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Mosesite (Mosesit)

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Mosesit
Größe: 59x58 mm; Fundort: Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
Copyright: Rock Currier; Contribution: slugslayer
Collection: Brush Collection, Yale University
Location: USA/Texas/Brewster Co./Terlingua District
Mineral: Mosesite
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Mosesit

Größe: 59x58 mm; Fundort: Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
Collection: Brush Collection, Yale University
Copyright: Rock Currier
Contribution: slugslayer 2011-12-15
Locality: Terlingua District / Brewster Co. / Texas / USA

Collectors Summary

Color gelb
Streak color blassgelb
Hardness (Mohs) 3.5
Solubility +++ Säuren
Crystal System kubisch, F43m

Chemism

Chemical formula

Hg2N(Cl,SO4,MoO4,CO3)·H2O

Chemical composition

Chlor, Molybdän, Quecksilber, Kohlenstoff, Sauerstoff, Schwefel, Stickstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 500.5186955 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 8.75

Info

Empirical formula:

Hg2N(Cl0.55(SO4)0.3(MoO4)0.1(CO3)0.05)·H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

0.40

2

22.86

1.0079470

2.0158940
Carbon

C

0.12

0.05

0.57

12.0107800

0.6005390
Nitrogen

N

2.80

1

11.43

14.0067200

14.0067200
Oxygen

O

8.79

2.75

31.43

15.9994300

43.9984325
Sulfur

S

1.92

0.3

3.43

32.0655000

9.6196500
Chlorine

Cl

3.90

0.55

6.29

35.4532000

19.4992600
Molybdenum

Mo

1.92

0.1

1.14

95.9420000

9.5942000
Mercury

Hg

80.15

2

22.86

200.5920000

401.1840000

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

3.DD.30

3: Halide (Fluoride, Chloride, Bromide, Iodide)
D: Oxihalide, Hydroxyhalide und verwandte Doppel-Halide
D: mit [Hg]
30:Mosesit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

III/D.06-050

III: HALOGENIDE (Fluoride, Chloride, Bromide, Jodide)
D: Oxihalogenide
6: Oxihalogenide mit Quecksilber

Classification by Hölzel

3.FC.120

3: HALIDES
F: With Mercury
C: Halogenides with Amines, Amides or Imides
1: with Hg - Mosesite-Group

Dana 8th edition

29.03.08.01

29: Hydrated Acid and Sulfates
03: Hydrated Acid and Sulfates where (A+)2 B (XO4)2 · x(H2O)

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

gelb

Streak color

blassgelb

RI value α / ω / n

1.95>

Ri mean

1.95>

2V angle

Isotropisch

Crystallography

Crystal System

kubisch

Class (H-M)

43m

Space Group number

216

Space Group

F43m

Cell parameters a (Å)

9.524

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

-

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

8

Volumne (ų)

863.889

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

2.86(80),
2.74(100),
2.38(50),
2.18(60),
1.83(50),
1.68(70),
1.61(60),
1.44(70)
XRD chart Mosesite

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

Crystals 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

3.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

130 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

7.72 (gemessen)

7.696 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/Texas/Brewster Co./Terlingua District

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Canfield & Hillebrand & Schaller, 1910

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 3 (1997), 385

Other languages

German

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Spanish

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English

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French

Mosesite

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Mos

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