Otwayite Mineral Data (original) (raw)

General Otwayite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

Ni2(CO3)(OH)2•(H2O)

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 229.42 gm

Nickel 51.16 % Ni 65.11 % NiO

Hydrogen 1.76 % H 15.71 % H2O

Carbon 5.24 % C 19.18 % CO2

Oxygen 41.84 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

Ni2(CO3)(OH)2•(H2O)

Help on Environment: Environment:

Late-stage fracture filling.

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1977

Help on Locality: Locality:

Otway Ni prospect, 23 km north of the town of Nullagine, Pilbara region, Western Australia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

Named after Charles Albert Otway (1922-), miner and prospector of Cosnells, WA, Australia.

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Otwayite Say OTWAYITE

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Otwayite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.3715:1:0.1175

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

a = 10.18, b = 27.4, c = 3.22, Z = 8; V = 898.16 Den(Calc)= 3.39

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

OrthorhombicSpace Group: Unk

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 6.84(1), 5.67(0.8), 2.737(0.6),

Physical Properties of Otwayite

Help on Color: Color:

Green, Bright green.

Help on Density: Density:

3.41

Help on Habit: Habit:

Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.

Help on Habit: Habit:

Fibrous - Crystals made up of fibers.

Help on Hardness: Hardness:

4 - Fluorite

Help on Luster: Luster:

Silky

Help on Streak: Streak:

light green

Optical Properties of Otwayite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.036 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.031 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2021,KPDmeas= 0.2009,KC= 0.2085
Ncalc = 1.71

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data:

Biaxial (?), a=1.65, g=1.72, bire=0.0700

Help on Pleochroism (x): Pleochroism (x):

pale green.

Help on Pleochroism (y): Pleochroism (y):

darker green.

Help on Pleochroism (z): Pleochroism (z):

darker green.

Calculated Properties of Otwayite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.37 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Otwayite =3.39 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0065609081
Boson Index = 0.9934390919

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEOtwayite = 20.10 barns/electron
U=PEOtwayite x rElectron Density= 67.73 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

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

Otwayite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

16b.03.02.01 (16b)Carbonates - Hydroxyl or Halogen

(16b.03)where Am Bn (XO3)p Zq � x(H2O), (m+n):p = 2:1

(16b.03.02)Dana Group

16b.03.02.01 Otwayite Ni2(CO3)(OH)2•(H2O) Unk Ortho

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

05.DA.15 05 - CARBONATES (NITRATES)

05.D - Carbonates with Additional Anions, with H2O

05.DA -With medium-sized cations

05.DA.15 Otwayite Ni2(CO3)(OH)2•(H2O) Unk Ortho

Other Otwayite Information

Help on References: References:

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

Help on See Also: See Also:

Links to other databases for Otwayite :
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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Otwayite

Ni2(CO3)(OH)2•(H2O)
Dana No: 16b.03.02.01 Strunz No: 05.DA.15
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