IMA2008-032 Mineral Data

General IMA2008-032 Information

Chemical Formula:

CuCl2•2NH3

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 168.51 gm

Copper 37.71 % Cu

Hydrogen 3.59 % H

Nitrogen 16.62 % N

Chlorine 42.08 % Cl

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

CuCl₂2(NH₃)

Environment:

New structure type

IMA Status:

Proposed IMA 2008

Locality:

Caleta Pabellon de Pica, Tarapaca, Chile Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)

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IMA2008-032 Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.7222:1:0.5388

Cell Dimensions:

a = 7.688, b = 10.645, c = 5.736, V = 469.43

Crystal System:

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

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.919(1), 2.659(0.81), 6.282(0.69),3.897(0.6), 4.276(0.56), 2.764(0.35), 2.335(0.32), 1.966(0.28),

Calculated Properties of IMA2008-032

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.16
Boson Index = 0.84

Photoelectric:

PE_IMA2008-032= 18.87 barns/electron
U=PE_IMA2008-032 x rElectron Density= . barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
IMA2008-032 is Not Radioactive

IMA2008-032 Classification

Dana Class:

09.00.00.00 (09)Halide Minerals

(09.00)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(09.00.00)Chloride

09.00.00.00 Boldyrevite? NaCaMgAl3F14•4(H2O) None

09.00.00.00 IMA2008-032 CuCl2•2NH3 C mcm 2/m 2/m 2/m

09.00.00.00 IMA2008-039 (NH4)3PbCl5 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

09.00.00.00 Yttrocerite* CaF2(Y,Ce)F3 Unk Cubic

Strunz Class:

03.C 03 - HALIDES

03.C - Complex Halides

03.C -

03.C Steropesite! Tl3BiCl6 Cc m

03.C IMA2008-032 CuCl2•2NH3 C mcm 2/m 2/m 2/m

03.C IMA2008-039 (NH4)3PbCl5 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

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5 - MinDAT
6 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
7 - Online Mineral Museum
8 - Ruff.Info

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IMA2008-032

CuCl2•2NH3
Dana No: 09.00.00.00 Strunz No: 03.C
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