Kleberite Mineral Data

Kleberite Mineral Data

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General Kleberite Information

Chemical Formula:

FeTi6O13·4(H2O) (?)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 623.18 gm

Titanium 46.10 % Ti 76.91 % TiO₂

Iron 8.96 % Fe 11.53 % FeO

Hydrogen 1.29 % H 11.56 % H₂O

Oxygen 43.65 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Fe²⁺Ti₆O₁₃·4(H₂O)

Environment:

Heavy mineral fraction from Tertiary sediments. Data is not correct, a doubtful species.

IMA Status:

Not Approved IMA 1978

Locality:

Near Konigshain and near Borna, western Weissel basin, Germany. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Will Kleber (1906-1970), Humboldt University, Berlin.

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Kleberite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.92914

Cell Dimensions:

a = 4.94, c = 4.59, Z = 0.3; V = 97.01 Den(Calc)= 3.20

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Dihexagonal PyramidalH-M Symbol (6mm) Space Group: P 6₃mcm ?

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 1.67(1), 1.42(0.6), 2.16(0.6),2.46(0.3),

Physical Properties of Kleberite

Color:

Dark brown, Black.

Density:

3.27

Habit:

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

Hardness:

4-4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite

Optical Properties of Kleberite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.242 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.226 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2813,KPDmeas= 0.2752,KC= 0.3632

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (?), a=1.8-2.

Calculated Properties of Kleberite

Electron Density:

r_electron=3.10 gm/cc
note: r_Kleberite=3.20 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.06171
Boson Index = 0.93829

Photoelectric:

PE_Kleberite= 10.31 barns/electron
U=PE_Kleberite x r_electron= 31.97 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Kleberite is Not Radioactive

Kleberite Classification

Dana Class:

7.11.10.1 (7)Multiple Oxides

(7.11)as titano-oxides with [4] and [6] substitutions

(7.11.10)Dana Group

7.11.10.1 Kleberite * FeTi6O13·4(H2O)(?) P 6₃mcm ? 6mm

Strunz Class:

IV/C.25-10 IV - Oxides

IV/C - Oxides with metal : oxygen = 2:3 (M2O3 and related compounds)

IV/C.25 - Mongshanite - Kleberite series

IV/C.25-05 Mongshanite* (Mg,Cr,Fe)2(Ti,Zr)5O12 Unk Hex

IV/C.25-10 Kleberite FeTi6O13·4(H2O)(?) P 6₃mcm ? 6mm

Other Kleberite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Kleberite :
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

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Kleberite

FeTi6O13·4(H2O) (?)
Dana No: 7.11.10.1 Strunz No: IV/C.25-10
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