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General Kleinite Information

Chemical Formula:

Hg2N(Cl,SO4)·n(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 474.72 gm

Mercury 84.51 % Hg 87.88 % Hg₂O

Hydrogen 0.42 % H 3.79 % H₂O

Sulfur 0.68 % S 1.69 % SO₃

Nitrogen 2.95 % N 6.32 % NO

Chlorine 6.72 % Cl 6.72 % Cl

- % Cl -1.52 % -O=Cl₂

Oxygen 4.72 % O

______ ______

100.00 % 104.89 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Hg₂NCl_0.9(SO₄)_0.1·(H₂O)

Environment:

Oxidized portions of mercury deposits.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1905

Locality:

Terlingua, Brewster Co., Taxas, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Carl Klein (1832-1907), German mineralogist, University of Berlin.

Synonym:

ICSD 83018

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Kleinite Image

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Kleinite

Comments: Crystalline druse of bright canary yellow kleinite on matrix.
Location: McDermmitt, Humboldt County, Nevada. USA. Scale: Crystal size 1-2 mm.
© John Veevaert

Kleinite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.82079

Cell Dimensions:

a = 13.56, c = 11.13, Z = 18; V = 1,772.33 Den(Calc)= 8.01

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Dihexagonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: C63/mmc

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Giester G , Mikenda W , Pertlik F , Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte , 1996 (1996) p.49-56, Kleinite from Terlingua, Brewster County, Texas: Investigations, by single crystal X-ray diffraction, and vibrational spectroscopy, Locality: Terlingua, Brewster County, Texas, USA

Physical Properties of Kleinite

Cleavage:

[0001] Good

Color:

Yellow, Orange.

Density:

Diaphaniety:

Translucent to subtranslucent

Fracture:

Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.

Habit:

Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Hardness:

3.5 - Copper Penny

Luminescence:

Non-fluorescent.

Luster:

Adamantine

Magnetism:

Nonmagnetic

Streak:

yellow

Optical Properties of Kleinite

Dichroism (e):

colorless.

Dichroism (w):

colorless.

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.084 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.085 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1498,KPDmeas= 0.15,KC= 0.1637

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (+), w=2.19, e=2.21, bire=0.0200.

Calculated Properties of Kleinite

Electron Density:

r_electron=6.64 gm/cc
note: r_Kleinite=8.00 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.28468
Boson Index = 0.71532

Photoelectric:

PE_Kleinite=1,441.05 barns/electron
U=PE_Kleinite x r_electron=9,573.07 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Kleinite is Not Radioactive

Kleinite Classification

Dana Class:

10.4.3.1 (10)Oxyhalides and Hydroxyhalides

(10.4)where (A)2 (O,OH) Xq

(10.4.3)Dana Group

10.4.3.1 Kleinite Hg2N(Cl,SO4)·n(H2O) C63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

III/D.06-70 III - Halogenides

III/D - Oxi-halogenides with mercury

III/D.06 - Terlinguaite - Comancheite

III/D.06-10 Terlinguaite HgHgClO C 2/c 2/m

III/D.06-11 Aurivilliusite! HgHgOI C 2/m 2/m

III/D.06-12 Hanawaltite Hg6Hg[Cl,(OH)]2O3 Pbma 2/m 2/m 2/m

III/D.06-13 Tedhadleyite! HgHg10O4I2(Cl1.16Br0.84)2 A1 1

III/D.06-20 Poyarkovite Hg3ClO C 2/c 2/m

III/D.06-30 Kadyrelite Hg4(Br,Cl)2O I a3d 4/m 3 2/m

III/D.06-40 Eglestonite Hg6Cl3O(OH)(?) I a3d 4/m 3 2/m

III/D.06-45 Vasilyevite! (Hg2)10O6I3Cl(CO3) P1 1

III/D.06-50 Mosesite Hg2N(Cl,SO4,MoO4,CO3)·(H2O) F43m 4 3m

III/D.06-60 Gianellaite Hg4(SO4)N2 F43m 4 3m

III/D.06-70 Kleinite Hg2N(Cl,SO4)·n(H2O) C63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

III/D.06-80 Pinchite Hg5O4Cl2 I bam 2/m 2/m 2/m

III/D.06-90 Comancheite Hg13(Cl,Br)8O9 Pnnm,Pnn2 Ortho

Other Kleinite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Kleinite :
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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Kleinite

Hg2N(Cl,SO4)·n(H2O)
Dana No: 10.4.3.1 Strunz No: III/D.06-70
Locality:

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