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Vohimena deposit (Vohimena Nord), Tranomaro Commune, Amboasary District, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar

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Formula:
(Ca,Ce)Al
 
12
O
 
19
System:HexagonalHardness:7½ - 8
Member of:Magnetoplumbite Group
Name:Named after Paul Hibon who discovered the mineral.


Magnetoplumbite Group.

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 eluvials, Maromby Commune, Amboasary District, 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
 
12
O
 
19
Essential elements:Al, Ca, O
All elements listed in formula:Al, Ca, Ce, O
Common Impurities:Fe,Si

Relationship of Hibonite to other Species

Member of:Magnetoplumbite Group
Other Members of Group:

- +
Barioferrite
BaFe
3+
12
O
 
19
Batiferrite
Ba[Ti
 
2
Fe
3+
8
Fe
2+
2
]O
 
19
Haggertyite
Ba[Fe
2+
6
Ti
 
5
Mg]O
 
19
Hawthorneite
Ba(MgTi
 
3
Cr
 
4
Fe
 
4
)O
 
19
IMA2009-027
(Fe,Mg)Al
 
12
O
 
19
Magnetoplumbite
(Pb,Mn)(Fe,Mn)
 
12
O
 
19
Nežilovite
PbZn
 
2
(Mn
4+
 
,Ti
4+
 
)
 
2
Fe
3+
8
O
 
19
Plumboferrite
Pb
 
2
Fe
3+
11-x
Mn
2+
x
O
 
19-2x
, x = 1/3
Yimengite
K(Cr,Ti,Fe,Mg)
 
12
O
 
19
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.30Lakargiite
Ca(Zr,Sn,Ti)O
 
3
4.CC.30Megawite
CaSnO
 
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,La,Ce,Na,Ca,Pb)(Y,Fe
2+
 
,◻)(Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)
 
2
(Ti,Fe
3+
 
,Nb,Zr)
 
18
O
 
38
 (hypothetical)
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)Fe
3+
2
(Ti,Fe
3+
 
)
 
18
O
 
38
4.CC.45Diaoyudaoite
NaAl
 
11
O
 
17
4.CC.45Hawthorneite
Ba(MgTi
 
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
Pb
 
2
Fe
3+
11-x
Mn
2+
x
O
 
19-2x
, x = 1/3
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.45IMA2009-027
(Fe,Mg)Al
 
12
O
 
19
4.CC.45Barioferrite
BaFe
3+
12
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
7.9.20Kennedyite
MgFe
3+
2
Ti
 
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

Other Languages:
German:Hibonit
Russian:Хибонит
Spanish: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.

M. Nagashaima1, T. Armbruster1 and T. Hainschwang (2010): A temperature-dependent structure study of gem-quality hibonite from Myanmar. Mineral. Mag. 74, 871-885.

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    • Localities for Hibonite

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    Algeria
     
    • Tamanghasset Province
      • Tanezrouft
    Argentina
     
    • San Luis
      • Sierra de Comechingones
    		Anthony Kampf, John Attard and Gunnar Farber analyses
    Belgium
     
    • Hainaut (Henegouwen; Hennegau) Province
      • Charleroi
    		Analysed at Université du Maine, Laboratoire de Fluorures. Le Mans, France
    Burma (Myanmar)
    M. Nagashaima1, T. Armbruster1 and T. Hainschwang (2010): A temperature-dependent structure study of gem-quality hibonite from Myanmar. Mineral. Mag. 74, 871-885. [p. 874: "probably from Mogok"]
    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
     
    • Negev
    		Gross, S. (1977): The Mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geological Survey of Israel, Bulletin no. 70, 80 pp.
    Kazakhstan
     
    • Pavlodar Province (Pavlodar Oblysy; Pavlodarskaya Oblast')
    		Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI
    Madagascar
     
    • Tuléar (Toliara) Province
      • Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region
        • Amboasary District
    		Robert J. Nowakowski collection- ref: Joseph A.Freilich
          • Maromby Commune
    		Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Géologique Madagascar. A 1871
    Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Géologique Madagascar. A 1871
    Giuliani, G., Fallick, A., Rakotondrazafy, M., Ohnenstetter, D., Andriamamonjy, A., Ralantoarison, T., Rakotosamizanany, S., Razanatseheno, M., Offant, Y., Garnier, V., Dunaigre, C., Schwarz, D., Mercier, A., Ratrimo, V., and Ralison, B. (2007): Mineralium Deposita 42, 251-270.
    Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la Minéralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive, p 42
    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.143-144
          • Tranomaro Commune
    		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.143-144; 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, 143-144
    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.143-144
    Mexico
     
    • Chihuahua
      • Pueblito de Allende
    		American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 1483–1486, 2009
    Morocco
     
    • Meknès-Tafilalet Region
      • Er Rachidia Province
        • Er Rachidia
    		Ivanova, M. A. et al (2002): Meteorit.Planet. Sci. 37, 1337-1444.
        • Erfoud (Erfud)
          • Rissani
    		Stuart A. Sweeney Smith (2010) Characterization of two atypical refractory inclusions from separate CV3 chondritic meteorites: Petrogenesis in the early Solar System . Senior Comprehensive Exercise Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
    Norway
     
    • Telemark
      • Nome
        • Fen complex
          • Søve Mine
    		S. Dahlgren (2005), pp. 19-28.
    Outer Space
    European Journal of Mineralogy; December; v. 19; no. 6; p. 771-782; DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2007/0019-1766
    Russia
     
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Primorskiy Kray
        • Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche)
          • Roshchino
            • Kedrovaya river
    		Pavel M. Kartashov data
    • Western-Siberian Region
      • Kemerovskaya Oblast'
        • Gornaya Shoria Region
          • Tashelga River
    		Pavel M. Kartashov data
    Ukraine
     
    • Mykolayiv (Nikolajev; Nikolayev; Nikolaev) Oblast'
    		Nittler, L.R., C.M.O'D. Alexander, F.J. Stadermann, and E.K. Zinner (____) Presolar Al-, Ca-, and Ti-rich Oxide Grains in the Krymka Meteorite.
    USA
     
    • Kentucky
      • Calloway Co.
    		American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 1483–1486, 2009
    • Utah
      • Piute Co.
    		Mineralogical Magazine 1998 62 : 265-269
    Yemen
     
    • South Yemen
    		Zolensky, M. & A.Ivanov, Chemie der Erde 63,185-246(2003)
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