.45
Kornelite II 2.306 Tychite II 2.456
Mercallite II 2.3L0 Tobermorite 2.458
Chlormanganokalite II 2.3L Lithiophosphate II 2.46
Gypsum II 2.3r7 Ussingite 2.46
Misenite II 2.32 Metasideronatrite II 2.46
Belyankinite I 2.32-2.N Pseudolaueite 2.463
Chloromagnesite II 2.325 (S) Leucite 2.47
Brushite II 2.328 Mooreite II 2.47
Cristobalite 2.33 Eriochalcite II 2.47 (S)
Felsiib6nyaite 2.33 Ferruccite II 2.456
Bikitaite 2.34 Sulphohalite II 2.500
Gyrolite 2.3+-2.46 Uranospathite II 2.50
Metavauxite II 2.345 Foshallassite 2.6
Rinneite II 2.3M Connarite 2.6
Sodalite 2.35 Metavoltine II 2.6
Pirssonite II 2.352 Nacrite 2.6
Hambergite II 2.359 Iddingsite 2.6-2.U
Wavellite II 2.36 Glauconite 2.6-2.86
Paravauxite II 2.36 Potassium Fluoride Il 2.605
Rhodesite 2.36 Avogadrite II 2.506--3.306
Mountainite 2,36 Schroeckingerite II 2.6L
Chrvsotile 2.36-2.6 Metahewettite II 2.61-2.94
tsryihrosiderite II 2.372 (S) Anauxite 2.52
 A SPECIFIC GRAVITY INDEX FOR ]UINERALS 277
MrNpnans Anxar.rcBo Acconorr.rc :ro INcRTesING SpEcrFrc Gnevrrv

Mineral Measured Mineral Measured

Serpierite II 2.52 Schairerite II 2.612
Calcioferrite II 2.53 Ishkyldite 2.62
Overite II 2.53 Dickite 2.62
Montgomeryite [I 2.53 Antigorite 2.62
Howlite II 2.53-2.59 Szaibelyite II 2.62
Pharmacolite II 2.53-2.73 Donbassite 2.628
Metavariscite II 2.54 Afwillite 2.63
Karpinskyite 2.545 Trihydrocalcite II 2 . 6 3?
()
Parabutlerite II 2.55 Ransomite II 2.632
Microcline 2.55 Dipyre 2.635
Eudidymite 2.55 Oligoclase 2.64
Epididymite 2.55 Berlinite II 2.64
Butlerite II 2.55 Simplotite II 2.64
Ferrinatrite II 2.55-2.6L Illite 2.642,-2.688
Hes/ettite II 2.55-2.6L8 Qtartz 2.65
Chalcedony 2.55-2.63 Englishite II 2.65
Nepheline 2.55-2.66 Beryl 2.65-2.9
Navajoite I 2.66 Scapolite 2.65-2.74
Anorthoclase 2.66-2.6 Apthitalite II 2.659-2.7L
Ralstonite II 2.66-2.62 Faheyite II 2.660
Hanksite II 2.662 Chkalovite 2.66
Sanidine 2.57 Arcanite II 2.663
Adularia 2.57 Thenardite II 2.6M
Milarite 2.67 Torreyite II 2.665
Leifite 2.57 Hieratite II 2.665 (S)
Orthoclase 2.67 Andesine 2.67
Burkeite II 2.57 Eucryptite 2.67
Ftabbittite U 2.57 Foshagite 2.67
Variscite II 2.57 Chlorotiionite II 2.67 (S)
Cordierite 2.57-2.66 Chalcophyllite II 2.67
Zaratite ll 2.57-2.65 Dillnite 2.675
Coeruleolactite IX 2.57-2.69 Errite 2.68
Kieserite II 2.67 Vivianite II 2.68
Syngenite II 2.679-2.60 Cookeite 2.69
Picropharmacolite II 2.58 Hillebrandite 2.69
Marialite 2,58 Lopezite II 2.69
Elpidite 2.58 Lanthanite II 2.6b-2.74
Dimorphite I 2.58 Bassanite II 2.69-2.76
Sarmientite II 2.58 Vanthoffite II 2.694
Oldhamite I 2.58 (S) Huntite II 2.696
Veatchite II 2.58-2.69 Augelite II 2.696
Egueite II 2.60 Mizzontte 2.70
Shortite U 2.60 Labradorite 2.70
Kaolinite 2.60-2.68 Borickite II 2.70
Bertrandite 2.6 Foucherite II 2.7
Natroalunite II 2.6 Voltaite II 2.7
Zirklerite II 2.6 Edingtonite 2.7-2.78
Turquois II 2.6-2.84 Stilpnomelane 2.7-3.0
Galeite II 2.605 Xonotlite 2.7L
Kaliophilite 2.6L Didymolite 2.7t
Albite 2.61 Hilgardite II 2.7r
Ashcroftine 2.67 Parahilgardite II 2.7r
278 THE CANADIAN MINERALoGIST
MrrBner.s Anneucso Acconorrrrs to INcnsesNo Spscrrrc Gnavnv

Mineral Measured Mineral Measured

Callaghanite II 2.7r Wardite II 2.81-2.87
Calcite II 2.7LO2 Talc 2.82
Creedite II 2.7r3 Corvusite I 2 . 8 2( 7 )
Malladrite II 2.714(S) I-angbeinite II 2.83
Guildite II 2.72 Millisite II 2.83
Bytownite 2.73 Taeniolite 2.83-2.86
Bultfonteinite 2.73 Nenadkevichite 2.4-2.89
Hoernesite II 2.73 Krausite II 2.UO
Bradleyite II 2.734 Pyrophyllite 2.U
Bavenite 2.74 Murmanite 2.U
Tarapacaite II 2.74(s) Dalyite 2.4
Pectolite 2.74-2.88 Miserite 2.84
Glaucocerinite II 2.749 Tilleyite 2.U
Gorgeyite II 2.75 Ganophyllite 2.4
Catapleite 2.76 Bermanite II 2.4
Meionite 2.76 Sincosite II 2.U
Narsarsukite 2.75 Combeite 2.8M
Phlogopite 2.75 Haidingerite II 2.U8
Alunite II 2.75 Paragonite 2.8
Glauberite II 2.75-2.85 Davisonite II 2.W
Heidornite II 2.753 Dolomite II 2.85
Zeophyllite 2.76 Anthophyllite 2.86
Armenite 2.76 Rankinite 2.86
Anorthite 2.76 Eastonite 2.86
Metastrengite II 2.76 Tuhualite 2.87
Cyanotrichite II 2.76-2.95 Zunyite 2.87
Muscovite. 2.76-3.O Strengite II 2.87
Gearksutite II 2.768 Hurlbutite II 2.877
Cryolithionite II 2.770 Calciborite II 2.878
Scawtite 2.77 Vinogradovite 2.878
Astrolite 2.78 Prosopite II 2.88-2.854
Polyhalite II 2.78 Bakerite II 2.88
Crandallite II 2.79-2.52 Salmonsite Il 2.88
Amesite 2.79 Manandonite 2.89
Foshagite 2.79 Epistolite 2.89
Ekmannite 2.79 Lehiite II 2.89
Villiaumite II 2.75 Tuhualite 2.89
PharmacosideriteTlI 2.757 Kroehnkite II 2.90
Werthemanite-II 2 .8 0 Labuntzovite 2.90L
Shilkinite 2.A Molysite II 2.e0 (s)
Neotocite 2.8 Carpholite 2.9
Andersonite II 2.8 Pollucite 2.9
Xanthoxenite II 2.8-2.97 Datolite 2.9-3.O
Beraunite II 2.8-3.08 Liroconite II 2.9-3.0
Eudialyte 2.8-3.1 Carbonate-apatite II 2.9-3.1
Biotite 2.8-3.2 Hydroxylapatite-II 2.9-3.1
Lepidolite 2.8-3.3 Tourmaline 2.9-3.2
Wad I 2.8-4.4 Suanite II 2.9L
Ceruleite II 2.803 Boracite II 2. 9-3 . 10
Bandylite II 2.810 Jarosite II 2.9-3.26
Anapaite II 2.8L Wollastonite 2.9L5
Beryllonite II 2.81 Parawollastonite 2 .S 1 5
 A SPECIFIC GRAVITY INDEX FOR MINERALS 279
Mutrnar.s AnneNcsD Acconorrrro m INcREAsTNcSrscrFrc Gravrry

Mineral Measured Mineral Measured

Prehnite 2.9t6 Margarite
Sarcolite 2.y2 Euclase
Isoclasite II 2.52 Clintonite
Roscherite II 2.92 Spodumene
Faustite II 2.92 Reddingite II
Roweite II 2.52 Phosphoferrite II
Monetite II 2.929 (S) Tyrolite II
Aminoffite 2.94 Symplesite II
Stewartite II 2.94 Boehmite I
Jezekite II 2.94 Gonyerite
Kempite II 2.94 Woodhouseite lI
Aragonite II 2.947 Bromellite I
Leucophosphite II 2.948 Bityite
Leightonite II 2.95 Manganolangbeinite II
Akermanite 2.95 Ankerite II
Deltaite II 2.95 Landesite II
Hydroxyl-herderite II 2.95-3.01 Inesite
Harkerite 2.955 Mansfieldite Il
Cebollite 2.96 Szomolnokite II
Leucophanite 2.96 Gorceixite II
Weberite II 2.96 Ferrocarpholite
Likasite II 2.96-2.98 Gehlenite
Shcherbakovite 2.968 Dehrnite II
Ktenasite II 2.969 Natromontebrasite II
Cryolite II 2.97 Actinolite
Schizolite 2. 97-3 . 13 Harstigite
Clinophaeite II 2.575 Orientite
Tremolite 2.98 Leucosphenite
Phenakite 2.98 Weinschenkite II
Anhydrite II 2.98 Hopeite II
Scacchite II 2.98 Pennantite
Montebrasite II 2.98 Banalsite
Fluoborite II 2.98-2.85 Erythrite II
Pafizite I 2.98-3 . 96 Eosphorite II
Thomsenolite II 2.981 Pyrosmalite
Pachnolite II 2.983 Ellestadite II
Brazilianite II 2.983 Lamprophanite II
Fenimolybdite II 2.99 Parasymplesite II
Collinsite II 2.99 Annabergite II
Minnesotaite 2.99-3.03 Lewistonite II
Elpasolite II 2.995 Seamanite II
Chiolire II 2.998 Lazulite II
Magnesite II 3.00 Daphnite
Herderite II 3.0 Fairfieldite II
Spurrite 3. Cyrilovite II
Hisingerite 3. Souzalite II
Greenalite 3. Grothine
Mosandrite 3.0 Kotoite II
Grandidierite 3.0 Merrillite II
Kasoite 3.0 Bassetite II
Danburite 3.0 Wilkeite II
Meliphanite 3.0 Wadeite
280 TEE CANADIAN MINERALOGIST
Mrrvsner,s Anranqcpo Acconorxo to Incnsesrno Spscmrc Gnevrtv

Mineral Measured Mineral Measured

Moissanite I 3.1 Hornblende 3.2
Bementite 3.1 Crocidolite 3.2
Lawsonite 3.1 Monticellite 3.2
Andalusite 3.t-3.2 Forsterite 3.2
Chondrodite 3.1-3.2 Humite 3.2--3.3
Autunite II 3.L-3.2 Pumpellyite 3.2-3.3
Chlorapatite II 3.1-3.2 Heterosite II 3.2-3.4
Fluorapatite II 3.1*3.2 Purpurite II 3.2-3.4
Dufrenite II 3 .1 - 3 . 3 4 Ferri-sicklerite II 3.2-3.4
Amblygonite II 3 .1 1 Celsian 3.2-3.45
Tengerite II 3.L2 Oxyhornblende 3.2-3.5
Whitlockite II 3.L2 Cummingtonite 3.2-3.5
Kutnahorite II 3.I2 Guarinite 3.2-3.5
Ludlamite II 3 . 12-3. 19 Friedelite 3.2L
Lacroixrte II 3.L26 Vladimirite II 3.2L
Glaucophane 3 .1 3 Serandite 3.215
Manganpyrosmalite 3 .1 3 Torbernite II 3.22
Hibschite 3 .1 3 Svanbergite II 3.22
Forbesite II 3.13 Chalcosiderite II 3.22
Devillite II 3 .1 3 Kupletskite 3.229
Phosphophyllite tI 3 .1 3 Mullite 3.23
C'otzenite 3. 138 Duttonite I 3.24(C)
Norbergrte 3.14 Neptunite 3.24
Strigovite 3.L4 Kornerupine 3.24-3.27
Spencerite II 3.L4 Nitrobarite II 3.250 (S)
Churchite II 3.t4 Surassite 3.25
Spangolite II 3.14 Pyrochroite I 3.26
Valleriite I 3 . 1 4( t ) Sillimanite 9.25
Lithiophorite I 3. 14-3.36 Childrenite II 3.25
Siderazot I 3.147 Dundasite II s.2,5
Wagnerite II 3 .1 5 Axinite 3.25-3.31
Sellaite II 3.15 Zoisite 3.25-3.36
Merwinite 3.15 Goyazite II 8.26
Szmikite II 3 .1 6 Dumortierite 3.26-3.36
Hureaulite II 3. 15-3. 19 Chloritoid 3.26-3.57
Cahnite II 3. 156 Sal6eite II 3.27
Eckermannite 3 .1 6 Loseyite II 3.27
Lawrencite II 3 . 1 6( S ) Doloresite I 3.n-3.83
Noemesselite II 3 .1 6 Olivine 3.27-3.57
Clinohumite 3.L7-3.26 Jeremejevite II 3.27
Ericaite II 3.t7-3.27 Clinoenstatite 3.28
Fluorite II 3. 180 Calkinsite II 3.28
Enstatite 3.18 Scorodite II 3.28
Natrojarosite II 3.18 Diopside 3.28 (S)
Stokesite 3 .1 9 Tavorite II 3.29
Siderophyllite 3 .1 9 Sussexite II 3.30
Raimondite II 3.L9-3.22 Isokite II 3.3
Akrochordite II 3. 194 Plancheite 3.3
Sampleite II 3.20 Rosenbuschite 3.3
Helvite 3.20 Lime I 3.3
Sabugalite II 3.20 Johnstrupite 3.3
Riebeckite 3.2 Ottrelite 3.3
 A SPECIFIC GRAVITY INDEX FOR IIINERALS 281

Mrupnar-s Annarycno Acconprwc to Iucnpesruc Srscrrrc Gnevrtv

Mineral Measured Mineral Measured

Astrophyllite 3.3-3.4 Serendibite 3.42

Diaspore I 3.3-3.6 Ramsayite 3.43
Rhodizite II 3.305-3.38 Bustamite 3.43
Goethite I 3.3-4.3 Nordite 3.43
Parahopeite II 3.31 Roeblingite 3.43
Ferghanite II 3.31 Filloqdte II 3.4:|
Kruzhanovskite II 3.31 Fersmanite 3.4
Johannite II 3.32 Euchroite II 3.M
Koettigite II 3.33 Arfvedsonite 3.M7
Laubmannite II 3.33 Cronstedtite 3.46
Clinohedrite 3.33 Hemimorphite 3.45
Buttgenbachite II 3.33 Sicklerite II 3.45
Vesuvranite 3.33-3.45 Uranospinite II 3.45
Frondelite II 3.3-3.49 Lamprophyllite 3.45-3.54
Rockbridgeite II 3.3-3.49 funkite 3.M
Jadeite 3.335 Chlorophoenicite II 3.46
Augite 3.34 Hauerite I 3.463
Lithiophilite II 3.34 Trimerite 3.47
Kainosite 3.34-3.61 Sinhalite II 3.47-3.60
Hydrogrossular 3.35 Talktriplite 9.47
Annite 3.35 Andrewsite II 3.475
Warwickite II 3.35 Melanovanadite II 3.477
Chalcomenite II 3.35 Realgar I 3.477-3.56
Danalite 3.35-3.43 Glaucochroite 3.48
Epidote 3.36-3.6 Langite II 3.48-3.50
Hellandite 3.35-3.70 Hematolite II 3.49
Homilite 3.36 Orpiment I 3.49
Babingtonite 3.36 Natrochalcite II 3.49
Connellite II 3.36 Burbankite II 3.50
Ampangabeite I 3.3H.64 Belovite II 3.50
Schallerite 3.37 Acmite 3.5
Hypersthene 3.37 Dioptase 3.5
Magnesium- Lavenite 3.5
chlorophoenicite II 3.37 .fohannsenite 3.5
Scorzalite II 3.38 Diamond I 3.60-3.53
Shubnikovite II 3.38 Topaz 3.5-3.57
Dickinsonite II 3.38-3.41 Hiihnerkobelite II 3.6-3.6
criphite II 3.40 Metatorbernite II 3.5-3.7
Hardystonite 3.40(S) Roselite II 3.50--4.74
Gillespite 3.4 Pyroxmangite 3.6-3.8
Veselyite II 3.4 Pyrope 3.5-3.8
Gerhardtite U 3.40-4.43 Hydrozincite II 3.5-3.8
Steenstrupine 3.4-3.M Svabite II 3.5-3.8
Sapphirine I 3.4-3.5 Triplite II 3.5-3.9
Mangan-alluaudite II 3.4-3.5 Fermorite II 3.518
Sphene 3.4-3.66 Meta-uranocircite I I 3.53
Grossularite 3.4-3.6 Lavendulan II 3.54
Uvarovite 3.4-3.8 Sklodowskite 3.54
Cymrite 3.4L Arrojadite II 3.55
Natrophilite II 3.41 Hedenbergte 3.55
Pigeonite 3.42 Spinel I 3.55 (S)
Woehlerite 3.42 Periclase I 3.56 (S)
 282 TEE cANADIAN MINERALoGIST
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Mineral Measured Mineral Measured

Aluminian- Adelite II 3.73
Ferroantlophyllite Abernathyite II 3 . 7 4( C )
Magniotriplite II Paratacamite II 3.74
Synadelphite II Enigmatite 3.74-3.85
Alluaudite II Chrysoberyl I 3.76
Thortveitite Dussertite II 3.76
Chapmaniqe Atacamite II 3.760
Gageite Magnalumoxide I 3.76
Triphylite II Strontianite II 3.76
Florencite II Tilasite II 3.77
Barbosalite II Azurite II 3.773
Arseniosiderite II Shattuckite 3.75
Ludwigite II Mixite II 3.79
Novacekite II Geikielite I 3.7H.05
Botallackite II Teineite II 3.80
Kyanite Hyalotekite 3.8
Rh6nite Uranophane 3.8--4.
Ardennite Ilvaite 3.H.1
Taaffeite I Hoegbomite I 3.81
Dietzeite II Daubreelite I 3.81
Gerstleyite II Metatyuyaminite Il 3.8r-3.93
Metazeunerite II Wolfeite II 3.&3
Aurichalcite II Allactite II 3.83
Sarcopside II Hibonite I 3.84
Benitoite Leucophenicite 3.85
Hemafibrite II Lombaardite 3.85
Hinsdalite II Priderite I 3.86
Chalcocyanite II Sulvanite I 3.86---4.00
Staurolite Arsenolite I 3.87
Barytocalcite II Jarlite II 3.87
Triploidite II Flinkite II 3.87
Blgsildite II Pinakiolite II 3.88
Argentojarosite II Antlerite II 3.88
Plumbojarosite II Joaquinite 3.89
Brandtite II Doverite II 3.89
Todorokite I Synchisite II 3.90
Alstonite II Anatase I 3.90
Graftonite II Allanite 3.H.0
Schorlomite Sphalerite I 3.H.1
Tyuyamunite II Willemite 3.9-4.1
Garrelsite II Hodgkinsonite 3.91
Genthelvite Taramellite 3.92
Rhodochrosite II Chenevixite II 3.93
Rhodonite FJrabdophane II 3.94---4.01
Voltzite I Durangite II 3.9M.O7
Uranopilite II P-Uranophane 3.95
Andradite Ancylite II 3.95
Betafite I Hidalgoite II 3.96
Beta-roselite II Siderite II 3.96
Woodruffite I Libethenite II 3.97
Hagendorfite II Celestite II 3.e7
McGovernite Brochantite II 3.97
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Mineral Measured Mineral Measured

Wurtzite I 3.98 Cornwallite II 4.166
Kamarezite II 3.98 Dolerophanite II 4.L7
Margarosanite 3.99 Spessartite 4.18
Chalcophanite I 4.00 Sanbornite 4.L9
Painite 4.00 Belovite (phosphate) II 4.LS
Alabandite I 4.0 Roentgenite 4.le (C)
Montroseite I 4.0 Nordenskioldite II 4.20
Barylite 4. Tritomite 4.2
Hancockite 4. Magnesiochromite I 4.2
Sengierite II 4. Argyropyrite I 4.206
Corundum I 4.0-4.L Frieseite I 4.2r7
Rosasite Itr 4.H.2 Powellite II 4.23
Beudantite II 4.-4,3 Rutile I 4.23
Pseudomalachite II 4.0-4.35 Thalenite 4.23
Gadolinite 4.H.6 Argentopyrite I 4.25
Kalkowskyn I 4.01 Lindgrenite II 4.26
Perovskite I 4.01 Hulsite II 4.28
Legrandite II 4.01 Swedenborgite II 4.285
Plumbogummite II 4.OI4 Caryocerite 4.29
Zirconolite I 4.0L7-4.237 Caryinite II 4.29
Alleghanyite 4.02 Witherite II 4.291,
Galaxite I 4.03 (S) Corkite II 4.295
Kurumsakite 4.03 Magnussonite II 4.30
Cubanite I 4.03-4.18 Sahamalite II 4.30
Malachite Il 4.05 Renierite I 4.5
V6signi6ite II 4.05 Schajarzikite II 4.3
Smythite I 4.06 Stannite I 4.3-4.6
Berzeliite II 4.08 Yttrialite 4.9-4.6
Sarkinite II 4.0H.18 Chevkinite 4.3-4.65
Lepidocrocite I 4.09 Cordylite II 4.3L
Cornetite II 4.LO Vaesite I 4.31(S)
Carminite II 4.10 Yttrium Calcium
Chalcopyrite I 4. 1---4.3 Fluoride II 4.3r.6
Almandite 4.L-4.3 Adamite II 4.3?r-4.8
Conichalcite II 4. 1---4.33 Pseudobrookite I 4.33
Sternbergite I 4.toL-4.2I5 Manganite I 4.33
Holdenite II 4.11 Beaverite II 4.36
Tephroite 4.11 Parisite II 4.36
Tarbuttite II 4.12 Clinoclase II 4.38
Melanocerite 4.13 Hercynite I 4.39 (S)
Knebelite 4.r3 Cappalenite 4.4
Cobaltocalcite II 4.r3 Fayalite 4.4
Austinite II 4.13 Pyrolusite I 4.4-5.06
Stainierite I 4.I3-4.47 Xenotime II 4.4-5.t
Nantokite II 4 . 1 3 6( S ) Smitfrsonite II 4.43
Brookite I 4.L4 Armangite II 4.48
Groutite I 4.r4 Pyrochlore I 4.4.6
Uhlisite I 4.16 Enargite I 4.45
Claudetite I 4.15 Davidite I 4.46
Beckelite 4.r5 Olivenite II 4 . 4 6.
Retzian II 4.L6 Manganberzeliite Il 4.46
Arsenoclasite II 4.16 Germanite I 4.4H".59
284 THE cANADTANMrNERALoGrsr
MTNSRALs
AnnencBo AcconorNo ro lNcneesrr.rcSrscrFrc Gnevrrv

Mineral Measured Mineral Measured

Limaite I 4.47 Zirkelite I 4.74L
Merumite I 4.49 Jacobsite I 4.76
Colusite I 4.50 Salesite II 4.77
Barite II 4.50 Polymignl"te I 4.77-4.ftt
Rowlandite 4.6 Violarite I 4.7e (C)
Katoptrite II +.o Selenium I 4.80
Palmierite II 4.5 (S) Yttrocrasite I 4.80
Famatinite I 4.50-4.52 Schoepite I 4.8
Chromite I 4.5-4.8 Trippkeite II 4.8
Nigerite I 4.5L Rutherfordine II 4.82
Emmonsite II 4.52 Carrollite I 4.83
Derbylite II 4.53 Polydymite I 4.83 (C)
Pyrophanite I +.o+ Siegenite I 4.83(C)
Cattierite I 4.55 (S) Hausmannite I 4.U
Paradamite II +. oo Pseudoboleite II 4.85
Magnesioferrite I 4.5H.65 Linnaeite I 4.85(C)
Stillwellite 4.57 Mackayite II 4.86(?)
Pyrrhotite I 4.58.--4.65 Hawleyite I 4.87(C)
Lautarite II 4.59 Smithite I 4.88
Hydrotungstite I 4.60 Marcasite I 4.887
Hutchinsonite I 4.6 Bellingerite II 4.89
Hydrohetaerolitell 4.6 (?) Lautite I 4.9
Loranskite I 4.6 Greenockite I 4.9
Stetefeldtite I +.o T6rnebohmite 4.9
Covellite I 4.H.76 Bastnaesite II 4.9-5.2
Langbanite 4.H.8 Ianthite II 4.94
Pentlandite I 4.G-5.0 Bixbyite I 4.947
Tetrahedrite I 4.6-5.1 Chalcostibite I 4.95
Monazite II 4.6-5.4 Hollandite I 4.55
Bindbeimite II 4.6-5.6 Priorite I 4.95
Bravoite I 4.62 Otavite II 4.e6(S)
Gamagarite II 4.62 Livingstonite I 5.00
Tennantite I 4.62 Euxenite I 5.00
Gahnite I 4.62(S) Yeatmanite 6.0
Molybdenite I 4.62-4.73 Crednerite I 5.01
Stibnite I 4.63 Pyrite I 5.018
Bert-hierite I 4.64 Vandenbrandite I 6.03
Nolanite I 4.65 Dewindtite II 5.03
Cerite 4.6H.91 Boleite II 5.05
Zircon 4.6H.7 Bornite I 5.06-5.08
Cumengite II 4.67 Franklinite I 6.07-6.t2
Kermesite I 4.68 Sartorite I 5 .1 0
Fersmite 4.69 Coffinite 6.1
Lessingite 4.69 Romeite II 5.1
Soddyite 4.70 Caracolite II 5.1
Delorenzite I 4.7 Stibiconite I 5 .1 - 5 . 6
Paigeite II 4.7 Trevorite I 5.164
Psilomelane I 4.7I Magnetite I 5.t75
Molybdophyllite 4.72 Hetaerolite I 6 .1 8
Ilmenite I 4.72 Eschynite I 5 .1 9
Braunite I 4.72,4.83 Columbite I 5.20
Scheteligite I 4.74 Robinsonite I 6.20-5.25
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Mineral Measured Mineral Measured

Thorite 5.2-6.4 Caledonite II 5.6-5.76
Hjelmite I 5.2-5.8 Fergusonite I 5.6-5.8
Fuloppite I 5.22 Aramayoite I 6.602
Miargyrite I 6.25 Umangite I 5.620
Stilleite I 5.259(C) Jamesonite I 5.63
Hematite I. 6.26 Arsenic I 5.63-5.78
Cesarolite I 5.29 Miersite II 5.64
Vrbaite I 5.30 Zincite I 5.66
Becquerelite I 5.3 Marshite II 5.68
Liveingite I 5.3 Iodyrite II 6.69
Cheralite. II 5.3 Samarskite I: 5.69-6.2
Arsenolamprite I 5.3-6.5 Yttrotantalite I 5.7
Polycrase I 5.3-5.9 Melanotekite o.l

Senaite I 5.301 Bystromite II D.I

Waltherite II 5.32 Arsenobismite II D.l

Billietite I 5.32-5.36 Phoenicochroite II 5.75

Baumhauerite I 5.329 Djalmaite I 5.76-5.88
Andorite I 6.35 Valentinite I 5.76
Linarite II 5.35 Kettnerite I.I 5.80
Zinkenite I 5.36 Cotunni.te II 5.80(S)
Manganosite I 5.364 Lengenbachite I 5.80-5.85
Rathite I 5.37 Formanite I 5.8.1
Parsonsite II 5.37 Allemoptite I 6.8-6.2
Pyrobelonite II 5.377 Tenorite I 5.8-6.4
Seligmannite I 5.38--5.M Heazlewoodite 5.82
Osbornite I 6 . 3 e( C ) Hedyphane II 5.82
Baddeleyite I 6.4-6.O2 Tripuhyite II 5.82
Delafossite I 6.4L Bournonite I 5.83
Diaboleite II 6.42 Pyrargyrite I 5.85
Ramdohrite'I 5.43 Penfreldite II 6.86-6.61
Brannerite I 5.43 Fiedlerite II 6.88 :
Ganomalite. 6.49--5.7 Franckeite I 6.90
Coronadite I 6,M Tellurite I 5.90
Cylindrite I 5.46 Gersdorfiite I 5.9
Parajamesonite I 6.48 Larsenite 5.:9
Senarmontite I 6.60 Mottramite II 5.9
Millerite I o.D Monimolite II 5.9-7.A.::
Bayldonite II o.o Simpsonite I 5..92-$.n
Chalcocite I 5.5-5.8 Fluocerite II 6.93-6.14
Samsonite I 5.51 Pyrostilpnite I 5.94:
Tungstite I 6.5L7 Schultenite II 5.943
Magnetoplumbite I 5.5L7 Stibiocolumbite I 6,98
Lorandite. I o. {)l' Crocoite II 6.99
Dufrenoysite I 5.53 Klockmannite I 6.ee(s)
Xanthoconite I 6.54 Weissite I 6.0
Digenite I 5.546-5.706 Laurite I 6.0-6,99
Thorotungstite II D. DO Wittichenite I 6.01
Cerargyrite ll D. OOO Vauquplinite II 6.O2
Plagionite I o. oo Diaphorite I 6.04
Proustite I D .O / Paramelaconite I 6.O4
Ferritungstite II o.o/ Freieslebenite I 6.44-4.4
Tripuhyite I 6.6 Fourmarierite I 6.046
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ARRANGED

Mineral Measured Mineral Measured

Brackebuschite II 6.05 Pitchblende I 6.5--8.6
Glaucodot I 6.06 Leadhillite II O. DD
Plumboferrite I 6.07 Ceru*site II o. Do
Arsenopyrite I 6.07 Beyerite II 6.56
Semseyite I 6.08 Pucherite II 6.57 (C)
Scheelite II 6.10 Tyitellite 6.6
Tellurium I 6.1-6.3 Eulytite 6.6
Trigonite U 6.1-7.1 Antimony I 6.6L-4.72
Bismutite II o.r-7 .7 Ordoffezite I 6.635
Tsumebite II 6.13 Ullmannite I 6.65
Pearceite I 6. 13-6. 16 Kallilite I 6.66
Phosgenite II 6.133 Beresovite II 6.69
Betekhtinite I 6.14 Walpurgite II 6.6e (C)
Cuprite I 6.14 Sanmartinite II 6.70
Paralaurionite II 6.15 Cannzzarite I 6.7 (s)
Bornhardtite I 6.173 (C) Berzelianite I 6.71
Kentrolite 6.19 Gudmundite I 6.72
Descloizite II 6.2 Barysilite 6.72
Gratonite I 6.22 Cosalite I 6.76
Stromeyerite I 6.2-6.3 Willyamite I 6.76
Ishikawaite I 6.2-4.4 Chloroxiphite II 6.763--6.93
Boulangerite I 6.23 Bismuthinite I 6.78
Laurionite II 6.% (s) Hydrocerussite II 6.80
Owyheeite I 6.26 Quenselite I 6.84
Stephanite I 6.ztt Rooseveltite II 6.86
Guanajuatite I 6.2H.98 Vanadinite II 6.88
Polybasite I 6.27-6.33 Heliophyllite II 6.89
Canieldite I 6.276 Bunsenite I 6.898
Argl.rodite I 6.29 Crookesite I 6.90
Cobaltite I 6.33 Matildite I 6.9
Kobellite I 6.334 Penroseite I 6.9
Benjaminite I 6.34 Zinc I 6.9-7.2
Teallite I 6.36 Lanarkite II 6.92
Uranosphaerite I 6.36 Duftite II 6.e8 (C)
Meneghinite I 6.36 Cassiterite I 6.99
Emplectite I 6.38 Schreibersite I 7 .O-7.3
Jordanite I 6.38 Naumannite I 7.0-8.00
Anglesite II 6.38 Lindstromite I 7.Ol
Clarkeite I 6.39 Nadorite II 7.02
Pavonite I 6.39-6.54 Pyromorphite II 7.O4
Hauchecornite I 6.4 Galenobismutite I 7.M
Atelestite II 8.4 Aikinite I 7.07
Microlite I 6.42 Rammelsbergite I 7.L
Geocronite I 6.45 Huttonite 7.r
Wherryite II 6.46 Georgiadesite II 7.1
Kasolite 6.46 Witrite I 7.L2
Murdochite I 6.M Pararammelsbergite I 7.L2
Cuprobismutite I 6.47(S) Matlockite II 7.12
Bromy:rite II 6.474 Huebnerite II 7.L2
Alamosite 6.49 Ecdemite II 7.L4
Skutterudite I o.o Calomel II 7.16
Wulfenite II 6.5-7.0 Trogtalite I 7.187(C)
 A SPECII'IC GRAVITY INDEX FOR MINERALS 287

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Mineral Measured Mineral Measured

Cohenite I 7.20-7.66 Altaite I 8.19
Saflorite I 7.2 Tiemannite I 8.1H.47
Acanthite I 7.2-1.3 Breithauptite I 8.23
Argentite I 7 .2-7.4 Sylvanite I 8.24
Domeykite I 7.2-1.9 Koechlinite II 8.29
Ferroselite 7.2t5 (C) Joseite I 8.3
Hastite 7.233(C) Wehrlite I 8.37--8.414
Mendipite II 7.24 Algodonite I 8.38
Mimetite II 7.24 Hessite I 8.41
Curite I 7.26 Parkerite I 8.4
Finnemanite II 7.265 Eglestonite II 8.45
Wolframite II 7.n2 Raspite II 8.46
Empressite I 7.29 Krennerite I 8.62
Tetradymite I 7.3 Bismite I 8.64
Iron I 7.3-7.87 Palladinite I 8.70 (S)
Tin I 7.3r Shandite I 8.72
Russelite I 7.35 Terlinguaite II 8.725
Stibiotantalite I 7.37 Sillenite I 8.80 (C)
Schwartzembergite II 7.39 Horsfordite I 8.812
Ferberite II 7. 5 L Minium I 8.e--4.2 (S)
Lorettoite II 7.39-7 .95 Hedleyite I 8.91
Loellingite I 7.N-7.48 Copper I 8.95
Tungstenite I 7.4 Calaverite I 9.lH.4,0
Nagyagite I 7.49 Petzite I 9.13
Rickardite I 7.54 Litharge I e . 1 4( S )
Daubr€eite II 7 . 6 6( C ) Plattnerite I 9.42
Galena I 7.58 Cooperite I 9.6
Aguilarite I 7.586 Stibiopalladinite I 9.5
Eucairite I 7.6-7.8 Massicot I 9.66 (S)
Thoreaulite I 7.6-7.9 Bismuth I 9.7H.83
Metacinnabar I 7.65 Thorianite I 9.7
Hematophanite I 7.70 Dyscrasite I 9.74
Bismoclite II 7.717(S) Montbrayite I 9.94
Mosesite II 7.72 Aurostibite I e.e8(s)
Melonite I 7.72 Braggite I 10.0
Niccolite I 7.7U Silver I 10.t-11.1
Nickel-Iron I 7.&-8.22 Sperrylite I 10.58
Tellurbismuth I 7.81 Tantalum I LL.2
Tapiolite I 7.90 Montroydite I r.1.8
Mossite I 7.90 Lead I 1r.37
stolzite II 7.9-8.34 Palladium I 11.9
Sahlinite II 7.95 M oschellandsbersrte:I 13.48-13.71
Tantalite I 7.95 Mercury I 13.596
Frohbergrte I 7 . e 8( c ) Platinum I 14.0-19.
Maucherite I 8.00 Potarite I L4.8
Kleinite II 8.0 Gold-Amalgam I 16.47
Uraninite I 8.0-10.I lridosmine I 19.0-21 .
Clausthalite I 8.08-8.}2 Siserskite I 19.0-21 .
Cinnabar I 8.090 Gold I 19.3
Coloradoite I 8.10 Aurosmindium I 20.0
Gruenlingite I 8.10 Platiniridium I 22.65-yZ.U
Bismutotantalite I 8.15