Szymanskiite Mineral Data (original) (raw)

General Szymanskiite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

Hg+16(Ni,Mg)6(H3O)8(CO3)12•3(H2O)

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 4,436.34 gm

Magnesium 0.82 % Mg 1.36 % MgO

Nickel 5.95 % Ni 7.58 % NiO

Mercury 72.34 % Hg 75.23 % Hg2O

Hydrogen 0.68 % H 6.09 % H2O

Carbon 3.25 % C 11.90 % CO2

Oxygen 16.95 % O

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100.00 % 102.16 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

Hg166(Ni0.75)6(Mg0.25)(H3O)8(CO3)12•3(H2O)

Help on Environment: Environment:

Found in vugs, cavities, and disseminated in massive quartz.

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1990

Help on Locality: Locality:

Clear Creek Hg mine, New Idrea district, San Benito, County, Callifornia, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

Named for Jan T. Szymanski (b1938), CANMET crystallographer, Ottawa, Canada who solved the crystal structure.

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Szymanskiite + Pronunciation Say SZYMANSKIITE

Help on Synonym: Synonym:

ICSD 69128

IMA1989-045

PDF 44-1395

Szymanskiite Image

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Click Here for Larger Szymanskiite Image Szymanskiite Comments: SEM image of a group of szymafskiite crystals. (CanMin, v28:703). Location: Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California.Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist

Szymanskiite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.34516

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

a = 17.415, c = 6.011, Z = 1; V = 1,578.79 Den(Calc)= 4.67

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

Hexagonal - PyramidalH-M Symbol (6) Space Group: P 63

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 5.6(1), 14.9(1), 3.299(0.8),

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| | Szymanski J T , Roberts A C , The Canadian Mineralogist , 28 (1990) p.709-718, The crystal structure of szymanskiite, a partly disordered (Hg-Hg)2+,, (Ni,Mg)2+ hydronium-carbonate-hydroxide-hydrate | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Physical Properties of Szymanskiite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage:

{1010} Indistinct

Help on Color: Color:

Blue green, Blue gray, Black.

Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity:

Transparent

Help on Luster: Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Help on Streak: Streak:

bluish white

Optical Properties of Szymanskiite

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

bluish green.

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

yellowish green.

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale:

CI calc= 0.006 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1693,KC= 0.1702
Ncalc = 1.79

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data:

Uniaxial (-), e=1.786, w=1.795, bire=0.0090.

Calculated Properties of Szymanskiite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.00 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Szymanskiite =4.67 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.22
Boson Index = 0.78

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PESzymanskiite =1,196.96 barns/electron
U=PESzymanskiite x rElectron Density=4,793.04 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

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

Szymanskiite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

16b.07.15.01 (16b)Carbonates - Hydroxyl or Halogen

(16b.07)Dana Type

(16b.07.15)Dana Group

16b.07.15.01 Szymanskiite Hg16(Ni,Mg)6(H3O)8(CO3)12•3(H2O) P 63 6

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

05.DB.30 05 - CARBONATES (NITRATES)

05.D - Carbonates with Additional Anions, with H2O

05.DB -With large and medium-sized cations

05.DB.30 Szymanskiite Hg16(Ni,Mg)6(H3O)8(CO3)12•3(H2O) P 63 6

Other Szymanskiite Information

Help on References: References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.76,p1731,1991) OPTIC PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.76,p1731,1991)

Help on See Also: See Also:

Links to other databases for Szymanskiite :
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
15 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Szymanskiite

Hg+16(Ni,Mg)6(H3O)8(CO3)12•3(H2O)
Dana No: 16b.07.15.01 Strunz No: 05.DB.30
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