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Humite

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Humit

Größe: 4,54 mm; Fundort: Steinbruch San Vito, San Vito, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuv-Komplex, Neapel, Kampanien
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Locality: Steinbruch San Vito (Cava San Vito) / San Vito / Ercolano / Monte Somma / Somma-Vesuv-Komplex / Neapel, Provinz / Kampanien (Campania), Region / Italien
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Größe: 1,9 mm; Fundort: Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuv-Komplex, Neapel, Kampanien (Campania), Italien
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Locality: Monte Somma / Somma-Vesuv-Komplex / Neapel, Provinz / Kampanien (Campania), Region / Italien
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Größe: 2,47 mm; Fundort: Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuv-Komplex, Neapel, Kampanien (Campania), Italien
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Locality: Monte Somma / Somma-Vesuv-Komplex / Neapel, Provinz / Kampanien (Campania), Region / Italien
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Größe: 1,06 mm; Fundort: Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuv-Komplex, Neapel, Kampanien (Campania), Italien
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Locality: Monte Somma / Somma-Vesuv-Komplex / Neapel, Provinz / Kampanien (Campania), Region / Italien
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Größe: 1,45 mm; Fundort: Steinbruch San Vito, San Vito, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuv-Komplex, Neapel, Kampanien, Italien
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
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Locality: Steinbruch San Vito (Cava San Vito) / San Vito / Ercolano / Monte Somma / Somma-Vesuv-Komplex / Neapel, Provinz / Kampanien (Campania), Region / Italien
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Größe: 0,78 mm; Fundort: Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuv-Komplex, Neapel, Kampanien (Campania), Italien
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Hg 2011-04-25
Locality: Monte Somma / Somma-Vesuv-Komplex / Neapel, Provinz / Kampanien (Campania), Region / Italien

Collectors Summary

Color braun, gelb, weiß, dunkel orange
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 6
Solubility +++ HF, konz. warme H2SO4, + andere Säuren
Crystal System orthorhombisch, Pbnm

Chemism

Chem­ical formula

Mg7(SiO4)3(F,OH)2

Chem­ical com­po­si­tion

Magnesium, Silicium, Fluor, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 483.386463375 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 24.5

Info

Empirical formula:

Mg7(SiO4)3(F0.75(OH)0.25)2

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

0.10

0.5

2.04

1.0079470

0.5039735
Oxygen

O

41.37

12.5

51.02

15.9994300

199.9928750
Fluorine

F

5.90

1.5

6.12

18.9984033

28.4976049
Magnesium

Mg

35.20

7

28.57

24.3050600

170.1354200
Silicon

Si

17.43

3

12.24

28.0855300

84.2565900

Anal­y­sis wt%

SiO2 : 36.43, FeO : 5.03, MnO : 0.65, MgO : 53.84, H2O : 1.69, F : 4.07 (Ref: American Mineralogist 71)

Strunz 9th edi­tion incl. updates

9.AF.50

9: Silikate (Germanate)
A: Inselsilikate (Nesosilikate)
F: Insel(Neso)silikate mit zusätzlichem Anionen; Kationen in [4], [5] und/oder nur [6] Koordination
50:Humit-Gruppe

Lapis Clas­sifica­tion

VIII/B.04-030

VIII: SILIKATE
B: Inselsilikate mit tetraederfremden Anionen
4: Kationen in tetraedrischer oder oktaedrischer Koordination [4/6]; Humit-Gruppe

Clas­sifica­tion by Hölzel

9.AI.240

9: SILICATES
A: Nesosilicates
I: Nesosilicates with OH
2: Norbergite-Group

Dana 8th edi­tion

52.03.02c.01

52: Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O
03: Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O with cations in [6] coordination only
02c: Humite group (Humite series)

IMA sta­tus

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

Min­eral sta­tus

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Clas­sifica­tion

 Humite polysomatic series

Optical Properties

Color

braun, gelb, weiß, dunkel orange

Streak color

weiß

Diaphane­ity (Trans­parency)

transparent bis durchscheinend

max. Birefrin­gence

0.029
Birefringence chart\! Humite title=Birefringence chart Humite

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

1.624

RI value β

1.633

RI value γ / ε

1.653

Ri mean

1.637

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 66°!

Optical Data Luminescence

Color SW-UV (254nm)

  

gelb

SW-UV Intensity

stark

After­glow (Per­sistant Lumi­nes­cence)

keine Daten

Crystallography

Crystal Sys­tem

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mmm

Space Group number

62

Space Group

Pbnm

Cell param­e­ters a (Å)

20.86

Cell param­e­ters b (Å)

4.74

Cell param­e­ters c (Å)

10.23

Cell param­e­ters a/b or c/a

4.401

Cell param­e­ters c/b

2.158

Cell param­e­ters α

90°

Cell param­e­ters β

90°

Cell param­e­ters γ

90°

Z

4

Volumne (ų)

1011.506

X-Ray Pow­der Diffrac­tion

3.64(50),
2.691(50),
2.572(40),
2.438(70),
2.256(100),
2.107(40),
1.739(60),
1.479(70)
XRD chart Humite

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)

6

VHN (Hard­ness Vick­ers)

730 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.1 - 3.2 / Durchschnittlich = 3.15

3.174 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Insta­bil­ity

+++ HF, konz. warme H2SO4, + andere Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Italien/Kampanien (Campania), Region/Neapel, Provinz/Somma-Vesuv-Komplex/Monte Somma

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Bournon, 1813

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 2 (1995), 351

IMA group assignments

Other languages

German

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Spanish

Humita

French

Humite

English

Humite

Russian

Гумит

Simplified Chinese

硅镁石

Alternative Name

Umit

Umita

Umite

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Hu

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German pages

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