Shigaite Mineral Data (original) (raw)

General Shigaite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

Mn++7Al4(SO4)2(OH)22•8(H2O)

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 1,202.90 gm

Manganese 31.97 % Mn 41.28 % MnO

Aluminum 8.97 % Al 16.95 % Al2O3

Hydrogen 3.18 % H 28.46 % H2O

Sulfur 5.33 % S 13.31 % SO3

Oxygen 50.54 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

Mn2+7Al4(SO4)2(OH)22•8(H2O)

Help on Environment: Environment:

Found in manganosite-rhodocrosite-sonolite ore.

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1985

Help on Locality: Locality:

Loi mine, Shinga Prefecture, Japan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

Named for the locality.

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Shigaite Say SHIGAITE

Help on Synonym: Synonym:

ICSD 82492

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Shigaite Image

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Click Here for Larger Shigaite Image Shigaite Pyrochroite Comments: Bronzy yellow crystals of shigaite set in a crystalline matrix of reddish black pychroite. Location: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.Scale: 2.8 x 2.3 cm. © John Veevaert

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Click Here for Larger Shigaite Image Shigaite Comments: Cluster of sharp, transparent crystals of brown shigaite to 1.2 cm across. Location: N'Chwaning mine. South Africa.Scale: Aggregate size 1.2 cm. © John Veevaert

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Click Here for Larger Shigaite Image Shigaite Comments: Hexagonal aggregate of orange platy shigaite crystals on a jpale pink rhodocrosite matrix. Location: N'Chwaning mine. South Africa.Scale: Crystal size 3 mm. © Sandro Maggia/Minernet.it

Shigaite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:3.47708

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

a = 9.512, c = 33.074, Z = 3; V = 2,591.56 Den(Calc)= 2.31

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

Trigonal - RhombohedralH-M Symbol ( 3) Space Group: R 3

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 10.98(1), 2.547(0.9), 5.47(0.9),

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| | Cooper M A , Hawthorne F C , The Canadian Mineralogist , 34 (1996) p.91-97, The crystal structure of shigaite, [AlMn2(OH)6]3(SO4)2Na(H2O)6{H2O}6, a, hydrotalcite-group mineral | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |

Physical Properties of Shigaite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage:

{0001} Perfect, {0001} Good

Help on Color: Color:

Light yellow, Orange.

Help on Density: Density:

2.32

Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity:

Transparent to Translucent

Help on Fracture: Fracture:

Flexible - Flexible fragments.

Help on Habit: Habit:

Hexagonal - Six-sided crystal shape in cross-section or habit.

Help on Habit: Habit:

Tabular - Form dimensions are thin in one direction.

Help on Hardness: Hardness:

2 - Gypsum

Help on Luminescence: Luminescence:

Non-fluorescent.

Help on Streak: Streak:

yellow white

Optical Properties of Shigaite

Help on Dichroism (e): Dichroism (e):

very light yellow.

Help on Dichroism (w): Dichroism (w):

light yellow.

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.006 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.002 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2364,KPDmeas= 0.2353,KC= 0.2367
Ncalc = 1.55

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data:

Uniaxial (-), w=1.546.

Calculated Properties of Shigaite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.31 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Shigaite =2.31 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0006472376
Boson Index = 0.9993527624

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEShigaite = 8.58 barns/electron
U=PEShigaite x rElectron Density= 19.81 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

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

Shigaite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

31.01.02.01 (31)Hydrated Sulfates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(31.01)where (A+ B++)m (XO4)p Zq�x(H2O), where m:p>6:1

(31.01.02)Dana Group

31.01.02.01 Shigaite Mn7Al4(SO4)2(OH)22•8(H2O) R 3 3

31.01.02.02 Nikischerite! NaFe6Al3(SO4)2(OH)18(H2O)12 R 3 3

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

07.DD.35 07 - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES)

07.D - Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2O

07.DD -With only medium-sized cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra

07.DD.35 Carrboydite (Ni,Cu)14Al9(SO4,CO3)6(OH)43•7(H2O) Unk Hex

07.DD.35 Glaucocerinite (Zn,Cu)5Al3(SO4)1.5(OH)16•9(H2O) Unk (HEX-R) Trig

07.DD.35 Honessite Ni6Fe2(SO4)(OH)16•4(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m

07.DD.35 Hydrowoodwardite! Cu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2•n(H2O)with0<x<0.67andn>3x/2 R 3m 3 2/m

07.DD.35 Zincowoodwardite! [Zn1-xAlx(OH)2][(SO4)x/2(H2O)n] P 3- or R 3m 3

07.DD.35 Hydrohonessite Ni6Fe2(SO4)(OH)16•7(H2O) Unk Hex

07.DD.35 Motukoreaite Na2Mg38Al24(CO3)13(SO4)8(OH)108•56(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m

07.DD.35 Mountkeithite (Mg,Ni)11(Fe,Cr)3(SO4,CO3)3.5(OH)24•11(H2O) Unk Hex

07.DD.35 Shigaite Mn7Al4(SO4)2(OH)22•8(H2O) R 3 3

07.DD.35 Natroglaucocerinite! (Na,Zn,Cu)10Al6(SO4)3(OH)32•18(H2O)? Unk

07.DD.35 Wermlandite (Ca,Mg)Mg7(Al,Fe)2(SO4)2(OH)18•12(H2O) P 3c1 3 2/m

07.DD.35 Nikischerite! NaFe6Al3(SO4)2(OH)18(H2O)12 R 3 3

07.DD.35 Zincaluminite Zn6Al6(SO4)2(OH)26•5(H2O) Unk Hex

07.DD.35 Woodwardite Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12•2-4(H2O) Unk Hex

07.DD.35 Zincowoodwardite-3R! [Zn1BxAlx(OH)2][(SO4)x/2•n(H2O)],0.32<x<0.50,n=0.59 R 3m 3 2/m

07.DD.35 Zincowoodwardite-1T! [Zn1BxAlx(OH)2][(SO4)x/2•n(H2O)],x=0.33,n.0.96 P 3 3

Other Shigaite 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 Shigaite :
1 - Alkali-Nuts(English)
2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais)
3 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
4 - Athena
5 - EUROmin Project
6 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
7 - GeoScienceWorld
8 - Google Images
9 - Google Scholar
10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
11 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
12 - MinDAT
13 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
14 - Online Mineral Museum
15 - QUT Mineral Atlas
16 - Ruff.Info
17 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Shigaite

Mn++7Al4(SO4)2(OH)22•8(H2O)
Dana No: 31.01.02.01 Strunz No: 07.DD.35
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