Hydrohonessite Mineral Data

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General Hydrohonessite Information

Chemical Formula:

Ni6Fe+++2(SO4)(OH)16·7(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 958.12 gm

Iron 11.66 % Fe 16.67 % Fe₂O₃

Nickel 36.75 % Ni 46.77 % NiO

Hydrogen 3.16 % H 28.20 % H₂O

Sulfur 3.35 % S 8.36 % SO₃

Oxygen 45.09 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₆·7(H₂O)

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1981

Locality:

Otter Shoot nickel mine, Kambalda, WA, Australia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named to indicate its relationship to honessite.

Hydrohonessite Image

Images:

Hydrohonessite

Comments: Yellow to brown crusts of hydrohonessite on matrix.
Location: Otter Shoot, Kambalda, Western Australia, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Hydrohonessite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:3.49514

Cell Dimensions:

a = 3.09, c = 10.8, Z = 0.15; V = 89.30 Den(Calc)= 2.67

Crystal System:

HexagonalSpace Group: Unk

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 11(1), 5.36(0.5), 3.68(0.4),

Physical Properties of Hydrohonessite

Color:

Yellow, Bright yellow.

Density:

2.635

Habit:

Hexagonal - Six-sided crystal shape in cross-section or habit.

Habit:

Platy - Sheet forms (e.g. micas).

Habit:

Thin - Flat dimensioned crystals.

Streak:

yellow white

Optical Properties of Hydrohonessite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.057 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.069 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2285,KPDmeas= 0.2315,KC= 0.2455

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (-), e=1.59, w=1.63, bire=0.0400.

Calculated Properties of Hydrohonessite

Electron Density:

r_electron=2.65 gm/cc
note: r_{Hydrohonessite}=2.64 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00709
Boson Index = 0.99291

Photoelectric:

PE_{Hydrohonessite}= 17.85 barns/electron
U=PE_{Hydrohonessite} x r_electron= 47.33 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Hydrohonessite is Not Radioactive

Hydrohonessite Classification

Dana Class:

31.10.7.1 (31)Hydrated Sulfates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(31.10)miscellaneous

(31.10.7)Dana Group

31.10.7.1 Hydrohonessite Ni6Fe2(SO4)(OH)16·7(H2O) Unk Hex

Strunz Class:

VI/D.09-20 VI - Sulfates,Chromates,Molybdates and Tungstates

VI/D - Water-bearing sulfates with unfamiliar anions. cations of medium size

VI/D.09 - Honessite - Mountkeithite series

VI/D.09-10 Honessite Ni6Fe2(SO4)(OH)16·4(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m

VI/D.09-20 Hydrohonessite Ni6Fe2(SO4)(OH)16·7(H2O) Unk Hex

VI/D.09-30 Mountkeithite (Mg,Ni)11(Fe,Cr)3(SO4,CO3)3.5(OH)24·11(H2O) Unk Hex

Other Hydrohonessite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Hydrohonessite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 -École des Mines de Paris

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Hydrohonessite

Ni6Fe+++2(SO4)(OH)16·7(H2O)
Dana No: 31.10.7.1 Strunz No: VI/D.09-20
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