Coalingite Mineral Data (original) (raw)

General Coalingite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

Mg10Fe+++2(CO3)(OH)24•2(H2O)

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 858.96 gm

Magnesium 28.30 % Mg 46.92 % MgO

Iron 13.00 % Fe 18.59 % Fe2O3

Hydrogen 3.29 % H 29.36 % H2O

Carbon 1.40 % C 5.12 % CO2

Oxygen 54.02 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

Mg10Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)24•2(H2O)

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1965

Help on Locality: Locality:

New Idria district, Fresno and San Benito Counties, California. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

Named after the town of Coalinga, California. The town was named after the railroad's Coaling Station "A."

Help on Synonym: Synonym:

ICSD 23571

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Coalingite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:11.98718

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

a = 3.12, c = 37.4, Z = 0.5; V = 315.29 Den(Calc)= 2.26

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

Trigonal - Hexagonal ScalenohedralH-M Symbol (3 2/m) Space Group: R 3c

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 12.467(1), 4.156(0.52), 2.674(0.13),

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| | Pastor-Rodriguez J , Taylor H F W , Mineralogical Magazine , 38 (1971) p.286-294, Crystal structure of coalingite, Locality: New Idria serpentinite, Coalinga, California, USA, Note: occupancies altered to match formula | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Physical Properties of Coalingite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage:

{???} Good

Help on Color: Color:

Bronze brown, Light brown, Reddish brown.

Help on Density: Density:

2.33 - 2.42, Average = 2.37

Help on Hardness: Hardness:

1-2 - Between Talc and Gypsum

Help on Luster: Luster:

Resinous

Optical Properties of Coalingite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.05 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.002 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2625,KPDmeas= 0.2498,KC= 0.2631
Ncalc = 1.59 - 1.64

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data:

Uniaxial (-), e=1.56-1.59, w=1.588-1.635, bire=0.0280-0.0450.

Calculated Properties of Coalingite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.30 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Coalingite =2.26 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.03
Boson Index = 0.97

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PECoalingite = 4.45 barns/electron
U=PECoalingite x rElectron Density= 10.25 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

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

Coalingite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

16b.07.06.01 (16b)Carbonates - Hydroxyl or Halogen

(16b.07)Dana Type

(16b.07.06)Dana Group

16b.07.06.01 Coalingite Mg10Fe2(CO3)(OH)24•2(H2O) R 3c 3 2/m

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

05.DA.55 05 - CARBONATES (NITRATES)

05.D - Carbonates with Additional Anions, with H2O

05.DA -With medium-sized cations

05.DA.55 Coalingite Mg10Fe2(CO3)(OH)24•2(H2O) R 3c 3 2/m

Other Coalingite Information

Help on References: References:

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

Help on See Also: See Also:

Links to other databases for Coalingite :
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 - MinDAT
10 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
11 - Online Mineral Museum
12 - QUT Mineral Atlas
13 - Ruff.Info

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Coalingite

Mg10Fe+++2(CO3)(OH)24•2(H2O)
Dana No: 16b.07.06.01 Strunz No: 05.DA.55
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