Hematite structure: Difference between revisions

From apm
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Highly abundant elements: added three tertiary compounds
Line 5: Line 5:
== Highly abundant elements ==
== Highly abundant elements ==


* Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_oxide Aluminium(III)_oxide] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire leukosapphire] - (Sapphire and Ruby are colored variants) - 2,072°C - 3.987g/ccm - Mohs 9 (defining compound)
* '''Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_oxide Aluminium(III)_oxide] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire leukosapphire] - (Sapphire and Ruby are colored variants) - 2,072°C - 3.987g/ccm - Mohs 9 (defining compound)
* Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium(III)_oxide Titanium(III)_oxide] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tistarite tristarite] - 2,130°C (decomposes) - 4.49g/ccm - '''metallic luster - semiconducting to metallic at 200°C''' - Mohs 8.5
* '''Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium(III)_oxide Titanium(III)_oxide] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tistarite tristarite] - 2,130°C (decomposes) - 4.49g/ccm - '''metallic luster - semiconducting to metallic at 200°C''' - Mohs 8.5
* Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron(III)_oxide iron(III)_oxide] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematite Hematite] - 5.3g/ccm - Mohs 5.5 to 6.5
* Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron(III)_oxide iron(III)_oxide] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematite Hematite] - 5.3g/ccm - Mohs 5.5 to 6.5
-----
-----

Revision as of 13:46, 24 April 2021

Also: Hematite group / Corundum group.

It's a slightly nontrivial hexagonal crystal structure.

Highly abundant elements


  • FeTiO3 Ilmenite - 4.72g/ccm - Mohs 5.5
  • MgTiO3 Geikielite - 4.4g/ccm - Mohs 5
  • MnTiO3 Pyrophanite - 4.75g/ccm - Mohs 5 to 6

More rare elements

Way too rare elements

Related

External links


Corundum structure in 3D:

  • at the materials project: [1]
  • at www.mindat.org [2]
  • at www.mineralienatlas.de [3]
  • [4]
  • corundum group minerals [5]