Iwakiite Mineral Data

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General Iwakiite Information

Chemical Formula:

Mn++(Fe+++,Mn+++)2O4

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 229.99 gm

Manganese 40.61 % Mn 30.84 % MnO / 24.03 % Mn₂O₃

Iron 31.57 % Fe 40.61 % FeO

Oxygen 27.83 % O

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100.00 % 95.48 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Mn²⁺Fe²⁺_1.3Mn³⁺_0.7O₄

Environment:

Regionally metamorphosed bedded manganese deposit.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1979

Locality:

Gozaisho mine, Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the locality.

Synonym:

ICSD 76612

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alpha vrendenbergite

vrendenbergite alpha

Iwakiite Image

Images:

Iwakiite

Comments: Back fine-grained granular iwakiite in pink rhodonite.
Location: Gazaisho Mine, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Iwakiite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:1.00246

Cell Dimensions:

a = 8.519, c = 8.54, Z = 8; V = 619.78 Den(Calc)= 4.93

Crystal System:

Tetragonal - Ditetragonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (4/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 4₁/nnm

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.57(1), 1.506(0.4), 3.016(0.4),

Physical Properties of Iwakiite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Greenish black.

Density:

4.85

Diaphaniety:

Opaque

Habit:

Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.

Habit:

Anhedral Grains - Granular minerals without the expression of crystal shapes

Hardness:

6-6.5 - Orthoclase-Pyrite

Luster:

Metallic

Magnetism:

Strongly magnetic

Streak:

black

Optical Properties of Iwakiite

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (?).

RL Anisotrophism:

Moderate, yellowish to brownish gray.

RL Color:

Light olive gray.

Reflectivity

**Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Iwakiite in Air**
λ	R₁	R₂	∑ R₁(λ)	∑ R₂(λ)
420 nm	20.00	19.40
440 nm	19.90	19.30
460 nm	20.30	19.50
480 nm	20.40	19.60
500 nm	20.80	19.80
520 nm	21.20	20.10
540 nm	21.40	20.30
560 nm	21.30	20.40
580 nm	21.20	20.10
600 nm	21.00	20.00
620 nm	20.90	19.70
640 nm	20.50	19.60
660 nm	20.40	19.20
680 nm	20.20	19.10

**Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Iwakiite in Air**
Relative Intensity	0%	50%	100%	150%	200%	250%	300%	350%	400%	450%
R₁
R₂

Calculated Properties of Iwakiite

Electron Density:

r_electron=4.64 gm/cc
note: r_Iwakiite=4.93 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00682
Boson Index = 0.99318

Photoelectric:

PE_Iwakiite= 20.39 barns/electron
U=PE_Iwakiite x r_electron= 94.68 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Iwakiite is Not Radioactive

Iwakiite Classification

Dana Class:

7.2.6.2 (7)Multiple Oxides

(7.2)(A+ B++)2 X4 Spinel group

(7.2.6)Dana Group

7.2.6.1 Kusachiite CuBi2O4 P 4/ncc 4/m 2/m 2/m

7.2.6.2 Iwakiite Mn(Fe,Mn)2O4 P 4₁/nnm 4/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

IV/B.05-20 IV - Oxides

IV/B - Oxides with metal : oxygen = 3:4 (spinel type M3O4 and related)

IV/B.05 - Hausmannite - Filipstadite series

IV/B.05-10 Hausmannite MnMn2O4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

IV/B.05-20 Iwakiite Mn(Fe,Mn)2O4 P 4₁/nnm 4/m 2/m 2/m

IV/B.05-30 Donathite? (Fe,Mg)(Cr,Fe)2O4 P 4/nnm 4/m 2/m 2/m

IV/B.05-40 Hetaerolite ZnMn2O4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

IV/B.05-50 Hydrohetaerolite Zn2Mn4O8·(H2O) I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

IV/B.05-60 Marokite CaMn2O4 Pmab 2/m 2/m 2/m

IV/B.05-65 Tegengrenite! (Mg,Mn)2Sb0.5(Mn,Si,Ti)0.5O4 R 3 or R 3- Trig

IV/B.05-80 Filipstadite (Mn,Mg)4SbFeO8 pseudo ISO 2/m 2/m 2/m

Other Iwakiite Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic3) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic3)

See Also:

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

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Iwakiite

Mn++(Fe+++,Mn+++)2O4
Dana No: 7.2.6.2 Strunz No: IV/B.05-20
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