General Dypingite Information Chemical Formula: |
Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2•5(H2O) |
Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 485.65 gm |
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Magnesium 25.02 % Mg 41.50 % MgO |
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Hydrogen 2.49 % H 22.26 % H2O |
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Carbon 9.89 % C 36.25 % CO2 |
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Oxygen 62.59 % O |
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
Empirical Formula: |
Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2•5(H2O) |
Environment: |
Alteration product in serpentines. |
IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1970 |
Locality: |
Dypingdal serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Norway. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
Name Origin: |
Named after the locality. |
Name Pronunciation: |
Dypingite + Pronunciation |
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Dypingite Crystallography Axial Ratios: |
a:b:c =0.6848:1:0.397 |
Cell Dimensions: |
a = 16.3, b = 23.8, c = 9.45, Z = 8; beta = 90° V = 3,666.03 Den(Calc)= 1.76 |
Crystal System: |
MonoclinicSpace Group: Unk. |
X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 10.6(1), 5.86(0.9), 6.34(0.6), |
| Physical Properties of Dypingite Color: |
White. |
Density: |
2.15 |
Habit: |
Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters. |
Habit: |
Globular - Spherical, or nearly so, rounded forms (e.g. wavellite). |
Luminescence: |
Fluorescent and phosphorescent, Short UV=gray blue, Long UV=light blue. |
Luster: |
Pearly |
Streak: |
white |
| Optical Properties of Dypingite Gladstone-Dale: |
CI meas= -0.011 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) |
CI calc= -0.236 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2905,KPDmeas= 0.2378,KC= 0.2351 Ncalc = 1.41 - 1.51 Optical Data: |
Biaxial (+), a=1.508, b=1.51, g=1.516, bire=0.0080 |
Pleochroism (x): |
colorless. |
Pleochroism (y): |
colorless. |
Pleochroism (z): |
colorless. |
| Calculated Properties of Dypingite Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.20 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Dypingite =2.15 gm/cc. Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.02 |
Boson Index = 0.98 Photoelectric: |
PEDypingite = 0.75 barns/electron |
U=PEDypingite x rElectron Density= 1.65 barns/cc. Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Dypingite is Not Radioactive | Dypingite Classification Dana Class: |
16b.07.02.01 (16b)Carbonates - Hydroxyl or Halogen |
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(16b.07)Dana Type |
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(16b.07.02)Dana Group |
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Strunz Class: |
05.DA.05 05 - CARBONATES (NITRATES) |
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05.D - Carbonates with Additional Anions, with H2O |
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05.DA -With medium-sized cations |
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| Other Dypingite Information References: |
NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana;Collectors Book of Fluorescent Minerals) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) |
See Also: |
Links to other databases for Dypingite : |
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - Franklin Minerals(Dunn) 6 - GeoScienceWorld 7 - Google Images 8 - Google Scholar 9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 11 - MinDAT 12 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 - Online Mineral Museum 14 - QUT Mineral Atlas 15 - Ruff.Info Search for Dypingite using: Visit our Advertisers for Dypingite : A Bijoux Google Search for DypingiteAdam's Minerals Google Search for Dypingite Cape Minerals Google Search for Dypingite Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Dypingite Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Dypingite Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Dypingite John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Dypingite McDougall Minerals Google Search for Dypingite Mineral News Website Link Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Dypingite Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Dypingite Ask about Dypingite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Dypingite Specimen Label here :
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