Fullerite Mineral Data

General Fullerite Information

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

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

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 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

Color:

Black, Brown.

Density:

1.9 - 2, Average = 1.95

Diaphaneity:

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

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=1.75 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Fullerite =1.75 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99

Photoelectric:

PE_Fullerite= 0.16 barns/electron
U=PE_Fullerite x rElectron Density= 0.28 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Fullerite is Not Radioactive

Fullerite Classification

Dana Class:

01.03.06.05 (01)Native Elements

(01.03)with semi-metallic and non-metallic elements

(01.03.06)Carbon Polymorph group

01.03.06.01 Diamond C F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.03.06.02 Graphite C P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.03.06.03 Lonsdaleite C P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.03.06.04 Chaoite C P 6/mmm 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.03.06.05 Fullerite! C60 pseudo-CUBIC 4/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

01.CB.05c 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)

01.C - Metalloids and Nonmetals

01.CB -Carbon-silicon family

01.CB.05c Fullerite! C60 pseudo-CUBIC 4/m 2/m 2/m

Other Fullerite Information

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 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - MinDAT
7 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
8 - Online Mineral Museum
9 - QUT Mineral Atlas
10 - Ruff.Info

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Fullerite

C60
Dana No: 01.03.06.05 Strunz No: 01.CB.05c
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