Shabynite Mineral Data

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General Shabynite Information

Chemical Formula:

Mg5(BO3)Cl2(OH)5•4(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 408.34 gm

Magnesium 29.76 % Mg 49.35 % MgO

Boron 2.65 % B 8.52 % B₂O₃

Hydrogen 3.21 % H 28.68 % H₂O

Chlorine 17.36 % Cl 17.36 % Cl

- % Cl -3.92 % -O=Cl₂

Oxygen 47.02 % O

______ ______

100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Mg₅(BO₃)Cl₂(OH)₅•4(H₂O)

Environment:

Alteration product.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1980

Locality:

Korshunov skarn-magnetite deposit, Baikalia, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Leonid I. Shabynin (1909-), Russian geologist.

Name Pronunciation:

Shabynite + Pronunciation

Shabynite Image

Images:

Shabynite

Comments: Translucent shabynite grains.
Location: Korshunovskoye Deposit, Irkutsk District, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Shabynite Crystallography

Crystal System:

MonoclinicSpace Group: Unk.

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 9.27(1), 2.439(0.8), 3.69(0.7),

Physical Properties of Shabynite

Color:

Snow white.

Density:

2.32

Fracture:

Flexible - Flexible fragments.

Hardness:

3 - Calcite

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Shabynite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.098 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
KPDmeas= 0.243,KC= 0.2694
Ncalc = 1.63

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.543, b=1.571, g=1.577, bire=0.0340, 2V(Calc)=48, 2V(Meas)=49.

Calculated Properties of Shabynite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.36 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Shabynite =2.32 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.03
Boson Index = 0.97

Photoelectric:

PE_Shabynite= 1.86 barns/electron
U=PE_Shabynite x rElectron Density= 4.40 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Shabynite Classification

Dana Class:

26.01.03.01 (26)Hydrated Borates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(26.01)Dana Type

(26.01.03)Dana Group

26.01.03.01 Shabynite Mg5(BO3)Cl2(OH)5•4(H2O) Unk. Mono

Strunz Class:

06.AB.55 06 - BORATES

06.A - Monoborates

06.AB -BO3, with additional anions; 1(D) + OH, etc.

06.AB.55 Shabynite Mg5(BO3)Cl2(OH)5•4(H2O) Unk. Mono

06.AB.55 Wightmanite Mg5(BO3)O(OH)5•2(H2O) I2/m 2/m

Other Shabynite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

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

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Shabynite

Mg5(BO3)Cl2(OH)5•4(H2O)
Dana No: 26.01.03.01 Strunz No: 06.AB.55
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