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Izakhiwo kanye nokusetshenziswa kweGreen Calcite

i-clacite eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka

I-Green calcite iyiminerali evamile etholakala ekwakhekeni kwamatshe ahlukahlukene emhlabeni jikelele, okuhlanganisa imabula ne-limestone. Yaziwa ngombala wayo oluhlaza omuhle futhi iyingqayizivele isakhiwo sekristalu. Kulokhu okuthunyelwe kwebhulogi, sizohlola izakhiwo kanye nokusetshenziswa kwe-calcite eluhlaza emphakathini we-geological.

Enye yezinto eziphawuleka kakhulu ze-calcite eluhlaza ubulukhuni bayo. Esikalini se-Mohs sokuqina kwamaminerali, i-calcite eluhlaza iwela phakathi kuka-3 no-3.5, okuyenza ibe iminerali ethambile. Lokhu kuthamba, kanye nombala wayo omuhle, kwenza i-calcite eluhlaza ibe ukukhetha okuthandwayo ukuze kusetshenziswe ezintweni zokuhlobisa njengemifanekiso nobucwebe.

Ngaphezu kokusetshenziswa kwayo ezintweni zokuhlobisa, i-calcite eluhlaza nayo ivame ukusetshenziswa embonini yokwakha. Ivame ukusetshenziswa njengempahla yokwakha, ikakhulukazi ekukhiqizeni usimende nokhonkolo. I-calcite eluhlaza iyasetshenziswa futhi ekukhiqizeni umcako wezolimo, osetshenziselwa ukunciphisa ubumuncu bomhlabathi futhi kuthuthukiswe ukukhula kwezitshalo.

Okunye ukusetshenziswa okubalulekile kwe-calcite eluhlaza kusensimini yokulungisa imvelo. I-calcite eluhlaza inamandla okumunca futhi anciphise ubuthi, iyenze iphumelele ekuhlanzeni ukuchitheka kukawoyela nezinye izinhlekelele zemvelo.

Naphezu kokusetshenziswa kwayo okuningi, i-calcite eluhlaza iseyiminerali engafundiswanga kahle. Ucwaningo olwengeziwe luyadingeka ukuze uqonde ngokugcwele izakhiwo zayo kanye nokusetshenziswa okungase kube khona. Kodwa-ke, isakhiwo sekristalu esiyingqayizivele se-calcite eluhlaza sikwenza kube isihloko esithakazelisayo sokutadisha emphakathini we-geological.

Sengiphetha, i-green calcite iyiminerali evamile etholakala ezinhlobonhlobo zamatshe emhlabeni jikelele. Iyaziwa ngombala wayo oluhlaza omuhle kanye nesakhiwo sekristalu esiyingqayizivele, futhi inezinhlobonhlobo zokusetshenziswa okubandakanya ezintweni zokuhlobisa, ukwakhiwa, nokulungiswa kwemvelo. Nakuba ucwaningo olwengeziwe ludingeka ukuze kuqondwe ngokugcwele izakhiwo zayo kanye nokusetshenziswa okungase kube khona, i-calcite eluhlaza isalokhu iyisihloko esibalulekile nesithakazelisayo socwaningo emphakathini wokwakheka komhlaba.

I-Mineral Hardness Scale - I-Mohs Scale

Ubulukhuni bamaminerali - Isikali se-Mohs

Yonke ikristalu inezinga elihlukile lobulukhuni eliye lakalwa nge-Mohs Scale. Iklanywe uFriedrich Mohs, uprofesa wase-Austria we-mineralogy, iye yasetshenziswa ukukala ubulukhuni ngaphezu kwamakhulu amabili eminyaka. Isikali se-Mohs sihlukanisa amakristalu ukusuka kokuthambile (1) kuya kokuqinile (10). Ngezansi kukhona izibonelo:

Ukuqina 1

  • Ithambile kakhulu, ingaklwejwa or hlukana nozipho. - I-Talc

Ukuqina 2

  • Klwejwa kalula ngozipho. – Gypsum

Ukuqina 3

  • Ingaklwejwa ngohlamvu lwemali (ithusi ipeni). - Calcite

Ukuqina 4

  • Ingaqoshwa/iklwebhe ngommese. - Fluorite

Ukuqina 5

  • Ingaqoshwa ngommese ngobunzima; ingaklwejwa ngengilazi.- Apatite

Ukuqina 6

  • Ingaqoshwa/iklwebhe ngengilazi. Awukwazi ukuklwejwa ngommese. - I-Orthoclase

Ukuqina 7

  • Iyakwazi ukunwaya ingilazi kalula. - Quartz

Ukuqina 8

  • Iyakwazi ukunwaya ingilazi kalula. - Topaz

Ukuqina 9

  • Iyakwazi ukuklwebha/ukusika iTopazi nengilazi, futhi ingaklwejwa ngedayimane. - I-Corundum (iSapphire neRuby)

Ukuqina 10

  • Awekho amanye amaminerali azoyinwaya, kodwa anganwaya wonke amanye amaminerali. – Idayimane

 

Ikhredithi Yesithombe: Hazel Gibson - https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2020/09/25/freidrich-mohs-and-the-mineral-scale-of-hardness/