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General Terlinguaite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Hg+Hg++ClO
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 452.63 gm
   Mercury   88.63 %  Hg   46.08 % Hg2O / 47.85 % HgO
   Chlorine   7.83 %  Cl    7.83 % Cl
               -   %  Cl   -1.77 % -O=Cl2
   Oxygen     3.53 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: HgHgClO
Help on Environment: Environment: Oxidized portions of mercury deposits.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1900
Help on Locality: Locality: Terlingua, Brewster Co., Texas, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named after its locality.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 65483
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Terlinguaite

Comments: Beige, massive granular crystals of terlinguaite on pink calcite.
Location: Mariposa mine, Terlingua, Terlingua district, Brewster Co., Texas, USA. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
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Terlinguaite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =2.0321:1:1.6057
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 12.01, b = 5.91, c = 9.49, Z = 8; beta = 106° V = 647.50 Den(Calc)= 9.29
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/c
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.51(1), 3.26(1), 2.81(0.6),
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Aurivillius K , Folkmarson L , Acta Chemica Scandinavica , 22 (1968) p.2529-2540, The crystal structure of terlinguaite Hg4O2Cl2, Locality: Terlingua, Texas, USA

 

Physical Properties of Terlinguaite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [101] Perfect
Help on Color: Color: Yellow, Greenish yellow, Brown, Olive green.
Help on Density: Density: 8.7
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent to translucent
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.
Help on Habit: Habit: Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).
Help on Habit: Habit: Striated - Parallel lines on crystal surface or cleavage face.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 2-3 - Gypsum-Calcite
Help on Luminescence: Luminescence: Non-fluorescent.
Help on Luster: Luster: Adamantine
Help on Magnetism: Magnetism: Nonmagnetic
Help on Streak: Streak: light yellow
 

Optical Properties of Terlinguaite

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (-), a=2.35, b=2.64, g=2.66, bire=0.3100, 2V(Calc)=26, 2V(Meas)=20. Dispersion relatively strong.
 

Calculated Properties of Terlinguaite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=7.59 gm/cc
note: rTerlinguaite =9.29 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.26768
Boson Index = 0.73232
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PETerlinguaite =1,535.30 barns/electron
U=PETerlinguaite x relectron=11659.09 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Terlinguaite is Not Radioactive

 

Terlinguaite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 10.4.2.1 (10)Oxyhalides and Hydroxyhalides
  (10.4)where (A)2 (O,OH) Xq
  (10.4.2)Dana Group
 
10.4.2.1 Terlinguaite HgHgClO C 2/c 2/m
 
10.4.2.2 Aurivilliusite! HgHgOI C 2/m 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: III/D.06-10 III - Halogenides
  III/D - Oxi-halogenides with mercury
  III/D.06 - Terlinguaite - Comancheite
 
III/D.06-10 Terlinguaite HgHgClO C 2/c 2/m
 
III/D.06-11 Aurivilliusite! HgHgOI C 2/m 2/m
 
III/D.06-12 Hanawaltite Hg6Hg[Cl,(OH)]2O3 Pbma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
III/D.06-13 Tedhadleyite! HgHg10O4I2(Cl1.16Br0.84)2 A1 1
 
III/D.06-20 Poyarkovite Hg3ClO C 2/c 2/m
 
III/D.06-30 Kadyrelite Hg4(Br,Cl)2O I a3d 4/m 3 2/m
 
III/D.06-40 Eglestonite Hg6Cl3O(OH)(?) I a3d 4/m 3 2/m
 
III/D.06-45 Vasilyevite! (Hg2)10O6I3Cl(CO3) P1 1
 
III/D.06-50 Mosesite Hg2N(Cl,SO4,MoO4,CO3)·(H2O) F43m 4 3m
 
III/D.06-60 Gianellaite Hg4(SO4)N2 F43m 4 3m
 
III/D.06-70 Kleinite Hg2N(Cl,SO4)·n(H2O) C63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
III/D.06-80 Pinchite Hg5O4Cl2 I bam 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
III/D.06-90 Comancheite Hg13(Cl,Br)8O9 Pnnm,Pnn2 Ortho
 

Other Terlinguaite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Ford32) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Terlinguaite :
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 - WWW-MINCRYST 13 -École des Mines de Paris

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Terlinguaite

Hg+Hg++ClO
Dana No: 10.4.2.1 Strunz No: III/D.06-10
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