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Hibonite

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Amboasary Department, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar
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Formula:
(Ca,Ce)(Al,Fe,Ti,Si,Mg)
 
12
O
 
19
System:HexagonalHardness:7½ - 8
This page provides mineralogical data about Hibonite.

Classification of Hibonite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/C.08-30
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.CC.45

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
C : Metal: Oxygen = 2: 3,3: 5, and similar
C : With large and medium-sized cations
Dana 8th edition ID:7.4.1.1

7 : MULTIPLE OXIDES
4 : AB12X19
Hey's CIM Ref.:7.9.11

7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
9 : Oxides of Ti
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Type Occurrence of Hibonite

Type Locality:Esiva, Maromby Commune, Amboasary Department, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar
Year of Discovery:1956

Physical Properties of Hibonite

Hardness (Mohs):7½ - 8

Crystallography of Hibonite

Crystal System:Hexagonal
Cell Parameters:a = 5.56Å, c = 21.89Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 3.937
Unit Cell Volume:V 586.04 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Hibonite

Type:Uniaxial (-)

Chemical Properties of Hibonite

Formula:
(Ca,Ce)(Al,Fe,Ti,Si,Mg)
 
12
O
 
19
Essential elements:Al, Ca, O
All elements listed in formula:Al, Ca, Ce, Fe, Mg, O, Si, Ti
Common Impurities:Fe,Si

Relationship of Hibonite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
4.CC.05Chrombismite
Bi
 
16
CrO
 
27
4.CC.10Freudenbergite
Na
 
2
(Ti,Fe)
 
8
O
 
16
4.CC.15Grossite
CaAl
 
4
O
 
7
4.CC.20Mayenite
Ca
 
12
Al
 
14
O
 
33
4.CC.25Yafsoanite
Ca
 
3
Zn
 
3
[TeO
 
6
]
 
2
4.CC.30Latrappite
(Ca,Na)(Nb,Ti,Fe)O
 
3
4.CC.30Lueshite
NaNbO
 
3
4.CC.30Natroniobite
NaNbO
 
3
4.CC.30Perovskite
CaTiO
 
3
4.CC.30Barioperovskite
BaTiO
 
3
4.CC.30IMA2007-014
CaZrO
 
3
4.CC.35Loparite-(Ce)
(Na,Ce,Ca,Sr,Th)(Ti,Nb,Fe)O
 
3
4.CC.35Macedonite
PbTiO
 
3
4.CC.35Tausonite
SrTiO
 
3
4.CC.35Isolueshite
(Na,La,Ca)(Nb,Ti)O
 
3
4.CC.40Crichtonite
(Sr,La,Ce,Y)(Ti,Fe
3+
 
,Mn)
 
21
O
 
38
4.CC.40Davidite-(Ce)
(Ce,La)(Y,U,Fe)(Ti,Fe)
 
20
(O,OH)
 
38
4.CC.40Davidite-(La)
(La,Ce)(Y,U,Fe)(Ti,Fe)
 
20
(O,OH)
 
38
4.CC.40Davidite-(Y)
(Y,Ce,La,Ca,�)(U,Y)(Fe
3+
 
,Mg)
 
2
(Ti,Fe
3+
 
,Cr,�)
 
18
O
 
38
4.CC.40Landauite
NaMnZn
 
2
(Ti,Fe)
 
6
Ti
 
12
O
 
38
4.CC.40Lindsleyite
(Ba,Sr)(Ti,Zr,Fe,Cr)
 
21
O
 
38
4.CC.40Loveringite
(Ca,Ce)(Ti,Fe,Cr,Mg)
 
21
O
 
38
4.CC.40Mathiasite
K(Ti,Cr,Fe,Mg,Zr)
 
21
O
 
38
4.CC.40Senaite
Pb(Ti,Fe,Mn)
 
21
O
 
38
4.CC.40Dessauite-(Y)
(Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe
3+
 
)
 
20
O
 
38
4.CC.40Cleusonite
(Pb,Sr)(U
4+
 
,U
6+
 
)(Fe
2+
 
,Zn)
 
2
(Ti,Fe
2+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)
 
18
(O,OH)
 
38
4.CC.40Gramaccioliite-(Y)
(Pb,Sr)(Y,Mn)(Ti,Fe
3+
 
)
 
18
Fe
3+
2
O
 
38
4.CC.45Diaoyudaoite
NaAl
 
11
O
 
17
4.CC.45Hawthorneite
BaMgTi
 
3
Cr
 
4
Fe
 
4
O
 
19
4.CC.45Lindqvistite
Pb
 
2
(Mg,Fe)Fe
 
16
O
 
27
4.CC.45Magnetoplumbite
(Pb,Mn)(Fe,Mn)
 
12
O
 
19
4.CC.45Plumboferrite
PbFe
 
4
O
 
7
4.CC.45Yimengite
K(Cr,Ti,Fe,Mg)
 
12
O
 
19
4.CC.45Haggertyite
Ba[Fe
2+
6
Ti
 
5
Mg]O
 
19
4.CC.45Nežilovite
PbZn
 
2
(Mn
4+
 
,Ti
4+
 
)
 
2
Fe
3+
8
O
 
19
4.CC.45Batiferrite
Ba[Ti
 
2
Fe
3+
8
Fe
2+
2
]O
 
19
4.CC.50Jeppeite
(K,Ba)
 
2
(Ti,Fe)
 
6
O
 
13
4.CC.55Zenzénite
Pb
 
3
(Fe,Mn)
 
4
Mn
 
3
O
 
13
4.CC.60Mengxianminite
(Ca,Na)
 
3
(Fe,Mn)
 
2
Mg
 
2
(Sn,Zn)
 
5
Al
 
8
O
 
29
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
7.9.1Hongquiite
TiO
7.9.2Rutile
TiO
 
2
7.9.3Anatase
TiO
 
2
7.9.4Brookite
TiO
 
2
7.9.5Geikielite
MgTiO
 
3
7.9.6Perovskite
CaTiO
 
3
7.9.7Kassite
CaTi
 
2
O
 
4
(OH)
 
2
7.9.8Tausonite
SrTiO
 
3
7.9.9Crichtonite
(Sr,La,Ce,Y)(Ti,Fe
3+
 
,Mn)
 
21
O
 
38
7.9.10Lucasite-(Ce)
CeTi
 
2
(O,OH)
 
6
7.9.12Yttrocrasite-(Y)
(Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)
 
2
(O,OH)
 
6
7.9.13Pyrophanite
Mn
2+
 
TiO
 
3
7.9.14Iwakiite
Mn(Fe,Mn)
 
2
O
 
4
7.9.15Ilmenite
Fe
2+
 
TiO
 
3
7.9.16Pseudobrookite
Fe
 
2
TiO
 
5
7.9.17Ulvöspinel
Fe
 
2
TiO
 
4
7.9.18Pseudorutile
Fe
 
2
Ti
 
3
O
 
9
7.9.19Freudenbergite
Na
 
2
(Ti,Fe)
 
8
O
 
16
7.9.20 Kennedyite
MgFeTi
 
3
O
 
10
7.9.21Armalcolite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)Ti
 
2
O
 
5
7.9.22Högbomite
(Mg,Fe)
 
2
(Al,Ti)
 
5
O
 
10
7.9.23Qandilite
(Mg,Fe)
 
2
(Ti,Fe,Al)O
 
4
7.9.24Cafetite
(Ca,Mg)(Fe,Al)
 
2
Ti
 
4
O
 
12
·4H
 
2
O
7.9.25Loveringite
(Ca,Ce)(Ti,Fe,Cr,Mg)
 
21
O
 
38
7.9.26Lindsleyite
(Ba,Sr)(Ti,Zr,Fe,Cr)
 
21
O
 
38
7.9.27Priderite
(K,Ba)(Ti,Fe)
 
8
O
 
16
7.9.28Jeppeite
(K,Ba)
 
2
(Ti,Fe)
 
6
O
 
13
7.9.29Ankangite
Ba(Ti,V
3+
 
,Cr)
 
8
O
 
16
7.9.30Ecandrewsite
(Zn,Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)TiO
 
3
7.9.31Landauite
NaMnZn
 
2
(Ti,Fe)
 
6
Ti
 
12
O
 
38

Other Names for Hibonite

German names:
Hibonit
Russian names:
Хибонит
Spanish names:
Hibonita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Hibonite

Reference List:American Mineralogist: 42: 119.

Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta: 52: 1479-1495.

Canadian Mineralogist: 34: 1287-1297.

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    Localities for Hibonite

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    Algeria
     
    • Tamanghasset Province
      • Tanezrouft
    Belgium
     
    • Hainaut (Henegouwen; Hennegau) Province
      • Charleroi
    		Université du Maine, Laboratoire de Fluorures. Le Mans, France
    Canada
     
    • Yukon Territory
      • Whitehorse Mining District
        • Carcross
          • Tagish Lake
    		Meteoritics & Planetary Sci. 38 (May 2003)
    China
     
    • Hebei Province
      • Xingtai Prefecture
        • Xingtai Co.
    		Zheng-Min Cao, Shan Qin, Yu-Run Bi, and Jian-Wei Wang (1997): Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica [Yanshikuangwuxue Zazhi] 16(4), 353-356.
    Israel
     
    Gross, S. (1977): The Mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geological Survey of Israel, Bulletin no. 70, 80 pp.
    Kazakhstan
     
    • Pavlodar Oblysy (Pavlodar [Pavlodarskaya] Oblast')
    		Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI
    Madagascar
     
    • Tuléar (Toliara) Province
      • Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region
        • Amboasary Department
          • Maromby Commune
    		J.Behier(1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Serv. Geol.Mad. A 1871
    www.gemresearch.ch/andranon/madcon.htm.
    J. Behier (1960): Contribution à la Mineralogie de Madagascar. Ann.Geol.Mad. XXIX , p 42
    C.R.Acad.Sci.Paris (1956) 242, 2845-2847
          • Tranomaro Commune
    		Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Géologique Madagascar. A 1871
    Delbos,L (1955): Note sur le gisement d'un mineral nouveau " la hibonite" de' l'Androy Mandrareen" in Rapport Annuel du Service Geologique pour 1955, Tananarivo
    Delbos, L. (1955): "Note sur le gisement d'un mineral nouveau "La hibonite" de l'Androy Mandrareen". Rapp. Ann. Serv. Geol. Mad. 1955
    Norway
     
    • Telemark
      • Nome
        • Fen complex
          • Søve Mine
    		S. Dahlgren (2005), pp. 19-28.
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