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General Akhtenskite Information

Chemical Formula: Mn++++O2
Composition: Molecular Weight = 86.94 gm
Manganese 63.19 % Mn 100.00 % MnO2
Oxygen 36.81 % O
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula: Mn4+O2
Environment: In mixtures in "psilomelane" with other manganese oxides in an iron
oxide deposit, probably bacterially altered from a previous mineral
(Akhtensk deposit, Russia); in incrustations of ferromanganese
minerals on oceanic
IMA Status: Approved IMA 1979
Locality: In the Akhtensk brown ironstone deposit, Southern Ural Mountains, on
Mt. Zarod, Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorskiy Kray, Russia. Link
to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin: For the Akhtensk deposit, Russia, where it was first noted.
Name Pronunciation: Akhtenskite + Pronunciation
Synonym: ICSD 76430
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Akhtenskite Image
Images:
Akhtenskite
Comments: Dark gray grains of akhtenskite with brown
superficial coating.
Location: Akhtenskoye Deposit, Chelyabinsk District,
Urals, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral
Species

Physical Properties of Akhtenskite

Color: Gray, Black.

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Optical Properties of Akhtenskite

Optical Data: NCalc= 2.8 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.394) where
Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1
NCalc= 2.58 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.394) where
Ncalc=Dmeas*KC+1

Calculated Properties of Akhtenskite

Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.32 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Akhtenskite =4.58 gm/cc.
Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.0001766733
Boson Index = 0.9998233267
Photoelectric: PEAkhtenskite = 16.61 barns/electron
U=PEAkhtenskite x rElectron Density= 71.73 barns/cc.
Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Akhtenskite is Not Radioactive

Akhtenskite Classification
Dana Class:
04.04.10.01 (04)Simple Oxides
(04.04)with a cation charge of 4+ (A++++ O2)
(04.04.10)Dana Group
04.04.10.01 Akhtenskite MnO2 P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class: 04.DB.15b 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites,

antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate
04.D - Metal:Oxygen = 1:2 and similar
04.DB -With medium-sized cations; chains of edge-sharing octahedra
04.DB.15b Akhtenskite MnO2 P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

Other Akhtenskite Information

See Also: Links to other databases for Akhtenskite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info

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Akhtenskite
Mn++++O2
Dana No: 04.04.10.01 Strunz No: 04.DB.15b
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