Chemistry:Chibaite
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| Chibaite | |
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 White crystals of the rare silica-hydrocarbon minerals chibaite (IMA 2008-067) and bosoite (IMA 2014-023) from the type and only known locality worldwide for both species: Arakawa, Minamiboso City, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan. | |
| General | |
| Category | Mineral |
| Formula (repeating unit) | SiO2•n(CH4, C2H6, C3H8, i-C4H10) (n ≤ 3/17) |
| Strunz classification | 4.DA |
| Crystal system | Isometric |
| Space group | F2/d3 |
| Unit cell | a = 19.3742 V=7,272.29 Å3 |
| Identification | |
| Colour | white |
| Mohs scale hardness | 7 |
| |re|er}} | Vitreous |
| Specific gravity | 1.933 |
| Optical properties | isotropic |
| Refractive index | 1.470 |
Chibaite is a rare silicate mineral. It is a silica clathrate with formula SiO2•n(CH4,C2H6,C3H8,i-C4H10) (n = 3/17 (max)). The mineral is cubic (diploidal class, m3) and the silica hosts or traps various hydrocarbon molecules, such as methane, ethane, propane and isobutane.[2][3]
Chibaite was first described for specimens collected from Arakawa, Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan . The mineral was approved by the IMA in 2009.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine 85 (3): 291–320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. Bibcode: 2021MinM...85..291W.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chibaite on Mindat.org
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Discovery of Chibaite, Elements, June 2012, section: Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences p. 230". http://www.elementsmagazine.org/archives/e8_3/e8_3_sn_jams.pdf.
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