Oldhamite Mineral Data

General Oldhamite Information

Chemical Formula:

(Ca,Mg,Fe)S

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 72.14 gm

Calcium 50.00 % Ca

Magnesium 1.68 % Mg

Iron 3.87 % Fe

Sulfur 44.45 % S

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

Ca_0.9Mg_0.05Fe²⁺_0.05S

Environment:

Fills the intersticies between silicates in enstatite chondrite and achondrite meteorites.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1862

Locality:

Bustee meteorite, Gorakhpur, Basti distr., Uttar Pradesh, India. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Thomas Oldham (1816-1878), Director of the Indian Geologial Survey (185o-1876).

Name Pronunciation:

Oldhamite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 60200

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Oldhamite Image

Images:

Oldhamite

Comments: Brown crystalline oldhamite grains in anhydrite.
Location: Ronneburg, Thuringen, Germany. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Oldhamite Crystallography

Cell Dimensions:

a = 5.686, Z = 4; V = 183.83 Den(Calc)= 2.61

Crystal System:

Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F m3m

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.846(1), 2.013(0.7), 1.6439(0.21),

Crystal Structure:

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Wyckoff R W G , Crystal Structures , 1 (1963) p.85-237, Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York, rocksalt structure

Physical Properties of Oldhamite

Cleavage:

{001} Good

Color:

Light brown, Dark brown.

Density:

2.58

Diaphaneity:

Transparent

Habit:

Anhedral Grains - Granular minerals without the expression of crystal shapes

Hardness:

4 - Fluorite

Luster:

Sub Metallic

Optical Properties of Oldhamite

Optical Data:

Isotropic, n=2.137.

Calculated Properties of Oldhamite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.60 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Oldhamite =2.61 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0065135547
Boson Index = 0.9934864453

Photoelectric:

PE_Oldhamite= 9.62 barns/electron
U=PE_Oldhamite x rElectron Density= 24.98 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Oldhamite Classification

Dana Class:

02.08.01.05 (02)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides

(02.08)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1

(02.08.01)Galena Group (Isometric: Fm3m)

02.08.01.01 Galena PbS F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.02 Clausthalite PbSe F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.03 Altaite PbTe F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.04 Alabandite MnS F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.05 Oldhamite (Ca,Mg,Fe)S F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.06 Niningerite (Mg,Fe,Mn)S F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.07 Borovskite Pd3SbTe4 F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.08 Crerarite (Pt,Pb)Bi3(S,Se)4-x(x~0.7) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.09 Keilite! (Fe,Mn,Mg,Ca,Cr)S F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

Strunz Class:

02.CD.10 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf

02.C - Metal Sulfides, M:S = 1:1 (and similar)

02.CD -With Sn, Pb, Hg, etc.

02.CD.10 Alabandite MnS F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.CD.10 Altaite PbTe F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.CD.10 Galena PbS F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.CD.10 Clausthalite PbSe F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.CD.10 Niningerite (Mg,Fe,Mn)S F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.CD.10 Oldhamite (Ca,Mg,Fe)S F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.CD.10 Keilite! (Fe,Mn,Mg,Ca,Cr)S F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

Other Oldhamite Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Oldhamite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info
15 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Oldhamite

(Ca,Mg,Fe)S
Dana No: 02.08.01.05 Strunz No: 02.CD.10
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