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Fullerite

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Formula:
C
 
60
System:TetragonalColour:Black
Lustre:VitreousHardness:3½
Name:Named for Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), American architect and visionary. Invented the geodesic dome which illustrates the molecular morphology of fullerenes.


Apparently a fullerene with a C60 composition.

Originally described from Shun'ga area, Shun'ga village, Onega lake, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia and Tuvish basaltoid pipe, Gissar Range, Viloyati Sogd (Viloyati Sughd; Viloyati Khodzhent; Viloyati Leninabad), Tajikistan.

Classification of Fullerite

IMA status:Published without Approval
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:1.CB.05c

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
C : Metalloids and Nonmetals
B : Carbon-silicon family
Dana 7th edition ID:1.3.5.5
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Physical Properties of Fullerite

Lustre:Vitreous
Colour:Black
Streak:Black
Hardness (Mohs):3½

Crystallography of Fullerite

Crystal System:Tetragonal

Chemical Properties of Fullerite

Formula:
C
 
60
Essential elements:C
All elements listed in formula:C

Relationship of Fullerite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
1.CB.05bChaoite
C
1.CB.05aGraphite
C
1.CB.10aDiamond
C
1.CB.10bLonsdaleite
C
1.CB.15Silicon
Si
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping):

- +
1.3.5.1Diamond
C
1.3.5.2Graphite
C
1.3.5.3Lonsdaleite
C
1.3.5.4Chaoite
C

Other Names for Fullerite

Synonyms:
BuckminsterfullereneBucky BallsFullerene
Other Languages:
German:Fullerit
Spanish:Fullerita

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.

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    Russia
     
    • Northern Region
      • Karelia Republic
        • Lake Onega
          • Shun'ga village
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    Tajikistan
     
    • Viloyati Sogd (Viloyati Sughd; Viloyati Khodzhent; Viloyati Leninabad)
      • Gissar Range
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