Kambaldaite Mineral Data

General Kambaldaite Information

Chemical Formula:

NaNi4(CO3)3(OH)3•3(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 542.85 gm

Sodium 4.24 % Na 5.71 % Na₂O

Nickel 43.25 % Ni 55.04 % NiO

Hydrogen 1.67 % H 14.93 % H₂O

Carbon 6.64 % C 24.32 % CO₂

Oxygen 44.21 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

NaNi₄(CO₃)₃(OH)₃•3(H₂O)

Environment:

Secondary mineral in nickel-bearing rocks.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1985

Locality:

Otter shoot, Kambalda, WA, Australia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the locality.

Name Pronunciation:

Kambaldaite + Pronunciation

Kambaldaite Image

Images:

Kambaldaite

Comments: Light green kambaldaite blebs and crusts.
Location: Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, WA, Australia. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Kambaldaite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.58965

Cell Dimensions:

a = 10.34, c = 6.097, Z = 2; V = 564.53 Den(Calc)= 3.19

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Pyramidal H-M Symbol (6) Space Group: P 6₃

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 9.03(1), 4.49(0.9), 3.613(0.4),

Physical Properties of Kambaldaite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Light green, Emerald green.

Density:

3.18

Habit:

Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals.

Habit:

Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Hardness:

3 - Calcite

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

light green

Optical Properties of Kambaldaite

Dichroism (e):

light green.

Dichroism (w):

emerald green.

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.004 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.001 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.21,KPDmeas= 0.2107,KC= 0.2098
Ncalc = 1.67

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (+), w=1.65, e=1.69, bire=0.0400.

Calculated Properties of Kambaldaite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.17 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Kambaldaite =3.19 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0058316943
Boson Index = 0.9941683057

Photoelectric:

PE_Kambaldaite= 17.08 barns/electron
U=PE_Kambaldaite x rElectron Density= 54.19 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Kambaldaite is Not Radioactive

Kambaldaite Classification

Dana Class:

16b.07.12.01 (16b)Carbonates - Hydroxyl or Halogen

(16b.07)Dana Type

(16b.07.12)Dana Group

16b.07.12.01 Kambaldaite NaNi4(CO3)3(OH)3•3(H2O) P 6₃ 6

Strunz Class:

05.DA.20 05 - CARBONATES (NITRATES)

05.D - Carbonates with Additional Anions, with H2O

05.DA -With medium-sized cations

05.DA.20 Kambaldaite NaNi4(CO3)3(OH)3•3(H2O) P 6₃ 6

Other Kambaldaite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Kambaldaite :
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 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info
15 - WWW-MINCRYST

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NaNi4(CO3)3(OH)3•3(H2O)
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