Input interpretation
abelsonite (mineral)
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General properties
alternate names | nickel porphyrin formula | Ni^(2+)C_31H_32N_4 discovery year | 1978
Basic properties
density | 1.45 g/cm^3 transparency | translucent luster | adamantine | submetallic Mohs hardness | 2.25 streak | pink magnetism | nonmagnetic color | pinkish red | purple | reddish brown fracture | fragile molar mass | 519.3 g/mol (grams per mole)
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Mineral identifiers
Strunz ID | IX/A.02-60 Dana ID | 50.4.9.1 IMA number | IMA1975-013
Crystallographic properties
crystal system | triclinic crystal class | 1 | -1 unit cell volume | 615 Å^3 (cubic ångströms) d-spacing | 10.9 Å (ångströms) | 3.77 Å (ångströms) | 7.63 Å (ångströms) intensity | 100% | 80% | 50% molecules per unit cell | 1 molecule per cell unit cell lengths | 8.44 Å (ångströms) | 11.12 Å (ångströms) | 7.28 Å (ångströms) unit cell angles | 90.83° (degrees) | 113.8° (degrees) | 79.57° (degrees)
Wikipedia summary
Abelsonite is a nickel porphyrin mineral with chemical formula C_31H_32N_4Ni. It was discovered in 1969 in the U.S. State of Utah and described in 1975. The mineral is named after geochemist Philip H. Abelson. It is the only known crystalline geoporphyrin.