اینیوئیت
Sign in to saveInyoite, named after Inyo County, California, where it was discovered in 1914, is a colourless monoclinic mineral. It turns white on dehydration. Its chemical formula is Ca(HBO)(OH)·4HO or CaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O. Associated minerals include priceite, meyerhofferite, colemanite, hydroboracite, ulexite and gypsum.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Inyoite
- Mineral.category
- Nesoborates
- Mineral.image
- Inyoite-Meyerhofferite-146744.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.formula
- CaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Iyo
- Mineral.strunz
- 6.CA.35
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/a
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 10.63, b = 12.06 c = 8.4 [Å]; β = 114.03°; Z = 4
- Mineral.colour
- Colourless, white on dehydration.
- Mineral.habit
- Commonly as prismatic to tabular crystals; also in cockscomb aggregates of pseudorhombohedral crystals; coarsely spherulitic or granular
- Mineral.cleavage
- Good on {001}, distinct on {010}
- Mineral.fracture
- Irregular/uneven
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 2
- Mineral.lustre
- Vitreous
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Inyo County
- Image
- Inyoite-139297.jpg
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- Commons category
- Inyoite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 6.CA.35
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 6.CA.35
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Iyo
- chemical formula
- CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·4H₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- Vc/B.04
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