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Rinneite

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Merkers, Bad Salzungen, Thuringian Forest, Thuringia, Germany
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Formula:
K
 
3
Na[FeCl
 
6
]
System:TrigonalColour:Colourless (pure), rose, ...
Hardness:3
Name:After Friedrich Wilhelm Bertold Rinne (1863-1933), crystallographer and petrographer, University of Kiel, Germany
Isostructural with:Chlormanganokalite
This page provides mineralogical data about Rinneite.

Classification of Rinneite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:3/C.06-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:3.CJ.05

3 : HALIDES
C : Complex halides
J : With MX6 complexes; M = Fe, Mn, Cu
Dana 8th edition ID:11.5.3.1

11 : HALIDE COMPLEXES
5 : AmBX6
Hey's CIM Ref.:8.11.6

8 : Halides - Fluorides, Chlorides, Bromides and Iodides; also Fluoborates and Fluosilicates
11 : Halides of Fe and Ni
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Type Occurrence of Rinneite

Type Locality:Wolkramshausen, Bleicherode, Thuringia, Germany
Year of Discovery:1908
Geological Setting of type material:Saline deposits of the oceanic type.

Occurrences of Rinneite

Geological Setting:Oceanic salt deposits.

Physical Properties of Rinneite

Lustre:Silky
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Transparent
Colour:Colourless (pure), rose, violet, yellow; turns brown on exposure; colourless to yellowish in transmitted light.
Streak:white
Hardness (Mohs):3
Cleavage:Distinct/Good
On {11_20).
Fracture:Splintery, Conchoidal
Density (measured):2.347 g/cm3
Density (calculated):2.406 g/cm3

Crystallography of Rinneite

Crystal System:Trigonal
Class (H-M):3m (3 2/m) - Hexagonal Scalenohedral
Space Group:R3c {R3 2/c}
Cell Parameters:a = 11.98Å, c = 13.84Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 1.155
Unit Cell Volume:V 1,720.21 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Morphology:Massive, granular. Crystals thick tabular {0001} or short prismatic [0001] (artificial crystals).
Twinning:On {0001} (artificial crystals)

Optical Data of Rinneite

Type:Uniaxial (+)
RI values: nω = 1.589 nε = 1.589
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.001

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:Moderate

Chemical Properties of Rinneite

Formula:
K
 
3
Na[FeCl
 
6
]
Essential elements:Cl, Fe, K, Na
All elements listed in formula:Cl, Fe, K, Na

Relationship of Rinneite to other Species

Common Associates:
SylviteKieseriteHaliteAnhydrite
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
3.CJ.05Chlormanganokalite
K
 
4
[MnCl
 
6
]
3.CJ.10Erythrosiderite
K
 
2
[Fe
3+
 
Cl
 
5
(OH
 
2
)]
3.CJ.10Kremersite
(NH
 
4
,K)
 
2
[Fe
3+
 
Cl
 
5
(H
 
2
O)]
3.CJ.15Mitscherlichite
K
 
2
[CuCl
 
4
] · 2H
 
2
O
3.CJ.20Douglasite
K
 
2
[Fe
2+
 
Cl
 
4
(OH
 
2
)
 
2
]
3.CJ.25Redikortsevite
(NH
 
4
)MgCl
 
3
 · 6H
 
2
O
3.CJ.30Zirklerite
(Fe,Mg,Ca)
 
9
Al
 
4
Cl
 
18
(OH)
 
12
·14H
 
2
O (?)
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
8.11.1Molysite
FeCl
 
3
8.11.2 Hydromolysite
FeCl
 
3
·6H
 
2
O
8.11.3Rokühnite
FeCl
 
2
·2H
 
2
O
8.11.4Douglasite
K
 
2
[Fe
2+
 
Cl
 
4
(OH
 
2
)
 
2
]
8.11.5Erythrosiderite
K
 
2
[Fe
3+
 
Cl
 
5
(OH
 
2
)]
8.11.7Kremersite
(NH
 
4
,K)
 
2
[Fe
3+
 
Cl
 
5
(H
 
2
O)]
8.11.8Iowaite
Mg
 
4
Fe(OH)
 
8
OCl·4H
 
2
O
8.11.9Nickelbischofite
NiCl
 
2
·6H
 
2
O
8.11.10Lawrencite
(Fe
2+
 
,Ni)Cl
 
2

Other Names for Rinneite

Other Languages:
German:Rinneit
Russian:Риннеит
Spanish:Rinneita

Other Information

Other Information:Soluble in water. Decomposed by absolute alcohol with the extraction of ferrous chloride.
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 Rinneite

Reference List:Boeke, H.E. (1909): Rinneit, ein neugefundenes eisenchlorürhaltiges Salzmineral.- Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 72-75.

Boeke, H.E. (1909) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paleontologie, Heidelberg, Stuttgart: II: 38.

Schneider (1909) Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie: 504.

Rinne and Kolb (1911) Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie: 337.

Cheng (1929) Inaugural Dissertation, Leipzig.

Cheng (1931) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paleontologie, Heidelberg, Stuttgart: I: 52.

Bellanca A. (1947) La rinneite: struttura e relazioni cristallochimiche con la cloromanganocalite. Periodico di Mineralogia, Roma: 199-213.

Bellanca (1948) Periodico de Mineralogia-Roma: 16: 199.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 107-108.

Inorganic Chemistry (1982): 21: 1292-1295.

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    Localities for Rinneite

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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Germany
     
    • Lower Saxony
      • Celle
        • Hänigsen
    		Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 108; Bode "Mineralien und Fundstellen BRD" from 1989 ISBN 3-925094-24-5 Pg.9
        • Wathlingen
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
      • Hildesheim
        • Diekholzen Potash works
    		Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 108.
        • Groß Giesen
    		Aufschluss 1987(4), 114
    Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 108; Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
      • Schwarmstedt
    		Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 87.
    • Saxony-Anhalt
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
    Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 102.
    • Thuringia
      • Bleicherode
    		BOEKE, H.E. (1909): Rinneit, ein neugefundenes eisenchlorürhaltiges Salzmineral.- Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 72-75; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 108.
      • Thuringian Forest
        • Bad Salzungen
    		XRD analysis (T. Witzke)
    Iran
     
    • Hormozgan Province
    		Talbot, C., Farhadi, R., and Aftabi, P. (2009): Ore Geology Reviews 35, 352-366.
    Italy
     
    • Campania
      • Naples Province
        • Somma-Vesuvius Complex
    		Russo, M., Punzo, I. (2004): I minerali del Somma-Vesuvio, AMI
    UK
     
    • England
      • North Yorkshire
        • Eskdale
    		Mineralogical Magazine 1951 29 : 667-689.
    Mineralogical Magazine 1951 29 : 667-689.
    USA
     
    • Texas
      • Austin Co.
        • Racoon Bend oil field
    		Excalibur Mineral Corporation specimen
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