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Hydrophilite

Collectors Summary

Crystal System orthorhombisch, Pnnm

Chemism

Chemical formula

CaCl2 (?)

Additional chem. information

Hydrophilit = Antarcticit oder Sinjarit (The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 44, pp. 1557-1560 (2006))

Chemical composition

Calcium, Chlor

Unit weight: 110.9848 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 3

Info

Empirical formula:

CaCl2(?)

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Chlorine

Cl

63.89

2

66.67

35.4532000

70.9064000
Calcium

Ca

36.11

1

33.33

40.0784000

40.0784000

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

3.AB.15

3: Halide (Fluoride, Chloride, Bromide, Iodide)
A: Einfache Halogenide ohne H2O
B: M:X = 1:2
15:Sellait-Gruppe

Dana 8th edition

09.02.07.02

09: Halide Minerals
02: Anhydrous and Hydrated Halides where A (X)2
07: Cotunnite Group

IMA status

diskreditiert

Mineral status

diskreditiert

Crystallography

Crystal System

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mmm

Space Group number

58

Space Group

Pnnm

Cell parameters a (Å)

6.26

Cell parameters b (Å)

6.43

Cell parameters c (Å)

4.17

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.974

Cell parameters c/b

0.649

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volume (ų)

167.85

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.48(80),
3.050(100),
2.858(30),
2.356(20),
2.331(50),
2.244(30),
2.083(20),
1.906(20)
XRD chart Hydrophilite

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

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Density (g/cm³)

2.196 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Deutschland/Niedersachsen/Lüneburg, Landkreis/Lüneburg/Kalkberg (Gipsbrüche)

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Hausmann, 1813

References

Mineral. Mag. 43 (1980), 682

Strunz Mineralogical Tables 9. Edition (2001)

The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 44, pp. 1557-1560 (2006)

Other languages

German

Hydrophilit

Spanish

Hydrophilita

English

Hydrophilite

French

Hydrophilite

Alternative Name

Italian

Hidrofilita

German

Idrofilit

Spanish

Idrofilita

Idrofilite

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) zc-W5SzQck-yskqKXTA6nA
GUID (Global unique identifier) E596CFCD-D02C-4F72-B2B2-4A8A5D303A9C
Database ID 4519