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General Suessite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: (Fe,Ni)3Si
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 197.76 gm
   Iron     63.54 %  Fe
   Silicon  14.20 %  Si
   Nickel   22.26 %  Ni
           ______ 
           100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Fe0+2.25Ni0.75Si
Help on Environment: Environment: Iron meteorites.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1982
Help on Locality: Locality: North Haig ureilite meteorite. Kurama ridge, Uzbekistan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for Hans E. Suess (1909-1957), U.S. Newspaper ppublisher and researcher on iron meteorites.
 

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Suessite Crystallography

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 2.841, Z = 0.5; V = 22.93 Den(Calc)= 7.16
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: I m3m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.005(1), 1.16(0.3), 1.41(0.1),
 

Physical Properties of Suessite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: None
Help on Color: Color: Gray white.
Help on Density: Density: 7.08
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Opaque
Help on Habit: Habit: Anhedral Grains - Granular minerals without the expression of crystal shapes
Help on Habit: Habit: Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes.
Help on Luster: Luster: Metallic
Help on Magnetism: Magnetism: Magnetic
 

Optical Properties of Suessite

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Isotropic.
Help on RL Color: RL Color: Cream white.
Help on Reflectivity Reflectivity
Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Suessite in Air
λ R  ∑ R(λ) 
 470 nm   48.50   
 546 nm   51.60 
 589 nm   53.50 
 650 nm   50.00 
Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Suessite in Air
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Intensity
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Calculated Properties of Suessite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=6.77 gm/cc
note: rSuessite =7.16 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.02261
Boson Index = 0.97739
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PESuessite = 29.02 barns/electron
U=PESuessite x relectron= 196.47 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Suessite is Not Radioactive

 

Suessite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 1.1.23.1 (1)Native Elements
  (1.1)with metallic elements other than the platinum group
  (1.1.23)Dana Group
 
1.1.23.1 Suessite (Fe,Ni)3Si I m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
1.1.23.2 Gupeiite Fe3Si F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
1.1.23.3 Xifengite Fe5Si3 P 63/mcm 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
1.1.23.4 Hapkeite! Fe2Si P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: I/A.12-20 I - Elements
  I/A - Metallic and intermetallic compounds, Carbides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Silicides
  I/A.12 - Perryite-Ferdisilicite series
 
I/A.12-10 Perryite (Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)3 R 3c 3m
 
I/A.12-20 Suessite (Fe,Ni)3Si I m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
I/A.12-30 Gupeiite Fe3Si F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
I/A.12-35 Hapkeite! Fe2Si P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
I/A.12-40 Xifengite Fe5Si3 P 63/mcm 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
I/A.12-50 Fersilicite* FeSi P 213 2 3
 
I/A.12-60 Ferdisilicite* FeSi2 P 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 

Other Suessite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic3)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Suessite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 -École des Mines de Paris

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(Fe,Ni)3Si
Dana No: 1.1.23.1 Strunz No: I/A.12-20
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