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Artinite Mineral Data + |
General Artinite Information |
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| Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3(H2O) | |||
| Molecular Weight = 196.68 gm | |||
| Magnesium 24.72 % Mg 40.98 % MgO | |||
| Hydrogen 4.10 % H 36.64 % H2O | |||
| Carbon 6.11 % C 22.38 % CO2 | |||
| Oxygen 65.08 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3(H2O) | |||
| Low-temperature hydrothermal mineral in veins and crusts in serpentinized ultrabasic rocks. | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1902 | |||
| Val Brutta, and Francia in the Val Lanterna, Lombardy, Italy. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named after the Italian mineralogist, Ettore Artini (1866-1928), mineralogist at the University of Milan. | |||
| Cuproartinite-Cu | |||
| ICSD 1320 | |||
| PDF 6-484 | |||
Artinite Image | |||
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Artinite Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =5.2571:1:1.9746 | |||
| a = 16.56, b = 3.15, c = 6.22, Z = 2; beta = 99° V = 320.47 Den(Calc)= 2.04 | |||
| MonoclinicSpace Group: C 2 or C 2/m | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 2.736(1), 5.34(0.65), 3.69(0.5), | |||
Physical Properties of Artinite |
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| [100] Perfect, [001] Good | |||
| White. | |||
| 2 - 2.03, Average = 2.01 | |||
| Translucent | |||
| Uneven - Flat surfaces (not cleavage) fractured in an uneven pattern. | |||
| Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix. | |||
| Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline). | |||
| Radial - Crystals radiate from a center without producing stellar forms (e.g. stibnite) | |||
| 2.5 - Finger Nail | |||
| None. | |||
| Silky | |||
| Nonmagnetic | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Artinite |
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| CI meas= -0.029 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.016 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2579,KPDmeas= 0.2611,KC= 0.2538 |
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| Biaxial (-), a=1.488-1.489, b=1.533-1.534, g=1.556-1.557, bire=0.0680, 2V(Calc)=68, 2V(Meas)=71. Dispersion none. | |||
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Calculated Properties of Artinite |
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relectron=2.12 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.0257 Boson Index = 0.9743 |
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PEArtinite = 0.74 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Artinite is Not Radioactive |
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Artinite Classification |
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| 16b.3.1.1 (16b)Carbonates - Hydroxyl or Halogen | |||
| (16b.3)where Am Bn (XO3)p Zq · x(H2O), (m+n):p = 2:1 | |||
| (16b.3.1)Dana Group | |||
| V/E.01-40 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates | |||
| V/E - Water-bearing carbonates with unfamiliar anions | |||
| V/E.01 - Hydromagnesite - Brugnatellite series | |||
Other Artinite Information |
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| NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Ford32) | |||
| Links to other databases for Artinite : 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery 3 - Athena 4 - EUROmin Project 5 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 6 - Google Images 7 - Google Scholar 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 10 - MinDAT 11 - MinMax(Deutsch) 12 - MinMax(English) 13 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 14 - QUT Mineral Atlas 15 - Ruff.Info 16 - WWW-MINCRYST 17 - theimage Search for Artinite using: Visit our Advertisers for Artinite : AA Mineral SpecimensB & L Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Greenside Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club MineralsWeb Fine Minerals The GeoZone Wrights Rock Shop Translate Artinite Mineral Data : Ask about Artinite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Artinite Specimen Label here :
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