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Carpathite

Year of discovery: 1955 (Olenevo, Ukraine)

Locality list:

• C₂₄H₁₂
• [(CH)₂C₂]₆

• Class: Organic matter
• Fluorescence: UV excitation (Blue)
• Physical: Elastic

• C₂₃ => C₂₂: Hokkaidoite

• Color: Yellow, Yellowish brown
• Streak: White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Translucent

• Cleavage: Perfect on {001}{100}{(-201} (3 planes)
• Hardness: 1.5
• Density: 1.4

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, P2₁/b
• Lattice: a=10.0, b=4.7, c=16.0, β=112.0