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Chelyabinskite

Formula:
(Ca,Mg)
 
3
[(SO
 
4
,CO
 
3
)
 
2
|Si(OH)
 
6
] · 9H
 
2
O (?)
System:OrthorhombicColour:White
Lustre:Silky, DullHardness:3
Name:After the area of occurrence, the Chelyabinsk coal basin, Urals Region, Russia.


A substance of anthropogenic origin (burning coal mine dumps). Current IMA regulations do not allow such substances to be validated as mineral species.

A questionable mineral, possessing many properties and values of, and possibly identical to Thaumasite.

Originally reported from Chelyabinsk coal basin, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Urals Region, Russia.

Classification of Chelyabinskite

IMA status:Rejected 1986
Explanation of status:Anthropogenic origin.
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:7.DG.45

7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
D : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2O
G : With large and medium-sized cations; with NO3, CO3, B(OH)4, SiO4 or IO3
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Physical Properties of Chelyabinskite

Lustre:Silky, Dull
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:White
Hardness (Mohs):3
Density (measured):1.908 - 1.912 g/cm3
Density (calculated):1.938 g/cm3

Crystallography of Chelyabinskite

Crystal System:Orthorhombic
Cell Parameters:a = 19.01Å, b = 20.93Å, c = 22.45Å
Ratio:a:b:c = 0.908 : 1 : 1.073
Unit Cell Volume:V 8,932.39 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:18

Optical Data of Chelyabinskite

Type:Biaxial
RI values: nα = 1.475 nβ = 1.495 nγ = 1.508
2V:Measured: 77° , Calculated: 76°
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.033

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:Moderate
Dispersion:none

Chemical Properties of Chelyabinskite

Formula:
(Ca,Mg)
 
3
[(SO
 
4
,CO
 
3
)
 
2
|Si(OH)
 
6
] · 9H
 
2
O (?)
Essential elements:Ca, H, O, S, Si
All elements listed in formula:C, Ca, H, Mg, O, S, Si

Relationship of Chelyabinskite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
7.DG.05Darapskite
Na
 
3
NO
 
3
SO
 
4
·H
 
2
O
7.DG.10Clinoungemachite
(Na, K, Fe, SO
 
4
)
7.DG.10Humberstonite
Na
 
7
K
 
3
Mg
 
2
(SO
 
4
)
 
6
(NO
 
3
)
 
2
·6H
 
2
O
7.DG.10Ungemachite
K
 
3
Na
 
8
Fe(SO
 
4
)
 
6
(NO
 
3
)
 
2
·6H
 
2
O
7.DG.15Bentorite
Ca
 
6
(Cr
3+
 
,Al)
 
2
[(OH)
 
4
|SO
 
4
]
 
3
 · 26H
 
2
O
7.DG.15Charlesite
Ca
 
6
(Al,Si)
 
2
[(OH,O)
 
12
|B(OH)
 
4
|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 26H
 
2
O
7.DG.15Ettringite
Ca
 
6
Al
 
2
[(OH)
 
4
|SO
 
4
]
 
3
 · 26H
 
2
O
7.DG.15Jouravskite
Ca
 
6
Mn
3+
2
[(OH)
 
4
|(SO
 
4
,CO
 
3
)]
 
3
 · 26H
 
2
O
7.DG.15Sturmanite
Ca
 
6
(Fe
3+
 
,Al,Mn
3+
 
)
 
2
[(OH)
 
12
|B(OH)
 
4
|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 25H
 
2
O
7.DG.15Thaumasite
Ca
 
3
[CO
 
3
|SO
 
4
|Si(OH)
 
6
] · 12H
 
2
O
7.DG.15Carraraite
Ca
 
3
Ge(OH)
 
6
(SO
 
4
)(CO
 
3
)·12H
 
2
O
7.DG.15Buryatite
Ca
 
3
(Si,Fe,Al)[SO
 
4
][B(OH)
 
4
](OH)
 
5
O•
 
12
H
 
2
O
7.DG.20Rapidcreekite
Ca
 
2
[CO
 
3
|SO
 
4
] · 4H
 
2
O
7.DG.20Korkinoite
Ca, SO
 
4
, H
 
2
O reported
7.DG.25Tatarskite
Ca
 
6
Mg
 
2
(SO
 
4
)
 
2
(CO
 
3
)
 
2
Cl
 
4
(OH)
 
4
·7H
 
2
O
7.DG.30Nakauriite
Cu
 
8
[(OH)
 
6
|CO
 
3
|(SO
 
4
)
 
4
] · 48H
 
2
O
7.DG.35Chessexite
(Na,K)
 
4
Ca
 
2
(Mg,Zn)
 
3
Al
 
8
[(SO
 
4
)
 
10
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 40H
 
2
O
7.DG.40Carlosruizite
K
 
6
(Na,K)
 
4
Na
 
6
Mg
 
10
(SeO
 
4
)
 
12
(IO
 
3
)
 
12
·12H
 
2
O
7.DG.40Fuenzalidaite
K
 
6
(Na,K)
 
4
Na
 
6
Mg
 
10
(SO
 
4
)
 
12
(IO
 
3
)
 
12
·12H
 
2
O

Other Names for Chelyabinskite

Other Languages:
German:Chelyabinskit
Spanish:Chelyabinskita

Other Information

Fluorescence in UV light:Bluish white fluorescence (UV).
Other Information:Boils intensely in HCl, leaving a siliceous residue.
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 Chelyabinskite

Reference List:Chesnokov, B.V., L.F. Bazhenova, E.P. Shcherbakova, T.A. Michal, T.N. Deriabina (1988) New minerals from the burned dumps of the Chelyabinsk coal basin. In Mineralogy, technogenesis, and mineral-resource complexes of the urals, 5-31. Akad. Nauk SSSR-Uralskoe Otdel. (in Russian).

Jambor, John L. and Puziewicz, Jacek (1993) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist: 78: 1108-1112.

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