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General Hibbingite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: (Fe,Mg)2(OH)3Cl
Help on Composition: 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
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Fe2+1.5Mg0.5(OH)3Cl
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1994
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: IMA1991-036
 

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Hibbingite

Comments: Orange crystalline hibbingite grains in rock matrix.
Location: 900' level drill core, Duluth Complex, near Hibbing, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Hibbingite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.6858:1:0.7717
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 6.31, b = 9.2, c = 7.1, Z = 4; V = 412.17 Den(Calc)= 2.94
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pnam
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.37(1), 2.93(0.6), 2.14(0.5),
 

Physical Properties of Hibbingite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [???] Good
Help on Color: Color: Colorless, Yellow, Light green, Red.
Help on Density: Density: 3.04
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Translucent to Opaque
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 3.5 - Copper Penny
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Hibbingite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: 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
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (?), b=1.6-1.7
 

Calculated Properties of Hibbingite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=2.87 gm/cc
note: rHibbingite =2.94 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.01652
Boson Index = 0.98348
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEHibbingite = 15.13 barns/electron
U=PEHibbingite x relectron= 43.42 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Hibbingite is Not Radioactive

 

Hibbingite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 10.1.1.2 (10)Oxyhalides and Hydroxyhalides
  (10.1)where (A)2 (O,OH)3 Xq
  (10.1.1)Dana Group
 
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
Help on  Strunz Class: 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
 
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
 

Other Hibbingite Information

Help on References: References: PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.79,p555-561,1994) OPTIC PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.79,p555-561,1994)
Help on See Also: 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

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Hibbingite

(Fe,Mg)2(OH)3Cl
Dana No: 10.1.1.2 Strunz No: III/D.01-15
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