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Niningerite Mineral Data + |
General Niningerite Information |
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| (Mg,Fe++,Mn)S | |||
| Molecular Weight = 68.90 gm | |||
| Magnesium 21.17 % Mg | |||
| Manganese 7.97 % Mn | |||
| Iron 24.32 % Fe | |||
| Sulfur 46.54 % S | |||
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| 100.00 % | |||
| Mg0.6Fe2+0.3Mn2+0.1S | |||
| In less extensively metamorphosed enstatite chondrite meteorites intergrown with kamacite and troilite. | |||
| Approved IMA 1967 | |||
| In the Abee, Saint-Suveur, Adhi-Kot, Indarch, St. Marks, Qingzhen, and Kota-Kota enstatite chondrite meteorites. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named for Harvey Harlow Nininger (1887-1986), of Sedona Arizona, USA for his contributions to meteorite studies. | |||
| ICSD 30241 | |||
| PDF 35-730 | |||
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Niningerite Crystallography |
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| a = 5.17, Z = 4; V = 138.19 Den(Calc)= 3.31 | |||
| Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F m3m | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 2.601(1), 1.8388(0.6), 1.501(0.16), | |||
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Physical Properties of Niningerite |
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| Gray. | |||
| Opaque | |||
| Inclusions - Generally found as inclusions in other minerals. | |||
| Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes. | |||
| 3.5-4 - Copper Penny-Fluorite | |||
| Metallic | |||
Optical Properties of Niningerite |
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| Gray. | |||
Calculated Properties of Niningerite |
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relectron=3.22 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.02981 Boson Index = 0.97019 |
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PENiningerite = 12.23 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Niningerite is Not Radioactive |
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Niningerite Classification |
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| 2.8.1.6 (2)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides | |||
| (2.8)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1 | |||
| (2.8.1)Galena Group (Isometric: Fm3m) | |||
| II/C.15-10 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts | |||
| II/C - Sulfides with metal: sulfur, selenium and tellurium = 1:1 | |||
| II/C.15 - Galenite group | |||
Other Niningerite Information |
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| NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) | |||
| Links to other databases for Niningerite : 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 Search for Niningerite using: Visit our Advertisers for Niningerite : Translate Niningerite Mineral Data : Ask about Niningerite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Niningerite Specimen Label here :
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