[ Top ] [ Japanese ]

Hydrohonessite

Year of discovery: 1981 (Otter Shoot mine, Australia), 1986 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of hydrohonessite

• Ni₆Fe₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₆,7H₂O
• [Ni²⁺₆][Fe³⁺₂][(OH)₁₆|SO₄]^18-,7H₂O

• Class: Glaucocerinite group < Hydrotalcite supergroup
• Class: Sulfate - Hydroxide - Hydrate
• Dehydrate to Honessite depending on temperature and/or humidity.

• 7H₂O => 3H₂O: Honessite

• Color: Yellow
• Streak: Pale yellow
• Luster: Resinous
• Diaphaneity: Translucent

• Density: 2.6

• System: Hexagonal
• Lattice: a=3.1, c=10.8