Hydroscarbroite Mineral Data

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General Hydroscarbroite Information

Chemical Formula:

Al14(CO3)3(OH)36·n(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 1,188.05 gm

Aluminum 31.80 % Al 60.08 % Al₂O₃

Hydrogen 3.22 % H 28.81 % H₂O

Carbon 3.03 % C 11.11 % CO₂

Oxygen 61.95 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Al₁₄(CO₃)₃(OH)₃₆·(H₂O)

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1965

Locality:

Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Hydroscarbroite Image

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Hydroscarbroite Scarbroite

Comments: White to tan nodular hydroscarbroite intermixed with scarbroite in sandstone.
Location: Weston Favell, Northamptonshire, England. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Hydroscarbroite Crystallography

Crystal System:

Triclinic

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 8.74(1), 9(1), 4.47(0.5),

Physical Properties of Hydroscarbroite

Color:

White.

Hardness:

1-2 - Between Talc and Gypsum

Streak:

white

Calculated Properties of Hydroscarbroite

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00063
Boson Index = 0.99937

Photoelectric:

PE_{Hydroscarbroite}= 1.04 barns/electron
U=PE_{Hydroscarbroite} x r_electron= . barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Hydroscarbroite is Not Radioactive

Hydroscarbroite Classification

Dana Class:

16b.7.9.1 (16b)Carbonates - Hydroxyl or Halogen

(16b.7)Dana Type

(16b.7.9)Dana Group

16b.7.9.1 Hydroscarbroite Al14(CO3)3(OH)36·n(H2O) Tri

Strunz Class:

V/E.04-20 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates

V/E - Water-bearing carbonates with unfamiliar anions

V/E.04 - Scarbroite - Para-alumohydrocalcite series

V/E.04-10 Scarbroite Al5(CO3)(OH)13·5(H2O) P1 or P1 Tri

V/E.04-20 Hydroscarbroite Al14(CO3)3(OH)36·n(H2O) Tri

V/E.04-30 Alumohydrocalcite CaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·3(H2O) P1 1

V/E.04-40 Para-alumohydrocalcite CaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·6(H2O) Tri

Other Hydroscarbroite Information

References:

PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Hydroscarbroite :
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 -École des Mines de Paris

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Hydroscarbroite

Al14(CO3)3(OH)36·n(H2O)
Dana No: 16b.7.9.1 Strunz No: V/E.04-20
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