idrialite
Sign in to saveIdrialite is a rare hydrocarbon mineral with approximate chemical formula C22H14.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Idrialite
- Mineral.category
- Organic mineral
- Mineral.image
- Idrialite-172289.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Idrialite, Skaggs Springs Mine, Sonoma County, California (size: 6.3 x 4.1 x 1.8 cm
- Mineral.formula
- C22H14
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Id
- Mineral.strunz
- 10.BA.20
- Mineral.dana
- 50.03.08.01
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic Unknown space group
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 8.07, b = 6.42 c = 27.75 [Å]; Z = 4
- Mineral.color
- Greenish yellow, light brown, colorless
- Mineral.cleavage
- {001}, perfect; {100}, poor
- Mineral.fracture
- Conchoidal
- Mineral.mohs
- 1.5
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous to adamantine
- Mineral.gravity
- 1.236
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Biaxial (+)
- Mineral.refractive
- nα= 1.557 nβ = 1.734 nγ = 2.07
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Idrialite-64250.jpg
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- Commons category
- Idrialite
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 10.BA.20
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 10.BA.20
- chemical formula
- C₂₂H₁₄
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Id
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- IX/B.02 – Anhang
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{{infobox mineral | name = Idrialite | category = Organic mineral | image = Idrialite-172289.jpg | caption = Idrialite, Skaggs Springs Mine, Sonoma County, California (size: 6.3 x 4.1 x 1.8 cm | formula = C22H14 | IMAsymbol = Id | molweight = | strunz = 10.BA.20 | dana = 50.03.08.01 | system = Orthorhombic Unknown space group | symmetry = | unit cell = a = 8.07, b = 6.42 c = 27.75 [Å]; Z = 4 | color = Greenish yellow, light brown, colorless | colour = | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = {001}, perfect; {100}, poor | fracture = Conchoidal | tenacity = | mohs = 1.5 | luster = Vitreous to adamantine | streak = | diaphaneity = | gravity = 1.236 | density = | polish = | opticalprop = Biaxial (+) | refractive = nα= 1.557 nβ = 1.734 nγ = 2.07 | birefringence = | pleochroism = X = pale yellow; Y = Z = yellow | 2V = 84° | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = Short UV=blue, orange, yellow, green white | absorption = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | references = }} Idrialite is a rare hydrocarbon mineral with approximate chemical formula C22H14.
Idrialite usually occurs as soft orthorhombic crystals, is usually greenish yellow to light brown in color with bluish fluorescence. It is named after Idrija, town in Slovenia, where its occurrence was first described.