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General Akimotoite Information

Chemical Formula: (Mg,Fe)SiO3
Composition: Molecular Weight = 108.27 gm
Magnesium 16.84 % Mg 27.92 % MgO
Iron 12.89 % Fe 16.59 % FeO
Silicon 25.94 % Si 55.49 % SiO2
Oxygen 44.33 % O
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula: Mg0.75Fe2+0.25SiO3
Environment: Found in fragments within veins of shock-induced melt. A member of
the Ilmenite group. Dimorphic relationship with enstatite and
clinoenstatite.
IMA Status: Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added)
Locality: Tenham chondritic meteorite, which fell in 1879 in South Gregory,
Queensland, Australia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin: Named after Syun-iti Akimoto (b. 1925), of the Institute of Geophysics
and Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, specialist in high-pressure
research, especially on phase relati onships in the system (Mg,Fe)2
SiO4 at
Name Pronunciation: Akimotoite + Pronunciation
Synonym: IMA1997-044

Akimotoite Image
Images:
Akimotoite
Comments: Electron micrograph of akimotoite (Ak) as
columnar grains. Aggregates of akimotoite are adjacent to
a large clinoenstatite grain (Cen) with (100) twin lamallae.
(AmMin 84:268).
Location: Shock-metamorphosed Tenham chondrite.
Scale: See Image.
American Mineralogist

Akimotoite Crystallography

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Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:2.84518

Cell Dimensions: a = 4.78, c = 13.6, Z = 4; V = 269.11 Den(Calc)= 2.67
Crystal System: Trigonal - RhombohedralH-M Symbol ( 3) Space Group: R 3
X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.616(1), 1.636(0.65), 3.509(0.61),
Crystal Structure:
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drag1 - LMB Manipulate Structure
drag2 - RMB Resize/Rotate
Keyboard Horiuchi H , Hirano M , Ito E , Matsui Y , American Mineralogist , 67 (1982) p.788-
S - Stereo Pair on/off 793, MgSiO3 (ilmenite-type): Single crystal X-ray diffraction study
H - Help Screen
I - Data Info
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P - Polyhedra On/Off
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Physical Properties of Akimotoite

Color: Colorless.
Diaphaneity: Transparent
Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)

Optical Properties of Akimotoite

Optical Data: NCalc= 1.54 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.2024) where
Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1

Calculated Properties of Akimotoite

Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.64 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Akimotoite =2.67 gm/cc.
Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.03
Boson Index = 0.97
Photoelectric: PEAkimotoite = 5.17 barns/electron
U=PEAkimotoite x rElectron Density= 13.64 barns/cc.
Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Akimotoite is Not Radioactive

Akimotoite Classification
Dana Class:
04.03.05.07 (04)Simple Oxides
(04.03)with a cation charge of 3+ (A+++2 O3)
(04.03.05)Ilmenite Group
04.03.05.01 Ilmenite FeTiO3 R 3 3
04.03.05.02 Geikielite MgTiO3 R 3 3
04.03.05.03 Pyrophanite MnTiO3 R 3 3
04.03.05.04 Ecandrewsite (Zn,Fe,Mn)TiO3 R 3 3
04.03.05.05 Melanostibite Mn(Sb,Fe)O3 R 3 3
04.03.05.06 Brizziite-III NaSbO3 R 3 3
04.03.05.07 Akimotoite! (Mg,Fe)SiO3 R 3 3

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Strunz Class: 09.DA.05 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)

09.D - Inosilicates* Structural terminology according to Liebau (1985)
09.DA -Inosilicates with 2-periodic single chains, Si2O6; pyroxene
family
09.DA.05 Donpeacorite (Mn,Mg)MgSi2O6 P bca 2/m 2/m 2/m
09.DA.05 Akimotoite! (Mg,Fe)SiO3 R 3 3
09.DA.05 Enstatite Mg2Si2O6 P bca 2/m 2/m 2/m
09.DA.05 Ferrosilite (Fe,Mg)2Si2O6 P bca 2/m 2/m 2/m

Other Akimotoite Information

References: NAME( AmMin, Vol 84) PHYS. PROP.(Eur. J. Min.,Vol.10,1998)
See Also: Links to other databases for Akimotoite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - MinDAT
7 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
8 - Online Mineral Museum
9 - QUT Mineral Atlas
10 - Ruff.Info

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Akimotoite
(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Dana No: 04.03.05.07 Strunz No: 09.DA.05
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