Hydrohonessite
A valid IMA mineral species
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About Hydrohonessite
Formula:
(Ni1-xFe3+x)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O
( x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)
Colour:
Bright yellow
Lustre:
Adamantine
Specific Gravity:
2.96 (Calculated)
Crystal System:
Hexagonal
Member of:
Name:
For its relationship (hydrated form) to Honessite.
May convert readily into honessite, depending on humidity and temperature.
Appears to be stable between pH 6 and 7.
Appears to be stable between pH 6 and 7.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
1978
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:1978:7
IMA Classification of Hydrohonessite
Approved
IMA Formula:
(Ni2+1-xFe3+x)(S6+O4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)
Approval year:
1980
First published:
1981
Classification of Hydrohonessite
7.DD.35
7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
D : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2O
D : With only medium-sized cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra
7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
D : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2O
D : With only medium-sized cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra
31.10.7.1
31 : HYDRATED SULFATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
10 : Miscellaneous
31 : HYDRATED SULFATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
10 : Miscellaneous
25.12.12
25 : Sulphates
12 : Sulphates of Co and Ni
25 : Sulphates
12 : Sulphates of Co and Ni
Mineral Symbols
As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.
Please only use the official IMA–CNMNC symbol. Older variants are listed for historical use only.
Please only use the official IMA–CNMNC symbol. Older variants are listed for historical use only.
| Symbol | Source | Reference for Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Hhon | IMA–CNMNC | Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |
| Hhon | Warr (2020) | Warr, L.N. (2020) Recommended abbreviations for the names of clay minerals and associated phases. Clay Minerals, 55, 261–264 doi:10.1180/clm.2020.30 |
Physical Properties of Hydrohonessite
Adamantine
Transparency:
Transparent, Translucent
Colour:
Bright yellow
Hardness Data:
Could not be measured
Density:
2.96 g/cm3 (Calculated)
Comment:
Could not be measured due to fine grain of the material
Optical Data of Hydrohonessite
Type:
Uniaxial (-)
RI values:
nω = 1.63 nε = 1.59
Max. Birefringence:
δ = 0.040
Based on recorded range of RI values above.
Based on recorded range of RI values above.
Interference Colours:
The colours simulate birefringence patterns seen in thin section under crossed polars. They do not take into account mineral colouration or opacity.
Michel-Levy Bar The default colours simulate the birefringence range for a 30 µm thin-section thickness. Adjust the slider to simulate a different thickness.
Grain Simulation You can rotate the grain simulation to show how this range might look as you rotated a sample under crossed polars. Each grain retains its interference colour (retardation) while its brightness falls to black at extinction and reaches a maximum between extinction positions.
The colours simulate birefringence patterns seen in thin section under crossed polars. They do not take into account mineral colouration or opacity.
Michel-Levy Bar The default colours simulate the birefringence range for a 30 µm thin-section thickness. Adjust the slider to simulate a different thickness.
Grain Simulation You can rotate the grain simulation to show how this range might look as you rotated a sample under crossed polars. Each grain retains its interference colour (retardation) while its brightness falls to black at extinction and reaches a maximum between extinction positions.
Surface Relief:
Moderate
Chemistry of Hydrohonessite
Mindat Formula:
(Ni1-xFe3+x)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O
( x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)
( x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)
Crystallography of Hydrohonessite
Crystal System:
Hexagonal
Cell Parameters:
a = 3.09 Å, c = 10.8 Å
Ratio:
a:c = 1 : 3.495
Unit Cell V:
89.30 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Morphology:
hexagonal flakes, to 10 µm.
Comment:
Point Group: n.d.; Space Group: n.d.;Z = n.d.
X-Ray Powder Diffraction
Powder Diffraction Data:
| d-spacing | Intensity |
|---|---|
| 11.0 Å | (10) |
| 5.56 Å | (5) |
| 3.68 Å | (4) |
| 2.709 Å | (3) |
| 2.595 Å | (2) |
| 2.394 Å | (2) |
| 2.152 Å | (1) |
Geological Environment
Paragenetic Mode(s):
| Paragenetic Mode | Earliest Age (Ga) |
|---|---|
| Stage 7: Great Oxidation Event | <2.4 |
| 47a : [Near-surface hydration of prior minerals] | |
| 47b : [Sulfates and sulfites] |
Type Occurrence of Hydrohonessite
General Appearance of Type Material:
Thin surface encrustation of tiny hexagonal crystals on botryoidal quartz and magnesite in a fracture in supergene Ni-Fe sulphides.
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia, M.77a.1991, M.77b.1991; National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 150420.
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
Synonyms of Hydrohonessite
Other Language Names for Hydrohonessite
Relationship of Hydrohonessite to other Species
Member of:
Other Members of Glaucocerinite Group:
| Carrboydite | (Ni1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2 · nH2O | Hex. |
| Glaucocerinite | (Zn1-xAlx)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O | Hex. |
| Hydrowoodwardite | (Cu1-xAlx)(OH)2[SO4]x/2 · nH2O | Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m |
| Mountkeithite | [(Mg1-xFe3+x)(OH)2][SO4]x/2 · nH2O | Hex. |
| Zincaluminite | (Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2 · nH2O |
Common Associates
Associations Based on Photo Data:
| 15 photos of Hydrohonessite associated with Gaspéite | NiCO3 |
| 7 photos of Hydrohonessite associated with Gillardite | Cu3Ni(OH)6Cl2 |
| 7 photos of Hydrohonessite associated with Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| 2 photos of Hydrohonessite associated with Paratacamite | Cu3(Cu,Zn)(OH)6Cl2 |
| 1 photo of Hydrohonessite associated with Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| 1 photo of Hydrohonessite associated with Nullaginite | Ni2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| 1 photo of Hydrohonessite associated with Magnesite | MgCO3 |
| 1 photo of Hydrohonessite associated with Zaratite | Ni3(CO3)(OH)4 · 4H2O ? |
| 1 photo of Hydrohonessite associated with Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| 1 photo of Hydrohonessite associated with Quartz | SiO2 |
Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping
| 7.DD. | Asagiite | NiCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2O |
| 7.DD.05 | Felsőbányaite | Al4(SO4)(OH)10 · 4H2O |
| 7.DD.07 | Llantenesite | Cu6Al[SeO4](OH)12Cl · 3H2O |
| 7.DD.10 | Langite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| 7.DD.10 | Fehrite | MgCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2O |
| 7.DD.10 | Posnjakite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O |
| 7.DD.10 | Wroewolfeite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| 7.DD.10 | Gobelinite | CoCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2O |
| 7.DD.15 | Kobyashevite | Cu5(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2O |
| 7.DD.15 | Spangolite | Cu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl · 3H2O |
| 7.DD.15 | 'Unnamed (Dimorph of Devilline)' | CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| 7.DD.20 | Ktenasite | ZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2O |
| 7.DD.25 | Christelite | Cu2Zn3(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2O |
| 7.DD.30 | Edwardsite | Cu3Cd2(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2O |
| 7.DD.30 | Niedermayrite | CdCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2O |
| 7.DD.30 | Serpierite | Ca(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| 7.DD.30 | Campigliaite | Mn2+Cu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2O |
| 7.DD.30 | Orthoserpierite | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| 7.DD.30 | Devilline | CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| 7.DD.35 | Shigaite | Mn6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6](SO4)2 · 6H2O |
| 7.DD.35 | Zincaluminite | (Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2 · nH2O |
| 7.DD.35 | Zincowoodwardite | Zn1-xAlx(OH)2[SO4]x/2 · nH2O |
| 7.DD.35 | Natroglaucocerinite | Zn6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6](SO4)2 · 6H2O |
| 7.DD.35 | Hydrowoodwardite | (Cu1-xAlx)(OH)2[SO4]x/2 · nH2O |
| 7.DD.35 | Honessite | (Ni1-xFe3+x)(OH)2[SO4]x/2 · nH2O |
| 7.DD.35 | Carrboydite | (Ni1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2 · nH2O |
| 7.DD.35 | Glaucocerinite | (Zn1-xAlx)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| 7.DD.35 | Wermlandite | Mg7Al2(OH)18[Ca(H2O)6][SO4]2 · 6H2O |
| 7.DD.35 | Nikischerite | Fe2+6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6](SO4)2 · 6H2O |
| 7.DD.35 | Woodwardite | Cu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| 7.DD.35 | Motukoreaite | Mg6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6][SO4]2 · 6H2O |
| 7.DD.35 | Mountkeithite | [(Mg1-xFe3+x)(OH)2][SO4]x/2 · nH2O |
| 7.DD.40 | Lawsonbauerite | (Mn2+,Mg)9Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22 · 8H2O |
| 7.DD.40 | Torreyite | (Mg,Mn2+)7◻2Mn2+2Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22 · 8H2O |
| 7.DD.40 | Isselite | Cu6(SO4)(OH)10(H2O)4 · H2O |
| 7.DD.45 | Mooreite | Mg9◻2Mn2Zn4(SO4)2(OH)26 · 8H2O |
| 7.DD.45 | Hodgesmithite | (Cu,Zn)6Zn(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O |
| 7.DD.47 | Lahnsteinite | Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| 7.DD.50 | Namuwite | Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O |
| 7.DD.50 | Minohlite | (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 8H2O |
| 7.DD.52 | Lauraniite | Cu6Cd2(SO4)2(OH)12 · 5H2O |
| 7.DD.55 | Bechererite | Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)] |
| 7.DD.60 | Ramsbeckite | (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O |
| 7.DD.65 | Vonbezingite | Ca6Cu3(SO4)3(OH)12 · 2H2O |
| 7.DD.70 | Redgillite | Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O |
| 7.DD.75 | Nickelalumite | NiAl4(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)3 |
| 7.DD.75 | Kyrgyzstanite | ZnAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O |
| 7.DD.75 | Chalcoalumite | CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O |
| 7.DD.80 | Schulenbergite | (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O |
| 7.DD.80 | 'UM1992-30-SO:CCuHZn' | (Zn,Cu)7(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10 · 3H2O |
| 7.DD.80 | Thérèsemagnanite | NaCo4(SO4)(OH)6Cl · 6H2O |
| 7.DD.80 | Guarinoite | Zn6(SO4)(OH)10 · 5H2O |
| 7.DD.85 | Montetrisaite | Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · 2H2O |
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 Hydrohonessite
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References for Hydrohonessite
Reference List:
Nickel, Ernest H., Wildman, John E. (1981) Hydrohonessite—a new hydrated Ni-Fe hydroxy-sulphate mineral; its relationship to honessite, carrboydite, and minerals of the pyroaurite group. Mineralogical Magazine, 44 (335) 333-337 doi:10.1180/minmag.1981.044.335.14
Bish, D. L., Livingstone, A. (1981) The crystal chemistry and paragenesis of honessite and hydrohonessite: the sulphate analogues of reevesite. Mineralogical Magazine, 44 (335) 339-343 doi:10.1180/minmag.1981.044.335.15
Nickel, Ernest H., Wildman, John E. (1981) Hydrohonessite—a new hydrated Ni-Fe hydroxy-sulphate mineral; its relationship to honessite, carrboydite, and minerals of the pyroaurite group. Mineralogical Magazine, 44 (335) 333-337 doi:10.1180/minmag.1981.044.335.14
Livingstone, A. (1990) Copper–aluminium analogues of hydrohonessite and honessite, and woodwardite relationships. Mineralogical Magazine, 54 (377) 649-653 doi:10.1180/minmag.1990.054.377.20
Frost, Ray L., Weier, Matt L., Clissold, Meagan E., Williams, Peter A. (2003) Infrared spectroscopic study of natural hydrotalcites carrboydite and hydrohonessite. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 59 (14) 3313-3319 doi:10.1016/s1386-1425(03)00160-4
Frost, Ray L., Weier, Matt L., Kloprogge, J. Theo (2003) Raman spectroscopy of some natural hydrotalcites with sulphate and carbonate in the interlayer. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34 (10). 760-768 doi:10.1002/jrs.1050
Localities for Hydrohonessite
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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Australia | |
| R Bottrill |
| Nickel et al. (1981) |
| Nickel et al. (1993) +1 other reference |
| Nickel et al. (1981) +1 other reference |
France | |
| Georges FAVREAU collection & EDX ... |
Germany | |
| Gerhard Möhn collection |
Greece | |
| Rieck (n.d.) |
Italy | |
| Adorni F. (1997) |
| Rivista Mineralogica Italiana (3) |
| Bonifazi (2020) +3 other references |
Japan | |
| Yamada (2004) |
Russia | |
| Bortnikova et al. (2017) |
Spain | |
| Joan Abella i Creus (Joanabellacreus@gmail.com) |
UK | |
| Day (1999) |
| Bish et al. (1981) +2 other references |
USA | |
| Williams et al. (1995) |
| Williams et al. (1995) +1 other reference | |
| Cook (1995) |
| Goldstein (2006) |
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132 North Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia