Dinite Mineral Data

Dinite Mineral Data

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General Dinite Information

Chemical Formula:

C20H36

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 276.51 gm

Hydrogen 13.12 % H

Carbon 86.88 % C

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

C₂₀H₃₆

Environment:

Found in lignite.

IMA Status:

Not Approved (Pre-IMA) 1852

Locality:

Castelnuovo Garfagnana, northern Tuscany, Italy. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Olinto Dini (1802-1866), Italian teacher and professor of physics, University of Pisa.

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Dinite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.9681:1:0.8953

Cell Dimensions:

a = 12.356, b = 12.762, c = 11.427, Z = 4; V = 1,801.89 Den(Calc)= 1.02

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - DisphenoidalH-M Symbol (2 2 2) Space Group: P 2₁2₁2₁

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 5.06(1), 5.53(1), 7(0.6),

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Franzini L , Pasero M , Perchiazzi N , European Journal of Mineralogy , 3 (1991) p.855-861, Re-discovery and re-definition of dinite, C20H36,, a forgotten organic mineral from Garfagnana, northern Tuscany, Italy, Locality: Garfagnana, northern Tuscany, Italy

Physical Properties of Dinite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Colorless, Yellowish white.

Density:

1.01

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Fracture:

Fragile - Crystals with a delicate and easily injured structure.

Habit:

Cryptocrystalline - Occurs as crystals too small to distinguish with the naked eye.

Habit:

Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses.

Hardness:

1 - Talc

Luster:

Waxy

Streak:

white

Calculated Properties of Dinite

Electron Density:

r_electron=1.15 gm/cc
note: r_Dinite=1.02 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00957
Boson Index = 0.99043

Photoelectric:

PE_Dinite= 0.12 barns/electron
U=PE_Dinite x r_electron= 0.14 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Dinite is Not Radioactive

Dinite Classification

Dana Class:

50.3.5.1 (50)Salts of Organic Acids

(50.3)(Hydrocarbons)

(50.3.5)Dana Group

50.3.5.1 Dinite * C20H36 P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

Strunz Class:

IX/B.02-55 IX - Organic compunds

IX/B - Nitrogenfree compounds with C and water, ring structures

IX/B.02 - Kratochvilite - Flagstaffite series

IX/B.02-10 Kratochvilite (C6H4)2CH2 P na2₁ mm2

IX/B.02-20 Simonellite C19H24 Pnaa 2/m 2/m 2/m

IX/B.02-30 Hoelite (C6H4)2(CO)2 P 2₁/a 2/m

IX/B.02-40 Refikite C19H31COOH P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

IX/B.02-50 Hartite C20H34 P1 1

IX/B.02-52 Fichtelite C19H34 P 2₁ 2

IX/B.02-55 Dinite C20H36 P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

IX/B.02-60 Karpatite C24H12 P 2₁/c,P 2/c 2/m

IX/B.02-70 Idrialite C22H14 Unk Ortho

IX/B.02-75 Ravatite C14H10 P 2₁ 2

IX/B.02-80 Flagstaffite C10H22O3 F dd2 mm2

Other Dinite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.77,p674,1992)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Dinite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - WWW-MINCRYST 13 -École des Mines de Paris

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Dinite

C20H36
Dana No: 50.3.5.1 Strunz No: IX/B.02-55
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