Pinnoite

Pinnoite

Inder B deposit and salt dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan

Pinnoite

Inder B deposit and salt dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan

Pinnoite

Inder B deposit and salt dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan

Pinnoite

Inder B deposit and salt dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan

Pinnoite

Inder B deposit and salt dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan

Pinnoite

Inder B deposit and salt dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan

Pinnoite

Inder B deposit and salt dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan

Pinnoite

Inder B deposit and salt dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan

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Johann F. H. Pinno

Formula:

Mg[B₂O(OH)₆]

Colour:

Yellow to yellow-green; yellow in transmitted light

Lustre:

Vitreous

Hardness:

3½

Specific Gravity:

2.27

Crystal System:

Tetragonal

Name:

Named in honor of Johann Friedrich Hermann Pinno (16 March 1831, Kleinkamsdorf, Prussia, German Empire - 6 September 1902, Berlin-Charlottenburg, German Empire), Chief Councillor of Mines, Halle, Germany.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Staßfurt, Salzlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Type:

Uniaxial (+)

RI values:

n_ω = 1.565 n_ε = 1.575

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.010

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Low

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0009203	Pinnoite	Paton F, MacDonald S G G (1957) The crystal structure of pinnoite Acta Crystallographica 10 653-656		1957	Stassfurt, Germany	0	293
0009314	Pinnoite	Krogh-Moe J (1967) A note on the structure of pinnoite Acta Crystallographica 23 500-501		1967		0	293
0015585	Pinnoite	Genkina E A, Malinovskii Y A (1983) Refinement of the structure of pinnoite: Location of hydrogen atoms Soviet Physics Crystallography 28 475-477		1983		0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Pinnoite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Paton F' 'MacDonald S G G' _journal_name_full 'Acta Crystallographica' _journal_volume 10 _journal_year 1957 _journal_page_first 653 _journal_page_last 656 _publ_section_title ; The crystal structure of pinnoite ; _database_code_amcsd 0009203 _chemical_compound_source 'Stassfurt, Germany' _chemical_formula_sum 'Mg B2 O7 H6' _cell_length_a 7.62 _cell_length_b 7.62 _cell_length_c 8.19 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 475.547 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 2.290 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 42/n' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' 'y,-x,-z' '1/2-y,1/2+x,1/2+z' '1/2+x,1/2+y,1/2-z' '-x,-y,z' '-y,x,-z' '1/2+y,1/2-x,1/2+z' '1/2-x,1/2-y,1/2-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z Mg 0.75000 0.25000 0.25000 B 0.89300 0.38300 -0.11000 O1 0.50000 0.00000 0.01000 O-H2 0.83900 0.23800 0.01300 O-H3 0.98800 0.30200 -0.23900 O-H4 0.72800 0.48800 -0.16700

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Argentina
Salta Province Los Andes department San Antonio de los Cobres ⓘ Socacastro canyon	Alonso, R. N. (1999). On the origin of La Puna borates. Acta geológica hispánica, 34(2), 141-166.
China
ⓘ Inner Mongolia	Kezao Chen (1992): Quaternary Sciences 3(8), 193-202
Qinghai Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Da Qaidam (Dachaidan Co.) ⓘ Da Qaidam salt lake (Dachaidan salt lake)	Keqin Cai and Ziqiang Qian (1982): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 2(4), 290-295; Shaoxiu Yang (1991): Journal of Lake Sciences 3(1), 1-10; Garrett, D.E. (1998): Borates: Handbook of deposits, processing, properties, and use. Academic Press (San Diego, London), 491 pp.; Qingzhong Wang, Yingkai Xiao, Chonggeng Zhang, Haizhen Wei, and Zhiqi Zhao (2001): Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry 20(4), 344-366; Zheng, M. P., Qi, W., & Yuan, H. R. (2005). Characteristics of salt lake boron deposits and magnesium borate deposits of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. In Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge (pp. 1123-1125). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. Yu, J., Hong, R., Gao, C., Cheng, A., Zhang, L. (2018) Pinnoite deposit in DaQaidam saline lake, Qaidam Basin, China: hydroclimatic, sedimentologic, and geochemical constraints. Minerals: 8(6): 258.
ⓘ Xiao Qaidam salt lake (Xiaochaidan salt lake)	Dapeng Sun (1991): Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology 12(4), 57-65; Shaoxiu Yang (1991): Journal of Lake Sciences 3(1), 1-10; Xiyu Zheng (1994): Journal of Lake Sciences 6(3), 267-275; Garrett, D.E. (1998): Borates: Handbook of deposits, processing, properties, and use. Academic Press (San Diego, London), 491 pp.; Qingzhong Wang, Yingkai Xiao, Chonggeng Zhang, Haizhen Wei, and Zhiqi Zhao (2001): Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry 20(4), 344-366
Tibet Ngari Gê'gyai Co. (Geji Co.) ⓘ Chagcam Caka (Zhacang Chaka)	Xiyu Zheng and Shengsong Yu (1981): Scientia Geographica Sinica 1(1), 66-76; Mianping Zheng and Wengao Liu (1982): Geological Review 28(3), 263-266; Zheng Xiyu (1984): Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 2(2), 218-226; Shaoxiu Yang (1991): Journal of Lake Sciences 3(1), 1-10; Xiyu Zheng (1994): Journal of Lake Sciences 6(3), 267-275; Qingzhong Wang, Yingkai Xiao, Chonggeng Zhang, Haizhen Wei, and Zhiqi Zhao (2001): Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry 20(4), 344-366; Xifang Liu and Mianping Zheng (2010): Acta Geologica Sinica 89(11), 1601-1612
ⓘ Nie'er Co (Nier Tso; Nyer Co)	Xifang Liu and Mianping Zheng (2010): Acta Geologica Sinica 89(11), 1601-1612
Xinjiang Wulumuqi Prefecture (Ürümqi Prefecture; Ürümchi Prefecture) Dabancheng District Dabancheng salt lakes ⓘ East Dabancheng salt lake	Bingxiao Li (1992): Journal of Lake Sciences 4(1), 48-55
Germany
Saxony-Anhalt Aschersleben ⓘ Aschersleben I potash mine	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: 368.
Salzlandkreis ⓘ Staßfurt (TL)	Milch, L. (1891): Über ein neues krystallisiertes Borat von Stassfurt.- Z. Kryst. 18, 478-480; 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: 334-335.
ⓘ Friedrichshall potash mine	Luedecke, O. (1891): Über Heintzit, ein neues Borat von Leopoldshall.- Z. Kryst. 18, 481-485; 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: 334, 368.
Staßfurt Potash deposit ⓘ Aschersleben	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: 334.
Kazakhstan
Aktobe Region Shalkar Aksai Valley ⓘ Chelkar salt dome	Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Atyrau Region Inder ⓘ Inder B deposit and salt dome	World of Stones #1; Evseev, A. A. (1995) Kazaknstan and Middle Asia. A brief Mineralogical Guide. World of Stone 8:24-30; Pekov, I. V. & Abramov, D. V. (1993): Boron deposit of the Inder and its minerals. World of Stones, 1, 23-30.
Russia
Irkutsk Oblast Zheleznogorsk ⓘ Korshunovskoye iron deposit	Mazurov, M.P., Grishina, S.N., Istomin, V.E., and Titov, A.T. (2007): Geology of Ore Deposits 49(4), 271-284.; Mazurov et al (2007) Geology of Ore Deposits, 49, 271–284.
USA
California Inyo County ⓘ Eagle Borax Spring	Crowley, J.K. (1996) Mg- and K-bearing borates and associated evaporites at Eagle Borax Spring, Death Valley, California; a spectroscopic exploration. Economic Geology: 91: 622-635.