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Kamiokite
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kamiokite |
| category | Oxide minerals |
| image | Kamiokite.jpg |
| caption | Grey crystal aggregates of the very rare molybdenum mineral kamiokite from Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw, Michigan, United States of America. |
| formula | Fe2Mo3O8 |
| IMAsymbol | Kmk |
| molweight | 527.5 g/mol |
| strunz | 4.CB.40 |
| system | Hexagonal |
| class | Dihexagonal pyramidal (6mm) |
| H-M symbol: (6mm) | |
| symmetry | *P*63mc |
| unit cell | a = 5.782, b = 5.782 |
| c = 10.053 [Å]; Z = 2 | |
| color | black, gray |
| habit | tabular |
| twinning | none |
| cleavage | perfect {0001} |
| fracture | even |
| mohs | 4.5 |
| luster | metallic, sub-metallic |
| opticalprop | anisotropic, uniaxial negative |
| pleochroism | distinct, gray to dark greenish gray |
| streak | black |
| density | measured= 5.96 g/cm3 ; calculated= 6.02 g/cm3 |
| diaphaneity | opaque |
| other | Rotation tints of brownish yellow |
| references |
H-M symbol: (6mm) c = 10.053 [Å]; Z = 2
Kamiokite is an iron-molybdenum oxide mineral with the chemical formula Fe2Mo3O8. The name kamiokite is derived from the locality, the Kamioka mine in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, where this mineral was first discovered in 1975.
Kamiokite is a hexagonal system with equal axes a1, a2, a3. These three axes of the kamiokite crystal are uniformly separated by 120°. Kamiokite is an anisotropic mineral, meaning that light travels through the mineral in different directions and velocities. Kamiokite is strongly pleochroic and is also birefringent.
Kamiokite can be found as inclusions in domeykite, algodonite, and magnetite.
There are no known health risks associated with this mineral.
References
References
- Warr, L.N.. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine.
- Dunn, P.J., Grice, J.D., Fleischer, M., and Pabst, A. (1983) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 68, 1038-1039.
- "Kamiokite Mineral Data." http://www.webmineral.com/data/Kamiokite.shtml. Accessed 13 September 2010.
- Klein, C., and Dutrow, B. (2007) The 23rd Edition of the Manual of Mineral Science, 194 p. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Hawthorne, F.C., Burke, E.A.J., Ercit, T.S., Grew, E.S., Grice, J.D., Jambor, J.L., Puziewicz, J., Roberts, A.C., and Vanko, D.A. (1988) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 73, 191.
- "Kamiokite." http://www.mindat.org/min-2147.html. Accessed 13 September 2010.
- Kamiokite is associated with [[Copper arsenite. copper arsenide]]s found in Michigan's Mohawk and Ahmeek [[copper mine]]s. Although rare, kamiokite is predominantly found in mining environments and can indicate the presence of other minerals of interest, such as copper in the case of the Mohawk and Ahmeek mines. It is speculated that kamiokite can enhance the concentration of the copper it is hosted in.Johan, Z., Picot, P. (1986) Kamiokite, Fe2Mo3O8, a tetravalent molybdenum oxide: New data and occurrences. Mineralogy and Petrology, 35, 67-75.
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