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Carlhintzeite Mineral Data

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General Carlhintzeite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: Ca2AlF7•(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 258.14 gm
   Calcium   31.05 %  Ca   43.45 % CaO
   Aluminum  10.45 %  Al   19.75 % Al2O3
   Hydrogen   0.78 %  H     6.98 % H2O
   Oxygen     6.20 %  O
   Fluorine  51.52 %  F    51.52 % F
               -   %   F   -21.69 % -O=F2    
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ca2AlF7•(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: In a pegmatite.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1979
Help on Locality: Locality: Hagendorf, Germany. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for Carl Hintze (1851-1916), German mineralogist, Professor of mineralogy at the University of Breslau and compiler of the "Handbuch der mineralogie."