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Schoenfliesite Mineral Data + |
General Schoenfliesite Information |
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| MgSn++++(OH)6 | |||
| Molecular Weight = 245.06 gm | |||
| Magnesium 9.92 % Mg 16.45 % MgO | |||
| Tin 48.44 % Sn 61.50 % SnO2 | |||
| Hydrogen 2.47 % H 22.05 % H2O | |||
| Oxygen 39.17 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| MgSn(OH)6 | |||
| Secondary mineral in oxidized tin-bearing materials. | |||
| Approved IMA 1971 | |||
| Brooks Mountain, Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named for Arthur Moritz Schoenflies (1853-1928), professor of mathematics, University of Frankfurt. | |||
| ICSD 25824 | |||
| PDF 27-Sep | |||
Schoenfliesite Image | |||
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Schoenfliesite Crystallography |
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| a = 7.759, Z = 4; V = 467.11 Den(Calc)= 3.48 | |||
| Isometric - DiploidalH-M Symbol (2/m 3) Space Group: P n3 | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 3.88(1), 4.48(0.5), 2.74(0.25), | |||
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Physical Properties of Schoenfliesite |
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| None | |||
| Reddish brown. | |||
| 3.483 | |||
| Transparent | |||
| Fibrous - Crystals made up of fibers. | |||
| Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline). | |||
| 4-4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite | |||
| Vitreous (Glassy) | |||
Optical Properties of Schoenfliesite |
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| CI meas= 0.135 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.134 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1695,KPDmeas= 0.1694,KC= 0.1958 |
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| Isotropic, n=1.59. | |||
Calculated Properties of Schoenfliesite |
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relectron=3.29 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.09061 Boson Index = 0.90939 |
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PESchoenfliesite = 141.23 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Schoenfliesite is Not Radioactive |
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Schoenfliesite Classification |
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| 6.3.6.2 (6)Hydroxides and Oxides Containing Hydroxyl | |||
| (6.3)with (OH)3 or (OH)6 groups | |||
| (6.3.6)Wickmanite group (Cubic or Trigonal, 2+ cations containing Sn) | |||
| IV/F.16-10 IV - Oxides | |||
| IV/F - Hydroxides and oxidic hydrates, water-bearing oxides with layered structure | |||
| IV/F.16 - Schoenfliesite group | |||
Other Schoenfliesite Information |
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| NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | |||
| Links to other databases for Schoenfliesite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 - WWW-MINCRYST 14 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Schoenfliesite using: Visit our Advertisers for Schoenfliesite : Translate Schoenfliesite Mineral Data : Ask about Schoenfliesite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Schoenfliesite Specimen Label here :
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