Tinnunculite Mineral Data

General Tinnunculite Information

Chemical Formula:

C10H12N6O8 (?)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 344.24 gm

Hydrogen 3.51 % H

Carbon 34.89 % C

Nitrogen 24.41 % N

Oxygen 37.18 % O

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

C₁₀H₁₂N₆O₈

Environment:

Burning dumps of coal mines and quarries of the Chelyabinsk Basin.

IMA Status:

Not Approved IMA - Published 1988

Locality:

Chelyabinsk basin, Urals, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named from the Latin "Falco Tinnunculus" a falcon species.

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Tinnunculite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =1.2006:1:2.7579

Cell Dimensions:

a = 15.08, b = 12.56, c = 34.64, Z = 18; V = 6,560.98 Den(Calc)= 1.57

Crystal System:

OrthorhombicSpace Group: Unk

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.21(1), 1.608(0.3), 4.24(0.2),

Physical Properties of Tinnunculite

Color:

White.

Density:

1.73

Diaphaneity:

Transparent to Translucent

Luster:

Earthy (Dull)

Optical Properties of Tinnunculite

Optical Data:

Biaxial (?), b=1.523

Calculated Properties of Tinnunculite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=1.62 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Tinnunculite =1.57 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.24
Boson Index = 0.76

Photoelectric:

PE_Tinnunculite= 0.28 barns/electron
U=PE_Tinnunculite x rElectron Density= 0.45 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Tinnunculite is Not Radioactive

Tinnunculite Classification

Dana Class:

50.00.00.00 (50)Organic Minerals

(50.00)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(50.00.00)Organic

50.00.00.00 Amber* [C,H,O] None

50.00.00.00 Tinnunculite* C10H12N6O8(?) Unk Ortho

Strunz Class:

10.CA.30 10 - ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

10.C - Miscellaneous Organic Minerals

10.CA -Miscellaneous Organic Materials

10.CA.30 Guanine C5H3(NH2)N4O P 2₁/n 2/m

10.CA.30 Tinnunculite* C10H12N6O8(?) Unk Ortho

Other Tinnunculite Information

References:

PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.78,p452,1993) OPTIC PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.78,p452,1993)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Tinnunculite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - MinDAT
9 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
10 - Online Mineral Museum
11 - QUT Mineral Atlas
12 - Ruff.Info

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Tinnunculite

C10H12N6O8 (?)
Dana No: 50.00.00.00 Strunz No: 10.CA.30
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