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General Simonellite Information

Chemical Formula:

C19H24

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 252.40 gm

Hydrogen 9.58 % H

Carbon 90.42 % C

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

C₁₉H₂₄

Environment:

Sedimentary rocks with organic material.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1919

Locality:

Fognano, Tuscany, Italy. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Vittorio Simonelli (1860-1929), Italian geologist and paleontologist, University of Bologna, Italy.

Synonym:

Akyltetrahrdrophenanthrene

Simonellite Image

Images:

Simonellite

Comments: Colorless to white Simonellite on fossil wood.
Location: Fognano, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Picture size 6 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Simonellite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =1.0106:1:3.9424

Cell Dimensions:

a = 9.231, b = 9.134, c = 36.01, Z = 8; V = 3,036.22 Den(Calc)= 1.10

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pnaa

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 6.445(1), 9.002(0.3), 8.214(0.26),

Physical Properties of Simonellite

Color:

White.

Density:

1.08

Streak:

white

Calculated Properties of Simonellite

Electron Density:

r_electron=1.20 gm/cc
note: r_Simonellite=1.10 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00996
Boson Index = 0.99004

Photoelectric:

PE_Simonellite= 0.13 barns/electron
U=PE_Simonellite x r_electron= 0.16 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Simonellite is Not Radioactive

Simonellite Classification

Dana Class:

50.3.3.1 (50)Salts of Organic Acids

(50.3)(Hydrocarbons)

(50.3.3)Dana Group

50.3.3.1 Simonellite C19H24 Pnaa 2/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

IX/B.02-20 IX - Organic compunds

IX/B - Nitrogenfree compounds with C and water, ring structures

IX/B.02 - Kratochvilite - Flagstaffite series

IX/B.02-10 Kratochvilite (C6H4)2CH2 P na2₁ mm2

IX/B.02-20 Simonellite C19H24 Pnaa 2/m 2/m 2/m

IX/B.02-30 Hoelite (C6H4)2(CO)2 P 2₁/a 2/m

IX/B.02-40 Refikite C19H31COOH P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

IX/B.02-50 Hartite C20H34 P1 1

IX/B.02-52 Fichtelite C19H34 P 2₁ 2

IX/B.02-55 Dinite* C20H36 P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

IX/B.02-60 Karpatite C24H12 P 2₁/c,P 2/c 2/m

IX/B.02-70 Idrialite C22H14 Unk Ortho

IX/B.02-75 Ravatite C14H10 P 2₁ 2

IX/B.02-80 Flagstaffite C10H22O3 F dd2 mm2

Other Simonellite Information

References:

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

See Also:

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

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Simonellite

C19H24
Dana No: 50.3.3.1 Strunz No: IX/B.02-20
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