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Hibonite

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Hibonit
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Hibonit
Größe: 34x34x28 mm; Fundort: Esiva Seifenlagerstätte, Maromby Commune, Amboasary Department, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar, Madagaskar
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Madagaskar/Anosy, Region/Amboasary, Distrikt/Maromby/Esiva Seifenlagerstätte
Mineral: Hibonite
Image: 1310239657
Rating: 10 (votes: 1)
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Hibonit

Größe: 34x34x28 mm; Fundort: Esiva Seifenlagerstätte, Maromby Commune, Amboasary Department, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar, Madagaskar
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2011-07-09
Locality: Esiva Seifenlagerstätte / Maromby / Amboasary, Distrikt / Anosy, Region / Madagaskar
Hibonit
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Hibonit
FO: Madagaskar; etwa 2 mm
Copyright: rtbstone; Contribution: rtbstone
Collection: rtbstone
Location: Madagaskar
Mineral: Hibonite
Image: 1180276962
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Hibonit

FO: Madagaskar; etwa 2 mm
Collection: rtbstone
Copyright: rtbstone
Contribution: rtbstone 2007-05-27
Locality: Madagaskar
Hibonit
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Hibonit
Größe: 11,5 x 10,2 x 6,2 mm; Fundort: Nezametnoe, Fluss Kedrovaya, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russland
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Russland/Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis/Primorje (Primorskiy), Kray/Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetjuche)/Roshchino/Kedrovaya, Fluss/Nezametnoe
Mineral: Hibonite
Image: 1262121100
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Hibonit

Größe: 11,5 x 10,2 x 6,2 mm; Fundort: Nezametnoe, Fluss Kedrovaya, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russland
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2009-12-29
Locality: Nezametnoe / Kedrovaya, Fluss / Roshchino / Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetjuche) / Primorje (Primorskiy), Kray / Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis / Russland
Hibonit
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Hibonit
Blockige graue Kristalle, BB = 2 mm, Fundort: Esiva Seifenlagerstätte, Maromby Commune, Amboasary Department, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar, Madagaskar.
Copyright: Bebo; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: A001939, Donator: Melanie Albert
Location: Madagaskar/Anosy, Region/Amboasary, Distrikt/Maromby/Esiva Seifenlagerstätte
Mineral: Hibonite
Image: 1451232145
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Hibonit (SNr: A001939)

Blockige graue Kristalle, BB = 2 mm, Fundort: Esiva Seifenlagerstätte, Maromby Commune, Amboasary Department, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar, Madagaskar.
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Bebo
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2015-12-27
Locality: Esiva Seifenlagerstätte / Maromby / Amboasary, Distrikt / Anosy, Region / Madagaskar
Hibonit
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Hibonit
Größe: 60x57 mm; Fundort: Esiva Seifenlagerstätte, Maromby Commune, Amboasary Department, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar, Madagaskar
Copyright: Rock Currier; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Collection: Stan Alexander
Location: Madagaskar/Anosy, Region/Amboasary, Distrikt/Maromby/Esiva Seifenlagerstätte
Mineral: Hibonite
Image: 1307225347
Rating: 5 (votes: 1)
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Hibonit

Größe: 60x57 mm; Fundort: Esiva Seifenlagerstätte, Maromby Commune, Amboasary Department, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar, Madagaskar
Collection: Stan Alexander
Copyright: Rock Currier
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2011-06-04
Locality: Esiva Seifenlagerstätte / Maromby / Amboasary, Distrikt / Anosy, Region / Madagaskar

You find additional specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color schwarz, schwarz, rötlichbraun
Streak color rötlichbraun
Hardness (Mohs) 7.5 - 8
Solubility +++ mixt. of H2SO4 und H3PO4
Crystal System hexagonal, P63/mmc

Chemism

Chemical formula

CaAl12O19

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Calcium, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 667.8460284 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 32

Info

Empirical formula:

CaAl12O19

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Oxygen

O

45.52

19

59.38

15.9994300

303.9891700
Aluminium

Al

48.48

12

37.50

26.9815382

323.7784584
Calcium

Ca

6.00

1

3.13

40.0784000

40.0784000

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 0.75, Al2O3 : 72.80, TiO2 : 5.60, Fe2O3 : 2.70, FeO : 7.30, CaO : 6.20, Ce2O3 : 2.10, La2O3 : 1.80, Ln2O3 : 4.10 (Ref: Mineralogical Magazine 80)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

4.CC.45

4: Oxide, Hydroxide (Oxide, Hydroxide, V[5,6]-Vanadate, Arsenite, Antimonite, Bismutite, Sulfite, Selenite, Tellurite, Iodate)
C: Metall: Sauerstoff = 2: 3,3: 5, und vergleichbare
C: Mit großen und mittelgroßen Kationen
45:Magnetoplumbit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

IV/C.08-030

IV: OXIDE
C: Oxide mit Verhältnis Metall : Sauerstoff = 2:3 (M2O3 und verwandte Verbindungen)
8: Magnetoplumbit- Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

4.CE.220

4: OXIDES
C: R2O3 Sesquioxides
E: Other complex Oxides, mostly hextrig
2: Hibonite-Magnetoplumbite-Group

Dana 8th edition

07.04.01.01

07: Multiple Oxides
04: Multiple Oxides with O19 groups
01: (Hexagonal, P63/mmc)

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Magnetoplumbite group

Optical Properties

Color

schwarz, schwarz, rötlichbraun

Streak color

rötlichbraun

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

opak

max. Birefringence

0.017~
Birefringence chart\! Hibonite title=Birefringence chart Hibonite

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

1.807

RI value γ / ε

1.79

Ri mean

1.801

2V angle

Uniaxial (-)

Crystallography

Crystal System

hexagonal

Class (H-M)

6/mmm

Space Group number

194

Space Group

P63/mmc

Cell parameters a (Å)

5.61

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

22.16

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

3.95

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

120°

Z

2

Volume (ų)

603.985

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.33(70),
2.635(90),
2.492(80),
2.126(90),
2.024(80),
1.585(90),
1.549(90),
1.403(100)
XRD chart Hibonite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

7.5 - 8

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

1900 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.84

3.672 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ mixt. of H2SO4 und H3PO4

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Madagaskar/Anosy, Region/Amboasary, Distrikt/Maromby/Esiva Seifenlagerstätte

Preface

Name from

Paul Hibon, der das Mineral im Juni 1953 in einer Seifenlagerstätte bei Esiva erstmalig entdeckt hat ("en éluvion aux environs d'Esiva" Delbos 1955).

Author (Name, Year)

Curien & Guillemin & Orcel & Sternberg, 1956

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 3 (1997), 248

Delbos, L. (1955): Note sur le gisement d'un mineral nouveau " la hibonite" de' l'Androy Mandrareen" in Rapport Annuel du Service Geologique pour 1955, Tananarivo. 143-144

CNMNC Newsletter No. 50; Mineralogical Magazine, 31 [Formel]

IMA group assignments

Other languages

German

Hibonit

Spanish

Hibonita

French

Hibonite

English

Hibonite

Russian

Хибонит

Simplified Chinese

黑铝钙石

Japanese

ﾋﾎﾞﾅｲﾄ

Alternative Name

Simplified Chinese

黑复铝钛矿

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Hbn

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) ZxHCPqTfwkaxCicxec6Lqg
GUID (Global unique identifier) 3EC21167-DFA4-46C2-B10A-273179CE8BAA
Database ID 1595