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Hodgkinsonite

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Hodgkinsonit
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Hodgkinsonit

Bildbreite: 20 mm; Fundort: Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Collection: Terry Szenics
Copyright: Rock Currier
Contribution: slugslayer 2011-06-05
Locality: Franklin / Franklin Mining District / Sussex Co. / New Jersey / USA
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Größe: 40 mm; Fundort: Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Collection: Ewald Gerstmann
Copyright: Rock Currier
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Locality: Franklin / Franklin Mining District / Sussex Co. / New Jersey / USA
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Bildbreite: ca. 0,5 cm, Fundort: Sterling Mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: thdun5 2010-05-23
Locality: Sterling Mine / Sterling Hill / Ogdensburg / Franklin Mining District / Sussex Co. / New Jersey / USA
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Bildbreite: 1,7 mm, Fundort: Sterling Mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA
Copyright: Public Domain
Contribution: thdun5 2010-05-23
Locality: Sterling Mine / Sterling Hill / Ogdensburg / Franklin Mining District / Sussex Co. / New Jersey / USA

Collectors Summary

Color hellrosa, orange, rötlichbraun
Hardness (Mohs) 4.75
Solubility ++ Säuren
Crystal System monoklin, P21/a

Chemism

Chem­ical formula

Zn2Mn2+SiO4(OH)2

Chem­ical com­po­si­tion

Mangan, Silicium, Zink, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 311.8548539 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 12

Info

Empirical formula:

Zn2MnSiO4(OH)2

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

0.65

2

16.67

1.0079470

2.0158940
Oxygen

O

30.78

6

50.00

15.9994300

95.9965800
Silicon

Si

9.01

1

8.33

28.0855300

28.0855300
Manganese

Mn

17.62

1

8.33

54.9380499

54.9380499
Zinc

Zn

41.95

2

16.67

65.4094000

130.8188000

Anal­y­sis wt%

SiO2 : 19.14, FeO : 0.77, MgO : 0.52, CaO : 0.60, MnO : 22.70, ZnO : 50.45, H2O : 5.40 (Ref: Mineralogical Record 82)

Strunz 9th edi­tion incl. updates

9.AE.20

9: Silikate (Germanate)
A: Inselsilikate (Nesosilikate)
E: Insel(Neso)silikate mit zusätzlichem (O,OH,F,H2O); Kationen in tetrahedralrt [4] und meist größerer Koordination
20:Hodgkinsonit-Gruppe

Lapis Clas­sifica­tion

VIII/B.01-020

VIII: SILIKATE
B: Inselsilikate mit tetraederfremden Anionen
1: Kationen in tetraedrischer oder oktaedrischer Koordination [4/6]

Clas­sifica­tion by Hölzel

9.AI.180

9: SILICATES
A: Nesosilicates
I: Nesosilicates with OH
1: C small; Beryllite-Euclase-Topaz-Group

Dana 8th edi­tion

52.02.01.03

52: Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O
02: Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O with cations in [4] and >[4] coordination
01: Euclase group

IMA sta­tus

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

Min­eral sta­tus

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

hellrosa, orange, rötlichbraun

Diaphane­ity (Trans­parency)

durchscheinend bis teilweise durchscheinend bis opak

max. Birefrin­gence

0.026
Birefringence chart\! Hodgkinsonite title=Birefringence chart Hodgkinsonite

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

1.720

RI value β

1.741

RI value γ / ε

1.746

Ri mean

1.736

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 52°

Optical Data Luminescence

Color LW-UV (365nm)

  

rot

LW-UV Intensity

schwach

After­glow (Per­sistant Lumi­nes­cence)

keine Daten

Crystallography

Crystal Sys­tem

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

14

Space Group

P21/a

Cell param­e­ters a (Å)

11.76

Cell param­e­ters b (Å)

5.31

Cell param­e­ters c (Å)

8.17

Cell param­e­ters a/b or c/a

2.215

Cell param­e­ters c/b

1.539

Cell param­e­ters α

90°

Cell param­e­ters β

95.47

Cell param­e­ters γ

90°

Z

4

Volumne (ų)

507.857

X-Ray Pow­der Diffrac­tion

11.82(50),
3.94(30),
3.75(40),
3.64(40),
3.24(40),
3.02(30),
2.965(80),
2.869(100)
XRD chart Hodgkinsonite

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)

4.75

VHN (Hard­ness Vick­ers)

340 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.91

4.078 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Insta­bil­ity

++ Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/New Jersey/Sussex Co./Franklin Mining District/Franklin

USA/New Jersey/Sussex Co./Franklin Mining District/Franklin/Franklin Mine/Hamburg Mine

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Palache & Schaller, 1913

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 2 (1995), 342

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Russian

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Russian

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CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Hgk

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