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Shijiangshan Mine,Chifeng/Innere Mongolei,China; Bildbreite ca. 5 cm
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Location: China/Innere Mongolei (Neimenggu)/Ulanhad Bund (Chifeng, Präf)/Chifeng, Stadt/Hexigten-Banner (Keshiketeng)/Shijiangshan Mine
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Shijiangshan Mine,Chifeng/Innere Mongolei,China; Bildbreite ca. 5 cm
Collection: Haubi
Copyright: Haubi
Contribution: Haubi 2018-03-04
Locality: Shijiangshan Mine / Hexigten-Banner (Keshiketeng) / Chifeng, Stadt / Ulanhad Bund (Chifeng, Präf) / Innere Mongolei (Neimenggu) / China

Collectors Summary

Color hellbraun
Streak color hellbraun
Hardness (Mohs) 4.75
Solubility +++ Säuren
Crystal System orthorhombisch, Pbam

Chemism

Chemical formula

Ca2Mn22+B4O7(OH)6

Chemical composition

Calcium, Mangan, Bor, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 447.3199718 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 27

Info

Empirical formula:

Ca2Mn2B4O7(OH)6

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

1.35

6

22.22

1.0079470

6.0476820
Boron

B

9.67

4

14.81

10.8117000

43.2468000
Oxygen

O

46.50

13

48.15

15.9994300

207.9925900
Calcium

Ca

17.92

2

7.41

40.0784000

80.1568000
Manganese

Mn

24.56

2

7.41

54.9380499

109.8760998

Analysis wt%

MnO : 28.30, MgO : 1.66, ZnO : 3.13, CaO : 25.40, B2O3 : 32.40, H2O : 8.51 (Ref: American Mineralogist 74)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

6.DA.25

6: Borate
D: Tetraborate
A: Insel(Neso)-Tetraborate
25:Roweit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

V/H.11-020

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

Classification by Hölzel

6.DA.130

6: Borates
D: Tetraborates
A: Nesotetraborates
1: Borax-Group - 4(2P+2T)

Dana 8th edition

25.04.01.01

25: Anhydrous Borates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
04: Anhydrous Borates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

IMA status

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

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

hellbraun

Streak color

hellbraun

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent

max. Birefringence

0.015
Birefringence chart\! Roweite title=Birefringence chart Roweite

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

1.647

RI value β

1.659

RI value γ / ε

1.662

Ri mean

1.656

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 22°~

Crystallography

Crystal System

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mmm

Space Group number

55

Space Group

Pbam

Cell parameters a (Å)

9.057

Cell parameters b (Å)

13.357

Cell parameters c (Å)

8.289

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.678

Cell parameters c/b

0.621

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volume (ų)

1002.756

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.974(100),
3.059(30),
2.600(70),
2.264(30),
2.184(50),
2.128(40),
1.708(30),
1.641(30)
XRD chart Roweite

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)

4.75

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

340 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.935

2.963 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/New Jersey/Sussex Co./Franklin Mining District/Franklin

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Berman & Gonyer, 1937

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 5 (2003), 601

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German

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French

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English

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Russian

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Russian

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Alternative Name

Spanish

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CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Rwe

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) OL9RhAvv30iIPdYl4mztag
GUID (Global unique identifier) 8451BF38-EF0B-48DF-883D-D625E26CED6A
Database ID 3328