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General Odinite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: (Fe+++,Mg,Al,Fe++,Ti,Mn)2.5(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 300.61 gm
   Magnesium   5.66 %  Mg    9.39 % MgO
   Titanium    1.59 %  Ti    2.66 % TiO2
   Manganese   1.83 %  Mn    2.36 % MnO
   Aluminum    6.28 %  Al   11.87 % Al2O3
   Iron       18.58 %  Fe    7.17 % FeO / 18.59 % Fe2O3
   Silicon    16.82 %  Si   35.98 % SiO2
   Hydrogen    1.34 %  H    11.99 % H2O
   Oxygen     47.90 %  O
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             100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Fe3+0.7Mg0.7Al0.5Fe2+0.3Ti0.1Mn2+0.1Si1.8Al0.2O5(OH)4
Help on Environment: Environment: Formed in marine waters, a minor component of green clay infillings or replacements of microtests, bioclasts, fecal pellets, of mineral debris on shallow marine shelfs and lagoonal areas in tropical latitudes.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1988
Help on Locality: Locality: Minor component in sediments of the present day sea bottoms in lower latitudes near South America and Africa. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for Gilles Serge Odin, clay mineralogist of the University P. And M. Curie, Paris, France.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Odinite Say ODINITE