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Northupite

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Northupit
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Northupit
Fundort: Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., Kalifornien, USA; 5 mm großer Oktaeder
Copyright: berthold; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Collection: berthold
Location: USA/Kalifornien (California)/San Bernardino Co./Searles Lake
Mineral: Northupite
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Northupit

Fundort: Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., Kalifornien, USA; 5 mm großer Oktaeder
Collection: berthold
Copyright: berthold
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2007-09-08
Locality: Searles Lake / San Bernardino Co. / Kalifornien (California) / USA
Northupit
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Northupit
Kristallgröße: 15 mm; Fundort: Katwe-See, Kasese-Distrikt, Uganda
Copyright: Paul Bongaerts; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Uganda/Kasese, Distrikt/Katwe-Kikorongo Vulkan-Feld/Katwe-See
Mineral: Northupite
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Northupit

Kristallgröße: 15 mm; Fundort: Katwe-See, Kasese-Distrikt, Uganda
Copyright: Paul Bongaerts
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2010-01-21
Locality: Katwe-See / Katwe-Kikorongo Vulkan-Feld / Kasese, Distrikt / Uganda
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Bildbreite: 1 cm, Fundort: Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., Kalifornien, USA
Copyright: Luigi Chiappino; Contribution: thdun5
Location: USA/Kalifornien (California)/San Bernardino Co./Searles Lake
Mineral: Northupite
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Northupit

Bildbreite: 1 cm, Fundort: Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., Kalifornien, USA
Copyright: Luigi Chiappino
Contribution: thdun5 2010-10-12
Locality: Searles Lake / San Bernardino Co. / Kalifornien (California) / USA
Northupit
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Northupit
Größe: 17 mm; Fundort: Kasese-Distrikt, Uganda
Copyright: Rock Currier; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Collection: British Museum of Natural History
Location: Uganda/Kasese, Distrikt
Mineral: Northupite
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Northupit

Größe: 17 mm; Fundort: Kasese-Distrikt, Uganda
Collection: British Museum of Natural History
Copyright: Rock Currier
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2012-01-06
Locality: Kasese, Distrikt / Uganda
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Northupit
Größe: 54x43 mm; Fundort: Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., Kalifornien, USA
Copyright: Rock Currier; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Collection: Rock Currier
Location: USA/Kalifornien (California)/San Bernardino Co./Searles Lake
Mineral: Northupite
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Northupit

Größe: 54x43 mm; Fundort: Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., Kalifornien, USA
Collection: Rock Currier
Copyright: Rock Currier
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2012-01-06
Locality: Searles Lake / San Bernardino Co. / Kalifornien (California) / USA

Collectors Summary

Color farblos, gelb, grün, braun, olive, grau
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 3.5 - 4
Solubility +++ Säuren, heißes H2O
Crystal System kubisch, Fd3

Chemism

Chemical formula

Na3Mg(CO3)2Cl

Chemical composition

Chlor, Magnesium, Natrium, Kohlenstoff, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 248.7457106 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 13

Info

Empirical formula:

Na3Mg(CO3)2Cl

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Carbon

C

9.66

2

15.38

12.0107800

24.0215600
Oxygen

O

38.59

6

46.15

15.9994300

95.9965800
Sodium

Na

27.73

3

23.08

22.9897702

68.9693106
Magnesium

Mg

9.77

1

7.69

24.3050600

24.3050600
Chlorine

Cl

14.25

1

7.69

35.4532000

35.4532000

Analysis wt%

Ø Na2O : 36.99, MgO : 16.08, Cl : 14.10, CO2 : 35.12, H2O : 0.72 (Ref: Dana, 7th ed. 2)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

5.BF.05

5: Carbonate (Carbonate, Nitrate)
B: Carbonate mit weitere Anionen, ohne H2O
F: Mit [Cl], SO4, P04
05:Northupit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

V/C.03-010

V: NITRATE, CARBONATE UND BORATE
C: Wasserfreie Carbonate, mit fremden Anionen

Classification by Hölzel

5.BB.250

5: CARBONATES NITRATES ARSENITES SULFITES SELENITES TELLURITES IODATES
B: Carbonates (+Anions -Water)
B: Dawsonite-Group

Dana 8th edition

16a.03.09.01

16a: Carbonates - Hydroxyl or Halogen
03: Carbonates - Hydroxyl or Halogen where (A B)2 (XO3) Zq

IMA status

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

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

farblos, gelb, grün, braun, olive, grau

Streak color

weiß

RI value α / ω / n

1.514

Ri mean

1.514

2V angle

Isotropisch

Optical Data Luminescence

Color LW-UV (365nm)

  

gelblich weiß

Color SW-UV (254nm)

  

gelb

SW-UV Other Colors

          

bläulich weiß, grünlich, blau, bläulich, grünlich weiß

Crystallography

Crystal System

kubisch

Class (H-M)

m3

Space Group number

203

Space Group

Fd3

Cell parameters a (Å)

13.98

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

-

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

16

Volume (ų)

2732.257

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

8.08(50),
4.96(30),
3.21(30),
2.863(30),
2.697(70),
2.473(100),
2.371(30),
2.111(50)
XRD chart Northupite

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)

3.5 - 4

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

160 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.380 (gemessen)

2.419 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ Säuren, heißes H2O

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/Kalifornien (California)/San Bernardino Co./Searles Lake

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Foote, 1895

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 5 (2003), 505

Other languages

German

Northupit

Spanish

Northupita

French

Northupite

English

Northupite

Russian

Нортупит

Traditional Chinese

氯碳酸鈉鎂石

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Nup

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) xsu0uHPLtEqUBuntAhYdDw
GUID (Global unique identifier) B8B4CBC6-CB73-4AB4-9406-E9ED02161D0F
Database ID 2785