Nickelpicromerite

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Crystal System

monoklin, P2₁/c

Chemism

Chemical formula

K₂Ni(SO₄)₂·6H₂O

Chemical composition

Nickel, Kalium, Sauerstoff, Schwefel, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 437.108424 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 31

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Empirical formula:

K₂Ni(SO₄)₂·6H₂O

Element	Symbol	Weight%	Atoms	Atoms%	Atom weight (u)	Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen	H	2.77	12	38.71	1.0079470	12.0953640
Oxygen	O	51.24	14	45.16	15.9994300	223.9920200
Sulfur	S	14.67	2	6.45	32.0655000	64.1310000
Potassium	K	17.89	2	6.45	39.0983100	78.1966200
Nickel	Ni	13.43	1	3.23	58.6934200	58.6934200

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Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

7.CC.60

7: Sulfate (Selenate, Tellurate, Chromate, Molybdate, Wolframate)
C: Sulfate (Selenate, etc.) ohne weitere Anionen, mit H₂O
C: Mit mittelgroßen und großen [Kationen]
60:Pikromerit-Gruppe

IMA status

anerkannt - Neue Mineralien Feb. 2013; CNMNC Newsletter No. 15

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Crystallography

Crystal System	monoklin
Class (H-M)	2/m
Space Group number	14
Space Group	P2₁/c
Cell parameters a (Å)	6.1310
Cell parameters b (Å)	12.1863
Cell parameters c (Å)	9.0076
Cell parameters a/b or c/a	0.503
Cell parameters c/b	0.739
Cell parameters α	90°
Cell parameters β	105.045
Cell parameters γ	90°
Volumne (Å³)	649.927
X-Ray Powder Diffraction	5.386(34), 4.312(46), 4.240(33), 4.085(100), 3.685(85), 3.041(45), 2.808(31), 2.368(34)
	Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality	Russland /Ural, Föderationskreis /Tscheljabinsk, Oblast /Kyschtym (Kishtim)/Slyudorudnik Mine
Type material	Natural Scientific Museum of the Ilmen State Reserve, Miass, Russland; Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moskau, Russland
Collection number of type material	17301 (Miass), 4281/1 (Moskau)

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Elena V. Belogub, Sergey V. Krivovichev, Igor V. Pekov*, Aleksey M. Kuznetsov, Vasiliy A. Kotlyarov, Nikita V. Chukanov und Dmitriy I. (2013)

References

Belogub, E.V., Krivovichev, S.V., Pekov, I.V., Kuznetsov, A.M., Kotlyarov, V.A., Chukanov, N.V. and Belakovskiy, D.I. (2013) Nickelpicromerite, IMA 2012-053. CNMNC Newsletter No. 15, February 2013, page 4; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 112.

Related minerals "Strunz Classification" (9. Edition) [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Mohrite	(NH₄)₂Fe²⁺(SO₄)₂·6H₂O monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/a	7.CC.60
Konyaite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·5H₂O monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/c	7.CC.60
Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/a	7.CC.60
Cyanochroite	K₂Cu(SO₄)·6H₂O monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/c	7.CC.60
Boussingaultite	(NH₄)₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/a	7.CC.60
Katerinopoulosite	(NH₄)₂Zn(SO₄)₂·6H₂O monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/a	7.CC.60
Nickelpicromerite	K₂Ni(SO₄)₂·6H₂O monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/c	7.CC.60
'Nickelboussingaultite'	(NH₄)₂(Ni,Mg)(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	7.CC.60

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German	Nickelpicromerit
English	Nickelpicromerite
Russian	Никельпикромерит

IMA Number

IMA 2012-053

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