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Oldhamit in Calcit

Größe: 10 mm; Fundort: Ronneburg, Thüringen, Deutschland

slugslayer

Contribution: slugslayer 2010-03-01

Locality: Ronneburg / Greiz, Landkreis / Thüringen / Deutschland

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Oldhamit

graubraune, körnige-spätige Massen mit guter Spaltbarkeit brekzienartig im Ockerkalk; Absetzerhalde, Ronneburger Revier, Thüringen; Bildbreite: 4,5 cm

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chribiedav

Contribution: chribiedav 2014-11-17

Locality: Absetzerhalde / Ronneburg / Greiz, Landkreis / Thüringen / Deutschland

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Oldhamit

graubraune, körnige-spätige Massen mit guter Spaltbarkeit brekzienartig im Ockerkalk; Absetzerhalde, Ronneburger Revier, Thüringen; Bildbreite: 7 mm

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chribiedav

Contribution: chribiedav 2014-11-17

Locality: Absetzerhalde / Ronneburg / Greiz, Landkreis / Thüringen / Deutschland

Collectors Summary

Color

hellbraun, dunkelbraun

Hardness (Mohs)

Solubility

+++ Säuren, ++ boiling H₂O

Crystal System

kubisch, Fm3m

Chemism

Chemical formula

(Ca,Mg,Fe,Mn)S

Chemical composition

Calcium, Eisen, Magnesium, Mangan, Schwefel

Unit weight: 69.731560495 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 2

Info

Empirical formula:

(Ca_0.55Mg_0.3Fe_0.1Mn_0.05)S

Element	Symbol	Weight%	Atoms	Atoms%	Atom weight (u)	Sum weight (u)
Magnesium	Mg	10.46	0.3	15.00	24.3050600	7.2915180
Sulfur	S	45.98	1	50.00	32.0655000	32.0655000
Calcium	Ca	31.61	0.55	27.50	40.0784000	22.0431200
Manganese	Mn	3.94	0.05	2.50	54.9380499	2.7469025
Iron	Fe	8.01	0.1	5.00	55.8452000	5.5845200

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Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.CD.10

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
C: Metallsulfide, M : S = 1 : 1 (und ähnliche)
D: mit Zinn (Sn), Blei (Pb), Quecksilber (Hg), usw.
10:Galenit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/C.15-020

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
C: Sulfide mit Metall : S,Se,Te ~ 1:1

Classification by Hölzel

2.CD.230

2: SULFIDES
C: Sulfides (etc) with Me/S=1/1
D: With Sn,Pb, etc. - Coordination Number ~[4+1]
2: Coordination Number ~[6] Galenite-Group

Dana 8th edition

02.08.01.05

02: Sulfide Minerals
08: Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1
01: Galena Group (Isometric: Fm3m)

IMA status

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

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color	hellbraun, dunkelbraun
Diaphaneity (Transparency)	transparent
RI value α / ω / n	2.137
Ri mean	2.137
2V angle	Isotropisch

Crystallography

Crystal System	kubisch
Class (H-M)	m3m
Space Group number	225
Space Group	Fm3m
Cell parameters a (Å)	5.694
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	4
Volumne (Å³)	184.609
X-Ray Powder Diffraction	2.846(100), 2.013(70), 1.644(20), 1.274(10), 1.163(10), 0.949(10), 0.900(10), 0.858(10)
	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)	4
VHN (Hardness Vickers)	190 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)
Density (g/cm³)	2.58
	2.509 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )
Instability	+++ Säuren, ++ boiling H₂O

(Co-)Type locality

Indien /Uttar Pradesh /Basti District /Bustee Meteorit

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Maskelyne, 1862

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 1 (1990), 360

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

Altaite	PbTe kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.10
Keilite	(Fe,Mg,Mn,Ca,Cr)S kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.10
Galena	PbS kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.10
Crerarite	(Pt,Pb)Bi₃(S,Se)_4-x kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.10
Oldhamite	(Ca,Mg,Fe,Mn)S kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.10
Alabandite	MnS kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.10
Niningerite	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Mn)S kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.10
Clausthalite	PbSe kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.10
Cuboargyrite	AgSbS₂ kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.10
Schapbachite	AgBiS₂ kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.10

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

Keilite	(Fe,Mg,Mn,Ca,Cr)S kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	II/C.15-005
Niningerite	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Mn)S kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	II/C.15-010
Oldhamite	(Ca,Mg,Fe,Mn)S kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	II/C.15-020
Alabandite	MnS kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	II/C.15-030
Galena	PbS kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	II/C.15-040
Clausthalite	PbSe kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	II/C.15-050
Altaite	PbTe kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	II/C.15-060
Crerarite	(Pt,Pb)Bi₃(S,Se)_4-x kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	II/C.15-070

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

Niningerite	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Mn)S kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.200
Keilite	(Fe,Mg,Mn,Ca,Cr)S kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.205
Alabandite	MnS kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.210
Oldhamite	(Ca,Mg,Fe,Mn)S kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.230
Galena	PbS kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.250
Clausthalite	PbSe kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.260
Altaite	PbTe kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	2.CD.270

Related minerals "Dana 8. Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

Galena	PbS kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	02.08.01.01
Clausthalite	PbSe kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	02.08.01.02
Altaite	PbTe kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	02.08.01.03
Alabandite	MnS kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	02.08.01.04
Oldhamite	(Ca,Mg,Fe,Mn)S kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	02.08.01.05
Niningerite	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Mn)S kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	02.08.01.06
Borovskite	Pd₃SbTe₄ kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	02.08.01.07
Crerarite	(Pt,Pb)Bi₃(S,Se)_4-x kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	02.08.01.08
Keilite	(Fe,Mg,Mn,Ca,Cr)S kubisch : m3m : Fm3m	02.08.01.09
Sphalerite	(Zn,Fe)S kubisch : 43m : F43m	02.08.02.01
Stilleite	ZnSe kubisch : 43m : F43m	02.08.02.02
Metacinnabar	HgS kubisch : 43m : F43m	02.08.02.03
Tiemannite	HgSe kubisch : 43m : F43m	02.08.02.04
Coloradoite	HgTe kubisch : 43m : F43m	02.08.02.05
Hawleyite	CdS kubisch : 43m : F43m	02.08.02.06
Polhemusite	(Zn,Hg)S tetragonal	02.08.03.01
Xingzhongite	(Pb,Cu,Fe)(Ir,Pt,Rh)₂S₄ kubisch : m3m : Fd3m	02.08.04.01
Cooperite	PtS tetragonal : 4/mmm : P4₂/mmc	02.08.05.01
Vysotskite	(Pd,Ni)S tetragonal : 4/m : P4₂/m	02.08.05.02
Braggite	(Pt,Pd,Ni)S tetragonal : 4/m : P4₂/m	02.08.05.03
Polarite	Pd(Pb,Bi) orthorhombisch : mm2 : Ccm2₁	02.08.06.01
Greenockite	CdS hexagonal : 6mm : P6₃mc	02.08.07.02
Cadmoselite	CdSe hexagonal : 6mm : P6₃mc	02.08.07.03
Rambergite	gamma-MnS hexagonal : 6mm : P6₃mc	02.08.07.04
Hypercinnabar	HgS hexagonal	02.08.08.01

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German	Oldhamit
Spanish	Oldhamita
French	Oldhamite
English	Oldhamite
Russian	Ольдгамит
Simplified Chinese	陨硫钙石

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