Lindbergite Mineral Data

Lindbergite Mineral Data

General Lindbergite Information

Chemical Formula:

Mn(C2O4)·2(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 185.59 gm

Sodium 0.12 % Na 0.17 % Na₂O

Manganese 32.86 % Mn 42.43 % MnO

Aluminum 0.15 % Al 0.27 % Al₂O₃

Hydrogen 2.34 % H 20.87 % H₂O

Carbon 12.56 % C 37.64 % C₂O₃

Oxygen 51.98 % O

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100.00 % 101.38 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Mn²⁺_1.11Na_0.01Al_0.01(C₂O₄)_0.97·2.15(H₂O)

Environment:

Secondary mineral in a granitic pegmatite. Thought to be pseudomorphous after the tri-hydrate. Mn analogue of humboldtine (oxalate)

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Boca Rica mine, Galileit, Minas Gerais, Brazil Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Marie Louise Lindburg-Smith (1918-), USGS scientist who described several new species from the mine.

Synonym:

IMA2003-029

Lindbergite Image

Images:

Lindbergite Rockbridgeite

Comments: Rare organic mineral - lindbergite (Mn dihydrate oxalate) in white patches on rockbridgeite matrix.
Location: Boca Rica mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Gilileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Spot size 1 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Images:

Lindbergite

Comments: Secondary electron image of interlocked irregularly contoured platelets of lindbergite. (AmMin v 89, p 1088).
Location: Boca Rica mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Gilileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Lindbergite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =2.1226:1:1.7697

Cell Dimensions:

a = 11.955, b = 5.632, c = 9.967, Z = 4; beta = 128.34° V = 526.36 Den(Calc)= 2.34

Crystal System:

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

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 4.813(1)(202), 4.704(0.84)(200), 2.998(0.58)(402),4.861(0.26)(111), 3.909(0.23)(002), 3.626(0.22)(111),

Physical Properties of Lindbergite

Cleavage:

[010] Perfect

Color:

White, Grayish white.

Density:

2.1

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Fracture:

Friable - The crumbly disintegration of earthy materials or highly fractured minerals.

Habit:

Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Habit:

Pseudomorphous - Occurs in the form of another mineral.

Hardness:

2.5 - Finger Nail

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Lindbergite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.659 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.488 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2313,KPDmeas= 0.2578,KC= 0.1554

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.424, b=1.55, g=1.65, bire=0.2260, 2V(Calc)=76, 2V(Meas)=80. Dispersion r > v very weak.

Calculated Properties of Lindbergite

Electron Density:

r_electron=2.32 gm/cc
note: r_Lindbergite=2.34 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00163
Boson Index = 0.99837

Photoelectric:

PE_Lindbergite= 8.37 barns/electron
U=PE_Lindbergite x r_electron= 19.46 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Lindbergite is Not Radioactive

Lindbergite Classification

Dana Class:

50.1.3.3 (50)Salts of Organic Acids

(50.1)(Oxalates)

(50.1.3)Dana Group

50.1.3.1 Humboldtine Fe(C2O4)·2(H2O) I2/a 2/m

50.1.3.2 Glushinskite Mg(C2O4)·2(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

50.1.3.3 Lindbergite ! Mn(C2O4)·2(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

Strunz Class:

IX/A.01-55 IX - Organic compunds

IX/A - Oxalates. Salts from organic acids. [C2O4]2- arranged after increasing cation size

IX/A.01 - Whewellite - Wheatleyite series

IX/A.01-05 Natroxalate! Na2C2O4 P 2₁/a 2/m

IX/A.01-10 Whewellite Ca(C2O4)·(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

IX/A.01-20 Weddellite Ca(C2O4)·2(H2O) I 4/m 4/m

IX/A.01-25 Caoxite! Ca(C2O4)·3(H2O) P1 1

IX/A.01-28 Novgorodovaite! Ca2(C2O4)Cl2·2(H2O) I2/m 2/m

IX/A.01-30 Oxammite (NH4)2(C2O4)·(H2O) P 2₁2₁2 2 2 2

IX/A.01-40 Glushinskite Mg(C2O4)·2(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

IX/A.01-50 Humboldtine Fe(C2O4)·2(H2O) I2/a 2/m

IX/A.01-55 Lindbergite Mn(C2O4)·2(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

IX/A.01-60 Minguzzite K3Fe(C2O4)3·3(H2O) P 2₁/c 2/m

IX/A.01-70 Zhemchuzhnikovite NaMg(Al,Fe)(C2O4)3·8(H2O) Unk Trig

IX/A.01-80 Stepanovite NaMgFe(C2O4)3·8-9(H2O) Unk Trig

IX/A.01-90 Moolooite Cu(C2O4)·n(H2O)(n<1) Unk Ortho

IX/A.01-100 Wheatleyite Na2Cu(C2O4)2·2(H2O) P1 1

IX/A.01-110 Coskrenite-(Ce)! (Ce,Nd,La)2(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

IX/A.01-120 Levinsonite-(Y)! (Y,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·12(H2O) P 2/n 2/m

IX/A.01-130 Zugshunstite-(Ce)! (Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

Other Lindbergite Information

References:

NAME( AmMin, v 89, p 1087) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, v 89, p 1087) OPTIC PROP.(AmMin, v 89, p 1087)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Lindbergite :
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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Lindbergite

Mn(C2O4)·2(H2O)
Dana No: 50.1.3.3 Strunz No: IX/A.01-55
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