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Hydrokenoelsmoreite

hydrokenoelsmoreite

☐2W2O6(H2O)

Hydrokenoelsmoreite: Mineral information, data and localities.

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Overview

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. 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’). It was first described for an occurrence in Elsmore Hill, New South Wales, Australia from where it takes its name.

Identification characteristics

  • Mohs hardness 3

Scientific references

  1. Hydrokenoelsmoreite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3787810 Link
  2. Hydrokenoelsmoreite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrokenoelsmoreite Link