Hydroxylclinohumite Mineral Data

Hydroxylclinohumite Mineral Data +

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General Hydroxylclinohumite Information

Chemical Formula:

Mg9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 621.49 gm

Magnesium 35.20 % Mg 58.37 % MgO

Silicon 18.08 % Si 38.67 % SiO₂

Hydrogen 0.29 % H 2.61 % H₂O

Oxygen 45.82 % O

Fluorine 0.61 % F 0.61 % F

- % F -0.26 % -O=F₂

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Mg₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)_1.8F_0.2

Environment:

Occurs in Mg-skarn (chaliphyric) rims around dolomitic marble xenoliths in gabbroic rocks and associated Fe-Ti ores. A member of the humite group

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Zelentsovskaya mine on the southern slopes of the western Urals, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for its composition and the mineral clinohumite.

Synonym:

IMA1998-065

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Hydroxylclinohumite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =2.8831:1:2.1636

Cell Dimensions:

a = 13.6894, b = 4.748, c = 10.273, Z = 3; beta = 100.72° V = 656.06 Den(Calc)= 4.72

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 2₁/c

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.269(1)(512), 3.72(0.95)(202), 2.259(0.95)(114), 2.516(0.93)(313), 2.772(0.91)(113), 2.551(0.8)(411), 1.747(0.79)(422,522,124)

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Robinson K , Gibbs G V , Ribbe P H , American Mineralogist , 58 (1973) p.43-49, The crystal structures of the humite minerals. IV. Clinohumite and, titanclinohumite

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Physical Properties of Hydroxylclinohumite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Yellow orange, Pale yellow.

Density:

3.13

Diaphaniety:

Transparent to Translucent

Fracture:

Conchoidal - Uneven - Uneven fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments.

Habit:

Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix.

Hardness:

6.5 - Pyrite

Luster:

Vitreous - Dull

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Hydroxylclinohumite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.001 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.337 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1367,KPDmeas= 0.2062,KC= 0.2063

Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), a=1.631, b=1.641, g=1.664, bire=0.0330, 2V(Calc)=68, 2V(Meas)=70. Dispersion weak.

Calculated Properties of Hydroxylclinohumite

Electron Density:

r_electron=3.12 gm/cc
note: r_{Hydroxylclinohumite}=3.13 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.04385
Boson Index = 0.95615

Photoelectric:

PE_{Hydroxylclinohumite}= 1.48 barns/electron
U=PE_{Hydroxylclinohumite} x r_electron= 4.62 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Hydroxylclinohumite is Not Radioactive

Hydroxylclinohumite Classification

Dana Class:

52.3.2d.4 (52)Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O

(52.3)with cations in [6] coordination only

(52.3.2d)Humite group (Clinohumite series)

52.3.2d.1 Clinohumite (Mg,Fe)9(SiO4)4(F,OH)2 P 2₁/c 2/m

52.3.2d.2 Jerrygibbsite (Mn,Zn)9(SiO4)4(OH)2 Pbn21 mm2

52.3.2d.3 Sonolite Mn9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2 P 2₁/a 2/m

52.3.2d.4 Hydroxylclinohumite ! Mg9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2 P 2₁/c 2/m

Strunz Class:

VIII/B.04-42 VIII - Silicates

VIII/B - Nesosubsilicates, with anions unfamiliar to tetraheders, cations of octahedral and tetrahedral orientation [4/6]

VIII/B.04 - Humite group

VIII/B.04-10 Norbergite Mg3(SiO4)(F,OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/B.04-20 Chondrodite (Mg,Fe)5(SiO4)2(F,OH)2 P 2₁/c 2/m

VIII/B.04-30 Humite (Mg,Fe)7(SiO4)3(F,OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/B.04-40 Clinohumite (Mg,Fe)9(SiO4)4(F,OH)2 P 2₁/c 2/m

VIII/B.04-42 Hydroxylclinohumite Mg9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2 P 2₁/c 2/m

VIII/B.04-50 Ribbeite (Mn,Mg)5(SiO4)2(OH)2 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/B.04-60 Alleghanyite Mn5(SiO4)2(OH)2 P 2₁/a 2/m

VIII/B.04-70 Reinhardbraunsite Ca5(SiO4)2(OH,F)2 P 2₁/a 2/m

VIII/B.04-80 Manganhumite (Mn,Mg)7(SiO4)3(OH)2 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/B.04-90 Leucophoenicite Mn7(SiO4)3(OH)2 P 2₁/a 2/m

VIII/B.04-100 Jerrygibbsite (Mn,Zn)9(SiO4)4(OH)2 Pbn21 mm2

VIII/B.04-110 Sonolite Mn9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2 P 2₁/a 2/m

Other Hydroxylclinohumite Information

References:

NAME( AmMin, Vol 85, p 1843) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, Vol 85, p 1843) OPTIC PROP.(AmMin, Vol 85, p 1843)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Hydroxylclinohumite :
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 10 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Hydroxylclinohumite

Mg9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2
Dana No: 52.3.2d.4 Strunz No: VIII/B.04-42
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