Kleinite Mineral Data

General Kleinite Information

Chemical Formula:

Hg2N(Cl,SO4)•n(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 474.72 gm

Mercury 84.51 % Hg 87.88 % Hg₂O

Hydrogen 0.42 % H 3.79 % H₂O

Sulfur 0.68 % S 1.69 % SO₃

Nitrogen 2.95 % N 6.32 % NO

Chlorine 6.72 % Cl 6.72 % Cl

- % Cl -1.52 % -O=Cl₂

Oxygen 4.72 % O

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100.00 % 104.89 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Hg₂NCl_0.9(SO₄)_0.1•(H₂O)

Environment:

Oxidized portions of mercury deposits.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1905

Locality:

Terlingua, Brewster Co., Taxas, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Carl Klein (1832-1907), German mineralogist, University of Berlin.

Name Pronunciation:

Kleinite

Synonym:

ICSD 83018

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Kleinite Image

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Kleinite

Comments: Crystalline druse of bright canary yellow kleinite on matrix.
Location: McDermmitt, Humboldt County, Nevada. USA. Scale: Crystal size 1-2 mm.
© John Veevaert

Kleinite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.82079

Cell Dimensions:

a = 13.56, c = 11.13, Z = 18; V = 1,772.33 Den(Calc)= 8.01

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Dihexagonal Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: C63/mmc

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Physical Properties of Kleinite

Cleavage:

{0001} Good

Color:

Yellow, Orange.

Density:

Diaphaneity:

Translucent to subtranslucent

Fracture:

Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.

Habit:

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

Hardness:

3.5 - Copper Penny

Luminescence:

Non-fluorescent.

Luster:

Adamantine

Magnetism:

Nonmagnetic

Streak:

yellow

Optical Properties of Kleinite

Dichroism (e):

colorless.

Dichroism (w):

colorless.

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (+), w=2.19, e=2.21, bire=0.0200.

Calculated Properties of Kleinite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=6.65 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Kleinite =8.01 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.28
Boson Index = 0.72

Photoelectric:

PE_Kleinite=1,441.05 barns/electron
U=PE_Kleinite x rElectron Density=9,585.04 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Kleinite Classification

Dana Class:

10.04.03.01 (10)Oxyhalides and Hydroxyhalides

(10.04)where (A)2 (O,OH) Xq

(10.04.03)Dana Group

10.04.03.01 Kleinite Hg2N(Cl,SO4)•n(H2O) C63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

03.DD.35 03 - HALIDES

03.D - Oxyhalides, Hydroxyhalides and Related Double Halides

03.DD -With Hg

03.DD.35 Kleinite Hg2N(Cl,SO4)•n(H2O) C63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

Other Kleinite Information

References:

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

See Also:

Links to other databases for Kleinite :
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

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Kleinite

Hg2N(Cl,SO4)•n(H2O)
Dana No: 10.04.03.01 Strunz No: 03.DD.35
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