Mavlyanovite Mineral Data

General Mavlyanovite Information

Chemical Formula:

Mn5Si3

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 358.95 gm

Manganese 76.53 % Mn

Silicon 23.47 % Si

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

Mn¹⁺₅Si₃

Environment:

Suessite group

IMA Status:

Proposed IMA 2008 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Koshmansay river, Chatkal ridge, Uzbekistan Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Gani Mavlyanov (1910-1988), Uzbek geologist and seismologist.

Synonym:

IMA2008-026

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Mavlyanovite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.69703

Cell Dimensions:

a = 6.8971, c = 4.8075, Z = 2; V = 198.05 Den(Calc)= 6.02

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Dihexagonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 6₃/mcm

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.044(1), 1.972(0.67), 2.258(0.44),1.991(0.3), 2.23(0.29), 1.307(0.22), 1.401(0.16), 1.268(0.15),

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Yusupov R G , Stanley C J , Welch M D , Spratt J , Cressey G , Rumsey M S , Seltmann R , Igamberdiev E , Mineralogical Magazine , 73 (2009) p.43-50, Mavlyanovite, Mn5Si3: a new mineral species from a lamproite diatreme, Chatkal Ridge, Uzbekistan, Locality: Chatkal Ridge, Uzbekistan

Calculated Properties of Mavlyanovite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=5.60 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Mavlyanovite =6.02 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99

Photoelectric:

PE_Mavlyanovite= 21.01 barns/electron
U=PE_Mavlyanovite x rElectron Density= 117.70 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Mavlyanovite is Not Radioactive

Mavlyanovite Classification

Dana Class:

01.01.23.06 (01)Native Elements

(01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group

(01.01.23)Suessite Group silicides

01.01.23.01 Suessite (Fe,Ni)3Si I m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.01.23.02 Gupeiite Fe3Si F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.01.23.03 Xifengite Fe5Si3 P 6₃/mcm 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.01.23.04 Hapkeite! Fe2Si P m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.01.23.05 Luobusaite! Fe0.83Si2 C mca 2/m 2/m 2/m

01.01.23.06 Mavlyanovite! Mn5Si3 P 6₃/mcm 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.01.23.07 Brownleeite! MnSi P 2₁3 2 3

Strunz Class:

01.BB.05 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)

01.B - Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides and Phosphides

01.BB -Silicides

01.BB.05 Suessite (Fe,Ni)3Si I m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.BB.05 Mavlyanovite! Mn5Si3 P 6₃/mcm 6/m 2/m 2/m

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See Also:

Links to other databases for Mavlyanovite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - MinDAT
7 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
8 - Online Mineral Museum
9 - QUT Mineral Atlas
10 - Ruff.Info

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Mavlyanovite

Mn5Si3
Dana No: 01.01.23.06 Strunz No: 01.BB.05
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