abhurite Mineral Data, minerology database

Mineral Reference Lookup for abhurite

This reference page contains mineralogic data for abhurite and folklore and metaphysical beliefs. If the mineral is an alternate naming of a more common name, the more common mineral's data is displayed below the list of synonyms.

Minerals matching abhurite in the database: Abhurite

Mineralogical Reference

abhurite

Mineral	Abhurite
Chemistry	Sn 21 [O 6 \|(OH) 14 \|Cl 16 ]
Color	Colourless
Transparency	Trigonal
CrystalSystem	Trigonal
Cleavage	None Observed
Hardness	2
Streak	White
Occurences	On corroded tin ingots in sea-water
IMAStatus	Approved 1983
Discovered	1983
CellParameters	a = 10.01c = 44.01
Ratio	a:c = 1 : 4.397
OpticalType	Uniaxial (+)
RI	n ω =2.060 n ε =2.110
Birefringence	δ=0.050
TypeLocality	Sharm Abhur Jiddah ( Jeddah) Red Sea Mintaqat Makkah Saudi Arabia
Strunz	3/D.05-10 3 : Halides D : Oxi-halogenides with Mg - Mn - Cu - Zn - Sn 05 : Atacamite series and related compounds

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