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General Henmilite Information

Chemical Formula:

Ca2Cu[B(OH)4]2(OH)4

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 369.41 gm

Calcium 21.70 % Ca 30.36 % CaO

Copper 17.20 % Cu 21.53 % CuO

Boron 5.85 % B 18.85 % B₂O₃

Hydrogen 3.27 % H 29.26 % H₂O

Oxygen 51.97 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Ca₂CuB₂(OH)₁₂

Environment:

In borate veins cutting contact-metasomatized marble.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1986

Locality:

Fuka mine, Okayama, Prefecture, Japan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Kitinosuke Henmi (1919-1997) and his daughter Chiyoko Henmi (1949-) for their work on the Skarn deposit at Fuka, Japan.

Synonym:

ICSD 202148

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Henmilite Image

Images:

Henmilite

Comments: Blue crystals of henmilite in matrix.
Location: Fuka Mine, Bitchu-Cho, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan. Scale: Crystal size 3 mm.
© John Veevaert

Images:

Henmilite Olshanskyite

Comments: Milky white olshanskyite hosting crystals of deep blue henmilite to 6 mm across.
Location: Fuka Mine, Bicchu Town, Kawakama Co., Okayama Pref., Japan. Scale: Crystal size 6 mm.
© John Veevaert

Henmilite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.7222:1:0.7081

Cell Dimensions:

a = 5.7617, b = 7.9774, c = 5.6488, Z = 1; alpha = 109.611°, beta = 91.473°, gamma = 83.686° V = 243.01 Den(Calc)= 2.52

Crystal System:

Triclinic - PinacoidalH-M Symbol ( 1) Space Group: P1

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 5.25(1), 4.35(0.5), 3.709(0.4),

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Nakai I , Okada H , Masutomi K , Koyama E , Nagashima K , American Mineralogist , 71 (1986) p.1236-1239, Henmilite, Ca2Cu(OH)4[B(OH)4]2, a new mineral from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture,, Japan. II. Crystal structure

Physical Properties of Henmilite

Color:

Bluish violet.

Density:

2.51

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Fracture:

Fragile - Crystals with a delicate and easily injured structure.

Habit:

Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes.

Hardness:

1.5-2 - Talc-Gypsum

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

pale violet

Optical Properties of Henmilite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.001 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.005 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2392,KPDmeas= 0.2401,KC= 0.2404

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.585, b=1.608, g=1.615, bire=0.0300, 2V(Calc)=56, 2V(Meas)=58.

Pleochroism (x):

pale pink.

Pleochroism (y):

pale purple.

Pleochroism (z):

pale blue.

Calculated Properties of Henmilite

Electron Density:

r_electron=2.54 gm/cc
note: r_Henmilite=2.51 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.01219
Boson Index = 0.98781

Photoelectric:

PE_Henmilite= 9.95 barns/electron
U=PE_Henmilite x r_electron= 25.27 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Henmilite is Not Radioactive

Henmilite Classification

Dana Class:

26.1.5.1 (26)Hydrated Borates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(26.1)Dana Type

(26.1.5)Dana Group

26.1.5.1 Henmilite Ca2Cu[B(OH)4]2(OH)4 P1 1

Strunz Class:

V/G.09-20 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates

V/G - "Insel" borates [BO4]5- tetraheders

V/G.09 - Frolovite - Henmilite series

V/G.09-10 Frolovite CaB2(OH)8 P1 1

V/G.09-20 Henmilite Ca2Cu[B(OH)4]2(OH)4 P1 1

Other Henmilite Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic5) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.71,p1234-1239,1986) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Henmilite :
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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Henmilite

Ca2Cu[B(OH)4]2(OH)4
Dana No: 26.1.5.1 Strunz No: V/G.09-20
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