Hyttsjoite Mineral Data

Hyttsjoite Mineral Data
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General Hyttsjoite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: Pb18Ba2Ca5Mn++2Fe+++2Si30O90Cl•6(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 6,852.27 gm
   Barium      4.01 %  Ba    4.48 % BaO
   Calcium     2.92 %  Ca    4.09 % CaO
   Manganese   1.60 %  Mn    2.07 % MnO
   Iron        1.63 %  Fe    2.33 % Fe2O3
   Silicon    12.30 %  Si   26.31 % SiO2
   Hydrogen    0.18 %  H     1.58 % H2O
   Lead       54.43 %  Pb   58.63 % PbO
   Chlorine    0.52 %  Cl    0.52 % Cl
                -   %   Cl   -0.12 % -O=Cl2   
   Oxygen     22.42 %  O
             ______        ______ 
             100.00 %       99.88 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Pb18Ba2Ca5Mn2+2Fe3+2Si30O90Cl•6(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: In a manganese-rich skarn.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added)
Help on Locality: Locality: The Langban Mines, Filipstad district, Varmland, Sweden. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: For Hytssjon, a lake west of the Langban mines.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Hyttsjoite + Pronunciation Say HYTTSJOITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: IMA1993-056
 

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Hyttsjoite

Comments: B&W image of hyttsjoite (Hy) with quartz (Q), melanotekite (M), andradite (A), and a mixture of a mineral resembling talc with unidentified phases (T).
Location: Langban mines, Filipstad district, Varmland, Sweden (AmMin, v81:743). Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Hyttsjoite Crystallography
Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:8.05372
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 9.865, c = 79.45, Z = 3; V = 6,696.05 Den(Calc)= 5.10
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Trigonal - RhombohedralH-M Symbol ( 3) Space Group: R 3
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 3.32(1), 2.671(0.8), 13.4(0.5),2.969(0.4), 3.11(0.4),
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Grew E S , Peacor D R , Rouse R C , Yates M G , Su S-C , Marquez N , American Mineralogist , 81 (1996) p.743-753, Hyttsjoite, a new, complex layered plumbosilicate with unique tetrahedral sheets, from Langban, Sweden, Note: U(1,2) for Ca3 and Fe changed to match symmetry constraints.

 

Physical Properties of Hyttsjoite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: {001} Good
Help on Color: Color: Colorless.
Help on Density: Density: 5.09
Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity: Transparent
Help on Habit: Habit: Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes.
Help on Habit: Habit: Skeletal - Crystals form crude outlines with missing faces.
Help on Luster: Luster: Adamantine
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Hyttsjoite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.014 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.016 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1627,KPDmeas= 0.1631,KC= 0.1654
Ncalc = 1.84
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Uniaxial (-), e=1.815, w=1.845, bire=0.0300.
 

Calculated Properties of Hyttsjoite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.47 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Hyttsjoite =5.09 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.13
Boson Index = 0.87
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric: PEHyttsjoite = 972.28 barns/electron
U=PEHyttsjoite x rElectron Density=4,343.46 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Hyttsjoite is Not Radioactive
 

Hyttsjoite Classification
Help on Dana Class: Dana Class: 73.02.01.02 (73)Phyllosilicate Condensed Tetrahedral Sheets
  (73.02)with double and single layers
  (73.02.01)Dana Group
 
73.02.01.01 Jagoite (Pb,Na,Ca)3(Fe,Mg)Si3O10(Cl,OH) P 62c 6 m2
 
73.02.01.02 Hyttsjoite! Pb18Ba2Ca5Mn2Fe2Si30O90Cl•6(H2O) R 3 3
Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class: 09.EG.60 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)
  09.E - Phyllosilicates
  09.EG -Double nets with 6-membered and larger rings
 
09.EG.60 Hyttsjoite! Pb18Ba2Ca5Mn2Fe2Si30O90Cl•6(H2O) R 3 3
 

Other Hyttsjoite Information
Help on References: References: NAME( MinRec, Vol 28, No 3) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, Vol 28, No 3) OPTIC PROP.(MinRec, Vol 28, No 3)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Hyttsjoite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - Google Images
4 - Google Scholar
5 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
6 - MinDAT
7 - MinMax(Deutsch)
8 - MinMax(English)
9 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
10 - QUT Mineral Atlas
11 - Ruff.Info
12 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Hyttsjoite

Pb18Ba2Ca5Mn++2Fe+++2Si30O90Cl•6(H2O)
Dana No: 73.02.01.02 Strunz No: 09.EG.60
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