Monipite Mineral Data

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General Monipite Information

Chemical Formula:

MoNiP

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 185.60 gm

Nickel 31.62 % Ni

Molybdenum 51.69 % Mo

Phosphorus 16.69 % P

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

MoNiP

Environment:

Barringerite group

IMA Status:

Proposed IMA 2007 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Allende meteorite, Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)

Synonym:

IMA2007-033

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Monipite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.65199

Cell Dimensions:

a = 5.681, c = 3.704, Z = 3; V = 103.53 Den(Calc)= 8.93

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Ditrigonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6 m2) Space Group: P 6 2m

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.298(1), 1.918(0.73), 2.094(0.69),1.852(0.24), 1.408(0.2), 1.316(0.18), 1.332(0.17), 1.111(0.14),

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Guerin R , Sergent M , Acta Crystallographica, Section B , 33 (1977) p.2820-2823, Structure cristalline de NiMoP, Localite: synthetic

Calculated Properties of Monipite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=8.18 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Monipite =8.93 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.13
Boson Index = 0.87

Photoelectric:

PE_Monipite= 100.30 barns/electron
U=PE_Monipite x rElectron Density= 820.36 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Monipite is Not Radioactive

Monipite Classification

Dana Class:

01.01.21.06 (01)Native Elements

(01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group

(01.01.21)Barringerite Group phosphides

01.01.21.01 Barringerite (Fe,Ni)2P P 62m 6 m2

01.01.21.02 Schreibersite (Fe,Ni)3P I 4 4

01.01.21.03 Nickelphosphide! (Ni,Fe)3P I 4 4

01.01.21.04 Allabogdanite! (Fe,Ni)2P P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

01.01.21.05 Melliniite! (Ni,Fe)4P P 2₁3 2 3

01.01.21.06 Monipite! MoNiP P 6 2m 6 m2

Strunz Class:

01.BD.10 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)

01.B - Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides and Phosphides

01.BD -Phosphides

01.BD.10 Barringerite (Fe,Ni)2P P 62m 6 m2

01.BD.10 Monipite! MoNiP P 6 2m 6 m2

Other Monipite Information

See Also:

Links to other databases for Monipite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - MinDAT
7 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
8 - Online Mineral Museum
9 - QUT Mineral Atlas
10 - Ruff.Info

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Monipite

MoNiP
Dana No: 01.01.21.06 Strunz No: 01.BD.10
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