Hutcheonite
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Formula:
Ca3Ti2(SiO4)(AlO4)2
Specific Gravity:
3.86 (Calculated)
Crystal System:
Isometric
Member of:
Name:
Named in honor of Ian Douglas Hutcheon (1947 - March 26, 2015), a cosmochemist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, U.S.A. He made many contributions to the isotopic studies of meteorites and dating of extraterrestrial material.
Chemically very similar to paqueite. Also similar to grossmanite.
Probably a product of Fe-alkali-halogen metasomatism of primary minerals forming a Ca-Al-rich inclusion (CAI) in a chondrite.
Probably a product of Fe-alkali-halogen metasomatism of primary minerals forming a Ca-Al-rich inclusion (CAI) in a chondrite.
Classification of Hutcheonite
Approved
9.AD.25
9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
A : Nesosilicates
D : Nesosilicates without additional anions; cations in [6] and/or greater coordination
9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
A : Nesosilicates
D : Nesosilicates without additional anions; cations in [6] and/or greater coordination
51.4.5.5
51 : NESOSILICATES Insular SiO4 Groups Only
4 : Insular SiO4 Groups Only with cations in [6] and >[6] coordination
51 : NESOSILICATES Insular SiO4 Groups Only
4 : Insular SiO4 Groups Only with cations in [6] and >[6] coordination
Physical Properties of Hutcheonite
Density:
3.86 g/cm3 (Calculated)
Chemical Properties of Hutcheonite
Formula:
Ca3Ti2(SiO4)(AlO4)2
IMA Formula:
Ca3Ti2(SiAl2)O12
Crystallography of Hutcheonite
Crystal System:
Isometric
Class (H-M):
m3m (4/m 3 2/m) - Hexoctahedral
Space Group:
Ia3d
Setting:
Ia3d
Cell Parameters:
a = 11.843 Å
Unit Cell V:
1661.06 ų
Z:
8
X-Ray Powder Diffraction
Powder Diffraction Data:
d-spacing | Intensity |
---|---|
2.961 Å | (54) |
2.648 Å | (100) |
2.417 Å | (41) |
1.642 Å | (27) |
1.583 Å | (63) |
1.292 Å | (18) |
1.081 Å | (16) |
0.806 Å | (30) |
Type Occurrence of Hutcheonite
General Appearance of Type Material:
in secondary alteration areas along some In cracks between primary melilite, spinel, and Ti,Al-diopside in a Type B1 Fractionation and Unidentified Nuclear effects (FUN) Ca-Al-rich inclusion (CAI) Egg-3.
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
G.J.Wasserburg's Meteorite Collection , Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, section MQM803
Geological Setting of Type Material:
The Allende CV (Vigarano type) carbonaceous chondrite.
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
Synonyms of Hutcheonite
Other Language Names for Hutcheonite
German:Hutcheonit
Spanish:Hutcheonita
Relationship of Hutcheonite to other Species
Member of:
Other Members of this group:
Irinarassite | Ca3Sn2(SiO4)(AlO4)2 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
Kerimasite | Ca3Zr2(SiO4)(Fe3+O4)2 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
Kimzeyite | Ca3Zr2(SiO4)(AlO4)2 | Iso. |
Schorlomite | Ca3Ti2(SiO4)(Fe3+O4)2 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
Toturite | Ca3Sn2(SiO4)(Fe3+O4)2 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping
9.AD. | Adrianite | Ca12(Al4Mg3Si7)O32Cl6 | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d |
9.AD.05 | Larnite | Ca2SiO4 | Mon. 2/m |
9.AD.10 | Calcio-olivine | Ca2SiO4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
9.AD.15 | Merwinite | Ca3Mg(SiO4)2 | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
9.AD.20 | Bredigite | Ca7Mg(SiO4)4 | Orth. |
9.AD.25 | Andradite | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
9.AD.25 | Almandine | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
9.AD.25 | Calderite | Mn2+3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | Iso. |
9.AD.25 | Goldmanite | Ca3V3+2(SiO4)3 | Iso. |
9.AD.25 | Grossular | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
9.AD.25 | Henritermierite | Ca3Mn3+2(SiO4)2[◻(OH)4] | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I41/acd |
9.AD.25 | Hibschite | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
9.AD.25 | Hydroandradite | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x | |
9.AD.25 | Katoite | Ca3Al2[◻(OH)4]3 | Iso. |
9.AD.25 | Kimzeyite | Ca3Zr2(SiO4)(AlO4)2 | Iso. |
9.AD.25 | Knorringite | Mg3Cr2(SiO4)3 | Iso. |
9.AD.25 | Majorite | Mg3(MgSi)(SiO4)3 | Iso. |
9.AD.25 | Morimotoite | Ca3(TiFe2+)(SiO4)3 | Iso. |
9.AD.25 | Pyrope | Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 | Iso. |
9.AD.25 | Schorlomite | Ca3Ti2(SiO4)(Fe3+O4)2 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
9.AD.25 | Spessartine | Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
9.AD.25 | Uvarovite | Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
9.AD.25 | Wadalite | (Ca,Mg)6(Al,Fe3+)4((Si,Al)O4)3O4Cl3 | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d |
9.AD.25 | Holtstamite | Ca3Al2(SiO4)2[◻(OH)4] | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I41/acd |
9.AD.25 | Kerimasite | Ca3Zr2(SiO4)(Fe3+O4)2 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
9.AD.25 | Toturite | Ca3Sn2(SiO4)(Fe3+O4)2 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
9.AD.25 | Momoiite | Mn2+3V3+2(SiO4)3 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
9.AD.25 | Eringaite | Ca3Sc2(SiO4)3 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
9.AD.25 | Eltyubyuite | Ca12Fe3+10Si4O32Cl6 | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d |
9.AD.30 | Coffinite | U(SiO4) · nH2O | Tet. |
9.AD.30 | Hafnon | HfSiO4 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I41/amd |
9.AD.30 | Thorite | Th(SiO4) | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I41/amd |
9.AD.30 | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I41/amd |
9.AD.30 | Stetindite-(Ce) | Ce(SiO4) | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I41/amd |
9.AD.35 | Huttonite | ThSiO4 | Mon. |
9.AD.35 | Tombarthite-(Y) | Y4(Si,H4)4O12-x(OH)4+2x | Mon. |
9.AD.40 | Eulytine | Bi4(SiO4)3 | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d |
9.AD.45 | Reidite | ZrSiO4 | Tet. 4/m : I41/a |
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping (8th Ed.)
51.4.5.1 | Wadalite | (Ca,Mg)6(Al,Fe3+)4((Si,Al)O4)3O4Cl3 | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d |
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
References for Hutcheonite
Reference List:
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Ma, C. and Krot, A.N. (2013) Hutcheonite, IMA 2013-029. CNMNC Newsletter No. 16, August 2013, page 2707; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 2695-2709.
Ma, C. & Krot, A.N. (2014): Hutcheonite, Ca3Ti2(SiAl2)O12, a new garnet mineral from the Allende meteorite: An alteration phase in a Ca-Al-rich inclusion. American Mineralogist, 99, 667-670.
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| Ma, C. and Krot, A.N. (2013) Hutcheonite, IMA 2013-029. CNMNC Newsletter No. 16, August 2013, page 2707; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 2695-2709. |