carpathite
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Carpathite is a very rare hydrocarbon mineral, consisting of exceptionally pure coronene (C24H12), a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. The name has been spelled karpatite and the mineral was improperly renamed pendletonite.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Carpathite
- Mineral.category
- Organic mineral
- Mineral.image
- Carpathite-258272.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Carpathite from New Idria District, California USA
- Mineral.formula
- C24H12
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Cpa
- Mineral.strunz
- 10.BA.30
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/c, P21/n
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 1625 pm, b = 463.8 pm, c = 1042 pm; β = 111°10'; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- Yellow, yellowish brown on exposure
- Mineral.habit
- Acicular to thin tabular in bladed groups and fibrous radiating aggregates
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect on [001], [100] and [01]
- Mineral.fracture
- Splintery
- Mineral.tenacity
- Flexible, nearly plastic
- Mineral.mohs
- 1.5
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- coronene
- Named after
- Carpathians
- Image
- Carpathite-258272.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 10.BA.30
- Commons category
- Carpathite
- chemical formula
- C₂₄H₁₂
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- IX/B.02
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 10.BA.30
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cpa
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Discovery
- Structure
- Occurrence
- References
Carpathite is a very rare hydrocarbon mineral, consisting of exceptionally pure coronene (C24H12), a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. The name has been spelled karpatite and the mineral was improperly renamed pendletonite.
==Discovery== The mineral was first described in 1955 for an occurrence in Transcarpathian Oblast, Ukraine. It was named for the Carpathian Mountains.
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