Dinite
| Dinite | |
|---|---|
| General and classification | |
| chemical formula | C 20 H 36 |
|
Mineral class (and possibly department) |
nitrogen-free hydrocarbons |
|
System no. to Strunz and to Dana |
10.BA.15 ( 8th edition : IX / B.02) 03.50.05.01 |
| Crystallographic Data | |
| Crystal system | orthorhombic |
| Crystal class ; symbol | 2 2 2 |
| Space group | P 2 1 2 1 2 1 (No. 19) |
| Lattice parameters | a = 12.36 Å ; b = 12.76 Å; c = 11.43 Å |
| Formula units | Z = 4 |
| Physical Properties | |
| Mohs hardness | 1 |
| Density (g / cm 3 ) | 1.01 |
| Cleavage | Please complete |
| colour | colorless, yellow-whitish |
| Line color | White |
| transparency | transparent |
| shine | waxy |
Dinite is a very rare mineral from the mineral class of organic compounds, more precisely the nitrogen-free hydrocarbons. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system with the chemical formula C 20 H 36 and is colorless to yellow-whitish.
Etymology and history
It is named after its discoverer, Olinto Dini , who discovered it in 1852 in lignite deposits near Castelnuovo di Garfagnana in Tuscany .
classification
In the Strunz system, dinite is one of the organic compounds. In the outdated eighth edition , it forms a subgroup of nitrogen-free hydrocarbons with fichtelite , flagstaffite , karpathite , kratochvílite , hartite , hoelite , idrialin , ravatite , refikit and simonellite . In the new ninth edition , it forms a separate subgroup of subdivision 10.BA of hydrocarbons.
In the Dana system , dinite forms its own sub-group of "salts of organic acids and hydrocarbons".
Crystal structure
Dinite crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system in the space group P 2 1 2 1 2 1 (space group no. 19) with the lattice parameters a = 12.36 Å , b = 12.76 Å and c = 11.43 Å as well as four formula units per unit cell .
Education and Locations
Dinite forms in bituminous fossil wood in river sediments. So far, only one site is known, the type locality Castelnuovo di Garfagnana.
See also
Web links
- Mineral Atlas: Dinit (Wiki)
- mindat.org - Dinite (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Dinite , In: John W. Anthony, Richard A. Bideaux, Kenneth W. Bladh, Monte C. Nichols (Eds.): Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineralogical Society of America , 2001 ( PDF 59.7 kB )
- ^ Dana Salts of Organic Acids Classification at webmineral.com. .
- ↑ Dinite at Mindat (English)