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Monipite Mineral Data
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General Monipite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
MoNiP |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 185.60 gm |
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Nickel 31.62 % Ni |
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Molybdenum 51.69 % Mo |
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Phosphorus 16.69 % P |
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100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
MoNiP |
| Environment: |
Barringerite group |
| IMA Status: |
Proposed IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
Allende meteorite, Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) |
| Synonym: |
IMA2007-033 |
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Monipite Crystallography
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:c = 1:0.65199 |
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 5.681, c = 3.704, Z = 3; V = 103.53 Den(Calc)= 8.93 |
| Crystal System: |
Hexagonal - Ditrigonal Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (6 m2) Space Group: P 6 2m |
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.298(1), 1.918(0.73), 2.094(0.69),1.852(0.24), 1.408(0.2), 1.316(0.18), 1.332(0.17), 1.111(0.14), |
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Calculated Properties of Monipite
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| Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=8.18 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Monipite =8.93 gm/cc.
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| Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.13
Boson Index = 0.87 |
| Photoelectric: |
PEMonipite = 100.30 barns/electron
U=PEMonipite x rElectron Density= 820.36 barns/cc.
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Monipite is Not Radioactive |
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Monipite Classification
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| Dana Class: |
01.01.21.06 (01)Native Elements |
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(01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group |
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(01.01.21)Barringerite Group phosphides |
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01.01.21.01 Barringerite (Fe,Ni)2P P 62m 6 m2 |
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01.01.21.02 Schreibersite (Fe,Ni)3P I 4 4 |
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01.01.21.03 Nickelphosphide! (Ni,Fe)3P I 4 4 |
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01.01.21.04 Allabogdanite! (Fe,Ni)2P P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m |
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01.01.21.05 Melliniite! (Ni,Fe)4P P 213 2 3 |
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01.01.21.06 Monipite! MoNiP P 6 2m 6 m2 |
| Strunz Class: |
01.BD.10 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.BD -Phosphides |
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01.BD.10 Barringerite (Fe,Ni)2P P 62m 6 m2 |
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01.BD.10 Monipite! MoNiP P 6 2m 6 m2 |
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Other Monipite Information
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| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Monipite :
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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Dana No: 01.01.21.06 Strunz No: 01.BD.10
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