Hiarneite Mineral Data (original) (raw)

General Hiarneite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

(Ca,Mn,Na)2(Zr,Mn+++)5(Sb,Ti,Fe)2O16

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 916.77 gm

Sodium 0.50 % Na 0.68 % Na2O

Calcium 5.25 % Ca 7.34 % CaO

Zirconium 29.85 % Zr 40.32 % ZrO2

Titanium 3.13 % Ti 5.23 % TiO2

Manganese 15.58 % Mn 4.64 % MnO / 17.22 % Mn2O3

Iron 1.83 % Fe 2.61 % Fe2O3

Antimony 15.94 % Sb 19.08 % Sb2O3

Oxygen 27.92 % O

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100.00 % 97.12 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

Ca1.2Mn2+0.6Na0.2Zr3Mn3+2Sb1.2Ti0.6Fe3+0.3O16

Help on Environment: Environment:

Isostructural with calzirtite. In a skarn assemblage resulted from metasomatic reactions affecting a felsic volcanic rock, followed by high-grade metamorphism in an environment of h igh f(O2 ) and silica undersaturation.

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added)

Help on Locality: Locality:

The Langban iron-manganese deposit, Langban, Filipstad district, Varmland, Sweden. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

Named after Urban Hiarne (1641-1724), a pioneer in Swedish geology.

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Hiarneite + Pronunciation Say HIARNEITE

Help on Synonym: Synonym:

IMA1996-040

Hiarneite Image

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Click Here for Larger Hiarneite Image Hiarneite Comments: A bright red single grain of hiarneite about 0.25mm in matrix with magnetoplumbite. Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden.Scale: Picture size 2 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Hiarneite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.66096

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

a = 15.264, c = 10.089, Z = 8; V = 2,350.63 Den(Calc)= 5.18

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

Tetragonal - Ditetragonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (4/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: I 41/acd

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 2.92(1), 1.792(0.9), 1.534(0.8),

Physical Properties of Hiarneite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage:

None

Help on Color: Color:

Bright red.

Help on Density: Density:

5.44

Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity:

Translucent

Help on Habit: Habit:

Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Help on Habit: Habit:

Subhedral Crystals - Occurs as crystals which tend to exhibit a recognizable crystal shape.

Help on Hardness: Hardness:

7 - Quartz

Optical Properties of Hiarneite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.09 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.044 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2201,KPDmeas= 0.2096,KC= 0.2303
Ncalc = 2.19 - 2.25

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data:

Uniaxial (+), w=2.12, e=2.16, bire=0.0400.

Help on RL Anisotrophism: RL Anisotrophism:

Weak.

Help on RL Color: RL Color:

Colorless to gray.

Help on Reflectivity Reflectivity

Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Hiarneite in Air

λ R1 R 2 ∑ R1(λ) ∑ R2(λ)
460 nm 13.10 14.00
540 nm 12.80 13.50
580 nm 12.80 13.50
640 nm 12.80 13.40

Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Hiarneite in Air

RelativeIntensity 0% 70% 100% 140% 210% 280% 350% 420% 490% 560% 630% 690%
R1
R2

Calculated Properties of Hiarneite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.76 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Hiarneite =5.18 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.03
Boson Index = 0.97

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEHiarneite = 98.73 barns/electron
U=PEHiarneite x rElectron Density= 470.15 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

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

Hiarneite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

08.07.04.02 (08)Multiple Oxides with Nb, Ta, and Ti

(08.07)Dana Type

(08.07.04)Dana Group

08.07.04.01 Calzirtite CaZr3TiO9 P bca 2/m 2/m 2/m

08.07.04.02 Hiarneite! (Ca,Mn,Na)2(Zr,Mn)5(Sb,Ti,Fe)2O16 I 41/acd 4/m 2/m 2/m

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

04.DL.10 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.D - Metal:Oxygen = 1:2 and similar

04.DL -With large (� medium-sized) cations; fluorite-type structures

04.DL.10 Calzirtite CaZr3TiO9 P bca 2/m 2/m 2/m

04.DL.10 Hiarneite! (Ca,Mn,Na)2(Zr,Mn)5(Sb,Ti,Fe)2O16 I 41/acd 4/m 2/m 2/m

04.DL.10 Tazheranite CaTiZr2O8 F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

Other Hiarneite Information

Help on References: References:

NAME( AmMin) PHYS. PROP.(Eur. J. Min.,Vol.9,p843-848,1997) OPTIC PROP.(MinRec v 29, p 471)

Help on See Also: See Also:

Links to other databases for Hiarneite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
7 - MinDAT
8 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
9 - Online Mineral Museum
10 - QUT Mineral Atlas
11 - Ruff.Info
12 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Hiarneite

(Ca,Mn,Na)2(Zr,Mn+++)5(Sb,Ti,Fe)2O16
Dana No: 08.07.04.02 Strunz No: 04.DL.10
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