| Fullerite Mineral Data |
- 1.3.6.1 Diamond C F d3m 4/m 3 2/m
- 1.3.6.2 Graphite C P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
- 1.3.6.3 Lonsdaleite C P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
- 1.3.6.4 Chaoite C P 6/mmm 6/m 2/m 2/m
- 1.3.6.5 Fullerite ! C60 pseudo-CUBIC 4/m 2/m 2/m
General Fullerite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
C60 | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 720.66 gm | ||
| Carbon 100.00 % C | |||
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| 100.00 % | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
C60 | ||
| Environment: |
Carbonaceous (shungite) greenschist-facies Precambrian metamorphic rocks. Intersteller space, lightning strikes on high carbon substrates, and metamorphism of carbon rich rocks. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Not Submitted IMA (Dana # Added) | ||
| Locality: |
Shunga area of Karelia, Russia. Meteorites and sediments derived from meteor impacts and the Tuvish basaltoid pipe at South Gissar, Tajikistan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
Named for Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), American architect and visionary. Invented the geodesic dome which illustrates the molecular morphology of fullerenes. | ||
| Synonym: |
Buckminsterfullerene | ||
| Bucky Balls | |||
| Fullerene | |||
| ICSD 66729 | |||
| PDF 44-558 | |||
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Fullerite Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:c = 1:0.95358 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 14.22, c = 13.56, Z = 4; V = 2,741.95 Den(Calc)= 1.75 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Tetragonal - Ditetragonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (4/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: pseudo-CUBIC | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 4.74(0.7), 1.819(0.7), 2.25(0.7),2.29(0.7), 2.46(0.7), 2.56(0.7), 3.76(0.9), 4.24(0.9), | ||
Physical Properties of Fullerite |
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| Color: |
Black, Brown. | ||
| Density: |
1.9 - 2, Average = 1.95 | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Opaque | ||
| Fracture: |
Brittle - Conchoidal - Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments. | ||
| Habit: |
Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes. | ||
| Habit: |
Spherical - Spherical, rounded aggregates. | ||
| Hardness: |
3.5 - Copper Penny | ||
| Luster: |
Vitreous - Metallic | ||
| Streak: |
black | ||
Calculated Properties of Fullerite |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=1.75 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.011 Boson Index = 0.989 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEFullerite = 0.16 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Fullerite is Not Radioactive |
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Fullerite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
1.3.6.5 (1)Native Elements | ||
| (1.3)with semi-metallic and non-metallic elements | |||
| (1.3.6)Carbon Polymorph group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
I/X.00-00 I - Elements | ||
| I/X - Unclassified Strunz Elements | |||
| I/X.00 - Carbon Group | |||
Other Fullerite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( AmMin, V84, p 1686) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, V84, p 1686) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Fullerite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -MinDAT 6 -MinMax(Deutsch) 7 -MinMax(English) 8 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 9 -QUT Mineral Atlas Search for Fullerite using: Visit our Advertisers for Fullerite : Translate Fullerite Mineral Data : Ask about Fullerite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Fullerite Specimen Label here :
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