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- 10.1.1.1 Atacamite Cu2Cl(OH)3 Pmcn 2/m 2/m 2/m
- 10.1.1.2 Hibbingite (Fe,Mg)2(OH)3Cl Pnam 2/m 2/m 2/m
- III/D.01-10 Korshunovskite Mg2Cl(OH)3·3.5-4(H2O) P1 or P1 Tri
- III/D.01-12 Nepskoeite! Mg4Cl(OH)7·6(H2O) Pcmm,Pcm2,Pc2m Ortho
- III/D.01-15 Hibbingite (Fe,Mg)2(OH)3Cl Pnam 2/m 2/m 2/m
- III/D.01-20 Kempite Mn2Cl(OH)3 Pnam 2/m 2/m 2/m
- III/D.01-25 Belloite! Cu(OH)Cl P 21/a 2/m
- III/D.01-30 Atacamite Cu2Cl(OH)3 Pmcn 2/m 2/m 2/m
- III/D.01-40 Clinoatacamite! Cu2(OH)3Cl P 21/n 2/m
- III/D.01-50 Botallackite Cu2Cl(OH)3 P 21/m 2/m
- III/D.01-55 Paratacamite (Cu,Zn)2(OH)3Cl R 3 3
- III/D.01-57 Herbertsmithite! Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2 R 3m 3 2/m
- III/D.01-60 Melanothallite Cu2OCl2 F ddd 2/m 2/m 2/m
- III/D.01-65 Bobkingite! Cu5Cl2(OH)8(H2O)2 C 2/m 2/m
- III/D.01-70 Calumetite Cu(OH,Cl)2·2(H2O) Unk Ortho
- III/D.01-80 Anthonyite Cu(OH,Cl)2·3(H2O) Unk. Mono
General Hibbingite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
(Fe,Mg)2(OH)3Cl | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 182.40 gm | ||
| Magnesium 6.66 % Mg 11.05 % MgO | |||
| Iron 45.93 % Fe 59.08 % FeO | |||
| Hydrogen 1.66 % H 14.82 % H2O | |||
| Chlorine 19.44 % Cl 19.44 % Cl | |||
| - % Cl -4.39 % -O=Cl2 | |||
| Oxygen 26.32 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
Fe2+1.5Mg0.5(OH)3Cl | ||
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1994 | ||
| Locality: |
Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Synonym: |
IMA1991-036 | ||
Hibbingite Image | |||
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Hibbingite Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:b:c =0.6858:1:0.7717 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 6.31, b = 9.2, c = 7.1, Z = 4; V = 412.17 Den(Calc)= 2.94 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pnam | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.37(1), 2.93(0.6), 2.14(0.5), | ||
Physical Properties of Hibbingite |
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| Cleavage: |
[???] Good | ||
| Color: |
Colorless, Yellow, Light green, Red. | ||
| Density: |
3.04 | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Translucent to Opaque | ||
| Hardness: |
3.5 - Copper Penny | ||
| Streak: |
white | ||
Optical Properties of Hibbingite |
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| Gladstone-Dale: |
CI meas= 0.127 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.097 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2211,KPDmeas= 0.2138,KC= 0.245 |
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| Optical Data: |
Biaxial (?), b=1.6-1.7 | ||
Calculated Properties of Hibbingite |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=2.87 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.01652 Boson Index = 0.98348 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEHibbingite = 15.13 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Hibbingite is Not Radioactive |
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Hibbingite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
10.1.1.2 (10)Oxyhalides and Hydroxyhalides | ||
| (10.1)where (A)2 (O,OH)3 Xq | |||
| (10.1.1)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
III/D.01-15 III - Halogenides | ||
| III/D - Oxi-halogenides with Mg - Mn - Cu - Zn - Sn | |||
| III/D.01 - Atacamite series, Korshunovskite - Anthonyite | |||
Other Hibbingite Information |
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| References: |
PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.79,p555-561,1994) OPTIC PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.79,p555-561,1994) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Hibbingite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas 11 - WWW-MINCRYST 12 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Hibbingite using: Visit our Advertisers for Hibbingite : Translate Hibbingite Mineral Data : Ask about Hibbingite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Hibbingite Specimen Label here :
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