https://www.mineralbox.biz
https://www.edelsteine-neuburg.de
https://www.mineral-bosse.de
https://www.mineraliengrosshandel.com
http://www.spessartit.de/walldorf.html
'._('einklappen').'
 

Cadmium

Pictures (1 Images total)

Cadmium
Views (File:
1188555880
): 3889
Cadmium
Barren mit Kristallflächen
Copyright: scheidewasser; Contribution: Hg
Collection: scheidewasser
Mineral: Cadmium
Image: 1188555880
Rating: 7 (votes: 1)
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Cadmium

Barren mit Kristallflächen
Collection: scheidewasser
Copyright: scheidewasser
Contribution: Hg 2007-08-31

Collectors Summary

Color zinnweiß-met.
Lustre Metallglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 1 - 2
Solubility +++ verdünnte HNO3, + verdünnte HCl, H2SO4
Crystal System hexagonal, P63/mmc

Chemism

Chemical formula

Cd

Chemical composition

Cadmium

Unit weight: 112.4118 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 1

Info

Empirical formula:

Cd

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Cadmium

Cd

100.00

1

100.00

112.4118000

112.4118000

Analysis wt%

Cd : 99.00 (Ref: Doklady Akademiia Nauk, SSSR 79)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

1.AB.05

1: Elemente (Metalle, intermetallische Legierungen, Metalloide u. Nichtmetalle, Carbide, Silicide, Nitride u. Phosphide)
A: Metalle und intermetallische Legierungen
B: Zink-Messing-Familie
05:Zink-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

I/A.04-040

I: ELEMENTE
A: Metalle und intermetallische Verbindungen

Classification by Hölzel

1.AC.200

1: ELEMENTS
A: Metals, Intermetallic Compounds, and Alloys
C: Zn-CuZn-Group

Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals

01.09

01: Elements and Alloys (including the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au)

Dana 8th edition

01.01.05.02

01: Native Elements and Alloys
01: Native Elements with metallic elements other than the platinum group

IMA status

anerkannt 1979

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

zinnweiß-met.

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

opak

Lustre

Metallglanz

Crystallography

Crystal System

hexagonal

Class (H-M)

6/mmm

Space Group number

194

Space Group

P63/mmc

Cell parameters a (Å)

2.979

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

5.617

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.886

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

120°

Z

2

Volumne (ų)

43.169

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

2.81(70), 2.58(30), 2.35(100), 1.90(30), 1.52(30), 1.49(20), 1.32(20)
XRD chart Cadmium

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystal Structure 3D

Open larger view

Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

1 - 2

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

88.5–73.5 (10g);

Density (g/cm³)

8.64

8.648 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ verdünnte HNO3, + verdünnte HCl, H2SO4

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Russland/Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis/Sacha (Sakha, Jakutien, Якутия), Republik/Wiljui-Becken (Wilui; Vilyui; Vilui)/Unterer Khann'ya, Fluss

Preface

Name from

Aus dem Griechischen für "calamine" (Galmei); das Element trat in Schlacken als Folge des aufschmelzens von Smithsonit-Erz (früher "Calamine"-Erz) auf.

Author (Name, Year)

Oleinikov & Okrugin & Leskova, 1979

References

American Mineralogist: 65: 1065.

Transactions (Doklady) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Earth Science Sections 248 (1979), 182

Strunz Mineralogical Tables 9. Edition (2001), 37.

Other languages

Swahili

Cadimi

Catalan

Cadmi

Friulian

Cadmi

Occitan

Cadmi

Vietnamese

Cadmi

Spanish

Cadmio

Corsican

Cadmiu

Romanian

Cadmiu

Sicilian

Cadmiu

English

Cadmium

French

Cadmium

German

Cadmium

Irish Gaelic

Caidmiam

Portuguese

Cádmio

Estonian

Kaadmium

Polish

Kadm

Croatian

Kadmij

Slovenian

Kadmij

Latvian

Kadmijs

Bosnian (Latin Script)

Kadmijum

Serbokroatisch

Kadmijum

Esperanto

Kadmio

Basque

Kadmio

Ido

Kadmio

Lithuanian

Kadmis

Albanian

Kadmiumi

Uzbek (Latin Script)

Kadmiy

Quechua

Kadmiyu

Turkish

Kadmiyum

Kurdish (Latin Script)

Kadmiyûm

Haitian

Kadmyòm

Icelandic

Kadmín

Lojban

jinmrkadmu

Greek

Κάδμιο

Russian

Кадмий

Serbian (Cyrillic Script)

Кадмијум

Belarusian

Кадмій

Ukrainian

Кадмій

Armenian

Կադմիում

Hebrew

קדמיום

Arabic

كادميوم

Persian

کادمیوم

Hindi

काडमियम

Bengali

ক্যাডমিয়াম

Tamil

காட்மியம்

Thai

แคดเมียม

Japanese

カドミウム

Simplified Chinese

自然镉

Simplified Chinese

镉

Korean

카드뮴

Alternative Name

German

Cadmium, ged.

Afrikaans

Kadmium

Czech

Kadmium

Indonesian

Kadmium

Javanese

Kadmium

Hungarian

Kadmium

Norwegian (Bokmål)

Kadmium

Norwegian (Nynorsk)

Kadmium

Slovak

Kadmium

Finnish

Kadmium

Swedish

Kadmium

Japanese

自然カドミウム

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1980-086

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Cd