chibaite
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Chibaite is a rare silicate mineral. It is a silica clathrate with formula (n = 3/17 (max)). The mineral is cubic (diploidal class, m) and the silica hosts or traps various hydrocarbon molecules, such as methane, ethane, propane and isobutane.
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It sits within the topics Clathrates, Cubic minerals and Hydrocarbons.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- clathrate compound
- Named after
- Chiba Prefecture
- Image
- Chibaite & Bosoite.jpg
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- type locality (geology)
- Minamiboso
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cib
- crystal system
- cubic crystal system
- chemical formula
- SiO₂·n(CH₄,C₂H₆,C₃H₈,C₄H₁₀) (nmax=3/17)
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Chibaite is a rare silicate mineral. It is a silica clathrate with formula (n = 3/17 (max)). The mineral is cubic (diploidal class, m) and the silica hosts or traps various hydrocarbon molecules, such as methane, ethane, propane and isobutane.
Chibaite was first described for specimens collected from Arakawa, Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan. The mineral was approved by the IMA in 2009.
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