Abstract:
In the paper, mineralogical characteristics and compositions of ureyite in jadeite jade are studied by using EPMA, X-ray diffraction and absorption spectroscopy analysis.The results show that ureyite is paragenous with jadeite jade, and the chemical formula of ureyite is(Na
0.83Ca
0.02)(Cr
0.78Al
0.10Fe
0.08Mg
0.02) Si
2.06O
6.The unit cell parameters of ureyite are a=9.530 Å, b=8.672 Å, c=5.264 Å, β=107.51°, V=414.88 and the density is 3.55g/cm
3.Different shades of green in ureyite are related to the crystal-field transition frequency of Cr
3+.