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Carrboydit

grünblaue Krusten von Carrboydit, Carr Boyd Mine, Goongarrie, Western Australia, Australien; BB 1 mm

MinTreasure.com (Carsten Slotta)

Contribution: openpit 2020-01-12

Locality: Carr Boyd Rocks Mine / Goongarie / Kalgoorlie-Boulder City / Goldfields-Esperance, Region / Western Australia / Australien

Collectors Summary

Color

blaugrün, gelbgrün

Streak color

grünlichweiß

Solubility

+++ heiße verdünnte HCl, - H₂O

Crystal System

hexagonal,

Chemism

Chemical formula

(Ni,Al)₉(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₈·10H₂O

Additional chem. information

oder allg. (Ni_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_{x /2}(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3*x/2}

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Nickel, Sauerstoff, Schwefel, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 1135.30151195 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 85

Info

Empirical formula:

(Ni_0.75Al_0.25)₉(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₈·10H₂O

Element	Symbol	Weight%	Atoms	Atoms%	Atom weight (u)	Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen	H	3.37	38	44.71	1.0079470	38.3019860
Oxygen	O	50.73	36	42.35	15.9994300	575.9794800
Aluminium	Al	5.35	2.25	2.65	26.9815382	60.7084610
Sulfur	S	5.65	2	2.35	32.0655000	64.1310000
Nickel	Ni	34.90	6.75	7.94	58.6934200	396.1805850

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Analysis wt%

NiO : 40.00, CuO : 3.00, Al₂O₃ : 18.87, CO₂ : 1.81, SO₃ : 14.82, H₂O : 21.49 (Ref: berechnet)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

7.DD.35

7: Sulfate (Selenate, Tellurate, Chromate, Molybdate, Wolframate)
D: Sulfate (Selenate, etc.) mit weitere Anionen, mit H₂O
D: mit mittelgroßen Kationen; Lagen von kantenverknüpften Oktaedern
35:Woodwardit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VI/D.08-090

VI: SULFATE, CHROMATE, MOLYBDATE UND WOLFRAMATE
D: Wasserhaltige Sulfate, mit fremden Anionen
8: Mittelgroße Kationen

Classification by Hölzel

7.DD.300

7: SULFATES CHROMATES MOLYBDATES WOLFRAMATES
D: Sulfates (+Anions +Water)
D: Sulfate-Hydrotalcites

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

Hydrotalcite Supergroup ⇒ Glaucocerinite Group

Optical Properties

Color	blaugrün, gelbgrün
Streak color	grünlichweiß
Diaphaneity (Transparency)	durchscheinend
max. Birefringence	nicht wahrnehmbar-moderat
RI value α / ω / n	1.54
RI value γ / ε	1.56
Ri mean	1.55
2V angle	Uniaxial (-)

Crystallography

Crystal System	hexagonal
Cell parameters a (Å)	9.14
Cell parameters b (Å)	-
Cell parameters c (Å)	10.34
Cell parameters a/b or c/a	1.131
Cell parameters c/b	-
Cell parameters α	90°
Cell parameters β	90°
Cell parameters γ	120°
Z	1
Volumne (Å³)	748.072
X-Ray Powder Diffraction	10.5(100), 5.25(80), 3.48(50), 2.62(20), 2.55(70), 2.07(20), 1.82(20), 1.51(50)
	Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Physical Properties

Density (g/cm³)	2.5
	2.52 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )
Instability	+++ heiße verdünnte HCl, - H₂O

(Co-)Type locality

Australien /Western Australia /Goldfields-Esperance, Region /Kalgoorlie-Boulder City /Goongarie /Carr Boyd Rocks Mine

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Nickel & Clarke, 1976

References

American Mineralogist 61 (1976), 366

IMA group assignments

Related minerals "Strunz Classification" (9. Edition) [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Shigaite	NaMn₆²⁺Al₃[(OH)₁₈\|(SO₄)₂]·12H₂O trigonal : 3 : R3	7.DD.35
Honessite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n<3x/2} hexagonal	7.DD.35
Carrboydite	(Ni,Al)₉(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₈·10H₂O hexagonal	7.DD.35
Wermlandite	(Ca,Mg)Mg₇(Al,Fe³⁺)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₈·12H₂O trigonal : 3m : P3c1	7.DD.35
Woodwardite	(Cu_0.75Al_0.25)(SO₄)_0.125(OH)₂·0.3H₂O hexagonal	7.DD.35
Motukoreaite	Mg₆Al₃(OH)₁₈[Na(H₂O)₆](SO₄)₂·6H₂O trigonal : 3m : R3m	7.DD.35
Nikischerite	NaFe₆²⁺Al₃[(OH)₁₈\|(SO₄)₂]·12H₂O trigonal : 3 : R3	7.DD.35
Mountkeithite	(Mg,Ni)₁₁(Fe³⁺,Cr,Al)₃(OH)₂₄(SO₄,CO₃)_3.5·11H₂O hexagonal	7.DD.35
'Zincaluminite'	Zn₆Al₆(SO₄)₂(OH)₂₆·5H₂O	7.DD.35
Glaucocerinite	(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2} hexagonal	7.DD.35
Hydrohonessite	(Ni_1-x Fe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x < 0.5} {n > 3x/2} hexagonal	7.DD.35
Hydrowoodwardite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2} trigonal : 3m : R3m	7.DD.35
'Zincowoodwardite'		7.DD.35
'Natroglaucocerinite'	NaZn₅Al₃[(OH)₁₆\|(SO₄)₂]·6H₂O trigonal : 3 : P3	7.DD.35
Zincowoodwardit-1R	[Zn_1-xAl_x(OH)₂][(SO₄)_x/2·nH₂O] _{{x = 0.32-0.50}}	7.DD.35
'Zincowoodwardite-3R'	[Zn_1-xAl_x(OH)₂][(SO₄)_x/2·nH₂O {x=0.32-0.50} trigonal : 3 : R3	7.DD.35

Related minerals "Lapis Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Bechererite	Zn₇Cu[(OH)₁₃\|SiO(OH)₃\|SO₄] trigonal : 3, 3 : P3, P3	VI/D.08-005
Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O trigonal : 3m : P31c	VI/D.08-010
Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VI/D.08-020
Carbonatecyanotrichite	Cu₄²⁺Al₂(CO₃,SO₄)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	VI/D.08-030
Camérolaite	Cu₄Al₂[HSbO₄,SO₄]OH₁₀(CO₃)·2H₂O monoklin : 2, 2/m : P2₁, P2₁/m	VI/D.08-035
Woodwardite	(Cu_0.75Al_0.25)(SO₄)_0.125(OH)₂·0.3H₂O hexagonal	VI/D.08-040
Hydrowoodwardite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2} trigonal : 3m : R3m	VI/D.08-042
'Zincowoodwardite'		VI/D.08-045
Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O monoklin : 2 : P2₁	VI/D.08-050
Kyrgyzstanite	ZnAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	VI/D.08-055
'Nickelalumite'	(Ni,Cu)Al₄[(SO₄),(NO₃)₂](OH)₁₂·3H₂O monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/n	VI/D.08-060
Mbobomkulite	(Ni,Cu)Al₄[(NO₃)₂,(SO₄)](OH)₁₂·3H₂O monoklin	VI/D.08-070
Hydrombobomkulite	(Ni,Cu)Al₄[(NO₃)₂,(SO₄)](OH)₁₂·13-14H₂O monoklin	VI/D.08-080
Carrboydite	(Ni,Al)₉(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₈·10H₂O hexagonal	VI/D.08-090
'Zincaluminite'	Zn₆Al₆(SO₄)₂(OH)₂₆·5H₂O	VI/D.08-100
Glaucocerinite	(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2} hexagonal	VI/D.08-110

Related minerals "Hoelzel Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

Carrboydite

(Ni,Al)₉(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₈·10H₂O

hexagonal

7.DD.300

Other languages

German	Carrboydit
Spanish	Carrboydita
English	Carrboydite
French	Carrboydite

IMA Number

IMA 1974-033

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German pages	DeWikiPedia - search for: Carrboydit Google-Bilder-Suche - search for: Carrboydit Mineralogisch-Petrographisches-Institut Hamburg - search for: Carrboydit
English pages	Mindat - search for: Carrboydite Webmineral - search for:Carrboydite Handbook-of-Mineralogy - search for: Carrboydite RRUFF - Raman, XRD and other mineral data - search for: Carrboydite RRUFF - References and PDF downloads - search for: Carrboydite American-Mineralogist-Crystal-Structure-Database - search for: Carrboydite Athena - search for: Carrboydite

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