Sanderite Mineral Data

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General Sanderite Information

Chemical Formula:

MgSO4·2(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 138.38 gm

Magnesium 17.56 % Mg 29.13 % MgO

Hydrogen 1.46 % H 13.02 % H₂O

Sulfur 23.17 % S 57.86 % SO₃

Oxygen 57.81 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Mg(SO₄)·(H₂O)

Environment:

A inadequately characterized mineral.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1952

Locality:

Efflorescences on kieserite at the Hansa I shaft, Empelde, and the Niedersachsen shaft, near Wathlingen, Austria. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Bruno Sander (1884-1979), Austrian geologist, Alte Universitat, Innsbruck, Austria.

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Sanderite Crystallography

Crystal System:

MonoclinicSpace Group: Mono ?

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.1(1), 4.25(0.9), 4.42(0.8),

Physical Properties of Sanderite

Color:

White.

Density:

2.37

Habit:

Efflorescences - Crystals covering matrix, generally produced from transpiro-evaporation.

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Sanderite

Optical Data:

NCalc= 1.49 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.2049) where Ncalc=Dmeas*KC+1

Calculated Properties of Sanderite

Electron Density:

r_electron=2.40 gm/cc
note: r_Sanderite=2.37 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.01958
Boson Index = 0.98042

Photoelectric:

PE_Sanderite= 1.82 barns/electron
U=PE_Sanderite x r_electron= 4.36 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Sanderite is Not Radioactive

Sanderite Classification

Dana Class:

29.6.4.1 (29)Hydrated Acid and Sulfates

(29.6)where A XO4 · x(H2O)

(29.6.4)Dana Group

29.6.4.1 Sanderite MgSO4·2(H2O) Mono ? Mono

Strunz Class:

VI/C.01-70 VI - Sulfates,Chromates,Molybdates and Tungstates

VI/C - Water-bearing sulfates without unfamiliar anions. cations of medium size

VI/C.01 - Kieserite group

VI/C.01-10 Kieserite MgSO4·(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

VI/C.01-20 Szomolnokite FeSO4·(H2O) A2/a 2/m

VI/C.01-30 Szmikite MnSO4·(H2O) A2/a 2/m

VI/C.01-35 Cobaltkieserite! CoSO4·H2O C 2/c 2/m

VI/C.01-40 Dwornikite (Ni,Fe)SO4·(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

VI/C.01-50 Poitevinite (Cu,Fe,Zn)SO4·(H2O) P1 1

VI/C.01-60 Gunningite (Zn,Mn)SO4·(H2O) A2/a 2/m

VI/C.01-70 Sanderite MgSO4·2(H2O) Mono ? Mono

Other Sanderite Information

References:

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

See Also:

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

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Sanderite

MgSO4·2(H2O)
Dana No: 29.6.4.1 Strunz No: VI/C.01-70
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