hydrokenoelsmoreite

Also known as elsmoreite, IMA2003-059

Hydrokenoelsmoreite is a hydrous tungsten oxide mineral with formula □2W2O6(H2O). Hydrokenoelsmoreite is a colorless to white, translucent isometric mineral. It has a Mohs hardness of 3, exhibits no cleavage and has a splintery fracture. It has a vitreous to adamantine luster. It is optically isotropic with an index of refraction of n = 2.24.

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Vinony files it under Cubic minerals, Minerals in space group 227 and Oxide minerals.

Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.

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Named after: vacancy
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streak color: white
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 4.DH.15
type locality (geology): Stevens County
Commons category: Hydrokenoelsmoreite
IMA Mineral Symbol: Hkm
chemical formula: ☐₂W₂O₆(H₂O)

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It forms from the oxidation of ferberite within granitic pegmatite dykes and in pegmatitic greisen veins. It has a structure based on a defect pyrochlore lattice (A2B2O6O’).

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