Maufite Mineral Data

General Maufite Information
Chemical Formula:	(Mg,Ni)Al4Si3O13•4(H2O) (?)
Composition:	Molecular Weight = 505.14 gm
	Magnesium 3.61 % Mg 5.98 % MgO
	Aluminum 21.37 % Al 40.37 % Al₂O₃
	Silicon 16.68 % Si 35.68 % SiO₂
	Nickel 2.90 % Ni 3.70 % NiO
	Hydrogen 1.60 % H 14.27 % H₂O
	Oxygen 53.84 % O
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	100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:	Mg_0.75Ni_0.25Al₄Si₃O₁₃•4(H₂O)
Environment:	As a seam in serpentine adjacent to a diabase dike. Maufite (1930) is an inadequately described species now considered to be interstratified clinochlore-lizardite.
IMA Status:	Discredited IMA 2006 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1930
Locality:	On Ruorka Ranch, 2.4 km northeast of the Umvukwe geodetic beacon, Mazoe district, Umvukwe Mountains, Zimbabwe. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:	Named for Herbert Brantwood Maufe (1879-1976), director of the Geological Service of Rhodesia
Name Pronunciation:	Maufite