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Hibbingite Mineral Data |
General Hibbingite Information |
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(Fe,Mg)2(OH)3Cl | ||
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Molecular Weight = 182.40 gm | ||
Magnesium 6.66 % Mg 11.05 % MgO | |||
Iron 45.93 % Fe 59.08 % FeO | |||
Hydrogen 1.66 % H 14.82 % H2O | |||
Chlorine 19.44 % Cl 19.44 % Cl | |||
- % Cl -4.39 % -O=Cl2 | |||
Oxygen 26.32 % O | |||
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
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Fe2+1.5Mg0.5(OH)3Cl | ||
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Serpentinized troctolite and peridotite. | ||
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Approved IMA 1994 | ||
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Drill cores in the Duluth complex, near Hibbing, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
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Named for the locality. | ||
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IMA1991-036 | ||
Hibbingite Image | |||
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Hibbingite Crystallography |
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a:b:c =0.6858:1:0.7717 | ||
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a = 6.31, b = 9.2, c = 7.1, Z = 4; V = 412.17 Den(Calc)= 2.94 | ||
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Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pnam | ||
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By Intensity(I/Io): 2.37(1), 2.93(0.6), 2.14(0.5), | ||
Physical Properties of Hibbingite |
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{???} Good | ||
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Colorless, Yellow, Light green, Red. | ||
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3.04 | ||
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Translucent to Opaque | ||
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3.5 - Copper Penny | ||
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white | ||
Optical Properties of Hibbingite |
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CI meas= 0.127 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.097 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2211,KPDmeas= 0.2138,KC= 0.245 Ncalc = 1.72 - 1.74 |
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Biaxial (?), b=1.6-1.7 | ||
Calculated Properties of Hibbingite |
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Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.87 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Hibbingite =2.94 gm/cc. |
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Fermion Index = 0.01 Boson Index = 0.99 |
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PEHibbingite = 15.13 barns/electron U=PEHibbingite x rElectron Density= 43.42 barns/cc. |
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GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Hibbingite is Not Radioactive |
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Hibbingite Classification |
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10.01.01.02 (10)Oxyhalides and Hydroxyhalides | ||
(10.01)where (A)2 (O,OH)3 Xq | |||
(10.01.01)Atacamite group | |||
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03.DA.10a 03 - HALIDES | ||
03.D - Oxyhalides, Hydroxyhalides and Related Double Halides | |||
03.DA -With Cu, etc., without Pb | |||
Other Hibbingite Information |
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NAME( AntBidBlaNic3) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.79,p555-561,1994) OPTIC PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.79,p555-561,1994) | ||
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Links to other databases for Hibbingite : 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - GeoScienceWorld 6 - Google Images 7 - Google Scholar 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 9 - MinDAT 10 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 - Online Mineral Museum 12 - QUT Mineral Atlas 13 - Ruff.Info 14 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Hibbingite using: Visit our Advertisers for Hibbingite : Ask about Hibbingite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Hibbingite Specimen Label here :
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