IMA2008-055 Mineral Data

General IMA2008-055 Information

Chemical Formula:

(Ni,Fe,Ir)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 71.19 gm

Iron 23.53 % Fe

Nickel 49.46 % Ni

Iridium 27.00 % Ir

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

Ni_0.6Fe⁰⁺_0.3Ir_0.1

Environment:

Ni-analogue of hexaferrum, osmium and ruthenium

IMA Status:

Proposed IMA 2009 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Bonao, Loma Peguera, Dominican Republic Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)

IMA2008-055 Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:1.58609

Cell Dimensions:

a = 2.6941, c = 4.2731, Z = 2; V = 26.86 Den(Calc)= 8.80

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Dihexagonal Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 6₃/mmc

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.046(1), 2.33(0.5), 1.216(0.4),1.347(0.4), 1.576(0.3), 2.136(0.3), 1.126(0.2), 1.139(0.2),

Calculated Properties of IMA2008-055

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=7.99 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of IMA2008-055 =8.80 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99

Photoelectric:

PE_IMA2008-055= 397.21 barns/electron
U=PE_IMA2008-055 x rElectron Density=3,171.83 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
IMA2008-055 is Not Radioactive

IMA2008-055 Classification

Dana Class:

01.02.02.06 (01)Native Elements

(01.02)with platinum group metals and alloys

(01.02.02)Osmium group (Space Group P63/mmc)

01.02.02.01 Osmium (Os,Ir) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.02.02.02 Ruthenium (Ru,Ir,Os) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.02.02.03 Rutheniridosmine (Ir,Os,Ru) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.02.02.04 Hexaferrum! (Fe,Os,Ru,Ir) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.02.02.05 Hexamolybdenum! (Mo,Ru,Fe,Ir,Os) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.02.02.06 IMA2008-055! (Ni,Fe,Ir) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

01.AG.05 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)

01.A - Metals and Intermetallic Alloys

01.AG -PGE-metal alloys

01.AG.05 Hexaferrum! (Fe,Os,Ru,Ir) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.AG.05 IMA2008-055! (Ni,Fe,Ir) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

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See Also:

Links to other databases for IMA2008-055 :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - Google Images
4 - Google Scholar
5 - MinDAT
6 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
7 - Online Mineral Museum
8 - Ruff.Info

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IMA2008-055

(Ni,Fe,Ir)
Dana No: 01.02.02.06 Strunz No: 01.AG.05
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