Chlormagaluminite Mineral Data

Chlormagaluminite Mineral Data
Search Webmineral :
   
Home Crystal jmol jPOWD Chem X Ray Dana Strunz Properties A to Z Images       News Help About


Masons Minerals
[Thumbnails] [Miniatures] [Cabinets] [About Us] [FAQ]
Welcome To Mason's Minerals
Your Source for Beautiful Minerals and Crystals
We offer a no-questioned-asked Satisfaction Guarantee


General Chlormagaluminite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: (Mg,Fe++)4Al2(OH)12(Cl2,CO3)•2(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 472.53 gm
   Magnesium  18.00 %  Mg   29.85 % MgO
   Aluminum   11.42 %  Al   21.58 % Al2O3
   Iron        5.91 %  Fe    7.60 % FeO
   Hydrogen    3.41 %  H    30.50 % H2O
   Carbon      1.27 %  C     4.66 % CO2
   Chlorine    7.50 %  Cl    7.50 % Cl
                -   %   Cl   -1.69 % -O=Cl2   
   Oxygen     52.48 %  O
             ______        ______ 
             100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Mg3.5Fe2+0.5Al2(OH)12Cl(CO3)0.5•2(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: In skarns associated with magnetite and chlorite.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1982
Help on Locality: Locality: Kapaev explosion pipe, Angara River, southern Siberian Platform, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named after its composition (Chloride, Magnesium, Aluminum).
Help on Synonym: Synonym: Chlormanasseite
 

Search for Chlormagaluminite Images

Click Here To Search Images:

Image not yet available on Webmineral.com

Try searching images.google.com or Mindat Picture Gallary for mineral pictures. Caution: The images retrieved may not be appropriate.
  

Chlormagaluminite Crystallography
Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:2.92249
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 5.29, c = 15.46, Z = 1; V = 374.67 Den(Calc)= 2.09
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: HexagonalSpace Group: P 6/mcm, P 6cm, P 6c2
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 1.839(1), 7.67(1), 2.34(0.9),
 

Physical Properties of Chlormagaluminite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: {0001} Good
Help on Color: Color: Colorless, Yellow brown.
Help on Density: Density: 1.98 - 2.09, Average = 2.03
Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity: Transparent
Help on Habit: Habit: Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.
Help on Habit: Habit: Hexagonal - Six-sided crystal shape in cross-section or habit.
Help on Habit: Habit: Pyramidal - Crystals are shaped like pyramids.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 1.5-2.5 - Hardness very near Gypsum
Help on Luster: Luster: Pearly
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Chlormagaluminite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.056 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.028 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2632,KPDmeas= 0.2703,KC= 0.2559
Ncalc = 1.51 - 1.53
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Uniaxial (+), w=1.54, e=1.56, bire=0.0200.
 

Calculated Properties of Chlormagaluminite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.13 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Chlormagaluminite =2.09 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric: PEChlormagaluminite = 2.99 barns/electron
U=PEChlormagaluminite x rElectron Density= 6.37 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Chlormagaluminite is Not Radioactive
 

Chlormagaluminite Classification
Help on Dana Class: Dana Class: 10.06.10.01 (10)Oxyhalides and Hydroxyhalides
  (10.06)where Am Bn (O,OH)p Xq
  (10.06.10)Dana Group
 
10.06.10.01 Chlormagaluminite (Mg,Fe)4Al2(OH)12(Cl2,CO3)•2(H2O) P 6/mcm, P 6cm, P 6c2 Hex
Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class: 05.DA.45 05 - CARBONATES (NITRATES)
  05.D - Carbonates with Additional Anions, with H2O
  05.DA -With medium-sized cations
 
05.DA.45 Brugnatellite Mg6Fe(CO3)(OH)13•4(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
05.DA.45 Barbertonite Mg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16•4(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
05.DA.45 Chlormagaluminite (Mg,Fe)4Al2(OH)12(Cl2,CO3)•2(H2O) P 6/mcm, P 6cm, P 6c2 Hex
 
05.DA.45 Zaccagnaite! Zn4Al2(OH)12(CO3)•3(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
05.DA.45 Manasseite Mg6Al2(CO3)(OH)16•4(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
05.DA.45 Sjogrenite Mg6Fe2(CO3)(OH)16•4(H2O) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 

Other Chlormagaluminite Information
Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Chlormagaluminite :
1 - Alkali-Nuts(English)
2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais)
3 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
4 - Athena
5 - EUROmin Project
6 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
7 - Google Images
8 - Google Scholar
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
11 - MinDAT
12 - MinMax(Deutsch)
13 - MinMax(English)
14 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
15 - QUT Mineral Atlas
16 - Ruff.Info

Search for Chlormagaluminite using:

Google
 
Web webmineral.com
[ALTAVISTA] [AOL] [All-The-Web] [HotBot] [Ixquick] [MAMMA] [MSN.COM] [Netscape] [Scirus] [Teoma] [Wikipedia] [YAHOO]

Visit our Advertisers for Chlormagaluminite :

AA Mineral Specimens

B & L Fine Minerals

Crystalarium.com

Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals

Dan Weinrich Auctions

Dakota Matrix

Desert Winds Gems and Minerals

Excalibur Minerals

Exceptional Minerals

Fabre Minerals

Heliodor

John Betts Fine Minerals

Mason's Minerals

Mineral News

Mineral of the Month Club

Wrights Rock Shop

Translate Chlormagaluminite Mineral Data :

Ask about Chlormagaluminite here :
Ask-A-Mineralogist from the Mineralogical Society of America
Mindat.org's Discussion Groups
Original Rockhounds Discussion Group
Rockhounds Discussion Group on Yahoo Groups
Mineral Discussion Forum from Fabre Minerals - also available in Espaņol

Print or Cut-and-Paste your Chlormagaluminite Specimen Label here :

Chlormagaluminite

(Mg,Fe++)4Al2(OH)12(Cl2,CO3)•2(H2O)
Dana No: 10.06.10.01 Strunz No: 05.DA.45
Locality:

 

Notes: