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Mavlyanovite Mineral Data
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General Mavlyanovite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Mn5Si3 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 358.95 gm |
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Manganese 76.53 % Mn |
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Silicon 23.47 % Si |
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100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
Mn1+5Si3 |
| Environment: |
Suessite group |
| IMA Status: |
Proposed IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
Koshmansay river, Chatkal ridge, Uzbekistan Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for Gani Mavlyanov (1910-1988), Uzbek geologist and seismologist. |
| Synonym: |
IMA2008-026 |
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Mavlyanovite Crystallography
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:c = 1:0.69703 |
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 6.8971, c = 4.8075, Z = 2; V = 198.05 Den(Calc)= 6.02 |
| Crystal System: |
Hexagonal - Dihexagonal Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 63/mcm |
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.044(1), 1.972(0.67), 2.258(0.44),1.991(0.3), 2.23(0.29), 1.307(0.22), 1.401(0.16), 1.268(0.15), |
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Calculated Properties of Mavlyanovite
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| Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=5.60 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Mavlyanovite =6.02 gm/cc.
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| Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99 |
| Photoelectric: |
PEMavlyanovite = 21.01 barns/electron
U=PEMavlyanovite x rElectron Density= 117.70 barns/cc.
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Mavlyanovite is Not Radioactive |
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Mavlyanovite Classification
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| Dana Class: |
01.01.23.06 (01)Native Elements |
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(01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group |
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(01.01.23)Suessite Group silicides |
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01.01.23.01 Suessite (Fe,Ni)3Si I m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.01.23.02 Gupeiite Fe3Si F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.01.23.03 Xifengite Fe5Si3 P 63/mcm 6/m 2/m 2/m |
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01.01.23.04 Hapkeite! Fe2Si P m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.01.23.05 Luobusaite! Fe0.83Si2 C mca 2/m 2/m 2/m |
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01.01.23.06 Mavlyanovite! Mn5Si3 P 63/mcm 6/m 2/m 2/m |
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01.01.23.07 Brownleeite! MnSi P 213 2 3 |
| Strunz Class: |
01.BB.05 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides) |
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01.B - Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides and Phosphides |
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01.BB -Silicides |
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01.BB.05 Suessite (Fe,Ni)3Si I m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.BB.05 Mavlyanovite! Mn5Si3 P 63/mcm 6/m 2/m 2/m |
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Other Mavlyanovite Information
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| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Mavlyanovite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - MinDAT
7 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
8 - Online Mineral Museum
9 - QUT Mineral Atlas
10 - Ruff.Info
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Mavlyanovite
Mn5Si3
Dana No: 01.01.23.06 Strunz No: 01.BB.05
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