Dypingite (white rosettes) with other minerals, found in Spain
General
Category
Carbonate minerals
Formula (repeating unit)
Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O
Strunz classification
5.DA.05
Dana classification
16b.07.02.01
Crystal system
Monoclinic Unknown space group
Identification
Formula mass
485.65 g/mol
Color
White
Crystal habit
Globular - spherical to rounded forms (e.g. wavellite)
Tenacity
Brittle
Luster
Pearly
Streak
White to gray
Diaphaneity
Semitransparent
Specific gravity
2.15
Optical properties
Biaxial (+)
Refractive index
nα = 1.508 nβ = 1.510 nγ = 1.516
Birefringence
δ = 0.0080
Pleochroism
Colorless
Ultraviolet fluorescence
Fluorescent and phosphorescent, Short UV=gray blue, Long UV=light blue
References
[1][2][3]
Dypingite is a hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with the formula: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O. Its type locality is the Dypingdal serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Norway. Synthethic dypingite is known as heavy magnesium carbonate.
Dypingite is a hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with the formula: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O. Its type locality is the Dypingdal serpentine-magnesite deposit...
artinite (Mg2CO3(OH)2·3H2O), hydromagnesite (Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O), and dypingite (Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O) also occur as minerals. All of those minerals are...
Gregory M; Southam, Gordon (2007). "Biologically induced mineralization of dypingite by cyanobacteria from an alkaline wetland near Atlin, British Columbia...
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