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Inyoite

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Inyoit mit Meyerhofferit
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Inyoit mit Meyerhofferit
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Mineral: Inyoite
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Inyoit mit Meyerhofferit

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Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
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Inyoit
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Inyoit
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Mineral: Inyoite
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Inyoit

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Inyoit mit Meyerhofferit
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Inyoit mit Meyerhofferit
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Inyoit mit Meyerhofferit

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Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
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Inyoit
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Inyoit
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Mineral: Inyoite
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Inyoit

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Inyoit
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Inyoit
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Inyoit

Größe: 60x51x33 mm; Fundort: Monte Azul, Sijes, Salta, Argentinien
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Inyoit
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Inyoit
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Inyoit

Größe: 82x53x48 mm; Fundort: Monte Azul, Sijes, Salta, Argentinien
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: slugslayer 2009-07-30
Locality: Monte Azul / Sijes / Salta, Provinz / Argentinien

Collectors Summary

Color farblos
Lustre Glasglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 2
Cleavages gut {001}, unstetig {010}
Fracture unregelmäßig, uneben
Solubility +++ Säuren, H2O
Crystal System monoklin, P21/a

Chemism

Chem­ical formula

CaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O

Chem­ical com­po­si­tion

Calcium, Bor, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 277.609971 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 29

Info

Empirical formula:

CaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

4.72

13

44.83

1.0079470

13.1033110
Boron

B

11.68

3

10.34

10.8117000

32.4351000
Oxygen

O

69.16

12

41.38

15.9994300

191.9931600
Calcium

Ca

14.44

1

3.45

40.0784000

40.0784000

Anal­y­sis wt%

CaO : 20.34, B2O3 : 36.57, H2O : 43.00 (Ref: Dana, 7th ed. 2)

Strunz 9th edi­tion incl. updates

6.CA.35

6: Borate
C: Triborate
A: Insel (Neso)-Triborate
35:Inyoit-Gruppe

Lapis Clas­sifica­tion

V/H.06-050

V: NITRATE, CARBONATE UND BORATE
H: Gruppenborate
6: Planare und tetraedrische Gruppen [B3O5] 1- bis [B6O10] 2-

Clas­sifica­tion by Hölzel

6.CA.260

6: Borates
C: Triborates
A: Nesotriborates
2: Inderite-Group - 3(P+2T)

Dana 8th edi­tion

26.03.01.01

26: Hydrated Borates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
03: Hydrated Borates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
01: Inyoite Group

IMA sta­tus

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

Min­eral sta­tus

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

farblos

Change in color

bei Dehydration auch weiß

Diaphane­ity (Trans­parency)

transparent

Lus­tre

Glasglanz

max. Birefrin­gence

0.025
Birefringence chart\! Inyoite title=Birefringence chart Inyoite

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

1.494

RI value β

1.508

RI value γ / ε

1.518

Ri mean

1.507

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 70° - 84° (gemessen) 78.5° (berechnet)

Ori­enta­tion

Y = b, X ^ c = 37°

Dis­per­sion

schwach, r < v

Optical Data Luminescence

Color LW-UV (365nm)

  

gelblich weiß

Color SW-UV (254nm)

  

gelblich weiß

LW-UV Other Col­ors

  

bläulich weiß

SW-UV Other Col­ors

  

bläulich weiß

Most Common Acti­vator

organische Unreinheiten

Color SW-UV After­glow (254nm)

  

weiß

Crystallography

Crystal Sys­tem

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

14

Space Group

P21/a

Cell param­e­ters a (Å)

10.63

Cell param­e­ters b (Å)

12.06

Cell param­e­ters c (Å)

8.405

Cell param­e­ters a/b or c/a

0.881

Cell param­e­ters c/b

0.697

Cell param­e­ters α

90°

Cell param­e­ters β

114.3

Cell param­e­ters γ

90°

Z

4

Volumne (ų)

982.039

X-Ray Pow­der Diffrac­tion

7.59(70),
4.72(20),
3.85(10),
3.03(100),
2.775(10),
2.494(20),
2.286(20),
1.880(20)
XRD chart Inyoite

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)

2

VHN (Hard­ness Vick­ers)

91 (10g)

Density (g/cm³)

1.875 (gemessen)

1.878 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Cleav­ages

gut {001}, unstetig {010}

Frac­ture

unregelmäßig, uneben

Tenac­ity

spröde

Insta­bil­ity

+++ Säuren, H2O

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/Kalifornien (California)/Inyo Co./Death Valley National Park/Furnace Creek District/Black Mts/Mount Blanco Mine

Other languages

German

Inyoit

French

Inyoite

English

Inyoite

Spanish

Inyoíta

Russian

Иниоит

Russian

Иньоит

Simplified Chinese

板硼钙石

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Iyo

Automatic Links to external internet sources (Responsibility is with the operator)

German pages

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English pages

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Russian pages

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