Idrialite Mineral Data

Idrialite Mineral Data +

General Idrialite Information

Chemical Formula:

C22H14

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 278.35 gm

Hydrogen 5.07 % H

Carbon 94.93 % C

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

C₂₂H₁₄

Environment:

Mercury mine, mixed with cinnabar and clay.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1832

Locality:

Idria, Slovenia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the locality.

Synonym:

Curtisite

Idrialine

Picene

Idrialite Image

Images:

Idrialite

Comments: Yellow platy crystalline idrialite on matrix.
Location: Skaggs Springs, Sonoma County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Idrialite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =1.257:1:4.3224

Cell Dimensions:

a = 8.07, b = 6.42, c = 27.75, Z = 4; V = 1,437.71 Den(Calc)= 1.29

Crystal System:

OrthorhombicSpace Group: Unk

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 4.94(1), 3.39(0.8), 4.04(0.6),

Physical Properties of Idrialite

Cleavage:

[???] Perfect

Color:

Greenish yellow, Light brown, Colorless.

Density:

1.236

Fracture:

Conchoidal - Fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces, (e.g. quartz).

Habit:

Tabular - Form dimensions are thin in one direction.

Hardness:

1.5 - Between Talc and Gypsum

Luminescence:

Fluorescent, Short UV=blue white.

Luster:

Vitreous - Adamantine

Calculated Properties of Idrialite

Electron Density:

r_electron=1.35 gm/cc
note: r_Idrialite=1.29 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.01044
Boson Index = 0.98956

Photoelectric:

PE_Idrialite= 0.14 barns/electron
U=PE_Idrialite x r_electron= 0.19 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Idrialite is Not Radioactive

Idrialite Classification

Dana Class:

50.3.8.1 (50)Salts of Organic Acids

(50.3)(Hydrocarbons)

(50.3.8)Dana Group

50.3.8.1 Idrialite C22H14 Unk Ortho

Strunz Class:

IX/B.02-70 IX - Organic compunds

IX/B - Nitrogenfree compounds with C and water, ring structures

IX/B.02 - Kratochvilite - Flagstaffite series

IX/B.02-10 Kratochvilite (C6H4)2CH2 P na2₁ mm2

IX/B.02-20 Simonellite C19H24 Pnaa 2/m 2/m 2/m

IX/B.02-30 Hoelite (C6H4)2(CO)2 P 2₁/a 2/m

IX/B.02-40 Refikite C19H31COOH P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

IX/B.02-50 Hartite C20H34 P1 1

IX/B.02-52 Fichtelite C19H34 P 2₁ 2

IX/B.02-55 Dinite* C20H36 P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

IX/B.02-60 Karpatite C24H12 P 2₁/c,P 2/c 2/m

IX/B.02-70 Idrialite C22H14 Unk Ortho

IX/B.02-75 Ravatite C14H10 P 2₁ 2

IX/B.02-80 Flagstaffite C10H22O3 F dd2 mm2

Other Idrialite Information

References:

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

See Also:

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

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Idrialite

C22H14
Dana No: 50.3.8.1 Strunz No: IX/B.02-70
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