Hogtuvaite Mineral Data

General Hogtuvaite Information

Chemical Formula:

(Ca,Na)2(Fe++,Fe+++,Ti,Mg,Mn)6(Si,Be,Al)6O20

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 837.17 gm

Sodium 1.37 % Na 1.85 % Na₂O

Calcium 7.18 % Ca 10.05 % CaO

Magnesium 1.45 % Mg 2.41 % MgO

Titanium 5.15 % Ti 8.59 % TiO₂

Manganese 0.66 % Mn 0.85 % MnO

Beryllium 1.94 % Be 5.38 % BeO

Aluminum 1.93 % Al 3.65 % Al₂O₃

Iron 30.02 % Fe 25.75 % FeO / 14.31 % Fe₂O₃

Silicon 12.08 % Si 25.84 % SiO₂

Oxygen 38.22 % O

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100.00 % 98.66 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Ca_1.5Na_0.5Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺_1.5Ti_0.9Mg_0.5Mn²⁺_0.1Si_3.6Be_1.8Al_0.6O₂₀

Environment:

As a late-stage metamorphic mineral in peraluminous granitic gneisses and mafic pegmatites associated with a beryllium deposit (near Mo i Rana, Norway).

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1994

Locality:

Found about 16 km northwest of Mo i Rana, Norway Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Hogtuva Mountain, near the type locality in Norway.

Name Pronunciation:

Hogtuvaite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

Hoegtuvaite

IMA1990-051

Makarochkinite

Hogtuvaite Image

Images:

Hogtuvaite

Comments: Dark platy crystals of hogtuvaite in matrix.
Location: Hogtuva, Mo i Rana, Nordland, Norway. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Hogtuvaite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.962:1:0.8257

Cell Dimensions:

a = 10.317, b = 10.724, c = 8.855, Z = 2; alpha = 105.77°, beta = 96.21°, gamma = 124.77° V = 769.95 Den(Calc)= 3.61

Crystal System:

Triclinic - PinacoidalH-M Symbol ( 1) Space Group: P1

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.5293(1), 8.048(0.9), 2.0979(0.63),

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Grew E S , Barbier J , Britten J , Yates M G , Polyakov V O , Shcherbakova E P , Halenius U , Shearer C K , American Mineralogist , 90 (2005) p.1402-1412, Makarochkinite, Ca2Fe2+4Fe3+TiSi4BeAlO20, a new beryllosilicate member of the, aenigmatite-sapphirine-surinamite group from the Il men Mountains (southern, Urals), Russia, Sample: N86

Physical Properties of Hogtuvaite

Color:

Black.

Density:

3.85

Diaphaneity:

Subtranslucent to Opaque

Hardness:

5.5 - Knife Blade

Luster:

Subadamantine

Optical Properties of Hogtuvaite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.106 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.097 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.21,KPDmeas= 0.2078,KC= 0.2325
Ncalc = 1.89 - 1.9

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.78, g=1.82, bire=0.0400

Calculated Properties of Hogtuvaite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.70 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Hogtuvaite =3.81 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.03
Boson Index = 0.97

Photoelectric:

PE_Hogtuvaite= 11.51 barns/electron
U=PE_Hogtuvaite x rElectron Density= 42.57 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Hogtuvaite Classification

Dana Class:

69.02.01a.03 (69)Inosilicate Chains with Side Branches or Loops

(69.02)with P>2

(69.02.01a)Aenigmatite and related species (Aenigmatite subgroup)

69.02.01a.01 Aenigmatite (Na,Ca)4(Fe,Ti,Mg)12Si12O40 P1 1

69.02.01a.02 Dorrite Ca2Mg2Fe4(Al,Fe)4Si2O20 P1,P 1 Tri

69.02.01a.03 Hogtuvaite (Ca,Na)2(Fe,Fe,Ti,Mg,Mn)6(Si,Be,Al)6O20 P1 1

69.02.01a.04 Krinovite NaMg2CrSi3O10 P1 1

69.02.01a.05 Rhonite Ca2(Mg,Fe,Fe,Ti)6(Si,Al)6O20 P1 1

69.02.01a.06 Serendibite Ca2(Mg,Al)6(Si,Al,B)6O20 P1 1

69.02.01a.07 Welshite Ca4Mg9Sb3O4[Si6Be3AlFe2O36] P1 1

69.02.01a.08 Wilkinsonite Na2Fe4Fe2Si6O20 P1 1

69.02.01a.09 Makarochkinite! Ca2Fe4FeTiSi4BeAlO20 P1 1

Strunz Class:

09.DH.40 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)

09.D - Inosilicates* Structural terminology according to Liebau (1985)

09.DH -Inosilicates with 4-periodic single chains, Si4O12

09.DH.40 Hogtuvaite (Ca,Na)2(Fe,Fe,Ti,Mg,Mn)6(Si,Be,Al)6O20 P1 1

Other Hogtuvaite Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic2) PHYS. PROP.(37th List of New Min.,Min. Mag. 1996) OPTIC PROP.(37th List of New Min.,Min. Mag. 19)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Hogtuvaite :
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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Hogtuvaite

(Ca,Na)2(Fe++,Fe+++,Ti,Mg,Mn)6(Si,Be,Al)6O20
Dana No: 69.02.01a.03 Strunz No: 09.DH.40
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