Fullerite
A material that is NOT an approved mineral species
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Formula:
C60
Colour:
Black
Lustre:
Vitreous
Hardness:
3½
Crystal System:
Tetragonal
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.
In the Shun'ga material, the fullerenes are present in merely trace quantities (0.0001 < 0.001%) (Mosin and Ignatov, 2013), so it would be wrong to consider such rocks as specimens of the (invisible and nondescript) hypothetical mineral "fullerite".
In the Shun'ga material, the fullerenes are present in merely trace quantities (0.0001 < 0.001%) (Mosin and Ignatov, 2013), so it would be wrong to consider such rocks as specimens of the (invisible and nondescript) hypothetical mineral "fullerite".
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
6959
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:6959:1
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
932c697f-1d09-43a5-9afd-1b44e7a549d3
IMA Classification of Fullerite
Questionable
IMA status notes:
Published without approval
Classification of Fullerite
1.CB.05c
1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
C : Metalloids and Nonmetals
B : Carbon-silicon family
1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
C : Metalloids and Nonmetals
B : Carbon-silicon family
Dana 7th ed.:
1.3.5.5
Physical Properties of Fullerite
Chemistry of Fullerite
Mindat Formula:
C60
Elements listed:
Crystallography of Fullerite
Crystal System:
Tetragonal
Synonyms of Fullerite
Other Language Names for Fullerite
Common Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
| 2 photos of Fullerite associated with Shungite (1) |
Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping
| 1.CB. | Tartarosite | C |
| 1.CB.05b | Chaoite | C |
| 1.CB.05a | Graphite | C |
| 1.CB.10a | Diamond | C |
| 1.CB.10b | Lonsdaleite | C |
| 1.CB.15 | Silicon | Si |
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.
Internet Links for Fullerite
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References for Fullerite
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Localities for Fullerite
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- 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).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
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