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General Asbolane Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

(Co,Ni)1-y(Mn++++O2)2-x(OH)2-2y+2x•n(H2O)

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 178.74 gm

Calcium 2.24 % Ca 3.14 % CaO

Manganese 46.10 % Mn 59.53 % MnO

Cobalt 3.30 % Co 4.19 % CoO

Nickel 9.85 % Ni 12.54 % NiO

Hydrogen 1.80 % H 16.13 % H2O

Oxygen 36.70 % O

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100.00 % 95.52 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

Ni0.3Co0.1Ca0.1Mn2+1.5O1.5(OH)2•0.6(H2O)

Help on Environment: Environment:

Residual deposits on weathered peridotite containing disseminated Co and Ni minerals.

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1847

Help on Locality: Locality:

New Caledonia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

Named from the Greek "to soil like soot".

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Asbolane Say ASBOLANE

Help on Synonym: Synonym:

Colbaltian wad

Lampadite - Cu-bearing asbolane

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Asbolane Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:3.40063

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

a = 2.823, c = 9.6, Z = 2; V = 66.26 Den(Calc)= 8.96

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

HexagonalSpace Group: Unk

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 2.445(1), 4.82(1), 9.6(1),

Physical Properties of Asbolane

Help on Color: Color:

Black, Brownish black.

Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Help on Habit: Habit:

Botryoidal - "Grape-like" rounded forms (e.g.. malachite).

Help on Habit: Habit:

Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses.

Help on Hardness: Hardness:

6 - Orthoclase

Help on Luster: Luster:

Earthy (Dull)

Help on Streak: Streak:

black

Optical Properties of Asbolane

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data:

Uniaxial (?).

NCalc= 2.87 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.2083) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1

Calculated Properties of Asbolane

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=8.68 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Asbolane =8.96 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.001322271
Boson Index = 0.998677729

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEAsbolane = 17.16 barns/electron
U=PEAsbolane x rElectron Density= 148.95 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Asbolane is Not Radioactive

Asbolane Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

06.04.09.01 (06)Hydroxides and Oxides Containing Hydroxyl

(06.04)containing multiple cations

(06.04.09)Dana Group

06.04.09.01 Asbolane (Co,Ni)1-y(MnO2)2-x(OH)2-2y2x•n(H2O) Unk Hex

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

04.FL.30 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.F - Hydroxides (without V or U)

04.FL -Hydroxides with H2O � (OH); sheets of edge-sharing octahedra

04.FL.30 Asbolane (Co,Ni)1-y(MnO2)2-x(OH)2-2y2x•n(H2O) Unk Hex

Other Asbolane Information

Help on References: References:

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

Help on See Also: See Also:

Links to other databases for Asbolane :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info

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Asbolane

(Co,Ni)1-y(Mn++++O2)2-x(OH)2-2y+2x•n(H2O)
Dana No: 06.04.09.01 Strunz No: 04.FL.30
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