Tinnunculite Mineral Data

Tinnunculite Mineral Data

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General Tinnunculite Information

Chemical Formula:

C10H12N6O8 (?)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 344.24 gm

Hydrogen 3.51 % H

Carbon 34.89 % C

Nitrogen 24.41 % N

Oxygen 37.18 % O

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

C₁₀H₁₂N₆O₈

IMA Status:

Not Approved IMA

Locality:

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Tinnunculite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =1.2006:1:2.7579

Cell Dimensions:

a = 15.08, b = 12.56, c = 34.64, Z = 18; V = 6,560.98 Den(Calc)= 1.57

Crystal System:

OrthorhombicSpace Group: Unk

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.21(1), 1.608(0.3), 4.24(0.2),

Physical Properties of Tinnunculite

Color:

White.

Density:

1.73

Diaphaniety:

Transparent to Translucent

Luster:

Earthy (Dull)

Optical Properties of Tinnunculite

Optical Data:

Biaxial (?), b=1.523

Calculated Properties of Tinnunculite

Electron Density:

r_electron=1.62 gm/cc
note: r_Tinnunculite=1.57 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.24725
Boson Index = 0.75275

Photoelectric:

PE_Tinnunculite= 0.28 barns/electron
U=PE_Tinnunculite x r_electron= 0.45 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Tinnunculite is Not Radioactive

Tinnunculite Classification

Dana Class:

50.0.0.0 (50)Organic Minerals

(50.0)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(Organic)

Strunz Class:

IX/D.01-25 IX - Organic compunds

IX/D - Compounds with N, C and water

IX/D.01 - Urea - Guanine series

IX/D.01-10 Urea CO(NH2)2 P 42₁m 4 2m

IX/D.01-20 Acetamide CO(CH3)(NH2) R 3c 3m

IX/D.01-25 Tinnunculite C10H12N6O8(?) Unk Ortho

IX/D.01-30 Kladnoite C6H4(CO)2NH P 2₁/n 2/m

IX/D.01-40 Uricite C5H4N4O3 P 2₁/a 2/m

IX/D.01-50 Guanine C5H3(NH2)N4O P 2₁/n 2/m

Other Tinnunculite Information

References:

PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.78,p452,1993) OPTIC PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.78,p452,1993)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Tinnunculite :
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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Tinnunculite

C10H12N6O8 (?)
Dana No: Unknown Strunz No: IX/D.01-25
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