General Rinneite Information![]() K3NaFe++Cl6 |
![]() Molecular Weight = 408.85 gm |
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Potassium 28.69 % K 34.56 % K2O |
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Sodium 5.62 % Na 7.58 % Na2O |
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Iron 13.66 % Fe 17.57 % FeO |
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Chlorine 52.03 % Cl 52.03 % Cl |
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Cl -11.74 % -O=Cl2 |
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
![]() K3NaFe2+Cl6 |
![]() Secondary mineral in marine saline evaporite deposits. |
![]() Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1909 |
![]() Wolkranshusen near Nordhausen, Germany. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
![]() Named for Friedrich Wilhelm Berthold Rinne (1863-1933), German crystallographer and petrographer, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany. |
![]() Rinneite |
![]() ![]() ICSD 32717 |
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PDF 20-925 |
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Rinneite Crystallography![]() a:c = 1:1.1689 |
![]() a = 11.9, c = 13.91, Z = 6; V = 1,705.89 Den(Calc)= 2.39 |
![]() Trigonal - Hexagonal ScalenohedralH-M Symbol (3 2/m) Space Group: R 3c |
![]() By Intensity(I/Io): 2.51(1), 6(0.55), 2.59(0.45), |
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| Physical Properties of Rinneite![]() {???} Good, {???} Good |
![]() Colorless, Rose red, Violet, Brown, Yellow. |
![]() 2.3 |
![]() Transparent to translucent |
![]() Conchoidal - Fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces, (e.g. quartz). |
![]() Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock. |
![]() 3 - Calcite |
![]() Vitreous - Adamantine |
![]() white |
| Optical Properties of Rinneite![]() Uniaxial (+), w=1.5886, e=1.5894, bire=0.0008. |
| Calculated Properties of Rinneite![]() Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.29 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Rinneite =2.39 gm/cc. ![]() Fermion Index = 0.002930263 |
Boson Index = 0.997069737 ![]() PERinneite = 10.61 barns/electron |
U=PERinneite x relectron= 24.32 barns/cc. ![]() |
GRapi = 396.89 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Estimated Radioactivity from Rinneite | Rinneite Classification![]() 11.05.03.01 (11)Halide Complexes; Alumino-fluorides |
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(11.05)where (A)m B (X)6 |
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(11.05.03)Dana Group |
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![]() 03.CJ.05 03 - HALIDES |
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03.C - Complex Halides |
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03.CJ -With MX6 complexes; M = Fe, Mn, Cu |
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| Other Rinneite Information![]() NAME( Ford32) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) |
![]() Links to other databases for Rinneite : |
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - GeoScienceWorld 6 - Google Images 7 - Google Scholar 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 9 - MinDAT 10 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 - Online Mineral Museum 12 - QUT Mineral Atlas 13 - Ruff.Info 14 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Rinneite using: Visit our Advertisers for Rinneite : A Bijoux Google Search for RinneiteAdam's Minerals Google Search for Rinneite Cape Minerals Google Search for Rinneite Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Rinneite Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Rinneite Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Rinneite John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Rinneite McDougall Minerals Google Search for Rinneite Mineral News Website Link Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Rinneite Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Rinneite Ask about Rinneite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Rinneite Specimen Label here :
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