kutnohorite
Sign in to saveKutnohorite is a rare calcium manganese carbonate mineral with the formula in the dolomite group of minerals. It forms a solid solution with the other group members dolomite and ankerite. The mineral was originally spelt "kutnahorite" but "kutnohorite" is the current IMA-approved spelling.
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Within Vinony's link graph, kutnohorite is referenced by 70 other articles, and connects out to tantalite, Mohs scale of mineral hardness and relative density.
It is catalogued under topics including Calcium minerals, Carbonate minerals and Dolomite group.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Kutnohorite
- Mineral.category
- Carbonate mineral
- Mineral.boxwidth
- 24
- Mineral.boxbgcolor
- ffc0cb
- Mineral.image
- Kutnohorite-120661.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Kutnohorite, Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Size 4.4 x 4.2 x 1.9 cm
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Kut
- Mineral.unit cell
- 330.60 ų
- Mineral.molweight
- 215.0 g/mol (end member)
- Mineral.strunz
- 5.AB.10
- Mineral.dana
- 14.2.1.3
- Mineral.system
- Trigonal
- Mineral.class
- Rhombohedral () H-M symbol: ()
- Mineral.symmetry
- R
- Mineral.color
- White, pale pink or light brown
- Mineral.habit
- Aggregates of bundled bladed crystals
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect on {101}
- Mineral.fracture
- Subconchoidal
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Kutná Hora
- Image
- Kutnohorite-122397.jpg
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Kut
- chemical formula
- CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- Vb/A.03a
- Commons category
- Kutnohorite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 5.AB.10
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 5.AB.10
- solid solution series with
- ankerite
- type locality (geology)
- Kutná Hora District
- crystal system
- trigonal crystal system
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Occurrence
- Composition
- Unit cell
- Structure
- Properties
- Optical properties
- Physical properties
- Dolomite group
- References
- External links
{{Infobox mineral | name = Kutnohorite | category = Carbonate mineral | boxwidth = 24 | boxbgcolor = #ffc0cb | image = Kutnohorite-120661.jpg | caption = Kutnohorite, Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Size 4.4 x 4.2 x 1.9 cm | formula = | IMAsymbol = Kut | unit cell = 330.60 ų| molweight = 215.0 g/mol (end member) | strunz = 5.AB.10 | dana = 14.2.1.3 | system = Trigonal | class = Rhombohedral () H-M symbol: () | symmetry = R | color = White, pale pink or light brown | habit = Aggregates of bundled bladed crystals | cleavage = Perfect on {101} | fracture = Subconchoidal | tenacity = Brittle | mohs = 3.5–4 | luster = Vitreous to dull | refractive = no = 1.710–1.727,ne = 1.519–1.535 | opticalprop = Uniaxial (−) | birefringence = 0.191–0.192 | streak = White to pale pink | gravity = 3.12 | density = 3.10–3.12 | solubility = Soluble in acids | diaphaneity = Translucent | references = }}
Kutnohorite is a rare calcium manganese carbonate mineral with the formula in the dolomite group of minerals. It forms a solid solution with the other group members dolomite and ankerite. The mineral was originally spelt "kutnahorite" but "kutnohorite" is the current IMA-approved spelling.
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