Kelyanite Mineral Data (original) (raw)

General Kelyanite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

(Hg+2)6(SbO6)BrCl2

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 2,775.64 gm

Mercury 86.72 % Hg 90.18 % Hg2O

Antimony 4.39 % Sb 5.25 % Sb2O3

Bromine 2.88 % Br 2.88 % Br

- % Br -0.29 % -O=Br2

Chlorine 2.55 % Cl 2.55 % Cl

- % Cl -0.58 % -O=Cl2

Oxygen 3.46 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

6(Hg2)SbO6BrCl2

Help on Environment: Environment:

Oxidation zone of stibnite-cinnabar ores.

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1982

Help on Locality: Locality:

Kelyan deposit, Buryatia, Ural Mountains, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

Named for the locality.

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Kelyanite + Pronunciation Say KELYANITE

Kelyanite Image

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Click Here for Larger Kelyanite Image Kelyanite Comments: B&W BSE image of an epoxy grain mount of kelyanite (1) and calomel (2) fragment. Location: Kelyan Sb-Hg mine, Buryatia, Siberia, Russia.Scale: See Image. © Diederik Visser

Kelyanite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.73775

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

a = 13.56, c = 10.004, Z = 3; V = 1,593.03 Den(Calc)= 8.68

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

Trigonal - PyramidalH-M Symbol (3) Space Group: P 3

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 3.3(1), 2.72(0.6), 3.78(0.6),

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| | Pervukhina N V , Borisov S V , Magarill S A , Naumov D Y , Vasilev V I , American Mineralogist , 93 (2008) p.1666-1669, The crystal structure of kelyanite (Hg2)6(SbO6)BrCl2, Locality: Kelyana deposit, Buryatia, Russia | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Physical Properties of Kelyanite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage:

None

Help on Color: Color:

Brown, Reddish brown.

Help on Density: Density:

8.51 - 8.63, Average = 8.57

Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity:

Nearly opaque

Help on Habit: Habit:

Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix.

Help on Streak: Streak:

reddish brown

Optical Properties of Kelyanite

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data:

NCalc= 2.34 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.1548) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1
NCalc= 2.33 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.1548) where Ncalc=Dmeas*KC+1

Calculated Properties of Kelyanite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=7.05 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Kelyanite =8.68 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.26
Boson Index = 0.74

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEKelyanite =1,529.07 barns/electron
U=PEKelyanite x rElectron Density=10787.54 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

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

Kelyanite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

10.06.11.01 (10)Oxyhalides and Hydroxyhalides

(10.06)where Am Bn (O,OH)p Xq

(10.06.11)Dana Group

10.06.11.01 Kelyanite (Hg2)6(SbO6)BrCl2 P 3 3

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

03.DD.60 03 - HALIDES

03.D - Oxyhalides, Hydroxyhalides and Related Double Halides

03.DD -With Hg

03.DD.60 Kelyanite (Hg2)6(SbO6)BrCl2 P 3 3

Other Kelyanite Information

Help on References: References:

PHYS. PROP.(Dana8, AmMin v93:1666)

Help on See Also: See Also:

Links to other databases for Kelyanite :
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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Kelyanite

(Hg+2)6(SbO6)BrCl2
Dana No: 10.06.11.01 Strunz No: 03.DD.60
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